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Re: premium bonds.

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Potter wrote: Ultimately though the best way I know to make money is to keep on working until I'm safely behind a margin that is unlikely to run out until I'm properly old and knackered.
You copied me (playground nya nya!).

Almost a year after retiring, the way the economy has gone makes me glad of that safety margin.
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25 Must be due a biggy soon. ☹
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£125 for me and £75 for wifey.
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Zilch
Nada
Zero

First time since January we've not won.
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£200

I'm about to throw it on the bed and make love on it.
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1 x £50
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F-all again. When you're maxed out you seem to do well enough, but since dropping back down I'm getting zilch! I suppose te answer is in there...
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First ever win, had them 2 years……£25 🤣
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I won £30 on lotto last night and £5 on a winsday ticket too. So I don't feel so short-changed now :D
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£50 for me and £175 for wifey.
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£50 🥳👍
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1x £100

It's the first time I've seen anything bigger than a £25 as a single prize.
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£50 and there's not that much in there! :thumbup:
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Can't log in, the website says they're really busy......
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Ant wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:14 pm Can't log in, the website says they're really busy......
Their results checker app simplifies things considerably. :thumbup:
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£25
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Taipan wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:25 pm
Ant wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 2:14 pm Can't log in, the website says they're really busy......
Their results checker app simplifies things considerably. :thumbup:
Don't do apps, they have a website.
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£100 [retches uncontrollably]
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Had a win email but will see how much when it hits the bank account. Probably £25.
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Count Steer wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 5:21 pm Had a win email but will see how much when it hits the bank account. Probably £25.
Bank account!

All ours automatically re-invest. It's like a proper savings account.