The Offer Buy any gift card on Raise.com for $50 and get $5 off with promo code: iphone5. NO NEED TO USE AN IPHONE to get this deal. Gift cards on Raise are already discounted, so you could end up with a real sweet deal. You can also go... Read More →
Author - Chuck
American Express, Costco Partnership to End Next Year
American Express announced today that its partnership with Costco will end next year on March 31, 2016. This comes on the heels of the recent September decision to sever ties in the Canadian AmEx, Costco partnership. The current... Read More →
10 Gift Card Deals From Around the Web
Here’s a roundup of gift card deals from around the web. If anyone knows of any others, please let us know and we’ll add it to the list. [TARGETED] $5 Amazon credit with $25 Amazon gift card purchase. Here’s the link... Read More →
Why Capital One Credit Cards Are Now on My Radar Screen
We all know to avoid Capital One credit cards like the plague because they pull all 3 credit bureaus for one credit card application. I recently saw one report which could change the attitude a bit. The Story Reddit user marvypoo had an... Read More →
Churning News: More Updates on Cardcash.com
We wrote previously that the Walmart/Cardcash partnership is no longer available. It has come to my attention a few more interesting changes in the Cardcash system. New Site Cardcash now has a newly designed website at the address new... Read More →
Amex Beefs up 2x Membership Rewards with Amex Offers
The Offer We’re familiar with Amex Offers which offer a statement credit for spending a certain amount of money. A different kind of offer also comes up occasionally which offers extra rewards at certain retailers. One recent... Read More →
[Targeted] Amex Offer $10 Off $75 Cellphone Bill
The Offer Spend $75 on your cellphone bill with your Amex card and receive a $10 statement credit. The following cellphone carriers are eligible for this offer: AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular, or Verizon. You can use this offer... Read More →
Options for Buying $500 Visa Gift Cards Online, & This Weird Trick Can Save You Money
This is another post in our Manufactured Monday series. We try to offer some insights into manufacturing spend each Monday. You can view all posts in this series by clicking here. Why Online There’s lots of talk about buying $500... Read More →
Redeem Wells Fargo Rewards via ATM, and Lower Threshold
ATM Option For cards participating in the Wells Fargo Rewards program, there’s a new, interesting option of withdrawing the rewards in the form of cash via the Wells Fargo ATM. Read the Wells Fargo press release here. Rewards can... Read More →
Paypal Shutdown…The Morning After
Shutdown I recently reported that Paypal shut me down. The main reason I posted that on the site was as a friendly warning to our readers that it may not be worth playing around with Paypal. Oddly, I had just made that decision myself... Read More →
Massive Data Breach at Health Insurer Anthem
Up to 80 million people’s personal information, including Social Security Numbers have been compromised in the largest-ever health care breach. The breach affected both members and employees of Anthem Health company, including the... Read More →
How long does it take to receive notification from a shopping portal?
Portal Delays We often go through shopping portals as a way of accruing extra cashback or extra miles or points. How long will it be until you hear from the portal that your purchase tracked and you have pending points/cashback... Read More →
Paypal Shuts Me Down
I have two Paypal accounts, one personal and one business. I just received an email from Paypal on both of my accounts saying that my account is “permanently limited”. We recently noticed an issue with your account... Read More →
Highest Cash Back Guarantee for Online Shopping Portals
[Update: Shopathome no longer offers their cashback guarantee program.] The Guarantee Most of you are probably familiar with the idea of using a shopping portal to get extra cash back or points when shopping online. There are lots of... Read More →
Positive Change to Amazon Free Shipping Policy
Amazon offers free shipping for orders of $35 or more. Prime members get free shipping on any amount, but non-Prime members pay for shipping on orders less than $35. One catch has always been that to trigger the $35 free shipping you... Read More →

