r/CaravanningAustralia

Saw this floating around and figured I’d share because petrol prices are crazy right now and free money is free money 😂

ING are currently offering anyone who signs up before May 31st a $100 bonus. No catches other than doing a few easy things once your account’s open. Here’s the breakdown:

1. Use the following link to sign up - Link here
2. Deposit $1000 (you can transfer out once you receive your $100 bonus)
3. Make 5 purchases - Just use the card you get sent on your weekly shopping (split the transaction into 5 payments at checkout)
4. Open a savings maximiser account and deposit $1 into it (you can do this straight away once you sign up they walk you through everything)

Then you just sit back and wait for ING to drop that $100 straight into your account. You can transfer it to your main bank, or spend it with the ING card, up to you.

Took me less than 10 minutes to do everything and it’s one of the easiest bonuses I’ve seen. Longest part is waiting for the card to arrive but once you have it you can just use it with your regular shopping for 1 week.

An important point is that the caravan is located in Melbourne. Is it normal for someone to immediately offer to pay for a caravan on the other side of the country and have it couriered to them? Seems very strange. Not to mention immediately asking for my bank details without seeing anything other than a few photos?

Would love to hear if anyone has any experience with potential scammers, or if you think old mate is just keen as mustard. TIA

UPDATE: I asked him to put a $500 deposit down if he is truly keen and he then replied within 60 seconds (sus) asking me to provide my ID?

Delete this if it's not allowed but I figured I'd share to help some people out who need some extra cash. I did a few of these sign up promos I found scattered around Reddit over the past week to get some extra cash sorted before a couple birthdays and they all paid out without issues. Thought I’d write them up properly and share, because I know a lot of people are trying to stretch their budget at the moment.

ING - $100

ING are currently offering $100 if you sign up before May 31. This one's the best offer to do if you have the money to take advantage of it. Here are the steps:

1. Sign up using this link
2. Deposit $1000 (you can transfer it back later)
3. Make 5 card purchases (Split one grocery shop into 5 payments if you want)
4. Open a Savings Maximiser and deposit $1

ING then sends $100 straight into your account. This one took me less than 10 minutes to set up. The longest part is waiting for the card and the transactions to settle.

MyPayNow - $47.33

This company offers pay advances without credit checks so it doesn't effect your credit rating. If the name sounds familiar you might have seen them on the Gold Coast Titans jerseys this season as they're one of their main sponsors. This month they're offering $50 to anyone who signs up and takes out a wage advance. Here's how you can take advantage of this offer:

1. Download the MyPayNow app from the appstore and sign up. When signing up enter this code in the "Refer a friend code" section - RZXL-A9C5-EJ8Y
2. Once you've signed up simply click "Get pay now" and choose the lowest amount which is $50. Click continue and accept all of the terms.
3. Once your $50 wage advance has been processed you'll see that $50 show up in your bank account. Shortly after you'll receive an additional $50 bonus paid into the same bank.

Then you're done, easy as that! You've made $47.33 since there's a $2.67 fee when repaying the advance. You can then immediately repay the advance with your card and close the account if you want.

Wagepay - $45

Wagepay is another company that offers pay advances without credit checks so it doesn't effect your credit rating. This month they're also offering $50 to anyone who signs up and takes out a wage advance. Here's how you can take advantage of this offer:

1. Download the Wagepay app from the appstore
2. Sign up and enter this Invitation Code - VD4CPR
3. Once you've signed up simply take out a wage advance and choose the lowest amount which is $100.
4. Once your $100 wage advance has been processed you'll see that $100 show up in your bank account. Shortly after you'll receive an additional $50 bonus paid into the same bank.

Then you're done, easy as that! You've made $45 since there's a $5 fee when repaying the advance. You can then immediately repay the advance with your card and close the account if you want.

Ubank - $30

Ubank are currently offering $30 to anyone who signs up before the end of the month. This promotion requires less capital to do as well. To be eligible for this promotion simply do the following:

1. Download the ubank app and sign up
2. Use the invite code - 1VV4A6X
3. Deposit $10 or whatever amount you need to make 5 purchases
4. Use the digital card to make 5 purchases (you can even split a purchase into 5 transactions at the self checkout if you want)

And you're done! You'll get the $30 deposited into your account which you can use there or transfer away.

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