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Home Improvement Nightmare #1 Painting

This January I decided to take advantage of the horrible state of the real estate market in my neighborhood and I bought a 2,000 SF house in a short sale. The house was in decent condition but did need some work done to bring it up to my standards. I decided that I would do most of [...]

I need this Chair

I just came across an Advertisment for the coolest chair ever, being the impulsive person that I am I clicked the link http://www.humantouch.com/ht-7450.html and now I have to buy it. Until I get this chair every day at work, sitting in my uncomfortable chair I will be dreaming of it, wasting lots of time. I think [...]

Making money on Buffalo Wild Wings

My second to largest stock holding, Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) reported earnings this afternoon. Unlike last week when I predicted that another stock I owned would beat earnings (I was right) and the stock would go up (I was wrong), I decided to keep my mouth shut. Seems like it worked out OK, BWLD beat [...]

American Express Purchase Protection Program

One reason I was tempted and ultimately decided to go with the amex centurion black card, was the fact that they have a purchase protection plan. Basically they will cover in item in the event that its lost stolen damaged or you are unhappy with the item for any reason. This all sounds great, today [...]

Making Money in the Stock Market

So far this week it is up about 10% and it has made me a profit for 2009 of over 50%.

AMEX Centurion Black Card Concierge

One cardholder wanted to locate and purchase the horse ridden by Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves. The horse was located in a stud ranch in Mexico, purchased and delivered to Europe by the concierge (from http://www.snopes.com/business/bank/blackcard.asp)

Quitting smoking to make money

Quiting smoking is easy, I have done it many times, so i would know. OK so maybe it’s not so simple but I have come to the realazation that I have to do it now, before it’s too late. Putting aside all the obvious medical reasons, I did some number crunching to try to motivate [...]

Comments on the AMEX Black Card

After getting almost no comments from cashiers about my AMEX Black Card (aka Centurion Card) on the first 20+ purchases, the last 5 or 6 salespeople have all commented. All of them said basically the same thing and I have no idea how to reply. What they said was, “this is a heavy card”, now [...]

Why I need a chauffeur

Four weeks ago, after a long day and evening of work, I was ready to go home. Little did I know that it would take me about two and a half hrs and several hundred dollars to actually get home. As  I made the turn out of the parking lot lights and sirens turned on, I was being [...]

One Week with the Black Card

So it’s been a week since I got the AMEX Black Card http://watchusmakemoney.com/?p=18 and so far I’m not that impressed. Most of the benefits like airline, hotel and car rental elite status take weeks to set up. The personal and travel concierge was available almost immediately but so far they have been somewhat less than [...]