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Post by Plocket on Dec 3, 2006 19:05:12 GMT
Well sort of! I've had a little win on the Premium Bonds - I've won £50!!
Has anyone else ever won? Over the years I've had the odd pay out but nothing major: I think the biggest win I've had is £100. And have you had your premium bonds for a long time?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2006 19:22:13 GMT
Waheyyyyyyy ! Nice one Plocket
I won £50 once, a long time ago. I still check the numbers occasionally but I never really win anything. I've only got £104 worth though (the £4 was from back in the day you could buy them at £1 a time) so I don't expect miracles !
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Post by Plocket on Dec 3, 2006 19:26:14 GMT
I really don't know how much I've got now - I guess I should check! I was given some as a chirstening present and have bought new premium bonds with some of my wins, but I think at the last count I had about £500 worth. So my winnings don't account for much!!!!!
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Post by 4pygmies on Dec 3, 2006 19:30:47 GMT
Wow, that's good! I have a single PB bought for me by my grandparents in the middle of the last century! I don't know where it is, if I've ever won anything or how to find out...I might be a millionaire but I doubt it. My mother has had a few PB's for years and over the last 5 years has won £50 a least twice a year every year which really winds my BiL up as he never wins anything!
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Post by Chuckles on Dec 3, 2006 20:31:16 GMT
Well done Plocket  treat yourself to something nice. I bought some in April and in June I won £50 but nothing since  . I check online on about the 4th working day of each month hoping I may be lucky and win again  |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 3, 2006 21:43:15 GMT
The drinks are on you then Plocket  You can check your numbers online you know  www.nsandi.com/According to this site there are 400,000 MISSING WINNERS OF PREMIUM BOND PRIZES WORTH £ 23.6 MILLION  |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 4, 2006 9:27:50 GMT
Heavens! I could do with being one of them!!! I'm not complaining though ;D
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Post by Juliet on Dec 4, 2006 23:32:38 GMT
Well done Plocket. I've never won anything on the premium bonds but my parents are like 4P's mum - they are always winning - only ever £50 or £100 though. We did have a bit of a surprise earlier in the year when a delivery man brought us a new TV and DVD player - spent ages trying to work out where they had come from & why they had been delivered to us (even emailed the delivery company to ask whether they could tell who sent them but got no reply) as we hadn't ordered them & there was no note (& our families would have asked us what we wanted if they were going to buy us a present). No unexplained money had come out of our bank account - the only thing we could think of was that we might have won them in a competition, but we couldn't remember whether we'd entered any & would have expected a note with them if that was the case. They sat in their boxes for a while just in case someone came to say it was a mistake, but in the end we thought we might as well unpack them & use them. About a month later I got a letter saying "Congratulations! You have won a Big Issue competition. Your prize is being delivered directly from the suppliers - let us know if it hasn't arrived yet "  . Their timing could have been better - but I'm not complaining! It's the 2nd Big Issue competition I've won, but the other prize was some DVDs & I got a note with those! |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 5, 2006 8:22:09 GMT
Oh COOL!!!!! At least you found out where it came from - I would have worried that it actually belonged to someone else!!!!! ;D
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2006 8:24:59 GMT
Must say I'm surprised that Big Issue can afford to run competitions.  |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 5, 2006 9:21:24 GMT
A lot of competitions have the prizes donated Rita, so it doesn't actually cost the charity anything. It acts as a sort of advertising for the company that makes the donation, and of course there are probably tax benefits!!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2006 11:04:10 GMT
Oh I didn't realise that - I take back what I said then  |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 5, 2006 11:12:56 GMT
No worries!!! I know it's the case with some charities, but obviously I don't know about all of them!!! ;D
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Post by Juliet on Dec 5, 2006 18:35:48 GMT
Oh yes - they were definitely donated prizes - perhaps I should have said sponsors rather than suppliers . Our old TV was starting to die so it was very well timed from that point of view. ;D Now I just need to find a competition to win a new house! |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 5, 2006 19:01:14 GMT
Me too!!! I like my house, don't get me wrong, but one of those solar panelled really modern jobbies would suit me!!
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Post by Juliet on Dec 5, 2006 20:08:21 GMT
One without neighbours would suit me!
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Post by Plocket on Dec 5, 2006 20:29:03 GMT
Ah yes! Of course! Fingers crossed for you Juliet!  |
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Post by Juliet on Dec 5, 2006 23:36:34 GMT
Thank you!
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Post by Jonah on Dec 5, 2006 23:52:16 GMT
What a lovely little surprise at this time of year Plocket, congratulations! That'll pay for the plonk at christmas - or will it? ;D I'm sure I have some somewhere, but my dad was in charge of them. He's never let on if they've won ;D |
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Post by Plocket on Dec 6, 2006 8:15:16 GMT
My dad's in charge of mine so I've no idea how many I actually have - and they are still in my maiden name Luckily our tiny one-branch building society know me and will still bank the cheque. |
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. I check online on about the 4th working day of each month hoping I may be lucky and win again 
