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Is Safeway Discontinuing Visa Gift Card Sales?
Update: The Value Traveler spoke to a store manager at a VA Safeway and confirmed they’re pulling gift cards due to issues with fraud. Several readers from around the country have also emailed to...
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Newbie Guide to Manufactured Spending I’ve had many hobbies: Travel, reading, writing, drawing (I know, it sounds like the hobbies get more and more boring). All of these things have given me a sense...
View ArticleReader Question: Churning PayPower Cards vs. ReloadIT Cards
Reader David sent me this question over the weekend about ReloadIT and PayPower cards. I thought it would be helpful to publish it because it relates to the recent Manufactured Spending series and...
View ArticleTwo Better Options than Vanilla Reloads
Update: As of November 22, 2014 Simon Mall gift card fees have increased to $3.95 My initial prediction about my trip to the South Bay being a dud turned out to be unfounded. This is largely thanks to...
View ArticlePoints and Miles Checklist: Things To Do in June
It’s almost summer, which means some of you will be scrambling to tie up lose ends before heading off on vacation. There are graduation ceremonies to attend, projects to complete way in advance before...
View ArticleIs Safeway Discontinuing Visa Gift Card Sales?
Update: The Value Traveler spoke to a store manager at a VA Safeway and confirmed they’re pulling gift cards due to issues with fraud. Several readers from around the country have also emailed to...
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