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<p>[QUOTE="NickPFD, post: 22598, member: 3"]</p><p><strong>RIP AMAZON PAYMENTS:</strong> Amazon payments has been good for an easy thousand dollars worth of spending per month since 2010, but no more–as of October 13, <a href="https://payments.amazon.com/help/76056">you will no longer be able to send money to your friends with AP</a>.</p><p></p><p>This has been one of the most newbie-friendly ways of meeting minimum spends for years now, so we’re sad to see it go.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/amazon-payments-tombstone.jpg"><img src="http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/amazon-payments-tombstone.jpg" data-url="http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/amazon-payments-tombstone.jpg" class="bbImage " style="" alt="" title="" /></a></p><p></p><p><strong>RIP PLINK:</strong> You know what else is dead? <a href="https://points.plink.com/">Plink, that’s what</a>. I never cared for it too much myself, mostly because I’m always changing credit cards and it was kind of a hassle to keep updating in Plink. But others did, and I’m sure some folks made out okay from this. There have been a few other now-defunct third-party programs–<a href="http://www.envaulted.com/">Envaulted</a> and <a href="http://www.doctorofcredit.com/great-bridge-group-to-shut-down/">Great Bridge Group</a> come to mind–which operated along similar lines. The basic idea (much like the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_(South_Park)">Underpants Gnomes</a>) is:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Enroll people in your rewards program with promise of extra credit card rewards</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">?</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Profit!</li> </ol><p>Hopefully somebody will figure out that crucial step 2 someday…</p><p></p><p><strong>THREE YEAR, 0% BT:</strong> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/sep/12/barclaycard-credit-card">This is only in the UK</a>, but still:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">A credit card price war is continuing to hot up, with <strong>Barclaycard</strong> this week launching the UK’s longest-ever balance transfer offer: a 0% interest rate lasting almost three years.</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p><p></p><p>Money is awfully cheap these days. There’s been the occasional report of negative interest rates in Europe, and <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenharner/2014/09/11/the-yen-drops-to-107-on-boj-negative-interest-rate-jgb-buying-but-abenomics-future-is-still-unclear/">now Japan as well</a>.</p><p></p><p><strong>WHEREIN YOUR HUMBLE BLOGGER ATTEMPTS TO EARN 2.625% ON ALL PURCHASES:</strong> I enrolled in Bank of America’s new Preferred Rewards program and I was able to convert my sock-drawered Cash Returns card to a Travel Rewards card. Will I actually get the 2.625% (1.5% base + a 75% bonus) to which I’m theoretically entitled? Stay tuned!</p><p></p><p>The post <a href="http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/death-destruction-everywhere-yet-hope-springs-eternal/">Death and destruction everywhere, yet hope springs eternal</a> appeared first on <a href="http://saverocity.com/pfdigest">Personal Finance Digest</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/death-destruction-everywhere-yet-hope-springs-eternal/">Continue reading...</a></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p>
[QUOTE="NickPFD, post: 22598, member: 3"] [B]RIP AMAZON PAYMENTS:[/B] Amazon payments has been good for an easy thousand dollars worth of spending per month since 2010, but no more–as of October 13, [URL='https://payments.amazon.com/help/76056']you will no longer be able to send money to your friends with AP[/URL]. This has been one of the most newbie-friendly ways of meeting minimum spends for years now, so we’re sad to see it go. [URL='http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/amazon-payments-tombstone.jpg'][IMG]http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2014/09/amazon-payments-tombstone.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]RIP PLINK:[/B] You know what else is dead? [URL='https://points.plink.com/']Plink, that’s what[/URL]. I never cared for it too much myself, mostly because I’m always changing credit cards and it was kind of a hassle to keep updating in Plink. But others did, and I’m sure some folks made out okay from this. There have been a few other now-defunct third-party programs–[URL='http://www.envaulted.com/']Envaulted[/URL] and [URL='http://www.doctorofcredit.com/great-bridge-group-to-shut-down/']Great Bridge Group[/URL] come to mind–which operated along similar lines. The basic idea (much like the [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnomes_(South_Park)']Underpants Gnomes[/URL]) is: [LIST=1] [*]Enroll people in your rewards program with promise of extra credit card rewards [*]? [*]Profit! [/LIST] Hopefully somebody will figure out that crucial step 2 someday… [B]THREE YEAR, 0% BT:[/B] [URL='http://www.theguardian.com/money/2014/sep/12/barclaycard-credit-card']This is only in the UK[/URL], but still: [INDENT] A credit card price war is continuing to hot up, with [B]Barclaycard[/B] this week launching the UK’s longest-ever balance transfer offer: a 0% interest rate lasting almost three years. [/INDENT] Money is awfully cheap these days. There’s been the occasional report of negative interest rates in Europe, and [URL='http://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenharner/2014/09/11/the-yen-drops-to-107-on-boj-negative-interest-rate-jgb-buying-but-abenomics-future-is-still-unclear/']now Japan as well[/URL]. [B]WHEREIN YOUR HUMBLE BLOGGER ATTEMPTS TO EARN 2.625% ON ALL PURCHASES:[/B] I enrolled in Bank of America’s new Preferred Rewards program and I was able to convert my sock-drawered Cash Returns card to a Travel Rewards card. Will I actually get the 2.625% (1.5% base + a 75% bonus) to which I’m theoretically entitled? Stay tuned! The post [URL='http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/death-destruction-everywhere-yet-hope-springs-eternal/']Death and destruction everywhere, yet hope springs eternal[/URL] appeared first on [URL='http://saverocity.com/pfdigest']Personal Finance Digest[/URL]. [url="http://saverocity.com/pfdigest/death-destruction-everywhere-yet-hope-springs-eternal/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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