There are those of us who are sad to no longer have rolls of coins being delivered and then there is a worker at the US Mint who has admitted to stealing millions in coins. William Gray admitted that he took $2.4 million in $1 “error” presidential coins and sold them to a coin dealer…
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The end of using credit cards at the Mint
Just got this email in the mail – it’s a sad day but one that was expected given all the recent publicity from NPR, Newsweek, and the Wall Street Journal previously. Sad, sad, day. Dear United States Mint Direct Ship Customer: The United States Mint has eliminated the credit and debit card purchase of $1…
Nobody wants dollar coins
Both Time magazine and NPR have recently done stories in regards to the nearly $1 billion in dollar coins sitting on the shelves of the Federal Reserve that according to them nobody wants. That number could quickly become $2 billion once the coins honoring the past presidents are done. All of this is even more…
Milepoint is now live
In case you haven’t heard – there is a new travel site recently launched called Milepoint – and they’re giving away an Ipad each day in March. You can register here. I first got into collecting miles and points by visiting and learning from the folks at Flyertalk several years ago. I I learned tips…
A busy end to the year
As this year of 2010 draws to a close, there has been a flurry of activity in the last month. Currently I’m doing the following activities: Daily Foursquare check in to both Holiday Inn and Hilton Spending $25 on all of our American Express cards at small business to get the statement credit Spending the…
Using Twitter to your advantage
I signed up for the first time for Twitter because United was going to give a prize to their first 10,000 followers on Twitter. It turned out to be 1,500 Mileage Plus miles. I must admit I didn’t really see the point in using Twitter. It seemed like a way for companies to boast about…
Win a trip to Sweden
To commemorate Stieg Larsson’s film “The girl who played with fire”, there is a contest to win a trip to Sweden. Entries close on October 1, 2010. The Grand Prize includes airfare on Scandinavian Airlines, hotel stay at Sheraton Stockholm, and Stockholm passes. Sweden is one of my favorite places as I have vacationed and…
Hungary Italy and Kazakhstan Day 6
This was our travel day and unfortunately we were traveling on Malev Airlines where I have no status. We arrived at the airport extremely early and were greeted with a line that snaked around the airport. Malev had self check in kiosks at the airport but alas – all of them were out of order.…
Princess Victoria of Sweden vacations in Bora Bora
I already knew that Bora Bora has been my absolute favorite vacation spot that I’ve ever been – but even Swedish royalty has discovered it as well. The Swedish Princess Victoria and her new husband Daniel Westling recently were married. Victoria is the oldest daughter of the current king and queen of Sweden.
I am cheap
Or as Elaine said to George Costanza “You’re very careful with money.” My frugality does not only apply to traveling. It also applies to everyday purchasing as well. Two months ago when Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 2 came out on Blu Ray, Toys R Us was selling the combo pack for $15.00. The…
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