#72745
Postby XFool » August 7th, 2017, 6:53 pm
I don't usually see the point of simply posting: "I've won £25/Nothing this month". However I was taken aback by the following from the August draw and it might help others in a similar position.
I got a notification of a single £25 win this month, along with the list of new reinvested bonds.
Trouble was, the total didn't make sense, as I didn't win anything in July. I seem to have worked it out now on my own. I had actually won three £25 prizes this month, though only one win of £25 was shown on the top of the reinvestment notice. Previously, say I won two prizes, they would list both the prizes and the two winning bond numbers on the paper reinvestment advice. The total would show the new bonds added.
This time it all looked to have gone wrong. But I was very near the bond limits, only say two more £25 wins to go; also, like very many people, I have one £1 PB bought for me decades ago. So what seems to have happened is they:
Reinvested one £25 win - the only bond number listed at the top of the form as winning!
Reinvested £24 from a second winning bond - winning bond and reinvested bonds not listed at top, but reinvested winnings added to total.
Third £25 win not shown, not reinvested, not listed - presumably to be sent as cash plus the £1 cash from second bond win.
So hopefully I await a cheque for £26 along with further explanation by post.