Only a month left till school starts up and The Wi11is will be back full time. I found something that I had to share with you before then, a free camo hat. I was reading a magazine and saw an ad for a land clearing company called Barko, all I really cared about was the free camo hat though. All you have to do is click this link and fill in your info, you also have a chance to win a $100 GC. You might get some literature on a land clearing machine, but you can just throw that out unless you’re an ax man. I hope to see these hats all over campus when I get back. Enjoy your hat, and you will here more from The Wi11is soon.

Free Camo Hat

I got my camo hat in the mail today. It is pretty sweet, so hurry up and sign up for this hat. I hope to see everyone sporting these new threads at Kilroy’s.

You might have heard about this deal, but I wanted to give you a step by step on how to complete it. The American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Card offers 10,000 points for signing up and making your first purchase. The annual fee is waived for the first year ($125). So it is a free charge card for one year.

After making your first purchase 10,000 points will be deposited in your account. The nice thing about AMEX is that you can get an advance on your 10,000 points as soon as you activate your card. So here’s what you do.

1. Sign up for the American Express Preferred Rewards Gold Card. You can do that by going here. AmericanExpress.com
2. They claim you will either be declined or accepted in 60 seconds. Mine took 2.32 since I’m a baller.
3. If you were accepted wait 7-10 days for your card to come in the mail. It comes from Omaha, Nebraska. So don’t throw it out thinking it is junk mail.
4. Activate your card.
5. Sign into your account online and look for the points advance option in the rewards section.
6. Advance 10,000 points towards some gift cards (GC’s). Wait for the gift card(s) to arrive. Mine took three days. I suggest Sak’s Fifth Avenue if you want to turn it into cash (you will see why in a second).
7. If you don’t want to use the GC’s you can sell them for cash back to giftcardbuyback.com.
8. Mail your GC’s to GCBB.
9. Within 10 days you will receive a check ($78).
10. Make a purchase with the card and pay it off (actually earn your 10,000 points).

The reason I chose Sak’s is because it has the best resale value (78%) of the cards that AMEX offers. If you can find another site or GC that has a better resale (that is one of the GC’s that Amex offers make sure to let us know. So within two weeks you can $100 in GC’s or within three weeks you can have $78. I chose the cash.

If you haven’t read my five minute guide to paid surveys, do it Paid Surveys: Make Extra Cash. Inbox Dollars is comparable to Cash Crate.

Inbox Dollars

How to make money

Read Emails: 3 cents per email ( I average 3 emails a day) I have made $4.

Take Daily Survey: $.50 recently reduced from $1

Cash Offers: (I don’t do many, but there is a trick if you want to do a lot)

Shopping: They give you a percentage back if you are purchasing from a store online. So if you join check out the stores they have and if you do online shopping make sure to click through their site to get money back. (Apple, Dell, Newegg)

Payment takes 30 days after you reach $30, but they give you exact date and it took mine 3 days to get here after being sent. *Note they are tricky bastards and charge you $3 to process a payment. The good news is after your first payment you are given gold membership status. Then you can cash out and it only takes 3-9 days for the payment to be processed. Also gold members are given referrals of random people who join. They pay and it’s free money.

My Suggestions

I just love the fact that by clicking an email I am getting paid money. Even though it is not much it adds up. The .50 daily survey is less than Cash Crate’s $.80 so take Cash Crate’s daily survey first. They have a $30 minimum payment (kinda high). So, it will take you at least a month to get this unless you are smart motha. They give you $5 for just signing up which is nice. So sign up and start earning money. If you have any questions about paid surveys just hit “Contact The Wi11is” and I might be able to point you in the right direction and give you some pointers.

My Favorite Paid Survey Sites (Earnings)

Paid Surveys: Survey Spot ($76)

Paid Surveys: Opinion Outpost ($81.80)

Paid Surveys: NFO MySurvey ($20)

Check out the rest of the survey sites under the paid surveys category and start making money.

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).