€25k invested in prize bonds

Taylor365

Andrew Flexing wrote: »

No Joy.
Weeks since Last win: 2

2017: e50 x 3 €150
2018: e50 x 1 €50

Same here.

Weeks since Last win: 54

dxhound2005

€50 for me today from a batch which last had a winner on 27 June 2017. Two wins from the last three draws, after a drought of 26 weeks.

Sarn

Sligo Quay wrote: »

You don't say what your investment is so figures don't mean a lot.

The same amount invested for each period. It was more to highlight how the frequency of wins had dropped significantly over the past number of years. I used to have a win every two weeks at one point and now it’s one in 15 weeks.

bubblypop

bubblypop wrote: »

I Bought 100,000 euro of bonds in October 2016,
following are winnings

19 January 2018 €50
27 October 2017 €50
06 October 2017 €50
01 September 2017 €50
25 August 2017 €50
30 June 2017 €50
23 June 2017 €50
02 June 2017 €50
26 May 2017 €50
30 December 2016 €50
11 November 2016 €50
04 November 2016 €50

not great !! if i was in the country I would change my investment, as it is, it can stay a few more months.
no winner since January this year!

Would you believe 2 x 50euro winners today......
There is something about posting here!

Patsy_Bond

bubblypop wrote: »

Would you believe 2 x 50euro winners today......
There is something about posting here!

Nice one, they are always watching 👀

Nada for me this week, and I just invested another few grands worth 😩 glutton for punishment.

tuisginideach

Nought again :(:(:(:(

jon1981

bubblypop wrote: »

I Bought 100,000 euro of bonds in October 2016,
following are winnings

19 January 2018 €50
27 October 2017 €50
06 October 2017 €50
01 September 2017 €50
25 August 2017 €50
30 June 2017 €50
23 June 2017 €50
02 June 2017 €50
26 May 2017 €50
30 December 2016 €50
11 November 2016 €50
04 November 2016 €50

not great !! if i was in the country I would change my investment, as it is, it can stay a few more months.
no winner since January this year!

I presume you invested this amount because you wanted absolutely no risk and plan to use the money in the short term. At the very least the 3 yr state savings bond would have yielded better results with zero risk.

jon1981

jon1981 wrote: »

I presume you invested this amount because you wanted absolutely no risk and plan to use the money in the short term. At the very least the 3 yr state savings bond would have yielded better results with zero risk.

Yep, plan was to use it fairly quickly, but then got a chance to leave the country for a while. So tis there now till I'm back.
If I had more time, I would have put it somewhere else.......

dxhound2005

I don't think so. The Prize Bonds won €500 in the first year, at which point they could have been cashed in. Savings Bonds pay 1% after 3 years, but only 0.05% if they are cashed in after one year. Which would be a return of €50 on €100K.

http://www.anpost.ie/AnPost/downloads/statesavings/NSBTermsAndConditions.pdf

Gumbi

Have been leaving my money sit in a standard BOI account for too long now. Don't know if I want to really invest or not (seriously) yet, so I took the plunge today and submitted my application for prize bonds. I bought 2 grands' worth to start (a nice round number that's the limit of my debit card in one go), and I'll probably put in another 6-8k when my account is set up and good to go online.

erudec

pbwinner wrote: »

Winnings on 22 July 2016: 0
Last win 24 June 2016: 50
Total winnings since Feb 2011 on 25k: 2250

A 10% return over five years?

newtonjo

Our winnings from 2012 give 6.44% on over 100K     if you include the good year of 2011  then the total comes to 9.06%  year 2017 was down to 0.17%

tuisginideach

tuisginideach wrote: »

Nought again :(:(:(:(

and again :(:(:(:(

pbwinner

Winnings on 20th April 2018: €0
Last win 29th September 2017: €50
Total winnings on €25k from Feb 2011 to date: €2500
2011: €75 x 4 €300
2012: €75 x 6 €450
2013: €50 x 12 €600
2014: €50 x 9 €450
2015: €50 x 5 €250
2016: €50 x 5 €250
2017: €50 x 4 €200
2018: €0

Andrew Flexing

No Joy.
Weeks since Last win: 3

2017: e50 x 3 €150
2018: e50 x 1 €50

degrassinoel

tuisginideach wrote: »

Disappointed? Did you notice the post above you where €100K won €200 in last year. Now, that's disappointing! Payback is very fast - posted mine on a Wed., had the cheque the folowing Monday.

Yeah disappointed. That's what i said alright, disappointed.

My 2k is as much as i could afford, i could care less about someone else's money, about as much as they'd care about mine, this does not change the fact that i'm still disappointed by the low rate of wins per bonds.

anyway, i'm disappointed after over a year.

Disappointed.

Patsy_Bond

Not a sausage

tuisginideach

degrassinoel wrote: »

Yeah disappointed. That's what i said alright, disappointed.

My 2k is as much as i could afford, i could care less about someone else's money, about as much as they'd care about mine, this does not change the fact that i'm still disappointed by the low rate of wins per bonds.

anyway, i'm disappointed after over a year.

Disappointed.

I didn't mean to be smart - just that the return is so tiny - even for those who have lots of prizebonds. But let's hope next week is better for all of us.

Thargor

Square root of fook all.

Another 50 Euro winner this week, after two last week. None since January before last week.

I was just about to invest 25K in prize bonds - had the forms returned to me for further proof of address and maybe that's a good thing . I am beginning to think it might be a foolish and disappointing investment based on the experience of posters here.

Agent Smyth

Was beginning to give up hope of ever winning again, then a €50 win for me today

That's nearly 2 months since I've last won, 23rd of Feb

Cork Lass

Nothing for us again this week. Last win 2nd February :eek:

Taylor365

Deleted User wrote: »

I was just about to invest 25K in prize bonds - had the forms returned to me for further proof of address and maybe that's a good thing . I am beginning to think it might be a foolish and disappointing investment based on the experience of posters here.

Its not an investment - it's a place to store cash with a week or 2 withdrawal notice.

Sligo Quay

Nothing for me this week, it's been a looong winter, last win 22nd September 2017.
Did you notice a 4 digit bond 7009 purchased in Co Laois won €50 euro today, I never knew 4 digit bonds existed, gosh it's very old, perhaps purchased in the first week when the first draw took place in March 1957, the purchaser could be gone to a much greater reward where €50 euro doesn't matter anymore.

Oh and Co Fermanagh, the unlucky county, wins nothing AGAIN!!!!

Gumbi

Anyone know how long it takes them to "process" your prize bond application? How do I know when I'm "in the system"? Will I get a letter in the post?

They debitted the money staright out from my account when I paid in the post office, but I was told it'd be a few weeks before I was in the system, or something to that effect. I've also already signed up to the online thingy as well.

Thanks!

tuisginideach

Your bonds will have an issue date on them - probably Fri week in reality.

rizzee

Stupid question really - I have had prize bonds bought for me as a child but I don't physically know where the receipts/bonds are. All would have been bought in the same address (Current) . Is there a way to find out how many bonds I have in my name?

Gumbi

tuisginideach wrote: »

Your bonds will have an issue date on them - probably Fri week in reality.

Thanks, I'll have to check the receipt I have. I was waiting for some kind of confirmation by letter so that I can go ahead and start buying more online as soon as it's possible.

tuisginideach

Won't be on the receipt - the issue date will be on the bonds which you'll receive in the post.