What to do with maturing bonds

nathandenniso... · Scooby Slapper Joined: 02 May 2010 Karma :

Just received a letter that on my 21st birthday my bonds will mature and I'm taking them out, I'm quite good with money and save each month but with this money I want to do something to remember with it. It's just short of £1,000 any ideas on how to enjoy it?

jeddy11 · Traffic Copper Joined: 06 Jul 2012 Karma :

Snorting cocaine off a high class hookers breasts ?
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Redoko · World Chat Champion Joined: 04 Nov 2009 Karma :

Personally?

I'd chuck it into savings, could come in use if you continue to add to it. Deposits etc.

If I had to blow it out?

I'd upgrade the bike.
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james1988 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 May 2010 Karma :

I pissed mine away. Sometimes I regret doing so but then again, I had a great time doing so!

On a more mature level, why not buy stock in a company. Just pretend it's money you'd never had. It's a bit of a gamble but could very well pay off.

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Raffles · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Apr 2009 Karma :

When I first glanced at the thread title, I thought I'd entered one of them dodgy sites by accident (again). I read the title as ''What to do with maturing blondes''
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MarkJ · World Chat Champion Joined: 11 Apr 2006 Karma :

I thought it said masturbating bonds Laughing

Personally I'd put it in savings, as £1k wouldn't go that far nowadays.

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DrSnoosnoo · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2012 Karma :

spend it all on the bike. or hookers. probably hookers
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chris-red · Have you considered a TDM? Joined: 21 Sep 2005 Karma :

£1000 isn't really a lot of money. If I were you I'd spend it on something big. Either a holiday or maybe a new MTB/Camera.
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haroman666 · World Chat Champion Joined: 17 Sep 2008 Karma :

I'm putting mine (Mine matured in August) towards my funds for a Beetle in 18months time.
All my money is in an ISA, happily earning interest.
You could use the money to go towards working/living abroad for bit?
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cimbian · World Chat Champion Joined: 27 Sep 2012 Karma :

If you want to access it in the short-term then look at an ISA. If not, Google 'penny shares'. Smile

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GhostRider · World Chat Champion Joined: 31 Jan 2008 Karma :

Holiday is a good idea, go and sow your wild oats in some sunny foreign land for a couple of weeks.

Suggestion about putting it toward travelling abroad is also good, kinda the same, but more oat sowing across a longer period, on a more multinational scale.

If either of those aren't your thing, coke and whores, £1k saved ain't gonna mean shit unless you are intending to add to the pile frequently and substantially, so spunk the lot, at 21 thats what I'd do.

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doggone · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 May 2004 Karma :

It would make a nice start to an ISA account, that you wouldn't miss in the short term.
An ISA pays interest usually monthly into your current account which becomes rather pleasing as the amount you have saved in it adds up over years.
Or buy yourself a nice treat like a good camera or bike bits.
A wise purchase of something you wanted for a while is just as valid as saving to spend later.
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Flatbadger · World Chat Champion Joined: 07 Apr 2012 Karma :

Any chance you can lend me some money for my sister's eye operation?
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