Category - Manufactured Spending

[Reposting  because the deal disappeared yesterday shortly after it went live. Now it’s back.] The Offer Direct link to offer [Our referral link to Topcashback if you haven’t already signed up) Topcashback.com are currently... Read More →

I didn’t see this one coming, but apparently Discover is sending out emails that they’ll credit many of the purchases made under the 10% Apple Pay promo which were initially denied. Discover flagged many people’s... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (ad page 6) Buy two Vanilla Visa gift cards at Walgreen’s and receive a free $5 Walgreen’s gift card The Fine Print Valid April 3 – April 9 Must use Walgreen’s Better Balance Reward card... Read More →

The T-Mobile Prepaid Visa card is shutting down effective July 27, 2016. Loading will be discontinued after June 27, 2016. Some people had success buying Reloadit cards with a credit card and using those to load up their T-Mobile... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link Plastiq launched a referral program which can benefit the new member and the referrer. After the new member makes $500 in bill payments, both of them get a bonus in ‘Fee-Free Dollars‘ (FFD), meaning... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (ad page 20) Buy $300 in Mastercard gift cards from a Staples store and receive a $20 Staples gift card via the Staples Easy Rebate system. The rebate receipt will print out at the register, and you can submit the... Read More →

Reposting this offer as it’s now live. The Offer Direct Link (ad page 9) Buy $250 in Visa gift cards from a Staples store and receive a $20 Staples rebate Visa card free. The rebate receipt will print out at the register, and you... Read More →

Reports are coming in on Flyertalk and other forums that the Stop & Shop and Giant grocery chain is shifting to cash-or-debit-only policy for the purchase of Visa, Mastercard, and Amex prepaid cards. Update October 2016:... Read More →

The news came in today with dozens of people being shut down on their Bluebird or Serve cards. As we documented a couple months ago, Amex is shutting out those who use their prepaid cards for purposes of manufacturing spend (MS). RIP:... Read More →

Recently some people have been told that their Simon Mall will stop selling gift cards on March 1st. What is actually happening is a bit more complicated, I’ll let NecessaryIndulgences from Flyertalk explain as they do a better... Read More →

When Plastiq first launched they had a promotional debit card rate of 0%, there was no end date on that promotion but today it has ended none the less. They are now charging 1% for all debit card transactions. The rewards debit card... Read More →

Multiple reports in the DoC comments, Flyertalk, and Reddit indicate that Citi stopped accepting credit card funding for their checking and savings accounts. As of yesterday, it was still going, but it appears that it died today. RIP... Read More →

Multiple readers report that new Staples Easy Rebate prepaid cards are now issued by Blackhawk and are PIN-enabled. The PIN is the last 4-digits of the card, same as all MetaBank cards. [Update 5/19/16: Readers note that the PIN is no... Read More →

The Offer Direct Link (select ‘Plenti’ for all Plenti deals) Buy two Vanilla Visa gift cards at Rite Aid with your Plenti card and get back 800 points, or $8. Offer can be used a max of two times Valid 1/24 – 1/30 If... Read More →

In a recent post, I threw out a number for the amount of Serve/Bluebird shutdowns as around half. A reader took me to task on this, asking where I got that number so I decided to take a better look. Serve Shut Down spreadsheet via... Read More →