Blogging Away Debt

Free Coin Counting in Selected Cities on 7-7-07

I received an email from Coinstar letting me know that they are offering free coin counting for 7 hours in selected locations in selected cities on July 7th, 2007. There’s a bit of buzz around that date because of the lucky 7-7-7 connection.

The selected cities are Dallas, San Diego, Seattle, Phoenix, St. Louis, Orlando, and Chicago. To find the locations where this promotion is valid, you will need to visit myluckycoinstar.com and figure out a few trivia questions.

If you have some pennies you need counted yet cringe thinking of having a coin counter take a percentage, this could be an ideal time for you to take in your coins after figuring out the locations where it’s free.

It Feels Good to Get Cashback from Credit Cards

by Tricia

I still have one card that we use for online purchases and some subscription payments. I have also used it for some larger purchases like tires for our car. This card is to almost always have a zero balance. I charge what I need to charge and then turn around within a few days (after the charge is posted) and pay it right off. I don’t even wait for the statement. I have a rule that if I can’t turn around and pay for something immediately, it doesn’t go on the card. Case closed…no questions asked.

Having that control of our spending was always a problem. We’d purchase something on our credit cards thinking we would have money later to pay it off. Well, the money never came and the balance would sit on the card. We’d charge more, thinking again we could pay it off. Again, we were wrong. Before you know it, you have a nice balance on the card and there’s no way that you could pay off the card in one swoop (less a windfall, of course).

The card that I am using for our purchases has a cash back program and I have to say that I love it! I recently earned $20. Instead of me paying that particular credit card company finance charges, it is paying me for using their card. In my opinion, this is how credit cards are supposed to work!