Can’t say I didn’t see this coming. Chase had axed my checking account a few months ago, and I wasn’t sure why they got that card and not my Starbucks card, which I had abused. May be a chicken or the egg conundrum. Either way, it was a good ride. At least they gave me […]
I had gotten the cashback version of the Ebates Visa card YEARS AGO when I could easily liquidate giftcards.com physical GCs at the PO. It was great earning 4% cashback (little less than 3% net after fees.) However, after the PO train died, I put the card in the sock drawer. Well, after Ebates / […]
Ever since the Chase Starbucks prepaid Visa card launched, you could add the card to Venmo and pay someone. It was essentially a pajama play – load the card with money, liquidate with Venmo (3K a week so let’s call it 12K a month.) That nets you 1200 Starbucks stars a month. You can then […]
I was helping a friend list some Lana del Rey tickets on Stubhub the other day and I told him to list it at $155, which was the lowest price. However, he told me the lowest price was $144. I told him to list it at $155 anyway and we can work down to $144 […]
Taylor Swift sent out an email yesterday that she’s doing 4 stadium shows in 2020 for the new “Lover” album. There’s some European shows too, but I think these may be her only US tour dates for 2020 because she plans on re-recording her earlier albums due to the whole issue a few months ago […]