Geez! I forgot to pay the Credit Card Bill
$300 fine! + $42 interest charges! Damn! Not a lot, but annoying! Photo by Jp Valery on Unsplash
It’s numpty time
It’s numpty time. Not big enough or deep enough to need a stitch but annoying that I would do s’th THAT dumb. There are plus points: no dish washing for a couple of days, maybe longer if I play the sympathy card well enough!
My sandwich gift card
LOL! The wife sent me a sandwich gift card and then I bought it! She ate it!
RFID technology: protect your card, protect your wallet
I had no idea that hi tech pickpocketing had developed so far to make RFID cards (see story). It seems that these cards which you will increasingly find on all manner of cards from Credit Cards to ATM cards to even electronic key fobs are actually somewhat insecure. The data can be scanned easily so…
Avoid credit card scams when buying health supplements
If you are shopping online for PCs, books, dietary supplements, clothes, it always pays to check around because there can be quite a difference in pricing and terms & conditions between different suppliers. Of course, online stores are competitive in a number of ways. Most people take the most obvious way: price as the primary…
Taiwan’s Cash Card Craze
A recent report in Taiwan stated: As of the end of March, 3.81 million cash cards were issued in Taiwan, with an outstanding loan figure of about NT$270.5 billion. A cash card in Taiwan is a form of unsecured loan, in the form of a credit card, and much like the cash advance features of…