SmartyPig Mini-Review and $50 Giftcard Giveaway
Posted on April 08, 2008 by Him and tagged free, reviews, savings
<Homer Simpson>
SmartyPig
SmartyPig
Does whatever a SmartyPig does
</Homer Simpson>
If you're a regular reader of personal finance blogs, you've probably heard of SmartyPig, a new online social savings service. There have been a plethora of posts that review SmartyPig; I could give a review, but I think I'll let the other 40 posts that can be found on pfblogs.org do the talking for me.
Now for the good stuff. We have a $50 SmartyPig giftcard to give away to one of our readers. To enter to win, leave a comment and let us know what you're saving for. We'll pick a winner by using the random.org's random number generator. This contest will close next Monday, April 14 at 9:00 pm CDT.
Good luck!
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Beth | Apr 8, 2008
What aren't we saving for? We're paying down private student loans so that hopefully we can start saving for a house and children. But we'd also like to save for some furniture that doesn't look like we picked it up by the side or the road. That would be our main short-term SmartyPig-type savings goal.
Well that depends if you are talking all term or short term.
Short term I am saving for a digital camera. The bf and I have seemed to loose ours and we definitely need a new one.
Long term I am saving to pay off my law school student loans. Boy do they pill up so that I am buy a house, a car, or anything which would be a huge financial investment.
OneLoveTwoAccounts | Apr 8, 2008
I'm saving to go watch my husband compete in a international sports competition in Finland this August!
wayne | Apr 8, 2008
For Short Term ,saving up for an Ipod.
For Long Term, saving up for new family car.
ldub | Apr 8, 2008
short term i'm saving for my next hunk of tattooing, and long term i'm saving for a new laptop to help in my freelance work. overall, i'm just working on general debt reduction and building up a solid emergency fund.
Kim | Apr 8, 2008
We're saving so that I can stop working my 9 to 5 and try to start my own business!
Christine | Apr 8, 2008
That's funny.... Everytime I hear the name SmartyPig, I immediately think of the Spider Pig song too. ha ha
Anywho... I am saving for my two vacations this year and for all the weddings and showers I need to by gifts for in the next 6 months. Overwhelming! Ahh!! :)
We're saving for a trip to Atlanta Labor Day weekend plus some household appliances and a new bathtub.
Christine | Apr 8, 2008
I'm saving up for grad school so I won't be swallowed by debt before I even graduate.
Katie D. | Apr 8, 2008
Short term I'm saving for a trip to visit my brother in Mexico in July.
Long term I'm saving to start my own business!
Megan D. | Apr 8, 2008
Short term: a decent event/getaway for our 5th anniversary this summer
Ongoing savings to pay off student loans, get debt more in control, a good education for our infant,and basically life in general
Dawn | Apr 8, 2008
Saving for a slipcover for the hideously-ugly and multiply-stained couch that a friend of the family gave me for free when I moved into my new apartment. It seemed like a good deal until I realized how much slipcovers cost.
Jill | Apr 9, 2008
I'm saving to pay off the NICU bill for my premature twins (six weeks in the NICU!)
Jill | Apr 9, 2008
We're saving to adopt a baby -- can't use Smary Pig for that though since the timeline is unknown and we can't use a debit card for most of the expenses...but $50 could offset a tiny bit!
Christina | Apr 9, 2008
We put all our money into our savings account anyway but it would be cool to do Smartpig, earn some extra cash and put the money back in our Capital One account.
Fingers crossed for the $50!
Jessica | Apr 9, 2008
We are saving for several things we can be summed up as: home renovations and travel.
fastrada | Apr 9, 2008
I'm saving to help my mother pay for care for my father, who has dementia. Eldercare is EXPENSIVE!
Tammy | Apr 10, 2008
This is a big year for our family. We are saving for all the expenses for our senior graduating from high school. We have cap & gown, senior portraits, senior prom, graduation announcements and etc. He also became an Eagle Scout and we are waiting to do his Eagle ceremony when we get enough money to have family & friends attend. I can't leave out my 5th grader who is graduating from elementary school as well.
Hope | Apr 10, 2008
What am I saving for? Well, I need furniture for my post-college apartment. Unfortunately, most of my family has gotten rid of their old furniture for their new homes, so there's no furniture to pass down.
Also...Grad School is rather expensive.
MVP | Apr 10, 2008
We're saving to have a baby. I plan to quit my job once that happens, which will cut our annual income by $35K, so we've spent the past 2.5 years getting all our ducks in a row (paying off debt, starting the emergency fund and learning to live frugally). Unfortunately, we just experienced a miscarriage, but we hope to start trying again as soon as possible. However, we'll now be more prepared for the costs since we've spent the last two months looking at cribs, designing the nursery and researching the cost of diapers.
Vanessa | Apr 11, 2008
I'm saving for a downpayment on a house, wedding, and honeymoon...no wonder I feel overwhelmed!
Gail | Apr 11, 2008
What a great contest! Thank you. I am saving because I will be going to the eye doctor in a few weeks and am pretty sure I'll need glasses. YIKES!
Amanda Brown | Apr 12, 2008
I'm saving for my unborn children's college education and my retirement.
Megan | Apr 13, 2008
Saving for an espresso machine and barista training. I want to be able to make those lovely coffee drinks I consume so much of.
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Megan | Apr 8, 2008
I'm saving for a trip to Puerto Rico!
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