Archive for September 2005

Keep an Eye on Your Credit Card Rewards

Written by Nickel - 3 Comments

Just a quick reminder to keep track of your credit card rewards, and to make sure you’re receiving what was promised. I just logged in to check the status of our Citi Driver’s Edge rewards and found that we haven’t been credited properly over the past two months. When we originally signed up for this [...]

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Published on September 6th, 2005
Modified on October 19th, 2008 - 3 Comments
Filed under: Credit Cards
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A Slice of the (Amazon) Pi

Written by Nickel - 11 Comments

This has gotta be one of the world’s worst kept secrets by now, but in case you haven’t yet heard… You can get ‘a slice of the pi’ from Amazon.com simply by using their search engine, a9.com. They’ve been running a promotion for quite some time now wherein you get an instant (and automatic) 1.57% [...]

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Published on September 6th, 2005
Modified on September 11th, 2006 - 11 Comments
Filed under: Frugality, Online
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Blocking eBay Bidders

Written by Nickel - 6 Comments

Yet another piece of unsolicited eBay advice… In the time that I’ve been selling on eBay, I’ve been fortunate enough to not have had any runins with deadbeat bidders. Yet. But if you sell enough items, it’s really just a matter of time before you’ll end up having problems. So what can you do to [...]

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Published on September 5th, 2005 - 6 Comments
Filed under: Online
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Buying Term Life Insurance, Part II

Written by Nickel - 5 Comments

So far so good. Less than twelve hours after applying for term life insurance, we received a call from IntelliQuote. They wanted to verify our address so they could send us our application packets. They also wanted to schedule our medical exams. Just a day later they e-mailed to tell us that our applications were [...]

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Published on September 2nd, 2005
Modified on November 16th, 2011 - 5 Comments
Filed under: Insurance
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Katrina’s Effect on Gas Prices

Written by Nickel - 11 Comments

I’m sure you’ve heard more than enough about the price of gas these days, so I’ll try to spare you the whining about how much I paid today (it was $2.77, by the way — a personal record, but far better than paying $3.39 at the station across the street). Instead, I thought I’d post [...]

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Published on September 1st, 2005
Modified on August 6th, 2006 - 11 Comments
Filed under: Energy
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Hurricane Relief Donations

Written by Nickel - 9 Comments

As I’m sure you’re aware, Gulf Coast residents are currently suffering through one of the worst natural disasters to ever hit the United States, and they need our help. My wife and I just made a donation to the Salvation Army, and our kids pooled their resources and came up with an additional $14.42 to [...]

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Published on September 1st, 2005
Modified on December 23rd, 2005 - 9 Comments
Filed under: Charity
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