Chase had closed my mom’s Starbucks prepaid card back in early July. At the time, I had a balance over $6,000. I waited about 2 months for a check in the mail, but it never came. I then called them up, and they said I had to go into a Chase branch to show them […]
Starbucks came out with some limited edition 2019 Halloween cups that was very much anticipated and was going for high resell values. I was able to scoop up a handful from Target and grocery store connected Starbucks. However, I never saw them in any corporate stores. I even asked a barista a few weeks ago […]
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 […]
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how Chase shut down my mom’s Starbucks prepaid card. I didn’t think much about it at the time, but when I went to log onto her account a few days ago, I got a login error. That’s NEVER a good sign. I then reset the password, logged on […]
Introduction A reader alerted me that Starbucks was selling some limited edition Lilly Pulitzer Swell water bottles last week. They retailed for $39.99 a bottle and at the time, they were going for $80 on Ebay. I ran down to my nearest Starbucks and bought 4 bottles. My coworker came with me and bought their last […]