Emigrant Direct $10 or $20 Sign-Up Bonus

[jeffrey]

Originally Posted by TinyFish

Out of curiosity, how does this 'conversion' of ING invites work? I understand that I can get $20 for them, but what, exactly, are you guys doing with them? What are they being converted to...besides possibly cash for me?

-TinyFish

Our site gets enough traffic that we have a few people sign up for an ING account from our site each week. Since Nate and I have long ago used up all of our ING invitations, we put yours on the site instead. They are simply being used by people who want the $25 bonus who happen to visit our site.

[jeffrey]

Originally Posted by ruthie

I finally got around to signing up with Emigrant tonight. I used the special link and sent over my first name and email address, but I've still got a couple of dumb questions.

1) Is the "date you activated your online account" supposed to be the day I started the account (today) or the day I confirmed the account (in a few days)?
2) Can I go ahead and send my ING referrals now or do they need to be somehow connected to my Emigrant bonus? Do I just send them to info@savingadvice.com?

Thanks!!

1. Date activated should be the day confirmed.
2. You can send the 2 ING referrals right away, but we will hold them until we can confirm the information with Emigrant. Unfortunately, this has been taking a few weeks (it's the way that Emigrants works and not a whole lot we can do about it), but if you have already sent them, we can get them up the same day that we get confirmation.
3 Yes, send them both to info@savingadvice.com

[vince]

I signed up the other day and just confirmed. I will send details in an email in a few.

Thanks

[TinyFish]

Oh! I get it. Thanks. Didn't mean to sound suspicious, just wondering how it all worked.

-TinyFish

[Great to be Debt Free]

Bringing this to the top for newer folks and letting you know I'll be setting mine up tonight. Oh, question. I'm actually setting the emigrant account up for my husband, but the ING account is mine. Will that matter for me to be able to get the ING $20 credit? I guess I'll wait for your response...

[CraigThor]

Is this deal still available? Just signed up for your site and am signing up for my ING account tomorrow. Everything on this site is great and has been a tremendous help in my needing to design a budget. Wish I would have found this site sometime ago.

Craig

[jeffrey]

Yes, this deal is still available

[CraigThor]

Originally Posted by jeffrey

Yes, this deal is still available

Great this weekend I will be setting up for both my ING and Emigrant accounts. You will be receiving an e-mail from me shortly. Time to start saving for my future.

Craig

[CraigThor]

signed up for both my emigrant direct and ING accounts today should get something from them as I clicked on your link to set it up, and you will have a referals as soon as I verify everything through ING.

Craig

[jeffrey]

email me the information once you have it.

[supergirlkeywest]

Hi Jeffrey,

When I click on the "refer friends" link there seems to be only one invite. Am I too late? Or am I just a bimbo?

[lrjohnson]

Originally Posted by supergirlkeywest

When I click on the "refer friends" link there seems to be only one invite. Am I too late? Or am I just a bimbo?

Let's hope you aren't put in the position of calling her a bimbo!

[jeffrey]

Originally Posted by supergirlkeywest

Hi Jeffrey,

When I click on the "refer friends" link there seems to be only one invite. Am I too late? Or am I just a bimbo?

No, there should be 25 invites in there for you to use. After you hit the "Earn $$$ Refer A friend" button at the bottom of the homepage, you will see a single button to refer a friend. When you click on that it will take you to the 25 invites your have.

[supergirlkeywest]

Hi Jeffrey,
Do you think I should close the ING account after I get the Emigrant or should I still leave some funds in there? After all, %1.5 is still %1.5!

[jeffrey]

I personally would leave the account open with a few dollars in it. ING tends to run promotions from time to time and there may be a time one of these promotions would be worth participating in, but you need to decide if it is worth having the extra accoount for you.

[joyride21]

I'm getting a "Cannot find server" error when I click the link. Temporary problem or has this offer been discontinued?

[jeffrey]

I believe it's a temporary problem - have an email in to find out what the problem is.

[jeffrey]

Yes, I just received confirmation that it is a temporary problem on Emigrant's side and they are working to solve it.

[joyride21]

Excellent! It is working again and I just signed up. I will email my info to you.

[supergirlkeywest]

Hi Jeffrey,

I have to tell you what a frustrating process opening the account with Emigrant was. I elected to use my passport number vs my DL number because I happened to have it handy. Once the confirmation process was completed I then was informed that I had to photocopy my passport, provide a cover letter and print out the confirmation page to complete the application. I called and was told there was no way I could change my form of ID after the fact. So I tried to do it their way. When I attempted to print out the confirmation page from their print button it took me back to their homepage. So I called again, now she wanted me to download the confirmation page through adobe blah blah blah. I already had enough at this point so I cut and paste it sent then a curt note explaining how frustrating it was to open an account with a bank that wanted your business etc. and faxed away. I will keep you posted as to whether or not they actually want my money....