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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 860 Send Message	ForeverMystified	Report	29 Jun 2015 12:35
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 860 Send Message	At the end of July people will not be able to buy premium bonds over the counter at Post Office, all transactions will have to be via computer or telephone. Gradual removal of Post office services methinks via the back door. Frances :-(
Member Since: April 2006 Posts: 2,822 Send Message	DazedConfused	Report	29 Jun 2015 13:39
	Who still buys them? When I worked on PO counters back in the 80/90 s we rarely sold any. :-)
	Researching: We are all of us in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars, Oscar Wilde New avatar, my dad age about 3/4 months, could have been worse, it could have been the awful nude on a rug!!
Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	29 Jun 2015 16:14
	I liked them when you could buy them in multiples of £1. I often bought them for birthdays/christenings etc. I stopped doing that when you had to buy a minimum of £100 at a time. Kath. x