Introduction For the longest time, Capital One has allowed debit card payments by phone. Every now and again, the rep would say, “eventually we’re going to let you do this online.” I laugh at them since I know that day would never come. Well, it seems like that day has come. Pretty self explanatory here […]
Introduction We weren’t in the market to refinance our home, but when your friends/coworkers mention a new hour or interest rates, I like to ask my mortgage broker what the current rates are. We were on a 30 year fixed at 3.75% that we refinanced just last year and was quoted 3.625% for a new 30 […]
Introduction This topic of conversation came up between 2 of my HH MS’ers. It’s actually a good question – what if you got into an accident and now your significant other is left with $10K+ of gift cards – would they know how to liquidate them? Think of it as a “disaster recovery plan for MS.” […]
Introduction Google Flights is now my go-to search engine (I used to use Kayak for the longest time.) Well, I’m not sure how it came up, but Esther from DemFlyers told me that they now have email price alerts whereby you can search for a flight, “save it” and then Google will email you when a […]
Introduction Facebook rolled out their payment system via Messenger over a year ago. I was excited by this thinking I could possibly liquidate VGC. However, I was also worried that FB would ban me if I did too many payments. After realizing VGC didn’t work, I tested my PPBDC card to see if it would […]