Introduction What is “washing gift cards” you ask? It’s when you buy a gift card from a 3rd party exchange and you are concerned it’ll go ‘bad’ on you, and so you buy a different gift card using that gift card. Here’s an except from an article about a Starbucks hack: Early in the morning on […]
Introduction When I got serious in this hobby back in early 2012, I’d have to say MMS was my #1 site followed by FM’s. I loved the circles and arrows as a newb. I remember when I even Sharpied on the back of my Ink “5X office, 2X gas” and my Sapphire “2X food,” etc. […]
Introduction I may be dating myself, but I used to collect comic books when I was a kid. I bought them more as an investment than for entertainment. I knew I had problems when I’d look for the special edition versions. See, back in the day, the comic book industry realized that making […]
The top 1% of of the top 1% Many years ago, I plugged my computer into the internet and essentially downloaded at 1.5MB/sec for 24 hours for 30 days straight. That math comes out to a rough total of 4TB that month. Comcast then mailed a letter (unfortunately I don’t have a copy of […]
Introduction In yesterday’s post about paying your mortgage off early, a reader commented wondering if he should take out a balance transfer at 0% APR with a 2% fee to pay down his 3.75% mortgage. Before you roll your eyes, it’s actually a valid question. But let’s rephrase the question – if I gave you $20,000 […]