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Office Depot will Replace Staples on Plink Starting March 12, 2014

Office Depot will Replace Staples on Plink Starting March 12, 2014

It has been a roller coaster over the last 24 hours, but the dust has settled and we know a little more about what is going on. From now through March 11, Staples purchases will still earn Plink Points. Starting March 12, Staples will disappear and Office Depot will take its place. We do not know what the Plink Points-earning structure will be. I think we all assume it will be the same as before, but we are all guessing. They could increase the Plink Point-earning payout or decrease, or keep it the same. Only time will tell.

We just have to wait and see what Plink does. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below. Have a great day.

March 11, 2014: Staples will be Removed from Plink

March 11, 2014: Staples will be Removed from Plink

(Hat tip to Gary) See the update post here.

All good things must end, unfortunately. Luckily, there is still time to make 10 qualifying purchases at Staples before the March 11 deadline. This is a huge letdown, since most of us earned 99% of our Plink Points from Staples. On the positive side, maybe we will see Office Max or Office Depot? That’s a long shot, but it could happen.

Since starting with Plink, I have earned a lifetime total of 15,945 Plink Points = $159.45 in Amazon Gift Cards. Pretty good deal, how many Plink Points do you have in your account? (Hint: go to the My Account tab and scroll all the way to the bottom)

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Plink App for iPhone and Android Smartphones

Plink App for iPhone and Android Smartphones

(Disclosure: I have an iPhone, so all the pics below are from an iPhone. The app for Android should look/act the same as below.)

To download Plink from the Apple App Store, click here.
To download Plink from the Google Play Store, click here.

Once downloaded, this is what the app will look like…

Plink App 1

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What’s on my Mind? Bluebird and Walmart, Credit Card Sign Up / Spending Bonuses, Mercedes Benz Key Rings, Panda Express, Panera Bread, AMEX Statement Credits, BA Avios, and the Grand Canyon

What’s on my Mind? Bluebird and Walmart, Credit Card Sign Up / Spending Bonuses, Mercedes Benz Key Rings, Panda Express, Panera Bread, AMEX Statement Credits, BA Avios, and the Grand Canyon

Instead of posting several small blog posts, I decided to post everything here in 1 giant post.

1 – Which gift cards work at Walmart to reload a Bluebird Card?

Thank you to everyone who commented on my last post and shared their recent successes and failures of loading gift cards to Bluebird. I compiled the results below. From looking at the list, it looks like every Visa gift card that you guys tried worked, so I am going to switch from buying $200 MasterCard gift cards issued by US Bank to buying $200 Visa gift cards issued by Metabank (Gift Card Mall).

I went to Walmart today (January 6) and loaded 2 $200 and a $500 Visa gift card successfully.

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Free Money Program Updates: Bluebird Reloads, Great Bridge Group, Plink Points, and Orbitz Rewards (& Free Checked Bags)

Free Money Program Updates: Bluebird Reloads, Great Bridge Group, Plink Points, and Orbitz Rewards (& Free Checked Bags)

Tis the season for giving and all through the ~~house~~ internet browser, not a penny was wasted, not even a ~~mouse~~ (what rhymes with browser? schnauzer?). All rhyming aside, these 4 free money opportunities are out there for you. I’m sure you got your fix of Small Business Saturday $10 statement credits, $25 Amazon statement credits, and whatever else American Express offers are out there. Here are some of the lesser known options:

1 – Earn up to 1.5% cash back on all Bluebird online reloads by using a PayPal Debit Card (not a PayPal Prepaid MasterCard). In November, I earned $17.22 in cash back ($1,148 x 1.5% cash back = $17.22) – read here

2 – Earn cash back from Great Bridge Group for providing “shopping data” to their marketing agency. They pay 1/10th of 1%, so you earn 1 penny per $10 you charge… on everything. You are going to spend money on your credit and debit cards, why not earn a little bit extra? I get more cash back spending money than my brother gets saving his money in his Wells Fargo savings account. So far I have earned $60.08. How much have you earned? – read here