This week I received a $250 check from my credit card company after redeeming $200 worth of the rewards the wife and I had accumulated since we received our card in September 2007. I got $250 even though I only redeemed $200 because Chase bets it can entice enough individuals to try and wait [...]

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A few days ago, I got a notice in the mail from Chase Card Services notifying me that from now until June 6, 2008 I will get $10 back if I make 3 purchases using their ‘blink’ transaction feature. A ‘blink’ transaction is one where all you do is hold your card up to [...]

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First the woes - I got hit with a $39 late fee yesterday because my due date was on a Sunday (why?) and when I made the payment on its due date it wouldn’t except it until Monday, a day late. Talk about a bummer. I will try and call my credit card [...]

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Recently, I received a call from some poor, unfortunate, Indian soul on behalf of my credit card company asking me to subscribe to a credit protection service. Like I normally do, I politely listened to his spiel (he is a person after all). It went a little something like this:
“For the low, low [...]

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