A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Chase shut down my mom’s Starbucks prepaid card. I didn’t think much about it at the time, but when I went to log onto her account a few days ago, I got a login error. That’s NEVER a good sign. I then reset the password, logged on […]
You know, it’s VERY HARD to do an app-o-rama once you’ve been banned by Chase, Citi, Barclay’s, USBank, and Capital One. I’ve stopped doing AoR’s too and just apply “on-demand,” but there were some cards I wanted to get at the same time, so figured I’d do one. Ebates MR Visa card – PENDING This […]
I had applied for some AMEX cards on Friday. At the end of the approval process, AMEX asks if you want your card number now or you can wait. For the first app, I stupidly chose “I’ll wait.” For the 2nd app, I went ahead and clicked on “Get my card number now.” And then […]
I had gotten a free Fandango movie ticket code to the movie “Hobbs and Shaw” via a Brisk Tea promo. I really didn’t want to watch the movie, and I wanted to see if I could somehow cancel the ticket. I chose the AMC theater near my work just because it was the closest theater […]
While I was never able to take advantage of this loophole (all my Safeways were strict on CASH ONLY,) but I had heard murmurs that if you got a willing cashier, you could swipe a cc instead of a debit. This lasted for quite a long time too. Anyhow, I gave it a shot not […]