Comments on: Weekly Thoughts: Bittersweet Credit Card Moment

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 09:05:28 +0000

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By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:49:50 +0000

I sort of figured, FS; still, you can quite tell online. You might be mildly amused and trying to tease me, or slowly plotting my demise because I’ve insulted your honor. (I hear you Samurai have a pretty strict code about that sort of thing. Just kidding; but see how hard it is to tell just from the writing.) I’ll be sure to keep checking out your blog, and as long as you keep writing interesting, informative, and provocative posts, I’ll be sure to pop up and add to the conversation now and again.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 18:38:33 +0000

Haha, cool Roger, no worries. I’m just pulling your leg.

If you ever have some controversial posts or what not, shoot me an e-mail or post on FS and it’ll remind me to stop by.

There are so many cool blogs out there, such as yours.

Best

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:23:40 +0000

FS, I do know that MLR was inspired by your post; I’ve spent so much reading and re-reading your post while formulating my responses that it would hard for me not to know. Not agreeing with your argument had little to do with not including you here; rather, I decided not to because (a) I’ve already linked to that post in a previous entry on my blog (as well as from my Twitter account), (b) MLR also links to your article and gives you credit for inspiring him in the article I’ve linked, and (c) you already seemed to have quite enough responses and traffic on that post, anyway Just kidding on the last one, but well, I think I’ve pimped out your article enough for now. I’ll have to read through some of your other entries, to see what I could include in the next round up.

By: Financial Samurai

Financial Samurai — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:56:22 +0000

Oh Roger, you know the MLR post on taxes was originally inspired by my post on the Flat Tax right?! If you had agreed with my argument, would my post have been highlighted instead?

Cheers

By: Roger

Roger — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:41:30 +0000

Very good points, Gen Y Investor. I do like my Blue Cash card quite a bit, and the cash back plan is much, much better than a points plan (or the gift certificates I was getting through my other card, a JCPenney Mastercard). I’ll have to see what expenses for the next year I can shift up to reach that $6500 milestone; my fiancee and I were talking about a trip next year, and making it sooner rather than later would help boost my reward without adding to my spending. And yes, I pride myself in never having paid less than the full balance on my credit card.

By: Gen Y Investor

Gen Y Investor — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 11:49:25 +0000

Roger, I have the AMEX blue cash card too. It’s definitely nice to just get a cash credit toward your bill every year rather than dealing with points and airline miles. The tiered rebate system is a little annoying though. The trick is to try and get up to $6,500 early in the year. If you can put a major purchase on the card like furniture or a tv and get up the the higher cash back level it pays. (obviously always pay off the balance in full!)