About 6 months ago, I decided to close out my Chase MileagePlus Explorer card. Only 2 months ago, I’ve been thinking I made a mistake closing it. The United devaluation affected my thought process because all I ever did was redeem UA miles on business class on partner airlines. Now through various activities, I am earning United Read More
A Few Things I Need To Catch Up On
I seem to be apologizing a lot lately. Things are a bit hectic that hasn’t been blogging related front. I really want to hire an intern, but can’t pay $18/hour. Well, I could, but there’d be no additional value to the blog that I could see. For the blog my to do list: Need to announce Read More
Perfect Timing To A Gift Card Promo
Today, I saw Chuck posted on Doctor of Credit about a $20 Staples promo and this is perfect timing as I was ready to write a quick blurb about CashStar. The promo that Chuck posted was buying $100 Staples gift card and you will receive a $20 Staples gift card with a limit of 2 cards Read More
Selling On Raise Has Taught Me To Be A Smarter Businessman
My Philosophy Of Buying And Selling Cards I’ve always bought gift cards that are convenient for me. If I don’t feel like typing a lot of gift card numbers, I buy the highest denominations. There have been a few times that I’ve been burned where Cardpool has a limit to a card, like $1000 when Read More
Staples Gap Brand Gift Cards Discount Now Applicable Online
Chuck wrote about the Staples gift card deal where you could buy $300 in prepaid cards and you will receive a $20 Staples gift card as the rebate and covered the Gap gift cards for 15% off. Initially, the Gap cards were not available to purchase online which both Chuck and the rep confirmed. I Read More
Comparison Shopping Sites Complain Googling Is Driving Them Out Of Business I Say They Are Wrong
There’s a fascinating article on Wall Street Journal about an anti trust case building up where comparison shopping sites like Nextag, BizRate and LeGuide, are losing money based off of the way Google displaying a product search. If you were to search for “samsung 4k tv” in the past, sites that were mentioned would have been Read More
New Goal: Chasing The 1x
I’ve pretty much locked down and have a great system using any 5x cards for manufactured spending. Any multiplier will make manufactured spending easier and adds to the point accumulation faster. I’m putting up the challenge for myself to use a 1x multiplier card. Why? Because if you can master the 1x, that means you Read More
Another Warning About eBay Gift Cards: Cash Advances
Noah who writes on Money Metagame is on a roll and discussed his experience about buying gift cards on eBay and they were charged as a cash advance. Doctor of Credit also picked up what was written from reddit. In sum: gift cards purchased from GiftCardMall on eBay were coded as cash advances, a big shocker. The comments on Read More
Be Careful With Using All Those eBay Gift Cards And Deals
Money Metagame has been running loops around me in gift card churning through eBay. yesterday, he posted the limitations with using eBay gift cards and why he used so much eBay gift cards that they shut him down. It’s a good read because if you run into his situation you don’t have to panic thinking someone Read More
Another App Giveaway
I’ve come across two (2) codes to give away for Grey Cubes and three (3) Noisli app. Please leave a comment with a working email stating which app you will like. I will use a random number generator and choose the 5 total winners. Last day/time to enter will be April 22 11:59 EST. I Read More