As many folks know, we moved last summer. Right after we moved, I dutifully changed my address with my employer, expecting them to notify all of the parties that were doing deductions through them for my benefit: group insurance, savings bonds, etc.
Last night, something triggered in my head that I hadn’t received a Savings Bond in a while. I checked Quicken, and low-and-behold, the last bond I received was in July 2005. About 6 $100 bonds were missing. This morning, I got into work and checked the company intraweb. They said to call National Bond and Trust Company [(800) 426-9314], which is what I did. It turns out that (a) they still had my old address; (b) they were still sending bonds to my old address; and (c) bonds don’t get forwarded being government mail. The good thing is that the bonds were too recent to be cashed. They are sending me the paperwork to request reissuance of the bonds, but still… for those of you that have payroll deduction towards savings bonds… forewarned is forearmed.
