By Sun on Mar 24, 2008 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 15 Comments
As crude oil went over $110 a barrel, gasoline prices are also surging. According to GasBuddy.com, (BTW, a good site to find the cheapest gas in your area) the national average price of regular gas is $3.257 per gallon. Though New Jersey has the lowest gas prices in the nation, filling up our cars every […]
By Sun on Feb 21, 2008 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 10 Comments
Before I applied for a Citi Driver’s Edge card back in December, I thought I could take advantage of the no-fee 0% balance transfer offer for 12 months and use the money to payoff our car loan which has an interest rate of 4.90%. Since I have been a Citi customer for almost ten years […]
By Sun on Jan 31, 2008 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 5 Comments
I usually don’t read too much the Costco Connection magazine I received every month as part of the benefit of being an Executive Member, because more than half of the magazine are ads while the rest are articles about stuff Costco offers . But a piece in the February issue did get my attention last […]
By Sun on Dec 26, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 2 Comments
Don’t have an iPod yet? You can get one for free if you apply and get approved for a Discover More Card and use the card to make a purchase.
MyEasyRewards.com is now offering a free iPod Shuffle upon approval and activation of a Discover Card. From the offer website, the whole process takes three steps:
Register […]
By Sun on Dec 13, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 14 Comments
The Federal Reserve just cut interest rate again and banks will soon, if not already, follow suit to lower their savings accounts’ rates. And according to some experts, such as PIMCO’s Bill Gross, the current rate reduction cycle is far from over, which means interest rates from banks are heading no where but south in […]
By Sun on Dec 10, 2007 in Credit cards, Personal finance | 3 Comments
I just shrank my wallet by one more credit card as part of my effort to simply our finance
Back in July 2006, I applied for a Discover Miles card for the purpose of using its 12-month 0% balance transfer. Ever since I got the card, I haven’t used it for anything else, though […]