Comments on: Two Nice Surprises for a Friday http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/21/two-nice-surprises-for-a-friday/ A premiere personal finance blog, established 2003. Within, Flexo discusses his own experiences with money, and he and other authors comment on a wide range of personal finance topics. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 16:42:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: thomas http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/21/two-nice-surprises-for-a-friday/#comment-119075 thomas Mon, 24 Sep 2007 06:56:27 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/21/two-nice-surprises-for-a-friday/#comment-119075 wish that was northwest and not north east. I just lowered my verizon minutes with my new contract and it would be nice to have a little buffer. wish that was northwest and not north east. I just lowered my verizon minutes with my new contract and it would be nice to have a little buffer.

]]> By: Wayne Keyser http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/21/two-nice-surprises-for-a-friday/#comment-119067 Wayne Keyser Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:34:39 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/21/two-nice-surprises-for-a-friday/#comment-119067 Re the Citi Driver's Edge card: I got mine for the cash-back rebates. Then they changed the deal ... you get points which you can redeem from the "Thank You Network" for gift cards from places I don't go, or (if I figure correctly) a lesser amount of cash than I signed up for. I cancelled in a flash and got one of a growing number of competing cards with equally good or better rebates that you don't have to figure out or jump through hoops to redeem. Re the Citi Driver’s Edge card:

I got mine for the cash-back rebates. Then they changed the deal … you get points which you can redeem from the “Thank You Network” for gift cards from places I don’t go, or (if I figure correctly) a lesser amount of cash than I signed up for.

I cancelled in a flash and got one of a growing number of competing cards with equally good or better rebates that you don’t have to figure out or jump through hoops to redeem.

]]> By: Sapanjot Behar http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/21/two-nice-surprises-for-a-friday/#comment-119060 Sapanjot Behar Sat, 22 Sep 2007 08:47:17 +0000 http://www.consumerismcommentary.com/2007/09/21/two-nice-surprises-for-a-friday/#comment-119060 Cellular industry in North America operates on a totally different business plan that in Europe and rest of the world. We get subsidies for signing contracts and receive locked phones. So in the end, a phone that is say $500 without a subsidy costs us a few thousand dollars once the contract is over. And we can't still use that phone with another carrier if we choose to switch. Cellular industry in North America operates on a totally different business plan that in Europe and rest of the world. We get subsidies for signing contracts and receive locked phones. So in the end, a phone that is say $500 without a subsidy costs us a few thousand dollars once the contract is over. And we can’t still use that phone with another carrier if we choose to switch.

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