€25k invested in prize bonds

As per previous posts, you are probably better off to register for an online account, especially if you will be buying/selling/holding State Savings products for the long term. If you are in a hurry for the money you might be better getting the form and and taking it to a Post Office or sending it and the certified attachments off in the post today. I always send them by registered post as this avoids and "we never received your letter" nonsense. It is possible to send a registered letter FOC if it is addressed to State Savings, Prize Bonds Repayments Department, GPO, Freepost, Dublin 1, D01 F5P2

Note 3 on the repayment form states "Where application for repayment is for less than the total number of units in a multiple Bond, a Bond covering the remaining units will be forwarded to the holder. The range of Bonds to be repaid must start at the first Bond in the range held." So yes, you enter the range you wish to cash in, starting with the first number in the range. Note that in your example you are actually cashing in 113 bonds (ABC100000 to ABC100112) and so would receive €706.25.

If you want to be absolutely clear in your instructions, I would put on the form "Please cash-in ABC100000 to ABC100112 and please issue a replacement certificate for ABC100113 to ABC100400"

I rang them and they said they sent me a change of address form last year and I never responded. I think I completed one for Prize Bonds and not State Savings thinking they both would update.

So to register, they have to send me out a form and I send it back which may take two weeks. Then they send out a registration form which I complete and return and then they send me out an access PIN! The whole process could take 4 weeks. Crazy.

I actually need to withdraw the money a lot sooner as I paid for something on my credit card thinking I could withdraw a lot quicker than this. It looks like the standard form is the way to go until I'm registered. And now looking at the form for repayment, I need to send in a bank statement for my bank that doesn't issue them. Talk about difficult!

These services are run to suit An Post you know!!

I don't think the registered letter thing costs them much extra, a few extra bits of paperwork for staff who are on payroll anyway.

The increase in prizes isn't doing me much good 😌 - nothing again

Cheques are long gone. The up to date information is on the website.

What are my Prize Bond winnings payment options?

1. Prizes can be automatically paid into the registered Bondholder’s bank account on provision of a SEPA IBAN and proof document validating the IBAN.
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3. OR
4. Prizes may be automatically reinvested in new Prize Bonds in the name(s) of the registered bondholder(s), on their behalf, for inclusion in future draws.

Please note: Where bank details are not provided, the prize payment option will default to automatic reinvestment in new Prize Bonds in the name(s) of the registered bondholder(s), on their behalf.

A few of questions:

How long is it since these wins ?

Have you changed address since the winning bonds were purchased ?

Have you checked the wins on the unclaimed/uncashed prizes page ?

Did you receive notification of the win in the post ?

If they were reinvested, the new bonds awarded together with all your other holdings should appear on your holdings page on your online account when it is up and running.

@VonLuck When you say "Tracker Page" I'm assuming that you are talking about the Prize Bond Tracker, correct ? This is NOT updated automatically, so additional purchases, transfers and reinvested prizes are NOT added automatically. You have to add them. And of course this is chicken and egg, as you can't add them if you don't know the numbers.

This is all a bit odd to be honest - you should have received the certificates (in the post) for any bonds issued when your prizes were reinvested. You mentioned a change of address form previously so my hunch is that this may be at the root of your problems.

You could call them and ask about the winners and what happened to the prizes/reinvestments. But I think your best bet is to plow on with getting yourself registered for State Savings Online. It cuts out an awful lot of this messing.

Unclaimed/Uncashed prizes remain visible on the tracker until they are claimed. There is no six month limit on these.

We bought prize bonds in July and last week got an email to say we had won 70 euro and today we got a letter about same and also said the winnings has been reinvested in 12 new bonds. I must have ticked the box for 'reinvest' when bought them initially.

Thought I was having a week away from the prizes as I didn't receive a notification e-mail. And then it arrived in at 12:39 so I checked the tracker........

I'm enjoying this....... Starting to look like the run that @tuisginideach had some years ago !

€75 for me today from a AWP bond won on 21 May 2021 reinvestment.

Bond number 413 won €75.

Bond number 413. That is amazing !!

If it was a christening present, the holder is 66 now.

If it was a 21st Birthday present the holder is 87 now.

If it was a wedding present, the holder/s is/are probably in their nineties now.

If the purchaser was 34 on the day it was purchased, she/he should also be getting a cheque from the president any day now.

Depends on how you set it up. They can be reinvested or cashed automatically. If you are registered online, you have the options to cash them automatically to your bank account, or reinvest. If not registered I assume you either get them reinvested or get a cheque via post.

Finally got €75 win.

I stand corrected then!