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Prize Bonds problem

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  • 27-06-2011 3:03pm
    #1
    population
    Registered Users Posts: 1,509 ✭✭✭


    Hi all

    My wife has 1800 euro in prize bonds and she won 75 euro but there is a problem claiming the prize. Basically we are based full time in Italy, though I am home for a few weeks, and she received her winnings in the post to an old address we no longer lived at. As a result I just got the cheque last week and it is dated back to January. Also my wife has no bank account in Ireland and uses mine in Italy so she has nowhere to put it so to speak.

    What I am wondering is can she just request that the winnings be added to her account or does she have to come over and claim it which would be dearer than it is worth? Or can it be signed over to me?

    Have looked at the NTMA website and cannot find information on what to do under these circumstances.

    Any help appreciated


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    #2
    BuffyBot
    Registered Users Posts: 24,924 ✭✭✭✭BuffyBot


    They won't pay directly, only by cheque AFAIK. I doubt they'll pay out to anyone but the named bondholder.

    So if she's no account of her own, her options are limited.


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    Selfheal
    Registered Users Posts: 118 ✭✭Selfheal


    Hi there,

    I've won €75 a few times now and the first couple of times they sent a cheque, but then (if I remember rightly) they sent me a letter asking did I want any future winnings to be paid directly into bank account. I must have sent them my details because a subsequent win (€75 again) went straight into the bank.

    Hope that's helpful.


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    #4
    ravima
    Registered Users Posts: 848 ✭✭✭ravima


    You could always ask for it to be reinvested - help ireland as well as hoping to win more!


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