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Since the demise of Redbird, it has been pretty quiet around here on the manufactured spending front – until Saturday night, when Karyn shared a great find with us: OfficeMax is stocking $500 Visa gift cards and you can buy…
Update: I failed to mention this in the original post, but fellow blogger Christine was able to buy Vanilla Visa gift cards at the Office Depot store across the street from the Chicago Seminars venue. So even if you can’t get…
Update: Redbird is officially dead. Both NoonRadar and reader Gregory (a part-time Target employee) have confirmed the existence of a memo stating that going forward, Redbird loads will be restricted to cash only. About two weeks ago I reported my…
It’s been another low key week in manufactured spending. No $23,500 gift card churning feats or Redbird drama. It’s partly because I haven’t had the time to churn out big numbers like I used to. Whenever the opportunity presents itself,…
After taking a break from gift card churning the week before last, I picked things up again. Now that American Express gift cards are out of the picture, I’ve been buying Visa and Mastercard gift cards directly with a mile-earning…
Unfortunately, it appears that way. I’m in Roseville, CA for the day and thought I’d take the opportunity to churn a few gift cards. This has been an ms-friendly town – one of the deciding factors in my plan to…
How many Walmart employees does it take to print a money order? One to do it and three others to stand around and watch while the line gets longer. That’s what happened last week when I went to a local…
Last week I wrote about how you can still earn cash back on $2,000 American Express gift cards, primarily through the Extrabux cash back portal. In the post, I recommended taking screenshots of the entire transaction in case it wasn’t…
Update: I’ve corrected the post. A reader pointed out that Paypal Business Debit transactions don’t qualify for 1% cash back. I misread the cash back amount on my recent PayPal statement and was under the impression that debit transactions did,…
Update: It seems Extrabux hasn’t been paying out on Amex gift card purchases, despite what their terms state. I’ve been getting a lot of comments about my American Express gift card buying habit from readers, who are under the impression…
