Introduction I had written 2016 was the year of reselling and 2017 was the year of GC churning. I know DOC said 2016 was the year of GC churning, but I think that’s when it was still ‘underground’ and every deal was at least break even (most profitable.) In 2017, more people were doing it […]
Introduction I was out of the country at the time, but it seems a reader found out that Toys R Us had a price mistake on VGC and in fact, all GC’s. It was pricing out a buy 1 get 1 40% off. You can see the screenshot above. Seemed to have went live on […]
Introduction I went to my local USPS yesterday, and the clerks showed me this memo. I have a good feeling on WHY this memo went out; let’s just say that the pigs got slaughtered along with the hogs. The memo seems to have only been sent out regionally for now, but it sounds like it’s […]
Introduction In the summer of 2016 (yes, I waited that long to write this dead deal,) Microsoft started giving out points for their Earn program. The program’s URL was http://microsoft.giftcardmall.com and when you clicked through, you would land on a page with a URL of http://microsoft.giftcardmall.com/Product/XXXX. A very astute reader noticed that when you clicked through […]
Introduction After getting hit with so many NSF fees this year, a reader suggested I sign up for a line of credit at my CU to help mitigate some of the fees. And that’s what I did. Signing up It varies with every bank, but my CU allowed me to open a new account […]