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The Offer
- SaverLife is a non profit that is offering you $10 for every month you save $20, up to a maximum of $60.
The Fine Print
- You must be at least 18 years of age
Our Verdict
For those asking about the legitimacy of this offer, it’s provided by non profit EARN. It’s also been mentioned on mainstream sites such as USA Today. They seemingly fund it from corporate sponsors (Capital One, J.P. Morgan Chase and others). One of the most difficult things about saving money is creating good habits, this type of reward is the perfect way to get people into these good habits. Once you’ve started saving money, please make sure it’s in a high interest account as compound interest is a beautiful thing.
Part of the reason I like writing this blog is helping people save that wouldn’t otherwise be able to do so. If you currently can’t afford to put aside $20 a month, then look into things such as credit card bonuses and bank account bonuses to bring in some additional income. Having an emergency fund you can tap into when you have an emergency can save you many times over (avoiding having to pay high interest rates on credit cards, not to mention less stress). The nice thing about this particular bonus is that you can do it without opening a new account in most cases.
Hat tip to reader XenaWP
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So I know this post is dead as dead but wanted to let people know having done this I made the full 60 dollar amount and today I got an e-mail saying I won 250 from their savings boost challenge. I pulled the money out via paypal, it's totally legit!
Well, this was very shitty. They got all my information because I signed up. Now it's my sixth month (ends on 22nd) and it showed I've earned $60 but today I go and log in, and all of that has disappeared. It's back to $0 and it looks like I have to start over again
Same thing happened to me and they refused to credit it. It's a sketchy organization.
Yep. I went ahead and changed the user name and password of the account I had linked.
Looks like the offer is dead.
My 6th month will be ending in mid-December. My link to Wells Fargo remained functional throughout. The site shows that I have earned all $60, as long as I don't take money out of the account until it's over.
For those who have already completed it, how soon after the end of the 6th month and/or the doing the survey did you receive the payout?
Final report: My 6th month ended on Dec 12 or 13, I received the survey on Dec 13 and submitted it the same day along with my ACH numbers, and I received the $60 deposit on Dec 20.
About a week.
OK, thanks.
Account is under maintenance if anyone else is have trouble accessing.
When I filled out the form for the direct deposit.. I put the correct bank information.. but put a false name... as a consequence my $60 deposit was unfortunately rejected by the bank (got an e-mail saying that it was rejected because the name didn't match).. never been in a situation like this before.. because i have never given the wrong name before for an ACH transfer... so what to do now? I should have just given my real name.. but i didn't give it because i felt uncomfortable with giving my real name to this program.. a bit embarrassed.
Anyone in the same boat? What did you do and did you manage to get your funds?Thank you
How did you find out that it was rejected? And how long after?
What did you end up doing? I don't trust them either.
I'm not sure what to do. What are you thinking to do? I'd like to get my $60.
I didn't receive email to claim my $60 rewards though the $60 has been sitting in my Saverlife account for a couple of weeks. Anyway has the same experience?
My $60 in rewards was sitting in the account and I was finally able to re-link to my Discover account. yeah- LOL! Rewards are now set to $0 and there is no record of me doing anything despite the fact I linked to the exact same account as before. Email into tech support.
Tech support gave me $50 worth, I replied back I was missing $10 from X date and they replied back telling me to send a screenshot or a statement. Sent them a screenshot of the statement and was credited $10 more dollars. $60 finally hit my Discover account 10/24. Good freaking riddance. This is actually a bonus I wish I had ignored.
ETA: Holy crap. Even the "leave Saver Life" function is erroring out.
Received $50 today.
Worked for me. Earned $60 + $5 Amazon gift card for scratch and save. Linked with otherwise unused USAA savings.
Also worth noting, you can play scratch and save even if your bank account is not linked using an "alternative method" as described in the official rules:
ALTERNATE METHOD: To enter, without linking your SaverLife banking account, visit https://www.saverlife.org/scratchandsave2/?amoe=true (the "Alternate Means of Entry Website") during the Promotion Period and log in with the email address associated with your SaverLife account and complete the registration form with your true and correct information in the required fields (required fields include: Email Address) if you have not done so previously. Upon registering, you will earn one (1) gameplay for the Entry Period in which you register. For subsequent Entry Periods, you will earn one (1) gameplay by visiting https://www.saverlife.org/scratchandsave2/?amoe=true and entering your SaverLife email address