Found money
Aug. 22nd, 2007 08:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
osodecanelaWell that was nice news!
Ever take a jacket to the cleaners and on the way there checked the pockets, only to find a forgotten $20 or $50? Perhaps you've pulled the cushions off the couch to vacuum and found a wad of bills that have fallen out of your pocket. That sort of thing happened to me today not once, but twice.
I got a Visa debit card in the mail today. There is a program/website/drug information service for medical types called Epocrates. I periodically get e-mail from them asking me if I'd be willing to fill out a questionnaire. Generally there's a small honorarium and in fact I used the old Visa debit card a couple of years ago to pay for my contact lenses. Oddly enough, I did one of those questionnaires just last night. It was a long one with a $125 honorarium. After I activated the card this afternoon, I logged in on line to see how much was on it. 405 bucks! And that's not including the honorarium from last night which won't be credited for another month.
The other thing that came in the mail today, was one of my credit card statements, so after checking out what was on the debit card, I logged onto my credit card company to pay my bill. I'm not a major fan of late fees. Now I put everything on this credit card. Gas. Groceries. Dinner out. You name it, it goes on this card. Then I pay everything off every month. I noted on the bill that I have a bunch of "reward points" that are going to expire this coming October. So while I was on line paying the bill for the month, I checked out how many reward points I have and then looked to see what I could get with them. Turns out if I decide to turn them in for cash, the company will send me $1000! I haven't cashed anything in in probably four years, which is prior to mergers of the current credit card company with the previous owner/bank. Back then, I acquired a telescope and a leather backpack. There wasn't an awful lot of things to choose from with the previous credit card company, at least not much I was interested in.
Another option for those credit card points is an airline ticket to anywhere in the world! Unfortunately, while I have enough points for that, I don't have enough points for two. No desire to go somewhere without taking LJ. (But you know, I HAVE always wanted to see Australia.......)
Ever take a jacket to the cleaners and on the way there checked the pockets, only to find a forgotten $20 or $50? Perhaps you've pulled the cushions off the couch to vacuum and found a wad of bills that have fallen out of your pocket. That sort of thing happened to me today not once, but twice.
I got a Visa debit card in the mail today. There is a program/website/drug information service for medical types called Epocrates. I periodically get e-mail from them asking me if I'd be willing to fill out a questionnaire. Generally there's a small honorarium and in fact I used the old Visa debit card a couple of years ago to pay for my contact lenses. Oddly enough, I did one of those questionnaires just last night. It was a long one with a $125 honorarium. After I activated the card this afternoon, I logged in on line to see how much was on it. 405 bucks! And that's not including the honorarium from last night which won't be credited for another month.
The other thing that came in the mail today, was one of my credit card statements, so after checking out what was on the debit card, I logged onto my credit card company to pay my bill. I'm not a major fan of late fees. Now I put everything on this credit card. Gas. Groceries. Dinner out. You name it, it goes on this card. Then I pay everything off every month. I noted on the bill that I have a bunch of "reward points" that are going to expire this coming October. So while I was on line paying the bill for the month, I checked out how many reward points I have and then looked to see what I could get with them. Turns out if I decide to turn them in for cash, the company will send me $1000! I haven't cashed anything in in probably four years, which is prior to mergers of the current credit card company with the previous owner/bank. Back then, I acquired a telescope and a leather backpack. There wasn't an awful lot of things to choose from with the previous credit card company, at least not much I was interested in.
Another option for those credit card points is an airline ticket to anywhere in the world! Unfortunately, while I have enough points for that, I don't have enough points for two. No desire to go somewhere without taking LJ. (But you know, I HAVE always wanted to see Australia.......)
