UPDATE* ING Direct: Make $27.50 and Start Stashing Away Summer Cash

Earn 3.00% APY on a SAVINGS ACCOUNT

Get $25 $27.50 if you deposit $250 or more

Well, since summer came around I have been working full-time (no more getting tanked at Kilroy’s on Tuesdays). I thought it would be a good idea to invest some of the money I am making into an online savings account. I already have E-trade and it offers a little bit better APY than ING (3.15 compared to 3.00). Then a friend came along and said I could make $25 for signing up with ING with at least a $250 deposit.

So I did it. I actually prefer the ING site to E-trade. It has more safety features and was extremely easier to sign up for. Yes, the $25 was deposited into my account within a week. My Chase checking account was withdrawn for $250 on the next business day. Now if you choose you can get all your money back in around two weeks. I on the other am keeping in it. I set up an automatic savings plan where ING takes a certain amount from my Chase checking every other week (for the summer). This way I don’t have to worry about saving as it does it for me.

1. I have a limited number of these $25 bonus referrals that I can distribute.

2. If you would like one click “Contact The Wi11is”.

3. As the subject put “ING Referal”, make sure you put your correct email address. That is where I will be sending it to.

4. *If you are not going to deposit at least $250 please do not ask for the referral because that is one less that someone else could have gotten*

Overall this is good deal. You are making almost as much as you would on a CD, while having access to the money. The setup was about 10x quicker than E-trade and is more secure. It is a very simple site. Once I run out of referrals I will take this post down. FYI I get $10 $7.50 if you sign up, but just remember The Wi11is doesn’t lie unless its to girls.

I was pondering this for the past few days and I have decided to give anyone who signs up a $2.50 gift on top of the $25 that they will receive from ING.  The Wi11is cares for its readers and I thought I would consider this “a gift” for you reading our blog.  Don’t worry for those two people who already requested a referral, I will send you the gift as well (or maybe just buy you a beer).