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Capital One Venture Vs Citi Double Cash Vs Fidelity Visa

I recently came across this thread on FlyerTalk and thought it was apropos because I was working on the math on some of the 2% cash back cards. As of writing this, I have 37 active credit cards issued in my name only and I do not think I have any more bandwidth to add Read More

Extract Extra Value When You Manage Through Exceptions

Prior to working in New Jersey I was at a company in New York that has a $10 billion market cap. It was an interesting journey because I started that corporation as an intern and held several different roles. My experiences in a $10B company mostly revolved around “fighting fires” ensuring the systems were up Read More

PSA: Prepaying Your Credit Card May Invalidate Your Rewards

I want to start off with a definition of prepayment because it can mean 2 things. Inside the definition of “BREAK DOWN” I added some emphasis DEFINITION of ‘Prepayment’ The satisfaction of a debt or installment payment before its official due date. A prepayment can be for the entire balance or for any upcoming payment Read More

Do Not Do What I Just Did – Burned A Spot Accidentally

I’ve been having an especially tough 3 months. Things haven’t exactly gone my way and there have been some highs and too many lows. Today was a low point. This past Sunday, I went to the local Rite Aid for the Plenti offer. The program doesn’t mean much in the current state, but if you can Read More

PSA: Read This Before Converting To The New Serve

There is a post on Doctor of Credit, we learned about new versions of the Serve card. Some of the new versions include a blue, green, and silver version. @MissDSchnei who uncovered the unadvertised Office Max deal also alerted me that the new Serve cards are not behaving like they are supposed to which include the inability Read More

The Only Product You Can Move From One Store To Another

I have seen this a lot: People are asking questions along the lines of moving unactivated product to another store either within the chain or outside. First, don’t do it. It might be “worthless,” but in the eyes of the law you are stealing product. Without going further into the details surrounding why it’s wrong Read More

Winner of Mets Tickets

Last week I posted about giving away Mets tickets, our winner is Hunter. Congratulations! I’ll be reaching out to you shortly.   Read More

I Have A Love Hate Relationship With Cardpool

When I first started to resell gift cards in late 2012, I began with Cardpool. Then went to Plastic Jungle then back to Cardpool after the Plastic Jungle closure. I just want to say that I want to love Cardpool, but they do so much that makes me dislike them so much. What I Love Read More

Intelligence Vs Memory

@MissDSchnei and I were having a random chat the other day about the TV show Suits where one of the main characters, Mike Ross, has a photographic memory and becomes a successful attorney at a very prestigious fictional law firm. As an aside, If you have Amazon Prime, you can stream the first four seasons for free. Mike Read More