Where to start? Given that my last post on this was Day #66 on August 4, 2014, there is some catching up necessary to understand why I’m so grateful for the layoff. Back then I was diligently networking, applying for jobs and catching interviews for my next corporate position. I was confident I could manifest …
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Bucks Blog over at the NY Times is reporting that B of A has a new card that pays you cash back for on-time payment. This, of course, should peak the interest of any credit card deadbeat who never carries a balance. From the B of A website: Bank of America today introduced the BankAmericard® Better …
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Let me start by saying my wife hates shopping. I, on the other hand, love it. I rarely make purchases, but I actually love the environment and people watching. So what did I do on Black Friday? I stayed up Thursday night until the Black Friday deals hit on Amazon and other websites, and …
I consider being able to pay one's mortgage by credit card to be one of the holy grails for a credit card rewards maximizer like myself. It's also next to impossible to achieve, especially in today's economic environment where default is a massive concern among the banks. Thus, I was incredibly excited when I thought …
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I just received my weekly e-mailer from Lowes. In it you will find a new promotion designed to get you in the store this weekend. There is a $10 off coupon on purchases of $50 or more (20% off). If you combine this coupon with the cashback categories I discussed in a post earlier this …
Yesterday, I posted my quarterly update on 5% cashback categories for the more popular credit cards. In it I noted that this quarter basically all the cards were competing in the same categories (e.g. home improvement). From a business perspective this doesn’t make much sense, but as we all know credit card companies don’t always …
Normally when I get a credit card offer in the mail, it simply gets shredded and recycled. Yesterday, however, I received an offer from American Express that proved too good to pass up. It takes a lot to catch my attention as my readers know. I remember the days of free toasters to open bank …
Last September I detailed the process of buying coins from the US Mint using a rewards credit card and their free direct shipping program. You take the coins and put them in your money market account where you gain interest on the float while you wait for your credit card statement then pay off the …
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Okay, my headline is a bit sensationalistic, but it’s not far from the truth in my latest profitable personal finance adventure. You see the US Mint has a problem. It wants to replace the paper version of the US dollar with the coin version because the paper version wears out much more quickly and increases …
