By Sun on Nov 9, 2006 in Bonus, Free money | 4 Comments
This probably won't be the biggest bonus you can get from ShareBuilder.com, but yesterday I received an email with a $25 promo code mypoints25 from MyPoints.com. To make the deal a little sweeter, you can open a ShareBuilder account through Ebates.com as they have another $20 bonus for shopping through Ebates. Or, if you are […]
By Sun on Nov 7, 2006 in Contest, Bonus, Free money | 14 Comments
First, the question:
What’s your best estimate of the value of the Dow Jones one month from today? Next pick a high value such that you are 99% sure that the Dow Jones a month from today well be lower than that value. Now pick a low value such that you are 99% sure that the […]
By Sun on Nov 6, 2006 in Shopping, Bonus, Free money | 0 Comments
Got an Amazon Platinum Visa card? Now you can earn double points on your daily purchases at restaurants, gas stations, grocery stores, and department stores.
According to the notice I received in the mail tonight, Amazon.com will reward you double points for every dollar you spend above $100 from November 1st to December 31st. Eligible categories […]
By Sun on Nov 1, 2006 in Banking, Bonus, Personal finance, Free money | 2 Comments
Early this month (actually should be last month), I posted an entry on how to get $60 bonus for opening INGDirect accounts and provided a reference code CK921/gheaeriz (valid till the end of this year) which I received in the mail. In that post, I said that any one who uses the code can get […]
By Sun on Oct 4, 2006 in Paid survey, Free money | 4 Comments
Well, they are not really free as the money does not fall from the sky. But I call it “free money” because it comes from outside of my job (so I won’t get fired if I did poorly) and my investment (so I don’t have to spend money in order to make money). And, the […]
By Sun on Oct 3, 2006 in Banking, Bonus, Personal finance, Free money | 3 Comments
I know INGDirect is no longer a leader in online savings interest rates now as it used to be. With current rate at 4.40%, ING is not comparable with other banks such as HSBC and EmigrantDirect, where I put most of our cash to earn a 5.05% APY. The only ING account I have now […]