Misc News and Updates

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Starting on Monday, I’ve decided to switch from full content in the email to just a quick snapshot.  The reason for this is that my blog is still very small-time, and I need to show hits to the site to show “growth.”  Well, if you are reading this in an email, you’ll never go out to the web page.  I know, I know.  I HATE newsletters that give snapshots too, but you know what, they are correct in that it does drive more interaction.  I’ll revisit this decision down the road, but I hope you understand from my point of view.  Hopefully, my writing and content will give you a reason to click through to the site.

Home Depot

I had visited the night when the deal broke and already the store was cleaned out of $100 cards and even $50 cards.  All they had left were the $120 packs (4x$30) for something like $8.95.  I chose that over the usual Shell, Arco, Olive Garden gift cards.  A reader commented in FM’s lab that buying HD gift cards from the HD site triggers the $15 credit.  Since my HD was checking ID for every single card I swiped, I’ll have to switch to buying HD gift cards online for my wife’s AMEX cards.

BB/Serve/RB Shutdowns

There seems to be some reports lately of Serve/RB shutdowns.  I don’t think we have enough data to figure out what the culprit is, but this isn’t looking good.

Amex $20K Reselling Challenge

I’ll have an update to this on Monday.

2 comments on “Misc News and Updates

    1. For Home Depot gift cards? The FM lab is old, but it says it doesn’t pay out, but no one tried a Cartera portal, so try it out and lmk.

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