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I’m not sure if this applies outside of Western Washington, but right now U.S. Bank and Albertsons have a really cool deal going on for the holidays. I’m not sure how long it lasts or exactly what regions it applies to (aside from mine – Kitsap County), but the end result is a new free checking account and $75 in free groceries! Here’s how it works:

  • Go to a U.S. Bank. I’m not sure if this applies to only U.S. Banks inside Albertsons stores and what vicinities it reaches so I’d call around to make sure the offer is valid there.

  • Open a new checking account. This is completely free and the account continues to be free. (side note: While chatting with the supercute teller, I found out that U.S. Bank is one of the few banks out there that don’t check credit or past bank history so if either of those has stopped you from opening a free checking account then this is definitely the deal for you)

  • Deposit $75 in your new account.

  • Add $75 to a gift card.The Bank rep will then get an Albertsons gift card and put the $75 you just deposited onto the card. You can use that $75 immediately.

  • Get $75 free! Overnight your new checking account will be re-credited with the $75 you used to purchase the gift card.

And that’s it. For someone (like me) who puts on a very small Thanksgiving dinner this deal will pay for almost the entire thing. That’s huge! The process may sound a bit convoluted, but it only takes about ten minutes and you have $75 free dollars and a brand new checking account. If you don’t want the checking account, you can close it at any time.

There is one more perk to this. If you refer other people and they give your name when they sign up, you are entered into a drawing for another $75. Not bad, huh? Also, if you go to the U.S. Bank in Silverdale, WA, I think they have a rule that you must be a really cute twentysomething female in order to be hired. They’re adorable, charming and have great teeth. And now that I have an account there I have an excuse to go back. Weeee!

Remember two things: (1) this is a limited time thing and available to a limited area so call up before you trek over to U.S. bank and (2) My name is SARA CHRISTENSEN.

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  • it is a nice post ..
  • no thank you, its too expensive to me
  • And we wonder what the banks are doing with all of our money? lol
  • Wow!!That's really cool.but thta's only for US ciizens only....i wished it was international..lol!!
  • Wow..$75 is really big for me. Thanks for sharing the info. Your blog is simply amazing. I'm happy that I've seen this good offer from your blog.
  • That is really a big offer. Thank you so much for the information.
  • Thank you so much for the information..Glad that I saw your post.
  • Great info,thanks for this.

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  • Well that is kinda annoying I opened up an account there several weeks before seeing this post - you should really post faster ;)

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  • Sam
    Hey this a great bit info!!does the bank have that much money in this economic crisis.Atlest the bank can help the Gov.to improve the economic crisis.
  • Wow, this is surprising. A bank actually has enough money at the moment, in order to offer some for free? Amazing... in this economic climate. Great find thanks!

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  • Hmm it seems almost too good to be true... I'm sure it'll phase out soon enough...


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  • A new banking service is available. Let’s hope its scope may increase in length and breadth.
  • Before the financial crisis you could make quite a bit of money on these kind of offers if you also had the opportunity to open business accounts, but they seem to have dried up.

    Unfortunately no US Bank near me or I would done this offer.
  • Good offer. $75 is quite big enough for me.

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  • Surprising they don't check Telecheck and such, pretty cool will go and find out if they are offering same thing here in Cali!

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  • Nice bit of info. I don't live in WA but I do go there quite a bit. May need to make a stop at US bank.

    ING direct was offering $25 for free if you open a free online savings account. Kinda nice little perk
  • Great info Sara! I just moved to Western Washington and am pumped to see if this works (we could all stand to save a couple bucks during these times). And don't worry, I won't forget to mention your name!

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  • Suz
    Took me a couple of readings to figure it out (basically deposit $75, buy $75 and they'll deposit back $75 so you end up with 150 in account and $75 on gift card.) I'm definately going to check it out in SoCal though- $75 is my bi-monthly grocery budget exactly so it'd be worth it and I'm thinking of switching checking accounts anyway. I'm not happy my WaMu of Love is now Chase.

    Thanks for the note!
  • I didn’t know that there are still banks in the United States that do not bother to check past bank history…but this is good news especially for people who want to build or rebuild their credit history. And the U.S. Bank’s offer is quite tempting because $75 free money is a great deal.

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  • Amazing $75 offer. Good that time and area are limited.
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