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Frugal Funds Update: Got my UPromise earnings and more free money from Trilegiant!

Published on February 8, 2008 By BillyOceansEleven

More money to add to my running “Frugal Funds” total. We got our UPromise earnings checks yesterday, which represent all of the earnings we have had in the program to date. I had $62.96 in earnings and my wife had $10.93. Less the two stamps to send in the withdrawal requests, we earned $73.07 for [...]

Withdrawing from Upromise without a 529 account

Published on December 10, 2007 By BillyOceansEleven

Upromise is promoted as a program to help save for college by sending earnings to a linked 529 college savings account. But what do you do if your 529 account isn’t affiliated with Upromise, or you just don’t care about saving in a 529 account? Luckily, you can request a check for the amount of [...]

$25 bonus for opening a Upromise account and shopping online

Published on December 1, 2007 By BillyOceansEleven

Here’s a way to get your college savings started with a quick $25 bonus! Now until 12/31/2007 when you open a new Upromise account and make a purchase through their online mall Upromise will give you a $25 bonus credit. To get started, visit Upromise or click the link to the left where you can [...]

Freebies for new parents

Published on November 7, 2007 By BillyOceansEleven

With the birth of the twins and all, this has been a wild week. So many things to do. So many things to learn. And nowadays, so many products to be pitched for baby. Baby products are a big business, and before your baby makes his first poopie you’ll probably start getting advertising for baby [...]