Archive for March, 2007
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
I logged into Citi's website yesterday to find there apparently had been "high risk" activity on my credit card and there was a notice to call them.
I called them and it turns out they declined a huge number of attempted charges. The CSR went "oh my!" and read off the ...
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
Remember Kiva.org? Basically Kiva allows you to sponsor small business around the world (typically in third world countries) with microloans. It's sort of the same premise as Prosper.com but you don't charge interest on the loans. It's basically charitable loaning in that you're enabling people to accomplish their goals.
Back in ...
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
You'll hear a lot of stories about lottery winners and how they squander all that money in a relatively short amount of time. This article on CNN Money is about 34 years old Brad Duke and how he's paid off his mortage and student loans... and then invested most of ...
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Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Getting paid to "surf the web" is back. Let's hope it doesn't turn out like AllAdvantage (which went bust during the ...well dot com bust). Anthony over at Hustler Money Blog referred me to AGLoco, at first I instantly saw the similarities to AllAdvantage. AllAdvantage was a get paid to ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Got this one from Find That Discount! Blog.
"This offer expires at midnight (EST).
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Use coupon code MPS16 to get 16% off."
http://www.bestdealmagazines.com/deal.asp
I like Forbes magazine but I already get enough periodicals delivered. Currently I get Inc., the ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
Okay, I'm not really too sure what eMax is all about. The concept is about using large numbers of people as leverage "to obtain truly compelling prices from some of the most popular national chain stores, restaurants, and service providers." The site is still in beta and there's not much ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
It's like the dot com era all over again with all these start ups that will supposedly make you moooooooney.... then again I did actually get paid from AllAdvantage while the going was good. In the next few posts I'm gonna detail a few of these start-ups, a few you've ...
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Tuesday, March 13th, 2007
MyFico.com's 6th year anniversary. Use the code 6YEAR to get 20% off any purchase at myfico.com.
FICO scores are the scores most lenders use in credit decisions which is calculated by Fair Isaac's "secret" formula. FAKO scores are other scores sold by the credit bureaus that generally aren't used by lenders ...
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Monday, March 12th, 2007
A few days ago I was suprised to get an e-mail from ReviewMe requesting approval for a paid review that someone had purchased for EG. The price of a review on my site is $60 (automatically determined by ReviewMe, you can set your own pricing), I get $30 and ReviewMe ...
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Sunday, March 11th, 2007
...and basically every other fantasy portfolio contest for that matter.
Snippet from CNBC's "Million Dollar Challenge" website:
"In CNBC.com's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, you play the market starting with $1,000,000 CNBC Bucks. Every day you'll be ranked based on the size of your portfolio, and each week we'll award a winner $10,000 ...
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