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My 2024 Peloton Bike Rental Year End Review (Total Cost of Ownership & Workout Class Stats)

Good afternoon everyone, I hope your week is going well.  Last year, I wrote My 2023 Peloton Bike Rental Year End Review and it turned out to be my second most popular post of 2024, so I figured I would do a 2024 year end review as well.  I am not turning Travel with Grant into a fitness blog (Pedal with Grant), but I wanted to share my experience renting and using my Peloton bike in 2024.

In December 2022, I stumbled onto a Mashable article that mentioned renting the bike directly from Peloton and I was surprised by the affordable monthly price. As of January 2025, the Peloton bike rental program is still running, but you can only rent the Peloton Bike+ now – the original Peloton Bike is no longer available to rent (as of August 2024).

For starters, you can rent the Peloton Bike+ for $119 / month.  Your membership includes a set of Peloton cycling shoes (you can buy more pairs / sizes on eBay) and a Peloton All-Access Membership (to stream all the live and on-demand classes).  There is an initial $150 delivery and set up fee, but there is no long term commitment and you can end the rental anytime and have the bike picked up for free. I liked having the option to return the bike if we didn’t like it or use it enough to justify keeping it.  There is also an option to buy out the bike and finance the bike with Affirm.

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American Express No Longer Accepted on eBay (You Can Still Pay with AMEX via PayPal & Venmo)

Good morning everyone, I hope your weekend is off to a great start.  Unfortunately, if you were planning on shopping on eBay with your American Express cards today, you will run into an issue.  Effective today (August 17, 2024), American Express cards are no longer accepted on eBay as a form of payment.  This announcement came out of nowhere, but it sounds like the decision came from eBay’s side, instead of AMEX’s side.  But, there is a workaround if you add your American Express card to your PayPal or Venmo account.

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Remember MoviePass? Watch “MoviePass, MovieCrash” Documentary on HBO Max

Good afternoon everyone, happy Friday!  Do you remember the MoviePass saga from a few years ago?  I was a huge fan of MoviePass (and also Sinemia) because it allowed me to watch 1-2 movies a week while my wife was in grad school.  I knew it was too good to last ($9.95 / month for any movie at any theater on any day), but I enjoyed the journey while it lasted.  If you think you know the whole MoviePass story, check out the new “MoviePass, MovieCrash” documentary on HBO Max.  Here is the trailer, in case you are interested.

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Buyers: Watch eBay Items to Get Discounted Offers (YMMV); Sellers: Send Discounted Offers to eBay Watchers

Good morning everyone, I hope your Thanksgiving week is going well.  I have been an eBay buyer and seller for 16+ years, so I thought I would share a tip for buyers and sellers.  If you are an eBay buyer, you might be able to get a discount by watching items that you want to buy (more details to come on how this works).  And for eBay sellers, you might be able to sell your items faster by sending discounted offers to interested buyers (who watch your items).  These 2 tips are related and act as 2 sides of the same coin.  There is no guarantee that this works 100% of the time, but it does work some of the time.  Let’s get started with eBay buyers first.

Buyers: Watch eBay Items to Get Discounted Offers

To get started, sign into your eBay account and go to your Watchlist.  As you can see, I am not currently watching any items.  It doesn’t matter if you are watching any existing items or if old watched items have ended.  Now, start browsing eBay for Buy It Now items you are interested in buying.

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Sell Your eBay Items Faster! Send Offers to Buyers Watching your Items

Good afternoon everyone.  A few weeks ago, Vihn at Miles Per Day wrote an article called Ebay adds the ability to edit prices and quantities to all active listings on one page.  I have been using that repricing feature for several weeks and thought all eBay sellers were aware of that feature, but apparently not.  I have also been using a new eBay selling feature where you can send offers to buyers who are watching your eBay items.  Historically, only eBay buyers could make offers to eBay sellers, not the other way around.  It looks like eBay is experimenting with this new feature.  I haven’t had great success (maybe eBay buyers are unfamiliar with this new feature or the offers I made are not attractive enough to eBay buyers – I don’t know).  But I will show you how to send eBay offers to buyers watching your items.  Sign into your eBay account, click on the Listings tab, and then click on Active (to view all active eBay listings).

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