Adding Injury to Insult
Our card that was canceled last month was one that earned rebate rewards, between 1 and 3%. We used that card a lot, and had earned a little over $200 as of our January statement, which had a little flyer telling us we would receive the rebate coupon with our February statement.
We got our February [...]
Freebie Trading for Cash…?
Because frugality can only get you so far, I’m always looking for new income streams. Earlier this week, I came across a short post on (link)Christian Personal Finance on trading freebies to earn extra cash. I like free stuff, and I like the idea of bartering or trading – one of my favorite books when [...]
Politics
One thing I’ve noticed about most of the personal finance blogs I read is that they tend to shy away from politics. In a way, this makes sense. They are, after all, Personal Finance blogs, not political blogs. Also since people reading the blogs probably have a wide range of political opinions, bloggers may be [...]
Economic Downturn Hitting Closer to Home
My wife works in the casino industry – she’s a poker and table games dealer. Many of her friends are also dealers. The casino industry has been hit pretty hard over the last year. Early in 2008, one of the casinos where many of my wife’s friends work informed their dealers that all full time [...]
Credit Card Customer “Service”
I’ve been reading how certain credit card companies are tightening up and canceling card accounts that are in good standing for whatever reason. “Never happen to me,” I thought – usually when I read a story like this, there seemed to be an underlying reason – the account was inactive, something not related to the [...]