Smart Car test drive offer a waste of time…

Sounds like easy money: go test drive a Smart Car and get a $25 Target gift card. So I decided to drop into the Smart Center in Sugarland, Texas to do a test drive and qualify for the gift card. What a waste of time that was! Turns out they only do test drives between [...]

Lending Club bonus – Get $150 Amazon gift certificate for a new loan (expires TODAY!)

Right now through December 31, 2009 (yup, today) Lending Club is offering borrowers a $150 Amazon gift certificate for a new loan. Here’s the details from the email I received:

Have you considered applying for a low, fixed-rate loan from Lending Club? As a Lending Club investor you already know that funding loans [...]

Warning: Those unused credit cards could cost you!

Many of us have them: unused credit cards that we opened for whatever reason that we don’t use anymore and just have stuffed in a sock drawer or a desk. We may keep them because we think it will hurt our credit scores to cancel them, or for emergencies, or just because we are too [...]

Why I'm not renewing personal finance magazine subscriptions…

Anyone who has known me over the years knows that I usually have a lot of magazines laying around my house. However, this personal finance blogger has made a decision that may surprise many: I am not renewing any of my personal finance magazine subscriptions. I have several reasons for doing this besides eliminating the [...]

Another $125 Chase Checking Bonus (exp. 1/15/2010)

Everyone is looking for a little extra cash around the holidays, and here is a great opportunity for some easy money. Chase is offering a $125 bonus for opening a free checking account with direct deposit. To get in on the offer you will need to logon to your existing Chase online account and click [...]

Where have I been the last three months?

As you can tell by a look at my homepage, it has been a while since my last post. By brother-in-law posted a link to the annual pumpkin contest in October, but my last real post before that was September. I’m sorry for the inactivity, but I do have some good excuses:

1. In early [...]