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Below are sites that tell you how your purchases can add up to savings for the kids' college expenses. As a UPROMISE member, they say, "you'll automatically receive college savings when you make eligible purchases of participating products and services from leading companies like Citi, Eddie Bauer, McDonald's, Tide, and more! You can automatically save when you use your registered credit, debit, grocery and drugstore cards; shop online; and use our special programs. It's safe and secure - there's no catch."

     And, not only that, but grandparents, aunts, and uncles can also join.

http://www.upromise.com/

     BABYMINT does the same thing, plus. Join BABYMINT, they say, and "you may choose to have your rebates sent to you via check, directed into another BabyMint member's account, have them deposited directly into your college savings account, or make a payment to your student loans." Its best-known participating company is Target, but it seems to specialize in cruise lines, so that Grandpa and Grandma's vacation cruise can contribute great things to the grandkids' education. I'm told frequent flyer miles can also go to this cause.

     And then there's BabyMint's financial programs for parents and students, such as consolidation of student loans. They say, "BabyMint's parent company at Collegiate Funding Services (CFS) has options to consolidate and reduce your debt payments." These people are dumb like a fox.

http://babymint.com/

     BOND REWARDS also pays you a percentage of your purchases, and it seems to pay more than the ones in the item above. It doesn't bill itself as savings for college; its rewards are U.S. savings bonds that can be used for anything. (Well, so can the college savings, for that matter.) It claims to offer far more than other programs. BondRewards says, "On 01/08/2007 we compared a basket of 20 products. The average rewards were BondRewards 9.4%, MyPoints 2.7%, UPromise 3.5%, Babymint 3.8%, Ebates 3.7%. On average we pay you 3 times more!" Check them out at the address below, but KEEP READING:

http://www.bondrewards.com/

     COMPARE REWARDS: I am learning that, in life and on the Internet, anything that sounds too good to be true probably is. So I poked around until I found a great site that goes into these savings incentives programs. It explains that, because BondRewards gives you a $50 U.S. savings bond that is only worth $25 right now, you have to halve what they say they offer. But, they say, "Even halved, their rates are very competitive." Also, Bond Rewards is an established program, not a fly-by-night. If you love financial investigations, you can use the page below to check out all sorts of online rewards programs.

http://www.comparerewards.com/archives/002431.html

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