What utter BS. I visited a B&M that listed 5 in-stock (according to Brickseek). The store’s system also showed 5 in-stock. Had a mgr of the housewares dept assist, checking inventory in the back, etc. Long story short, they were nowhere to be found, and they wouldn’t substitute a different model for that price. Sometimes Wally sux a big one. 
@atariman I checked various zip codes. It’s $44.88 at every Wally I found that has it in-stock. Even those Wally’s where it wasn’t in-stock (Brickseek Qty 0), it priced @ $44.88. Would jump on this deal if it were available for $10.
@c3 said in Whole Foods Prime Day Offers: Spend $10 In-Store, Get $10 Online Credit to Use on Prime Day & 10% Back on Prime Rewards Visa Card Purchases:
For $10, I bought a Kindle instead of a pack of adhesive tapes.
That requires having an AMEX card that earns MR points. I have plenty of AMEX cards, but none which earn MR points. 
No Kindle (or Fire 7 Tablet) for me. My consolation prize is… [knock-off brand] scotch tape!!! 
@c3 said in Whole Foods Prime Day Offers: Spend $10 In-Store, Get $10 Online Credit to Use on Prime Day & 10% Back on Prime Rewards Visa Card Purchases:
The $10 credit is active. It does NOT work with purchasing of gift cards.
If you use Scotch Tape and have your own dispenser, here’s an off-brand 10pk refill for $10.20:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0030FCG1S?tag=phtwllt-20
WF Credit should apply to the above.
@fivetalents said in Whole Foods Prime Day Offers: Spend $10 In-Store, Get $10 Online Credit to Use on Prime Day & 10% Back on Prime Rewards Visa Card Purchases:
Just open the shopping app, and search for “wholefoods qr.” Then click on “Scan your Whole Foods Market QR code.”
Purchased a WF $10 GC (didn’t want to add to my AZ GC balance either) using the QC code from the AZ App (as explained above), got the AZ email conf shortly thereafter.
Only options I found where GC’s could be purchased for as low a $10 were a WF GC itself (which can apparently be purchased for as little as $5) or a Google Play variable load GC (starting @ $10). iTunes GC’s started @ $15 (and as already mentioned, so did HomeDepot).
Also tried the browser extension (repeatedly) today – no luck.
BTW, at WF customer service desk, CSR mentioned that WF also sells $25/$50/$100 Visa GC’s, but those are kept “in the back” (presumably somewhere behind the customer service desk).
Upon looking at the (customer accessible) GC rack (that has the non Visa GC’s) more carefully, I actually saw slots for Visa, MC, and AMEX GC’s (where it said to talk to a store associate). No idea how much the activation fees are, but w/ 10% back via the Chase Amazon CC (up to $400) for Prime holders for the next day or so, it’s unlikely a money loser (may not be a huge money maker though).
@ctgolfer It’s not limited to new members. I wasn’t a CURRENT member but absolutely was a FORMER member. Got the targeted email. Also happened to have an AMEX card in my Amazon profile, which is the card it wanted to continue charging prime benefits to. It allowed me to add a new AMEX card for that. I’m pretty sure it can be changed to a NON-AMEX card for renewal afterwards, and of course you can cancel benefits after 3 months so that it doesn’t continue to charge you.
@barrytuneup said in IRS shrinks the 1040 tax form and does away with the 1040A and 1040EZ forms:
He fails to mention the standard deduction has almost tripled for single and married folks.
Math FAIL.
Prior to TCJA [Tax Cuts and Jobs Act], the standard deduction for tax year 2018 was slated to be:
For years 2018-2025, the Standard Deduction has been increased to:
Even before taking anything else into consideration, not a single category above is anywhere close to TRIPLE the deduction it was in 2017 (in all cases, it’s just BELOW double).
Then after taking this into account:
Taxpayers can claim an exemption for themselves, their spouse, and their dependents (if eligible). Each exemption lowers taxable income by $4,050 under current (2017) law.
The TCJA has suspended all personal and dependent exemptions for tax years 2018-2025.
For an individual who took the Standard Deduction in 2017 and claimed him/herself as a dependent, (s)he got a $6,500 deduction AND a $4,050 personal exemption, totaling $10,550.
In 2018, that’s been replaced w/ a $12,000 personal deduction (which is indeed higher than $10,550), but it’s nowhere near DOUBLE or TRIPLE what it previously was. It gets even worse for people who have multiple DEPENDENTS (i.e. kids), losing out on a $4,050 exemption per child/dependent. (Some of that is offset by a slightly lower tax rate for those folks).
You already mentioned the hit to those who live in higher PROPERTY TAX states, so you’re aware of the drastic (negative) impact to those folks.
Source for much of the above:
https://www.hrblock.com/tax-center/irs/tax-reform/new-standard-deduction-eliminated-exemptions/
@tuskers I think it was $7.96, but the price seems to have been raised back to $10.
