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Sponsored post {ING DIRECT was kind enough to provide $1000 to fund my experience, all opinions contained within this post are my own, and not that of ING DIRECT.}
This is definitely not the place you come to for financial advice.
But shopping advice? Yes. I’m good at that.
So, when ING Direct sent me on a mission to go shopping with the new ING DIRECT payWave debit card, what was a girl to do?
Rise to the challenge, of course.
January usually presents itself with, shall we say, “interesting” budgetary challenges. No sooner than the Christmas tree is packed away {something we’re fond of doing on Boxing Day around these parts}, all focus swings to kitting the kids out for back to school.
Each year I tell myself that I’m not going to leave it to the last minute. And each year I do.
Not this year. Oh, no siree.
I’m ON IT. I’m so on it my kids are requesting a DNA check to see whether their mother has been substituted with a more organised and got-it-together clone.
I nailed Mr 7′s book and uniform needs back in November so he was pretty much done and dusted, short of new shoes {his school makes this very easy for me otherwise he’d too need everything done now!}.
But this year we also have the added challenge that number one son is off to the big smoke … to uni. He’ll be staying on campus for 12 months until we move there ourselves so he doesn’t need a whole lot, just some things to make it feel like a home away from home.
So, as part of this back-to-school-and-uni mission, I started with a list and a little research.
Nothing unusual here. I do love me a list.
Once I had my ING DIRECT Via payWave card {an even easier process as I was already an ING DIRECT customer}, I checked for the ING DIRECT Wave and Save merchant locations to find out where I could shop. Well, technically you can shop anywhere that Visa is accepted but my aim was to not use my PIN or sign for any purchases.
I know. Living. On. The. Edge.
And shop I did. Here’s just a little sample.
See, it may have escaped your shopping notice but there are an increasing amount of retailers offering this “contactless” purchasing at the checkout.
Swiping or inserting is SO last year.
In a bit like something out of Back to the Future … you just place your card over the top of the contactless machine and if the purchase price is under $100 then there’s no need to sign. The transaction goes through and you’re done.
And here’s something that proved to be a little bit cool. For every “contactless” purchase I made, ING DIRECT put 5% of that purchase price back into my account*. Straight away.
For a girl who loves to justify a spend, this was music to my shopping ears.
I may or may not have already worked out what my “reward” might be when school returns and the eldest flees the nest … and yes, I’ve Wave & Saved that too 
Have you tried “contactless” purchasing? Do you like a shopping justification like I do?
* An offer for the first 30,000 customers who sign up for an ING DIRECT Everyday Account (Orange Everyday) and activate their ING DIRECT payWave enabled card. Applies to all contactless purchases under $100 until June 30, 2013. The information provided on and made available through this website does not constitute financial product advice. The information is of a general nature only and does not take into account your individual objectives, financial situation or needs.
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