Premium Bonds - Not a bean for months now!!!!

[Mark83]

£125 (£25 & £100)

Winning more since we started drawing down funds on a monthly basis.

[Enut]

£50 on £42,500, not great.

[sh1ggsy]

bowboy said:

The previous owner of our house just won £50, shame she has been dead for about 7 years… luckily we know her family, so they now have some unknown premium bonds they can now cash in..

Unfortunately any wins after the first year of death are voided. Pretty odious practice IMO.

[halo34]

Enut said:

£50 on £42,500, not great.

Similar - its been a shocking return last 6 months.

[toon10]

halo34 said:

Enut said:

£50 on £42,500, not great.

Similar - its been a shocking return last 6 months.

£25 on max holdings this month. Worst return in a long time. I'm at 5.25% overall but 0.4% for 2024 so far.

[Legend83]

£300 for the wife on max
£100 for me on £16k

Better than 5% bank return so I'll take that.

[TCEvo]

Nothing for March following a good start to year with £100 wins in Jan & Feb.

[PM3]

Nothing on £50
I did however get about £200+ interest this month on the money that I moved out of the PB's

[Dr Amatisation]

First draw for me

3x£100 on £20k

[Mobile Chicane]

I've done ok.

On average a 5% return, tax free.

Better than any deposit account.

[FlossyThePig]

When I got an inheritance a few years ago I bought maximum for me and SWNBO. Always get something each month but never great. This month won £450 in total so went and treated us to a bean to cup coffee machine.

[The Leaper]

Well, well. Having indicated a few days ago that my record this month was £0 on £10,000, today I got notification of a £150 prize this month. My biggest by far in the 19 years I've had these PBs. It will marginally improve my awful annual rate of return.

R.

[johnpsanderson]

The Leaper said:

Well, well. Having indicated a few days ago that my record this month was £0 on £10,000, today I got notification of a £150 prize this month. My biggest by far in the 19 years I've had these PBs. It will marginally improve my awful annual rate of return.

R.

Funnily enough I checked on Monday and it showed nothing, but i've just realised I got an email notification on Tuesday to say I had won. Looking forward to logging on later to find out how much...

Do need to review the last 12 mths luck and see if I think i'd be better off (on average) with a fixed rate or ISA, but am struggling to let go of the 'could be a million' aspect!

[alangla]

5th straight month of absolutely nothing on £3k. I hadn’t expected a lot, but £25 would have been nice.
Also got an email from Nationwide saying I’d not won the February start to save draw. My £2 for a lottery ticket is probably better spent on chocolate on this run of luck

[Roman Moroni]

Last month I changed from re-investing in more Bonds to having any winnings paid into my Bank Account. I won £50 this month (something better then nothing), I'm still waiting for the money to materialise. I checked the the NS&I website, it states that it can take up to 7 days for the funds to show.

I'm just wondering if I'm just being an impatient sod or is there another issue? Quite simply, is everyone else in the same boat or do I need to investigate further?
TIA

[Essarell]

Roman Moroni said:

Last month I changed from re-investing in more Bonds to having any winnings paid into my Bank Account. I won £50 this month (something better then nothing), I'm still waiting for the money to materialise. I checked the the NS&I website, it states that it can take up to 7 days for the funds to show.

I'm just wondering if I'm just being an impatient sod or is there another issue? Quite simply, is everyone else in the same boat or do I need to investigate further?
TIA

Ours is showing on the account as pending, looks like it will be in tomorrow, 8th

[tertius]

Winnings are almost always paid on the 8th.

[Roman Moroni]

tertius said:

Winnings are almost always paid on the 8th.

'Tis true. The money landed overnight; I'm not going to let it change my life

Thanks again

[The Leaper]

Roman Moroni said:

Last month I changed from re-investing in more Bonds to having any winnings paid into my Bank Account. I won £50 this month (something better then nothing), I'm still waiting for the money to materialise. I checked the the NS&I website, it states that it can take up to 7 days for the funds to show.

I'm just wondering if I'm just being an impatient sod or is there another issue? Quite simply, is everyone else in the same boat or do I need to investigate further?
TIA

Received e mail about a prize on Tuesday, money in the bank today, Friday.

R.

[Timothy Bucktu]

I invested 5k in PBs about five months ago...nothing.
I'm considering pulling it out and sticking it in a basic 4.1% savings account I have. I'd be up a few hundred quid by now

I am posting this in the hope I now win something. A bit like going to the loo in a restaurant prompts your food to be served on your return!