Comments on: Shrinking carrots http://floatingsun.net/2008/07/08/shrinking-carrots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=shrinking-carrots Sun, 20 May 2012 06:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2008/07/08/shrinking-carrots/#comment-72486 Diwaker Gupta Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:53:13 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=951#comment-72486 @jon: I didn't know REI offered credit cards! Thanks for the pointer, will definitely check them out. As far as AMEX, they might be a scam, but they also have a reputation for being the most lenient in handing out credit cards. And if you are a fresh international student in this country struggling to set up a credit history, it can be a real help :) @jon: I didn’t know REI offered credit cards! Thanks for the pointer, will definitely check them out. As far as AMEX, they might be a scam, but they also have a reputation for being the most lenient in handing out credit cards. And if you are a fresh international student in this country struggling to set up a credit history, it can be a real help :)

]]> By: jon http://floatingsun.net/2008/07/08/shrinking-carrots/#comment-72281 jon Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:53:45 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=951#comment-72281 99% of the time, amex is a scam. Their big print is often misleading and their small print only negates everything the big print says. I use the REI signature visa card for *everything* now. It has no yearly fee and it gets 1% back for all purchases (5% for all REI purchases). I put as many bills and purchases on it as I possibly can and for me, this certainly adds up. This money is given to you as a REI dividend which comes every Feb. The fine print also states that you can ask REI to cut you a check, if you aren't as much of an outdoors person as I am. ;-) 99% of the time, amex is a scam. Their big print is often misleading and their small print only negates everything the big print says.

I use the REI signature visa card for *everything* now. It has no yearly fee and it gets 1% back for all purchases (5% for all REI purchases). I put as many bills and purchases on it as I possibly can and for me, this certainly adds up. This money is given to you as a REI dividend which comes every Feb. The fine print also states that you can ask REI to cut you a check, if you aren’t as much of an outdoors person as I am. ;-)

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