A reader tipped me off that Toys R Us was NOT charging the usual $4.95 fee on Vanilla VGC back in July 2017, and you know what, the deal was still ALIVE as of 2 days ago. In this day and age, I’m SHOCKED that this MS nugget lasted this long. I’m even more shocked […]
For the past month or so, I’ve been seriously looking at my retirement funds and when the time to retire should be (that’s for another post.) That’s when I decided to look for a good resource to track my retirement savings as well as my wife’s. I had given up on Mint a long time […]
Introduction I was here back in early January 2018. I had used 7K points per night versus the $200 per night all in cost. Getting to hotel I had family pick me up, but I think a taxi will run you around 200,000 VND, which is about $10 (definitely cheaper on the way back […]
One of the things you learn in this game is – NEVER PUT EYES ON YOUR ACCOUNT. This is synonymous with Slickdeal’s “DON’T CALL ABOUT PRICE MISTAKES.” Anyway, this poor reader had to call in and that led to his account being axed. In his own words: Hi Vinh, I don’t know if this is […]
Introduction I went to Saigon in early 2018 for a quick 3 day trip. I’ve been there now over 10 times, but the last time I was in Saigon was about 5 years ago and so much has changed since then. They now have Starbucks and bubble tea, and a Japanese company is now building […]