Comments on: Get a Free $25 Today (4/15) Only (Promotion Extended)

By: Solomon

Solomon — Sun, 04 May 2008 16:19:52 +0000

It looks like it’s USA only. :( Oh well.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:21:29 +0000

Lazy – it’s a great promotion. My readers have received $750 so far and I’ve received $300.

Matt – I was also concerned about giving out my social security number. I looked into it and wrote about it here.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:42:31 +0000

BoA does have the same general verbiage. I guess Wesabi’s draconian security spoiled me a bit. My bank doesn’t mention SSNs in their policy, but there is a phrase that they could wiggle into (though I think you could lawyer them back out)

I’ve got the $25 sitting waiting to be received, I just am going to give them a little while before tossing my info into their hat.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:14:02 +0000

Isn't that pretty standard for a bank? I'm looking at Bank of America's and I think it's roughly the same.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:01:55 +0000

I’m a little worried after looking at their privacy policy:

—quote—
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect information about you from the following sources:

* Information we receive from you, including information on applications or other forms, such as your name, address, social security number, assets and income;
* Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others, such as your account balance, transaction and payment history, parties to transactions, and credit card usage; and
* Information we receive from a consumer reporting agency, such as your creditworthiness and credit history.

INFORMATION WE DISCLOSE
We may disclose all of the information that we collect, as described above. You may opt out of the disclosure of such information, other than as permitted by law.

—end quote—
So they may give anything you tell them (including SSN) to anyone they want and you can’t opt out of this unless you snail mail your request to them. No exceptions that I can see.

I think I’ll hold off. $25 is nice, but this isn’t really a loophole as much as a nice tunnel. Anyone with any incite on the real legality here or what they legally can & can’t do with the info since they’re a bank?

By: erik

erik — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:47:10 +0000

Are you sure today is the last day? My email says May 15th.

By: Lazy Man

Lazy Man — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:30:26 +0000

Keonne, that’s a fantastic idea… It’s much better than $25 itself.

By: keonne

keonne — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:27:20 +0000

I got my girlfriend to sign up and send me her 25 bucks.

So now I have 60 bucks…. for free.

Sweet deal

By: ryan

ryan — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:51:28 +0000

i did it already, and ended up with $25.25 in free money in my checking account.

By: keonne

keonne — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:43:01 +0000

done

Thanks