$200 Free from Citibank

[psung]

Saw this advertisment on msn.com main page today. Its gonna take a while but its worth it... Just write 2 checks out to yourself every month and consider it as a long term savings account

Promotional code CDA7


Offer details

* This offer is not available at Citibank Financial Centers. To receive this offer, you must:
Open and fund a Citibank EZ Checking account online and deposit at least $1,500 by 11/30/2004
Starting no later then the calendar month after the month in which you opened the account, pay 2 or more bills each calendar month for 3 consecutive months at citibankonline.com. $100 will be credited to your account within 90 days of the end of the statement period in which you met these requirements.
If you qualify to receive the initial $100 credit, and you make 2 or more bill payments each calendar month for the next 12 months at citibankonline.com, you will be eligible to receive an additional $100. The additional $100 will be credited to your account within 90 days of the end of the statement period in which you met these requirements.

 

[adro!t]

bah, too lazy to go thru all this

 

[ARIEL]

Im With You On That Adro!t, Too Lazy For That!!! Thankx Anyway

 

[Hanzo]

How much does it cost to pay a bill?

The expected cost is $200 / 15 months x 2 bills = $6.67. Citibank likely charges less, but they're probably expecting you to pay more than an average of two bills per month.

So you aren't really making $200, but much less after the expenses are factored in.

 

[ksocia]

IMHO I'd say you may be better off using the $1500 needed for the account minimum to buy things like that SWEET dell laptop deal that was a few days ago, and then try and make some cash via ebay. Maybe use it to get some free AR stuff and sell it for a small profit. I'd rather wait 6-9 months for random rebates to come in than have to pay 2 bills each month for a year via a specific bank account. But thanks for the deal anyhow! I'm sure someone on Spoofee has enough free cash and bills to want this deal.

 

[CozKramer]

CitiBank is bunk! Unless you get your reward upfront and can say, "give it to me now", you'll never see it...

 

[Chumly]

Got my $100

I signed up for the earlier promotion where you just make two online bill pays and then they deposit $100...worked as advertised...but requires a lot of discipline for this new offer.

 

[todd]

For those of you who have done this, I've got a couple of questions --

1) In the parlance of Ron Popeil, do they allow you to "Set it and forget it." ie, Can I setup automatic monthly payments?

2) Do they recognize a deposit from paypal as a direct deposit?

Thanks!
Todd