# Manufactured Spending
How to Maximize Chase Offers: Lowe’s (Buy Gift Cards), AARP (Make $11), and Cricket (Get an iPhone SE) [Updated 2020/11/20]
Chase Offers should be familiar to most readers by now. In previous posts, we also covered a few ways to stack Chase Offers with Swagbucks for a small profit. See: Swagbucks Money-...
A Few Ways to Avoid Getting Clawed Back
Last Sunday, we ran an activity asking readers to share stories about getting clawed back. In the world of credit card rewards, clawbacks are hard to avoid entirely—even careful pe...
Office Depot $300 Visa Gift Card Sale, Profit Up to $20
Office Depot is currently offering a $300 Visa gift card for $285, with a $5.95 activation fee. There is a limit of 1 order per address. It can be used anywhere that accepts Visa,...
"TCB Cashback Is Tracking" — Use TopCashback + Slide to Buy an iPhone at 10%-20% Off
[Update 2] The cashback is tracking. It looks like even purchases that originally showed 3-4% are now tracking at 10%. If you already bought, check your TCB records. HT: WeChat rea...
Updated Swagbucks Money-Maker Deals — Walmart+ for a $7 Profit / 12% Back at Sam's Club / Cox for a $36 Profit / Solitaire Cube for a $40 Profit
About Swagbucks Swagbucks is a fairly comprehensive cashback platform. On Swagbucks, you can earn money in many ways, including completing surveys, watching videos, clicking promot...
Stack a Rakuten LifeLock subscription with a BofA Offer to come out $10.11 ahead
Rakuten has had 3x cashback over the past few days. If you don’t already have a Rakuten account, feel free to sign up through this referral link. The current signup bonus is the be...
2020 AMEX Shop Small Small Business Promotion ($5 off $10, usable 10 times) [Must be used by Sept 20! Only 2 days left!]
Remember to use it up by Sept 20. This offer is really easy to max out. If you really don’t have anywhere to use it, just send it to Fluz or eGifter....
Gift Card Site eGifter Triggers AMEX Shop Small [2020.9 Update: Stock Up on $10 eChoice at Half Price, Then Redeem for a $100 Visa Gift Card]
A DOC reader recently shared an interesting play: use an AMEX card enrolled in Shop Small to stock up on $10 eGifter Choice Cards, eGifter’s own gift card, effectively at half pric...
“Official letters are going out” Hilton Aspire supermarket 12x points are delayed, and some are even being clawed back! (Including Delta/Marriott co-branded cards)
【Update 2020.9】Some people have already received an official explanation letter. It appears this is related to buying Visa gift cards or other prepaid cards. If AMEX is pulling lev...
Three Data Points on Citi and Chase Shutdowns: Be Extra Careful During the Pandemic
All three DPs come from miles per day. This guy is basically the king of shutdowns—if it’s an account you can name, he’s probably seen it get shut down. Citi shutdown This reader h...
Swych Intro — Another App for Buying Gift Cards [2020.7 Update: Officially Shutting Down on July 31, Time to Clean Up]
I received an email saying this app will close on July 31, and after that you won’t be able to log in and view the gift cards stored in it. If you’ve used this app before, I recomm...