Manufactured spending
CategorySet Up Your Amazon Allowance – The Sooner The Better
Free-Quent Flyer made a great post about Amazon Allowance with excellent uses and I wanted to take it a step further. He is suggesting using Amazon Allowance to hit the minimum
Useful BankAmeriDeal At Office Depot
I was targeted for a Bank of America BankAmeriDeal for Office Depot last month and I have been thinking “how can I maximize this deal”? The $15 max that you
Ebates mobile app offering 2% on AMEX gift cards. Just not for me!
I’m always happy to see 2% or better cashback portal payouts, especially when it means I can place smaller orders from each portal rather than relying on just one portal.
Do This Now [Limited Time Offer]: Open A US Bank Checking Account
Taking a page from Free-quent Flyer with his “Do This Now” series, if you don’t have a US Bank Checking account you should open one now. I mentioned in the past
The Opportunity Cost of Vacationing in a Manufacturing Spend World
I write this short post as my wonderfully patient wife and I are enjoying evening drinks at the Grand Hyatt Bali’s Grand Club. We happened to be discussing how much
My Thoughts Of Stockpiling Gift Cards
Trevor recently asked “Do you stockpile store gift cards?” and Matt has a good counterpoint on stocking gift cards. After writing my post in March where I discussed the floating ..
The $10,000 Spend For $25 Is Nearly Over
There have been so many messages that have come across my lap regarding the spend $10,000 at a cost of $25 from this original post. Many more requests have come
I Spoke Too Soon About Gift Card Granny’s Flash Deals
Not too long ago, I wrote about Gift Card Granny’s new Flash Deals and I’ve been keeping an eye on it. It turns out it’s really not as good. Points For
Almost There With The 20kChallenge And Outing A Method That I Did For $5000 Spend
Let’s jump right into the spending, I’m a little over 35 days into the challenge and Noah has done a pretty good job of updating everyone on his spend. My
I Liked Manufactured Spending In New York City
I’ve completed fours week of the new job in New Jersey and I realize how much I miss New York. Everything was literally within walking distance. I had an awesome routine.
Do you stockpile store gift cards?
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Increasingly, I’m starting to think maybe it makes sense. Let me give you some background, I keep reading all the great stuff t..
Financial Analysis – Evaluating A Giftcard Exchange
Regular readers of this blog will know I talk a lot about gift cards. If I don’t bore you to tears on gift cards, this post may do that, but
Plenti Does Offer Value Like This One At Rite Aid
My friend Trevor doesn’t think there’s any hidden value behind Plenti, but I like to this promotion helps its case. Not everyone agrees that Plenti has any value to the program.
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Upgraded My Toolbox To Gift Card Churning Means Increased Efficiency And Execution
Remember when I told you how I spent over 6 hours selling gift cards? I had already put into place researching and buying things to speed up the process. It is insane
My Gift Card Churn Data From Raise
Last week, I wanted to post data about the gift card churn rate amongst a handful of brands and look at how quickly a gift card will sell based off
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GiftCard Zen Saves Me On Meeting The Minimum Spend With Discounted Gift Cards
I was targeted for a Citibank Gold AA card, where you spend $1,500 and you receive 40,000 American Airline AAdvantage miles. Then spend $5,000 an additional 10,000 miles will be
Gift Card Denominations Matter
A while ago, I posted that Raise taught me to be a better businessman where I made an uneducated guess on buying gift cards and postulated about buying lower denomination
Gift Card Granny Adds An Awesome New Feature
Gift Card Granny added a new feature. Can you spot it?
If you saw the Flash Deals, you are correct!
I’m not sure when it went live, but I just saw it.
Cardpool Limits Online Redemptions Causes An Extra 30 Minutes To The Challenge
I wrote in my first update to the 20kChallenge that eBay saved me a piece of the second $10,000 that I need to spend. I purchased almost $5,000 worth of
My Second Update To The 20kChallenge
Our challenge of who can efficiently spend $20,000 to hit the 150,000 Membership Rewards from the American Express Business Platinum card is ongoing. Last week, I gave a short up..
Gift Card Bulk Selling Update
Way back in January, I wrote about the benefits of being a registered gift card bulk seller. At the time of writing, I was in some tier with Cardpool that offered
Thoughts on Manufactured Spending, Reselling Gift Cards, and Reselling Products
Earlier this week, I read through Chasing the Points’ post about how its been a bad month. As a small business owner, I commiserate with him, there have been times