Introduction Yesterday, I went to my local Kroger affiliate, QFC, and picked up some variable (ones that go up to $500) merchant gift cards. I walked by self checkout and noticed it looked different than before. Instead of going to the regular checkout lane with my GCs, I decided to try out the new self […]
Introduction I’m getting pretty good at this by now. This is what happens when you get out of MS and jump back in just a little bit too fast. How do you know when you’re shut down I logged on earlier in the week and saw this: Notice the credit limit available was $0 […]
I feel like I’m now a magnet for bank/retailer/whathaveyou bans. Maybe people are Googling “Kohl’s bans me for being a reseller,” which by the way, yours truly is on the first page of that search result. Or maybe people found my site through FM’s weekly roundup or DoC’s daily roundup (thanks gentlemen.) Anyway, I […]
Introduction The wife and I got a postcard in the mail for a free dinner at McCormick’s and Schmick’s if we listened to an alternative energy talk. While I’ve never been to a timeshare talk, I assumed it would be similar to this. Since my wife loves FREE, and I’ve thought about solar (yes, even here […]
Introduction Seeing as how I’ve been banned by 3 banks now – USBank, Barclays, and Chase, I figure I have enough data points to make a ranking of bank bans that would hurt the most TO ME. Let’s rank these in order of pain. #1 – American Express – “My puppy just died kind […]