Here’s a way to earn 3% on some of your money between now and the end of November ; Sears Chrismas Club. All you need to do is sign-up for the Sears Christmas Club before October 31 and then discover how much you’re likely to spend at Sears and its affiliates ; Kmart, the great indoors and Lands’ End by the end of the year.
Deposit that amount in your Christmas Club account by Nov. 14 and Sears will add a 3% bonus to your balance by November 25. Hit the stores or Web sites and total up everything from holiday gifts to that new refrigerator or HDTV you’ve been planning to buy. Amount deposited by November 14 will be added a 3% bonus to your balance by November 25.
The limit for store bonus is at $100 only, which means you can earn 3% deposits up to $3,333 of purchases. We discovered that this is surely a good marketing strategy by Sears, but in the real world, you can’t really earn 3% a year with most CDs and money market accounts nowadays.
Balance is put on a gift card that has no fees and will never expires. You can take as long as you like to spend it all the time. If you can tie you money up wit the Chrismas Club account for a month, that action would lead out a very lucrative annual return of 36%. This is why we really recommend you should only deposit as much as you plan to spend before 1st January.











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