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 / […]
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 […]
Well it had been a while since I’ve been shut down. This one I was only sort of surprised at. I was running quite a bit of volume on the card – I don’t know – is $12K-$15K of spend on the card a month for the past 3-4 months that much? The odd thing […]