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Update: Thanks to reader Paul for the heads up. Evolve has notified users via Twitter that the issue with master card gift cards has been resolved. Yesterday I wrote about getting snubbed at Walmart and Target while trying to use…
Since the demise of Vanilla Reloads, I’ve written about several manufactured spending alternatives. When a reader reported that Walmart was no longer accepting gift cards for money orders, I wrote up Plan C in my manufactured spending strategy. It looks…
I dislike Walmart but simultaneously recognize that it keeps me in the manufactured spending game. I just saw something on Twitter that almost made me choke on my calorie bomb Twix Frappuccino. Twitter follower@SimonK was having an interaction with @PatMikeL…
Cashback portal Extrabux recently updated their policy on GiftCardMall purchases. Previously, Visa gift card purchases (minus the purchase fee) qualified for 1% cash back, which was much higher than the 0.5% offered by TopCashBack. However, this has changed and Visa gift cards…
Update: As of November 22, 2014 Simon Mall gift card fees have increased to $3.95 My initial prediction about my trip to the South Bay being a dud turned out to be unfounded. This is largely thanks to readers who…
I am heading off to Santa Clara for a really boring weekend. I once again got suckered into taking my sister and her debate team to another Junior State of America event. During these events, watching her debate is completely…
Not that I’m ever wrong about anything, but it turns out I was wrong in my assessment that CVS’s cash-only policy would be regional only. The deadline of March 31 came and went, and I was still able to buy…
Update: As of 4/5 CVS is no longer accepting credit cards for Vanilla Reload purchases. As I predicted, the news that CVS would implement a cash-only policy for Vanilla Reloads was simply a regional change. That didn’t stop folks from…
So much for my internet fast. There has been a lot of speculation about CVS adopting a “cash only” policy for Vanilla Reloadson March 31. I commented on this possible development and offered some tips on what to do if…
4/2/14 Update: CVS will in fact be implementing a cash-only policy nationwide on April 4, 2014. I took a break from my self-imposed internet fast this morning when Tim sent me the following message and picture on Twitter: For those of us picking up…
