A couple extras I know about

I also have a few things I do that can yield you free stuff.

I bank with PNC Formally National City, and they have a points program for your debit card and such. I just redeemed my points for a $100 visa giftcard and 2-$25 Target gift cards.

Also on the web there is a web site www.swagbucks.com and if you use them to search for things on the web you can win swagbucks and then you can redeem those for things as well. I had been using it a while back and had gotten 97 swagbucks, I just started using it again and I am up to 118. You can get things like giftcards as well, or you can search using your favorite bands and you can also use the SB for special items in their store, like say you used Nickleback, you may be able to redeem your SB for a signed CD or a signed poster.

So these are just a few things that may be able to help you, if your bank doesn't have points, look for a bank that does, often times too banks will give you money when you switch to them and open up a checking account with direct deposit or things like that.

I like National City now PNC, the workers know me there and they are polite.

If you don't want to switch banks then try the swagbucks route, it takes a while to save up but it is a search engine just like google, plus you can win SB and get free stuff :) Who doesn't like FREE?