Free 25 Bucks

I have been writing lately about saving $$$ for the Xbox. I opened a savings account that ears 3.5% interest with no minimum balance which is magnificent (EmigrantDirect.com). Now I have found another similar account which you might have heard of: ING Direct, everything is pretty much the same, with the exception that the interest rate is 3.3% and they give you a $25 dollar bonus for just opening the account!! Now, keep in mind there is no minimum balance and no minimum initial deposit (actually there is, its $1). You do have to keep the money in the account for at least 30 days but its earning interest all that time. What better way to take less of a hit once Xbox 360 launch time comes? Needless to say I opened this account as well. One important note: you have to be referred by someone who currently has an account to get the $25 bonus offer (I was referred by Jonathan at http://www.mymoneyblog.com/, which is a very useful blog you should check out if you are interested in anything dealing with financial goals, investing, retirement, etc. In fact, I’ll put a link to it on the links section to your right). Email me or leave a comment if you’d like to be referred, however only if you are 100% sure that you are opening the account since there is a limit on the amount of referrals. You will receive $25 and I’ll get $10 for referring, once you open the account you can refer other people from your account.

I would suggest you research it to see if it will work for you, once all set and ready to go, let me know and I’ll send you the referral. Mymoneyblog.com has a good overview of the account if you want to research it for pros and cons, it also has similar articles for the EmigrantDirect.com account I mentioned previously and a few others you might be interested in. I can also try to answer any questions you might have.

Well, that’s all for now, if you’d like $25 for doing nothing, let me know…

Quick update on World Basketball Championship qualifier:

PR loses against Panama (you think it had something to do with me making fun of the US team for losing to Panama), setting up a do or die game against the US on Friday. Should be fun, now if I could somehow watch it…anybody have ESPN Deportes?

[Edit] : apparently PR has been eliminated, damn. There used to be a time when we kicked everyone’s ass in the region, except the US off course. This absolutely suckssssssss. But honestly, like I said in my previous post, they were playing like poo poo and it seemed they weren’t hungry enough, it was almost poetic justice for being too cool and not respecting teams like Venezuela and Panama who we have traditionally beat. OK, I’ll be in the bathroom crying if you need me…