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  • emweaver
    emweaver Posts: 8,419 Forumite
    I applied last night but got a feeling they wont honour my £20!
    Wins so far this year: Mum to be bath set, follow me Domino Dog, Vital baby feeding set, Spiderman goody bag, free pack of Kiplings cakes, £15 love to shop voucher, HTC Desire, Olive oil cooking spray, Original Source Strawberry Shower Gel, Garnier skin care hamper, Marc Jacobs fragrance.
  • Dinah93
    Dinah93 Posts: 11,466 Forumite
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    supermankelly wrote: »
    No offense but why on earth would someone go to the effort of opening an account for £20!?? I wish my life was that boring I would waste my time doing such a thing. Or maybe not. lol

    I opened a bank account for £20, I didn't make a MSE account just to tell people they were boring. I think that smacks a lot more of having too much free time.

    £20 x2 for me and my partner is my petrol for a week, or a meal out, or half the money we need to get a digital camera for our holidays. If you don't believe it's worth your time taking care of your finances, you are on the wrong website.

    Or did I just feed the troll!? :p
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  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
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    supermankelly wrote: »
    No offense but why on earth would someone go to the effort of opening an account for £20!?? I wish my life was that boring I would waste my time doing such a thing. Or maybe not. lol

    No offence but why on earth would someone go to the effort of signing up to a site just to post such inane drivel!?? I wish my life was that boring i would waste my time doing such a thing. Or maybe not. lol
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
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  • gunsandbanjos
    gunsandbanjos Posts: 12,246 Forumite
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    Dinah93 wrote: »
    Or did I just feed the troll!? :p

    You and me both!
    The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.
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  • swiftnick
    swiftnick Posts: 199 Forumite
    supermankelly wrote: »
    No offense but why on earth would someone go to the effort of opening an account for £20!?? I wish my life was that boring I would waste my time doing such a thing. Or maybe not. lol

    Cos 20 quid's 20 quid :wink:
  • Claire_DC
    Claire_DC Posts: 1,269 Forumite
    Offer now closed!:rolleyes:
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  • Claire_DC
    Claire_DC Posts: 1,269 Forumite
    supermankelly wrote: »
    I am on this website as allows me to keep up to date with best ISA and 2for1 Vouchers for resturants I eat at. This just seems like waste time which probably won't even pay off. I wouldn't do it for £200 but we all have different levels of need.

    God what a waste of time, logging onto this website and finding a 2for1 voucher, then printing it off... just to save (approx) £10 on a main course! :rolleyes:
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  • studioeng
    studioeng Posts: 55 Forumite
    Please do not feed the trolls. :rotfl:
  • Gorgeous_George
    Gorgeous_George Posts: 7,964 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    I guess I'll be alone but I think taking advantage of someone's mistake is not very nice.

    Clearly, somebody at ING made an error and, thanks in part to MSE, it has cost them dearly - or rather, it will cost their real customers dearly.

    There's a line that needs to be drawn between 'consumer greed' and 'consumer revenge' IMHO. The banks are in real trouble at the moment and kicking them while they are down is out of order - again, IMHO.

    GG
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  • pebblespop
    pebblespop Posts: 1,202 Forumite
    Gorgeous_George wrote: »
    I guess I'll be alone but I think taking advantage of someone's mistake is not very nice.

    Clearly, somebody at ING made an error and, thanks in part to MSE, it has cost them dearly - or rather, it will cost their real customers dearly.

    There's a line that needs to be drawn between 'consumer greed' and 'consumer revenge' IMHO. The banks are in real trouble at the moment and kicking them while they are down is out of order - again, IMHO.

    GG
    why have they made an error??

    i assume that when ING were deciding to run this offer they know exactly how much they want to pay out on these kind of promotions so when they had filled their quota of new accounts they closed the offer.

    seems like good business sense to me - a lot cheaper than tv advertising as well.

    you can still open an account with them if you want - i am sure some people still will to take advantage of the ok-ish interest rate.
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