Category Archives: money tips

Use Thunderbird to find online transactions for Quicken

Wednesday, 2014.01.29 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Tax time approaches. Thus around the Hodges household we are catching up on our Quicken data entry. We track every cent we spend and anything that can make that process easier/faster is appreciated 🙂 That is one reason why I like Thunderbird so much, it makes it very simple to find emails that contain online transaction info (invoices, receipts, etc.) Here is the basic process: #1 Download the latest transaction info using Quicken This will give us a list of transactions

Changes to the Amazon.com Associates Program

Wednesday, 2014.01.29 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Amazon associates/affiliates received the following notice recently: We are writing to notify you of some changes to the Amazon.com Associates Program Operating Agreement, which governs your participation in the Amazon Associates Program for Amazon.com. All changes are effective on February 1, 2014. https://affiliate-program.amazon.com/gp/associates/help/operating/compare And here is my summary of the changes: Magazines go from a 25% affiliate commission (fee rate) to none Video game console products go from a 4% commission (fee rate) to 1% Overall this continues a trend by

Block eBay buyers in countries you don’t ship to, or with 0 feedback

Saturday, 2013.11.30 J.D. H. Leave a comment

eBay recently streamlined their selling process but they sacrificed some important features. Specifically, listing items is accomplished with a simpler interface than before and the buyer requirements seems to be missing in action on the new listing form. This is a real bummer as a listing can be ruined when a bum buyer beats out legitimate users 🙁 Thankfully, you can regain your eBay buyer requirements by adjusting your eBay preferences. This means you can set some important requirements like: Block buyers

5% Cashback with Chase Freedom: Amazon, department stores

Saturday, 2013.09.21 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Signup for 5% Cashback at Amazon and many department stores, promotion lasts from Oct 1st-Dec 31st: activation link Qualifying department stores include: JCPenney® Kohl’s® Macy’s® NORDSTROM Sears® And many more: BASKINS® BEALLS BEITER’S BELK The Big Store bloomingdale’s Bon-Ton®, including Bergner’s® Boston Store® Carson’s® Elder-Beerman® Herbergers® PARISIAN Younkers® Boscov’s Bradley’s burke’s® Cayman’s® Cee & Cee Department Store CHARLES christensen’s CONWAY Cook Brothers Dillard’s FLEMINGTON DEPARTMENT STORE Getz’s® HUDSON’S JC’S 5 Star1 Jeffery JOE BRAND LOEHMANN’S Lord & Taylor Magic

Missing check number column in Quicken [SOLVED]

Tuesday, 2013.09.03 J.D. H. 22 comments

Q. Help! I just upgraded from Quicken 2010 to a later edition and now I am missing my check number column for all my credit card accounts! (I use that field to store extra info) Where did my check number column go in Quicken and how do I GET IT BACK? A. Thankfully, you can easily re-enable the Check # field (if a checking count) -or-Reference # field (if another type of account) Here is how: #1 While at the

Amazon closes affiliate program for MO residents

Wednesday, 2013.08.14 J.D. H. 5 comments

Bad news today related to legislation passed here in MO. I wish that Governor Nixon had not signed this legislation. Amazon has no operations in Missouri. IMHO states have no business collecting sales tax on entities (such as Amazon) that are not headquartered in nor do they have distribution centers in, the state. This money grab by the state ends up affecting consumers with higher prices on every order (more taxes) and now it affects Amazon affiliates as well 🙁

Chase Freedom Signature VISA Upgrade Rewards

Wednesday, 2013.08.07 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Chase recently added new benefits to their Signature VISA line of credit cards. Here is the complete info: GUIDE TO BENEFITS For questions, call 1-888-320-9656. Effective 11/01/13 BGC10319 Auto Rental Collision Damage Waiver Purchase Protection Extended Warranty Protection Protection for the unexpected. Price Protection Visa Signature®2 Questions? Call 1-888-320-9656 Benefit Information What is Auto Rental CDW? The Auto Rental CDW benefit provides reimbursement for damage due to collision or theft up to the actual cash value of most rental vehicles. Within

Free Huggies Rewards Codes Giveaway 2013

Saturday, 2013.07.13 J.D. H. Leave a comment

Here is an unused Huggies Enjoy the Ride rewards code: NSLFC-LTWZJ-TJPWP I will periodically post new Huggies reward coupon codes so if you miss out redeeming this one you can bookmark this page, subscribe to my RSS feed, or follow me on twitter. Thanks! 🙂 HUGGIES Rewards Cataloghttp://www.huggies.com/en-us/rewards/catalogWhen it comes to rewards, everybody’s different. Some people like to spend their Rewards Points on something fun as soon as they have them — others save up for something special. From HUGGIES®… Top