American Express Gift Cards are basically prepaid credit cards that work anywhere that accepts American Express. The good thing is that they have no inactivity fees, no maintenance fees, no balance check fees, and they never expire. Other than for … [Read the rest]
It's the Season of Giving, so why not give away the things you don't need anymore? I think right now is even better than "Spring cleaning". We just spent a chunk of this past weekend making a box of stuff to give to various charities. Here's … [Read the rest]
Here's a little deal that won't break the bank. Groupon has a national deal this weekend (Fri-Sun) that will get you three one-day rentals at RedBox kiosks for $1. Retail is $1 per day, so $3. If you don't have a Groupon account already, please … [Read the rest]
I just noticed that discount stock brokerage Sharebuilder is offering a $50 cash bonus as long as you open a new account with $50 by December 31st with promotion code 50WS10. (The code is also mentioned on the promo page.) It doesn't appear that you … [Read the rest]
If you own shares of the Vanguard Total International Stock Index mutual fund, you may be interested to know that Vanguard recently announced that Admiral shares of the fund now available to those with balances of $10,000 or more. Here are their … [Read the rest]
You've probably heard the term quantitative easing. You might even have read news or blog articles about what it means. I've always thought all that blah-blah-blah about the Federal Reserve buying Treasury Bonds sounded a lot like printing … [Read the rest]
Coin-changing machine operator CoinStar is repeating a promotion where if you change $40 in coins into a gift card, you can receive an additional $10 gift card by mail at certain retailers. It's actually better this year because it is no longer run … [Read the rest]
Up until this year, our charitable giving has been all over the place. If we saw something we wanted to support, we'd write a check. If our workplace had some sort of matching grant or charity drive, we'd participate. I always buy whatever a … [Read the rest]
While catching up on snail mail after getting back from Thanksgiving, I found a letter from Chase Bank telling me that my Chase Fee Extra Checking account (formerly Washington Mutual Free Checking) will now be called Chase Total Checking as of … [Read the rest]
The American Express Small Business Saturday promotion that was initially for Saturday, 11/27 has been extended all the way to the end of the year, 12/31/2010. Sign up at their special Facebook page if you haven't already. Basically, enroll on … [Read the rest]
I know a lot of folks have some version of the Chase Freedom Visa or Mastercard, whether from farther back or recently for their $100 cash promo offer or their rotating 5% rewards. Just got a note that they are offering 8% cashback on select … [Read the rest]
Somehow I thought it was a good idea to fly on Thanksgiving Eve. No TSA nightmares. Flight was full. Volunteered quickly for the bump (you can ask to put your name on the list when checking in), and got $400 each in transferable flight credit … [Read the rest]
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