Archive for October, 2008
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
Today I lent out my 1,000th loan. It was made to the Sugran Rafiq Mashi Group from Pakistan. I hope they are able to achieve everything they set out to do and hope them the best of luck. You can see my lender profile here.
In June of this year when ...
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Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008
I recently found a pack of sticky notes from New Century Mortgage Corporation and decided to auction it off on eBay.
I think I'm going to sell random things on eBay to collect more feedback as I've got spare time on my hands these days and way too much clutter in ...
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
The last time I checked my FICO score 6 months ago it was hovering somewhere around 700 give or take 25. Today I decided to check it and my score is 597!
The #1 reason my score is so low can be attributed to the fact that I'm carrying roughly $30,000-$34,999 ...
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Saturday, October 18th, 2008
Get 150 miles for watching this Bose video. At the end of the video you'll see a form which pops up that asks for your AAdvantage number, name and e-mail.
Offer expires October 31st, 2008.
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
From October 6th to the 18th you can get a $75 signing bonus from PNC Checking.
The requirement is a qualifying direct deposit. However PNC counts ACH as direct deposit so therefore a push of funds from PayPal will count.
The required minimum to open a free checking account is $25. No ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
You can trade commission-free for 30 days with TDAmeritrade.
I know the market is a mess right now but if you're still holding ample amounts of cash there are a lot of bargains out there.
Offer valid for one new individual or Joint TD AMERITRADE account opened by December 31, 2008 and ...
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Friday, October 10th, 2008
With all the talk of the Federal Funds rate being cut yet again soon I guess some banks (like ING Direct) are pre-emptively cutting their interest rates.
I logged onto my ING Direct account this morning to see that dreaded line.
Oct 9, 2008 Interest Rate Change to 2.716% (2.75% APY)
If I had ...
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Saturday, October 4th, 2008
My brother has been using the American Express Blue Cash card for some time and I decided to switch over. In the past it wouldn't have been worthwhile for me to switch over as I didn't charge much. However the times have changed and I'll finally make the plunge.
The American ...
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Friday, October 3rd, 2008
The Microfinance Carnival is underway with the first edition scheduled for October 15th and will be hosted right here at Endless Gibberish! October 15th is also Blog Action Day for Poverty.
The Microfinance Carnival will feature articles written by bloggers that are related to microfinance. So what qualifies? Anything that has ...
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Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
If you've been on eBay recently you'll notice that a lot of gift cards are selling for more than face value. No, people aren't nuts. Thanks to Microsoft Live giving crazy cashback back on eBay purchases (it's currently at 30% at time of post).
What happens is somebody will buy a ...
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