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I have sold and bought a few gift cards without any issue. You can get better rate by setting your own price. I have credit cards with 5%-6% rebate for Amazon purchases, so the 6% bonus for Amazon GC is not that interesting to me.

It looks like my ordinary income rate will increase, long term capital gain rate will decrease. Therefore, I’m taking STCG this week and LTCG next week.

@phat200 said in Free TurboTax Premier for some Fidelity customers (YMMV):

Does the 2017 Deluxe include Capital G/L??

TIA

Download version only, not the online version.

It’s toward the bottom of the “summary” page when you login, which should be the same as “Accounts & Trade” -> “Portfolio”.

@amusingsquid said in CD Thread - Post The Best Nationally Available Rates:

@turtlebug If I have an existing 11 month no penalty CD with Ally (at 1.50%) will it automatically be upped to 1.75? (The high yield 12 month CD is at 2.0, the no penalty 11 month is now at 1.75)

And can I end that 1.75% CD and put it everything (including interest earned) into the 2.0 percent high yield CD?

Nothing is automatic. You have to close the account and open a new one.

I’m not doing the B2G1 deal myself, but I have not seen any report of rebate issues on SD, as long as the NI-SKU is correctly scanned 3 times. The rebate amount of $117 is shown for 3 cases.

Give it a rest. What do you think would have happened if the Staples-Office Depot merger went through?

Just like in the previous years, if your account is eligible for the free TurboTax software, you should see a link when you log into your Fidelity account. Both online and download versions are available.

@principalmember said in Steps to take in 2017 for the upcoming tax changes:

This stuff is lot more money than a free toothbrush or free redbox movie code.

Thanks to AMT, those freebies are actually worth something.

On my Amex statement: “Effective February 2, 2018, Card Members will no longer be able to transfer Membership Rewards points to the Plenti rewards program.”

@ctcarl said in Looking for cheapest very short-term cellphone plan:

You can pick up a very nice LG X Charge for $90

$180 is the regular price.

Plenti is the ONLY reason I go to Rite Aid. I started with a bonus offer transferring from Amex Reward points. Otherwise, most of the items I buy are cheaper elsewhere.

What happened to the email notifications?

old: [PhatWallet Forums: Welcome Home to Savings] No More PLENTI POINTS at Rite Aid in 2018
new: You have a new Notification from PhatWallet Forums: Welcome Home to Savings

We’re going backwards.

@my4mainecoons said in Amex Plenti to lose several partners in 2018:

Otherwise I pay for gift cards with Plenti Pts.

You can buy gift cards with points?

This Staples $30/$150 should work with Visa Checkout $25/$100. Correct?

@ctgolfer said in $100 BP Gas Gift Card For Only $94! - FREE Mail Delivery by svm @ eBay:

BP gift cards are no longer cross-accepted at ARCO locations

I don’t know how accurate that is. I just used a BP GC at Arco in Northern California, although the card was purchased a year ago, from SVM.

@barrytuneup said in Staples.com $25 off $100 using Visa Checkout at payment screen:

when I tried last year (it’s the Staples card you get in the mail when buying the 200.00 Visa gift cards) I buy tons of these when they have those deals with the 5% Ink and Amex cards. They still don’t work.

I have used multiple Staples GCs and Staples rebate Visas at staples.com. Have you checked if those cards still have balance? Many of those cards were stolen before they required activation.

@barrytuneup said in Staples.com $25 off $100 using Visa Checkout at payment screen:

I have about 125.00 in staples gc from buying the VGC offers the past few months. As was stated above, can’t be used online,

Huh? Staples GCs can be used at staples.com, up to 5 per order.

@rhino850 said in 1¢ Staples® 8.5" x 11" multipurpose paper, ream, after easy rebate and with coupon exp 11/22:

Can I do the 1 hr. pick-up and change payment method to rewards at the store?

The original order will have to be refunded, so it would not have accomplished anything. If you’re worried about the store not having one in stock, a kiosk order can be placed without shipping charge.

https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/programs/credit/

“Automatic upgrade to Premier status”

@rhino850 said in 1¢ Staples® 8.5" x 11" multipurpose paper, ream, after easy rebate and with coupon exp 11/22:

When did staples change the rewards rules? I cant buy the $39.99 FAR Mcafee with a $40 Rewards online because it leave me at negative 1 cent. In the past didn’t you just forfeit the left over balance when used online?

It never worked that way.

@dangeruss said in 1¢ Staples® 8.5" x 11" multipurpose paper, ream, after easy rebate and with coupon exp 11/22:

What was the OOP?

