The title of this post is somewhat click bait but it isn’t a lie. The recent blog posts on mint coin deal that appeared across all miles and points community seemed like a great idea until it wasn’t. I bet every blogger blogging about this thought they were breaking a story or doing their readers a service by giving them an opportunity to manufacture spend plus earn commission, while the blogs themselves earn some referral bonuses.
Manufactured Spend
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$100 Comission for Mint Coins – But Can We Get More?
September 6, 2018By now you’ve probably read about upcoming Mint coin deals. PFS buyers club, which is quite possibly the only buying group mentioned in miles and points blogosphere, is paying $50 commission for buying and shipping these coins to them. However the competition of securing your buy is getting steep as…
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The last time I wrote about PFS Buyers Club was back in December of 2017 when they were buying iPhone X. They’re offering small commission for buying and selling Mint coin to them.
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RoomiPay AutoPay at 0% Fee is Dead!
May 30, 2018Remember the post about RoomiPay Referral possibly being the greatest couch MS opportunity of 2018? Well, there is more where that came from. Remember how RoomiPay used to give 0% fee for initial 150 or so users? Back in December a recurring payment was setup and for many months since then,…
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Many of you used, or still use, RoomiPay. Many of you waited patiently by your computer, tablet, etc pressing F5 and trying to snag that 0% fee deal that limited for first 150 individuals or so. Some smartypants realized they could auto-fill everything and win the 0% race more or…
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How to Cash Out Prepaid Debit Card from T-Mobile
February 9, 2018T-Mobile often offers gift card incentive to lure customers in. A recent example was the 50% Off Pixel 2 Offer where eligible participants were shipped $325 debit card. This prepaid debit cards does not allow cash withdraw through ATM but there is another way to cash out at no fee whatsoever.
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I don’t know about you but I joined Simple when it was an invite only banking app. Back then they were selling it as an fee free online banking app that is smooth, fast, elegant, and yet simple. It was a cool app because back then online banking apps were…
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Thumbs Up for PFS Buyers Club and DO Signup!
December 11, 2017Recently there was a very small money maker deal through PFS Buyers Club. Supposedly it was an invite only thing and at the time most people thought they were better off buying requested item and reselling it on their own. I personally chose the PFS Buyers Club route and I…
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Maximizing Charity: Kiva and Gift of College
October 13, 2017Update: I completely forgot that Kiva has not generated 3x FlexPoints since July of 2017 (frequentmiler). Once upon a time US Bank used to be the king of cashback on charities. One could select “charity” as a 5% category on Cash+ card but as of Feb 2017 (reddit, doc) said…
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Another “Unlimited” Uber Deal Dies
September 21, 2017Few weeks ago I wrote about a Dead Deal: “Unlimited” Uber Credit. In the end of the said post I had mentioned that there was another “unlimited” deal going. Well, the working deal I was talking about has been dead for 7 days and I suppose it is time to reveal…