I had bought this Lego Friends Central Perk set back in early September. I thought it looked pretty cool, but I was a bit leery seeing as how I bought 2 of the big ass Lego Millenium Falcon a few years ago, which was bad enough that I sold for a loss, but the box […]
A reader was talking with a CNB concierge rep on 9/25, and was alarmed that the rep told them that point redemptions were now 1.1c versus the 1.3c that you normally were getting. Luckily, they were just early and it actually hadn’t gone into effect yet. Well, I talked to 2 reps last night and […]
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 […]