Recap: Getting eBay Bucks Offers Again, Problem With Lonely Planet & More

  • Reader Joe hasn’t been getting eBay bucks offers since eBay bucks stopped working for gift cards. He was able to start getting them again by unsubscribing and then resubscribing for the promotional e-mails. Thanks for the tip, Joe! You can read some other reader suggestions here.
  • My type of MS: Stacking and Reselling Neiman Marcus by Frequent Miler. To be clear this is reselling and not MSing, but a lot of the same principles apply.

 

  • Having Trouble Transferring TY Points to Flying Blue? You might be in Luck by Deals ATX. Very good outcome in the end, sometimes you just get lucky!
  • What’s The Matter With Lonely Planet? by Nomadic Matt. I think the biggest problem for Lonely Planet is the rise of internet and mobile internet in general, I’d much rather read a blog that was written a few months ago about how to get from A to B cheaply than go with a Lonely Planet recommendation that might not have been updated for years and doesn’t take current conditions into account. The other problem I’ve always had with LP is just the amount of people using it, that local bar that used to be quirky and a bit different? As soon as it hits LP then it obviously changes, that’s something that’s unavoidable unless you just don’t use mainstream guides.
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James B.
James B. (@guest_453426)
August 4, 2017 20:26

I agree that blogs like Tripadvisor, etc…have made books like Lonely Planet somewhat obsolete. If I travel somewhere where I do not have access to the internet, I try to download some pdf guides beforehand. Otherwise, I rely on online resources when I travel.

MH
MH (@guest_453161)
August 4, 2017 10:16

I still get ebay bucks without undoing anything.

joE
joE (@guest_453114)
August 4, 2017 08:36

In reference to the ebay bucks offers, don’t be that person that unchecks the box and checks it right back and runs over here to say it didn’t work. I didn’t time myself but just unsubscribe and a week or two later subscribe again. I now receive them like clock work just like before.