Comments on: SmartyPig Walkthrough: Setting Up My “New Car Fund”

By: Kathi Greenbacker

Kathi Greenbacker — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:36:10 +0000

Good post over again! I am looking forward for more updates=)

By: Fool's Gold

Fool's Gold — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:06:12 +0000

Congratulation! Do you have new updates about it now? Thanks!

By: The Broke Yuppie » SmartyPig, you are sweet:

The Broke Yuppie » SmartyPig, you are sweet: — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 01:20:49 +0000

[...] last weekend, while perusing the PF blog Poorer Than You, I found a solution in SmartyPig.com, an online-only bank-type endeavor that offers savings accounts at the somewhat [...]

By: Dollar Frugal » Barbequing to Save Money???

Dollar Frugal » Barbequing to Save Money??? — Wed, 27 May 2009 11:29:00 +0000

[...] than You set up a Smarty Pig account. I would like to watch myself work toward goals, too – it gives you an end [...]

By: AAM

AAM — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:27:37 +0000

Congratulations on winning the $50 Smarty Pig Prize. I think the auto deposit is a great idea sort of like auto bill pay through you bank but instead it pays you instead of your creditors.

By: the financial nanny

the financial nanny — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:55:46 +0000

Congrats on winning the $50 gift card! I love Smarty Pig especially for my nanny conferences and memberships. I am in the process of setting up 5 accounts for this now.

Thanks for all the details on setting it up! Good luck!

By: Erik

Erik — Thu, 21 May 2009 11:12:11 +0000

Seems like a very good way to save, I’ve been doing it on my own for quite some time, it is definitely harder doing it yourself. I’ve already come in circumstances where I wanted to dip into my bank account and buy something. Something like this would really help me out, I’m going to check it out.

By: hustler

hustler — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:33:09 +0000

wow. 3% is great! The measly 1.6 at emigrant direct is starting to look pretty bad. I’m currently saving for a house and I’m definitely going to check into this as I’ll probably be saving for a while longer. Thanks for the tip!

By: MK

MK — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:26:05 +0000

I was looking at smarty pig a while back myself. They do have a good interest rate, and although it does compound daily like most savings accounts, the interest only posts quarterly. So I don’t know how different that is, or if there is even a difference, than other banks that post monthly. It’s probably a negligible amount, but I think I’d rather see my interest monthly and have interest continue to compound each month thereafter on the previous month’s interest.

Another reason, I’ve also got a LOT of online savings accounts! Had to draw the line somewhere!

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 19 May 2009 17:27:05 +0000

Good luck with the car savings. I would definately get something fuel efficient. I just bought a Corolla last year and it has been great. I get about 30 miles per gallon and have had no maintainence issues. That hybrid Civic did look nice though.

I have read a lot about SmartyPig. It looks like it is actaully an account at WestBank using SmartyPig as an interface. Interesting stuff.