Many of you may have received an e-mail from American Express about your Bluebird accounts this afternoon. If you have not yet, it is probably coming. Brace yourselves: it’s not good.In some way, shape, or form, I have been anticipating the death of the Vanilla Reload. It started when CVS stopped allowing credit cards for…
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Update: In my haste to post this before I boarded a plane, I mis-typed; the 1099 is generated from $20,000 AND 200 transactions.Amazon.com for lack of a better way to describe it, is a veritable powerhouse for manufactured spending. Some of Amazon’s services are very far out there in the blogosphere, with many of the…
Albert Einstein is known to say: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” This quote came up at a PMI lunch ‘n’ learn I attended this week. It was related to project management, but really, I couldn’t help but think of the entire presentation as a metaphor for Manufactured Spending (MS).…
For those of you who follow the larger points blogging world, and travel arena’s, its been an interesting week. As a result, I spent the last few days in retrospect. Big time bloggers and MS tactics I’m torn as I write this. Those that read TaggingMiles regularly know that I try to highlight stewardship, research, and…
I’ve seen a few twitter conversations this week about pure Manufactured Spending (MS) vs. Reselling and MS in general, as far as time/value of MS. One was with @Milesabound who’s argument was that reselling just doesn’t compete with MS, unless reselling on a significant scale. My argument was that in some cases, it can make sense.In…
Lately I’ve been a bit stagnant on my Manufactured Spending (MS). We were traveling a bunch, then I was focused on getting the Southwest Companion Pass, then I was trying to figure out the best way to leverage cash back, and I have no sign-on bonuses I’m working off. Really I think it was because…
There are at least a handful of stories out there. This is perhaps the greatest fear of any of us in the game. Getting shut down by an institution, store, or service that is integral to our daily lives, not just for Manufactured Spend (MS).The RisksOne doesn’t need to search hard to see people being…