Word is getting around that AMEX RAT is clawing back GC purchases for the $50 Plat credit. The other play that seemed to work back then (meaning earlier this year) was that if you placed an online order for in-store pickup and say you couldn’t make it to the store, then the credit still stuck. […]
A very experienced reader shared this story last week, and I asked if I could share it here so that you guys are aware and can be careful yourself. Don’t think just because you’re “too smart” to be scammed, this could heave easily happened to any of us. Here’s the story unedited: “I got scammed. […]
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 / […]