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[Finance] Premium Bonds - prize pool increased again - you ever have any luck?
- Thread starter Mustafa II
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- Mar 3, 2008
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Is this the official website to buy Premium Bonds
www.nsandi.com
I would like to buy some but being a sceptical old man I do worry that it could be a scam website.
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NS&I offers you 100% secure savings and investments, backed by HM Treasury. Premium Bonds, ISAs and savings accounts. Start saving today.
www.nsandi.com
I would like to buy some but being a sceptical old man I do worry that it could be a scam website.
Mustafa II
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Yep, well done to you for being cautious online.Is this the official website to buy Premium Bonds
Home Page
NS&I offers you 100% secure savings and investments, backed by HM Treasury. Premium Bonds, ISAs and savings accounts. Start saving today.
I would like to buy some but being a sceptical old man I do worry that it could be a scam website.
That is indeed the correct ns&I premium bonds website.
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Thanks
Si Gull
Way Down South
I set up a Premium Bond account online for my mum. It was bloody scary using her debit card to transfer £35k to them.....afterwards I realised I should have done a small test transfer first
I was sweating for a while I can tell you 
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- Mar 3, 2008
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Exactly the way i have done it. £25 to start with. I am so unbelievably nervous when it comes to any online transactions or even speaking to any financial advisor. This all stems from when a bank manager lied to me about taking out PPI for a loan. He knew he was not telling me the truth but still insisted I took out the insurance.I set up a Premium Bond account online for my mum. It was bloody scary using her debit card to transfer £35k to them.....afterwards I realised I should have done a small test transfer first
May I ask, has your mum had any luck with her bonds?
Si Gull
Way Down South
Yes, I don't know what I was thinking tbh. It could easily have been a cloned site. I'm usually ultra cautious but was probably in a hurry. I dodged a bullet there
Mum's done well, winning £25-200pm currently, about 4% pa so not bad at all. Obviously could get a bit more elsewhere but there's always a (very small) chance of a big win!
dejavuatbtn
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Yes, I had to invest a huge chunk of money for my step dad and put it into one of their bonds. The money left his account but I didn’t get an acknowledgement or receipt. Nothing happened for a week so I spent hours on the phone trying to track the money down with their call centre who could not trace it without me going to his bank and getting some code that they could use to track it down whilst its investing was pending. They did say they had a backlog and if the money had left his account then they will have received it. I wasn’t convinced and was cracking my pants for a while. I complained and got some compensation out of them for their poor processes and lack of customer care.I set up a Premium Bond account online for my mum. It was bloody scary using her debit card to transfer £35k to them.....afterwards I realised I should have done a small test transfer first
emphyrian
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Usually win £25 - £50 per month although haven't won for two months so expecting to win the big one in July. Had money in for a year now and have won around £600 in that time.
Mustafa II
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Premium bonds rate increased yet again for the August draw, from 3.7% to 4%.
The main change for this draw will be the prize probability increasing from 24,000 to 1 to 22,000 to 1.
The main change for this draw will be the prize probability increasing from 24,000 to 1 to 22,000 to 1.
Register online and you can check
…of winning ‘at least’ £25, per month, per £1 bond held
Decreasing?
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
This month's draw is tomorrow. Post any successes here!
Results on Tuesday according to the prizechecker app…….
Jack Straw
I look nothing like him!
You're probably right. I just did a quick Google search.
Might be drawn tomorrow with results available Tuesday