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 / […]
Ever since the Chase Starbucks prepaid Visa card launched, you could add the card to Venmo and pay someone. It was essentially a pajama play – load the card with money, liquidate with Venmo (3K a week so let’s call it 12K a month.) That nets you 1200 Starbucks stars a month. You can then […]
I was helping a friend list some Lana del Rey tickets on Stubhub the other day and I told him to list it at $155, which was the lowest price. However, he told me the lowest price was $144. I told him to list it at $155 anyway and we can work down to $144 […]