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With the Demise of REDbird, What’s Next?

As many of you’ve already heard, credit card loads to REDbird are dead. We all knew this day was coming, yet that doesn’t make it any less disappointing that we lost our dear old REDbird as

What I’ve Learned About Mortgages and Manufactured Spending

As of last week, we are officially 90%-ish through the home buying/selling/moving process. Well, sort of. We’ve already closed on our old house and our new house, and moved all of our stuff to a

A Look at My FRN Debacle

April 27, 2015
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There’s no doubt that Shell’s Fuel Rewards Network (FRN) is by far my favorite gas rewards program. Not only does it offer easy, MS friendly earning methods such as spend $X at store Y (gift

Oink and I Go Our Separate Ways

April 1, 2015
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Oink has never been my favorite prepaid product. After all, what can you do with it other than use it as intended? There’s no ATM access, it’s not a debit card, and you can’t use it

How to Deal with Credit Card Declines

March 23, 2015
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There’s nothing quite as annoying as having your credit card get declined when trying to buy a gift card, load REDbird, or even just spend a large sum of money. When it happens, the cashiers usually

Category Archives for Manufactured Spending

With the Demise of REDbird, What’s Next?

What I’ve Learned About Mortgages and Manufactured Spending

A Look at My FRN Debacle

Oink and I Go Our Separate Ways

How to Deal with Credit Card Declines