I’m sure you’ve seen all the ads from Behemoth Bank about how you’re a part of their big happy family, right? Forget all that. The business on the other side of the table is trying to extract as much money as they can. Your goal is to get what you want and pay as little [...]
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You may recall from last week’s post that I reviewed a credit card offer. This offer was a partnership between a major hotel chain and a mega bank (fondly referred to as “Behemoth Bank”). The basic idea was, “get our card, get free hotel nights.” As we discovered last time, if you’re not careful with [...]
I received yet another glossy credit card solicitation in the mail this week. Normally these go straight into my recycling bin, but since I’m now blogging about personal finance, I thought it might be interesting to read the details of this offer. The solicitation was a partnership between a major bank (whom I will fondly [...]
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I’ve recently been stopping at a national-branded gas station with fairly inexpensive gasoline that’s on the way home from my son’s karate school. The first couple of times, I was getting ready to pump the gas while daydreaming about something else. As I reflexively went to hit the “87-octane” button, my hand stopped in a [...]
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