$8.29

@sarahb said in 1¢ Staples® 8.5" x 11" multipurpose paper, ream, after easy rebate and with coupon exp 11/22:

I got four reams for $.01/ea (after rebate) today without needing a coupon.

The coupon would be worth $0.99 off if it works.

I just got back from Staples, and the cashier wouldn’t scan the coupon, pointing to a big sign that says 1-cent after rebate.

Has anyone tried to use this coupon today?

@fivetalents said in Last day for $3 CB bonus on TopCashBack wys over $10 on one transaction:

If I activate this $3 offer, will I only get $3 CB on a $100 purchase, or will I get $23 off?

$23

1. Must have one of the eligible phones.
2. Must port-in a number.

https://www.sprint.com/en/shop/offers/free-unlimited.html?ECID=vanity:1yearfree

https://www.fragiledeal.com/t/sprint-12-months-of-unlimited-plan-0-mo-taxes-restrictions-on-phones/2194

first rebate: 6 weeks
second rebate: 2 weeks

Shouldn’t this be in the Black Friday section?

@my4mainecoons said in Staples B&M Monetize $88rewards 11/23-25 1c aer Reams (lim 4, no Q's rqrd), $1 aer (after $5 er) 12 pak SHARPIES (lim 3 rebates), also FAR McAfee (online/store):

1 McAfee online uses a $40 Reward check and give up the penny.

Wouldn’t work online without a filler.

Thanks. Easy $5.

It will take many days or even weeks to show up in your account.

I go to Costco 20-30 minutes before the tire center opens, so I’m the first or the second person in line. Another 30 minutes later, my car is done.

@myisland said in $5 off $25 coupon when you get a no-cost flu shot @CVS thru Mar 2018:

The preservative thimerosal (Mercury) is in the multi-dose vial of Quadrivalent vaccine.

That’s why you ask if the vaccine is the preservative-free version, which is the ONLY one that my local CVS has.

CVS inside Target gives you a $5 coupon without minimum purchase requirement. Flu shot should be preservative-free quadrivalent.

The Five Back Visa has ALWAYS been a $200 variable card. Nothing has changed.

@my4mainecoons said in Staples B&M 10/22-28 Buy $300+ in Visa OR Mastercard Prepaids, get $15 staples GC via EZ Rebate:

Staples gc for rebate for Visa prepaid. That’s new.

Not new. MasterCard is the reason.

@mistercheap said in Staples B&M 10/22-28 Buy $300+ in Visa OR Mastercard Prepaids, get $15 staples GC via EZ Rebate:

Activation fees for $200 are $6.95, $5.95 for $100. So $13.90 in fees to get to $300.

$12.90

There is no need to contact Staples. This is something that can be easily checked with the rebate center. If a rebate card has not been used/activated 30 days after the actual shipping date (not the date for the “Your Easy Rebate is in the mail!”), that can be cancelled and resent.

Use the tracking number on the rebate card at rebateshq.com to find out the rebate submission date, and then use that date for reconciliation. For this system to work properly, don’t submit more than one rebate per day, especially for the same rebate amount.

@ma-barker said in TopCashback: Extra $3 CB if you spend $10 by 10/15:

GCMall

Thanks for the idea. Bought a $15 Safeway GC.

I have no problem with Win7 and IE11.

Thanks. We’ll continue over there.

I think the “No one has replied” section should have a time stamp as well. I know the information is there if I look at the time of topic creation, but it would look more consistent.

Yes, please!

1. Please shorten the [bracket portion] of the subject line, so I can see more of the actual topic name (see picture) in my list of emails. [PhatWallet Forums] is already in the sender, so that’s redundant. Maybe something like [Thread Reply] or [New Post].
   

2. The top black bar and the “envelope” image take too much space.
   

3. Does the forum software have an option to receive only one email per thread since the last visit?!

Thanks.

@centora87 said in AmEx Offer: Spend $99+ On Amazon Prime Membership & Receive 5,000 Membership Rewards:

I’m pretty sure 5,000 points is equivalent to $50, which would be 100 points = $1.00. So more or less you would be paying $49 for prime for 365 days.

5000 points give you a $30 statement credit or a gift card worth $25-$50. There are other options.

@fivetalents done

@mikk1 Got it. Thanks.

Is there an option to remove a up/down vote? It’s easy to click one of those by mistake. FW has “clear vote”.

Without the 3-character minimum limitation, got my original name back.