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Last week I discovered that E*Trade is offering a $25 bonus to customers who simply open a new Complete Savings Account between February 1, 2007 and February 28, 2007. On top of the $25 bonus, this savings account offers 5.05% APY, without the minimum balance requirement and account fees. I quickly contacted E*Trade about the promotion, since I just converted a matured 6-month CD account to this savings account on the last day of January. Although I was told that I didn’t qualify for the bonus at the end of the phone conversation, the $25 eventually came through into my account this week. Big thanks to the E*Trade customer service staff who worked with me on this matter!

So here is the lowdown: 1) Contact E*Trade and mention the promotion; 2) If the customer service representative mentions the terms/conditions for the bonus, which requires an ending balance of $25000 (or something like that) at the end of March, you can just tell him/her to review the offer at http://etrade.com/earnmore, and specify the disclosure#2. That should take care of the obstacle E*Trade might have intentionally put upon this promotion.

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