ING cuts their rates again. Electric Orange Savings rate dropped to 3.10% APY down from 3.40%. Official ING Savings Account Page Electric Orange Rates dropped to 2.00% APY and 1.98% Interest Rate down from 2.25% APY. Official Electric Orange Page
Read MoreMarch 2008
[Update 8-11-2011] – ING Now offers paper check books for Electric Orange accounts. The checkbooks can be ordered from the ‘Account Maintenance’ page of your Electric Orange account. View the details of the ING checkbook at the Checkbook Help Page. I have been using the ING Electric Orange checking account for almost a year now and I have been very pleased. One downfall to being able to earn 2.25% on your checking account balance is that they don’t offer a regular paper check book, but you can fill out an electronic check form and they will mail out [...]
Read More“Cheaper Than Cheap” is a recurring tip series about frugality. The idea is to provide helpful frugality tips that border on fanatical to the point of being humorous. Love them or hate them, let’s hear what you think. Tip #3 was on separate your two ply toilet paper. Cheaper Than Cheap Tip Of The Week #4 : Earn Free Money By Reusing Bags At Grocery Stores That’s right as the title suggests you can earn more than 10 times your investment with this one green earth friendly frugal tip. Bring your own bags to the grocery store. Most grocery stores [...]
Read MoreI talked about how success requires bold decisions, so I figured I should share the decisions that where bold and went against the grain to get me were I am at today. Where am I today, you ask? Well…awesome growing marriage, beautiful wife, two wonderful children, paid off 70,000 in debt, no debt except for a mortgage, 32% equity in a home, $12,000 emergency fund, and a net worth of about $150,000 at age 29 to list a few. I am ecstatic about my as it stands, I truly am, not one complaint. The question remains, what decisions stand out [...]
Read More


