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I love these weekly posts because they really keep me accountable. I sat down to write it on Sunday night and realized I had only managed $1,500 in manufactured spending. I’m trying to do better than I did last year, when…
I’ve been getting requests from people asking me to do a year-end tally of my manufactured spending activity. I’ve been sharing weekly manufactured spending reports for a few years now, though I haven’t been super consistent in 2019. In fact,…
It’s been a while since I’ve shared one of these manufactured spending reports. I’ve slowed down a bit with both blogging and MS, so the posts have been on hiatus. But I’ve got some 2020 travel plans I need to…
Several months ago I put myself on the waiting list for a new app called Bumped that paid its shopping bonuses in the form of stock of the company you were shopping with. To me, it seemed like the ultimate customer…
The holiday shopping season is perhaps the best time of year for manufactured spending. If you’re throwing in the towel when it comes to Visa gift card churning because of all the negative changes, there may be other opportunities for…
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For the last few years, I’ve been spoiled when it comes to manufactured spending. Thanks to an MS-friendly Walmart, I was able to liquidate thousands of dollars per day with minimal effort. Because it was so easy, I got kind…
To start with, I don’t think there is any right or wrong answer, but more a matter of the circumstances we are each individually faced with. The ultimate goal of each activity is to generate as high a return on…
A couple of days ago I mindlessly opened two emails from Yazing, indicating they had $17.34 to each of our PayPal accounts. I mindlessly transferred the windfall into our checking accounts. It got me thinking about the ways we use…
Remember a month or so ago, I was whining about not kicking up my game on the 5X Staples Free Week. Well I kicked it up and overdid it for an old guy. In the last 21 days I’ve: 1.…
I’m having a great time writing again, and I want to thank you for the warm welcome back. You’ve taught me some new tricks about the hobby. Even more important to me is you have reinforced my belief that “change…
