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Nowt.

I did win £5 and a free lucky dip on the lotto last night tho'
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Better than a boot in the stones! :clap:

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Nawt. :thumbdown:

They're not feeling particularly premium to me. They're more like a skanking-scummer-nan-in-the-pool-at-a-cheap-holiday-camp bond.
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Nothing last month, £100 this month, so not doing great at the moment, would have got more in interest in the bank. Maybe next month will make up ...
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Potter wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:22 pm
MyLittleStudPony wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:07 pm Nawt. :thumbdown:

They're not feeling particularly premium to me. They're more like a skanking-scummer-nan-in-the-pool-at-a-cheap-holiday-camp bond.
Have you got the max in?
No. I cashed in most of them (and lots of other stuff) to get a transfrontier shipment licence.
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Potter wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 4:46 am
MyLittleStudPony wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:44 pm
Potter wrote: Thu Nov 02, 2023 3:22 pm

Have you got the max in?
No. I cashed in most of them (and lots of other stuff) to get a transfrontier shipment licence.
The rag and bone business picking up a bit is it :lol:

The comparable interest rates are only something like 4% (ish) on PBs, so you're only going to get £250-350 a month if the two of you max it out with a hundred bags between you in there.
You can't moan if you're only getting 4% of next to nothing.
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£100 again this month, from sub £10K held, so pretty happy.
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Nothing this month.
Which is to be expected as I've been way over the odds recently.
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Zip.

There's 17k in there now and all I've had this year is two £50's.

First week of Feb my £20K NS&I 4% Bond matures.

Both together would pay my mortgage off, but it's only 1.12% with 3 years left on that rate. I might just bung it all in another bond if I can get near 6%. It will sure beat this years premium winnings!
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I've got a couple of bonds maturing in Jan too.

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£175 this month on 44K, better but that's 0, 100, 175 in the last three months, still underperforming bank interest rates!
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1 x £50 and 1 x £100! :thumbup:
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A whole £25
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Did a lost account search this week as I vaguely remember someone saying they had bought me premium bonds when I was still knee high to a grashopper.

Good news is they were right and I do indeed have some long forgotten bonds, bad news is only £20 worth, worse news is they have never won a bean in 40 years :lol:
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On £2700 for the year for a 6.75% return.
I realise I can get an easy 6%, but the thrill of getting that message..........and of course, one day we'll be millionaires!
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Me Zilch

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Potter wrote: Sat Dec 09, 2023 12:53 pm
Demannu wrote: Fri Dec 08, 2023 7:32 pm On £2700 for the year for a 6.75% return.
I realise I can get an easy 6%, but the thrill of getting that message..........and of course, one day we'll be millionaires!
6% isn't easy to come by now
Bollocks!
I got this email from some bloke who told me I could get 12% minimum on crypto.
All I got to do is send him the codes on an apple voucher for £1000 and I'll be in clover this time next year..........
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New Year with new bond investment.

£125. 👍
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Nowt.

I'm gonna pull ten grand out and stick it somewhere else.
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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Jan 03, 2024 7:58 am Nowt.

I'm gonna pull ten grand out and stick it somewhere else.

Panigale...
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