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 …
You should have the Chase Freedom card, especially as a new applicant since you'll be eligible for the $200 bonus promotion! But, don't just take my word for it. Let's consider this card objectively: ADVANTAGES Consistently shows up in my quarterly list of credit cards to maximize the cashback you can be earning from credit cards (Q4 …
Hey readers, This just in from Amazon.com – If you are a carrier of the Amazon VISA, they're offering 10 points for every $1 you spend on all digital downloads. That's a pretty good deal…even better than buying Amazon gift cards at grocery stores with your AMEX Preferred card to get 6% back that I noted in …
UPDATE: THIS CARD IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR NEW CARD MEMBERS As I've noted in multiple posts, I have been mourning the death of the Schwab Invest First VISA program which officially ended on Oct. 31. It was a great card that I ended up replacing with the Fidelity Retirement Rewards AMEX. It offers 2% …
The theme for October is definitely: "Give Me Some Booty" My pirate son scored last night by generating well over 50 pieces of booty from the Pleasantville suburb down the road. Any activity that gets a 5 year old to repeatedly work on learning to add and subtract is good by me. Plus, I get …
The sole purpose of this post can be summed up as crap-avoidance. Every year millions of people get tons of crap whether it be at Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Valentine's Day, or your birthday. To overcome this I will borrow from Oprah and show you a list of Slug's Favorite Things. As a reader of my blog, …
Last night I received the news I've been waiting for at least 5 years. Finally, TreasuryDirect is updating its archaic login process to the modern world. The announcement on their website reads: Important Notice: To make our customers' experience better, we're updating TreasuryDirect's authentication process. The change will make it easier for you to access …
I'm sure by the title alone you can tell this is going to be one of my most read posts of the year. I expect it will be picked up by most of the blog personal finance aggregators as well. I mean why read 5 Tips for Preparing Your Home for Sale or Yet Another …
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I received an email today from ING Direct Sharebuilder incenting me to download their mobile app. The deal works like this: Download ShareBuilder's mobile app for iPhone®, BlackBerry® or Android™ then make a trade using the app between today and October 28. Once you execute the trade you'll receive a rebate to offset the cost of the trade …
I’m going to make this as clear as I possibly can. The PenFed VISA Platinum Gas / Cash Rewards Card is the only gas card you need. Really, that’s the gist of this whole post. I could stop this review here, but I know it’s hard to trust a masked man so I guess I’ll explain in …
