Last Week for Bing Cashback: 40% Off Shoes from Endless.com

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Endless.com is a website created by Amazon for selling shoes online. It was Amazon’s answer to Zappos before Amazon bought Zappos. However, Endless didn’t go away after the Zappos acquisition. Like Zappos, Endless offers free shipping (often overnight), 365-day return period, and free return shipping. It makes it really easy to buy shoes: buy a few pairs of different styles and sizes; try them; keep what you like and return the rest.

Bing Cashback is an online shopping cashback rebate service offered by Microsoft. Microsoft announced the program will end on July 30 at 9:00 pm Pacific Time. Before it bids farewell, Bing Cashback offers 40% off shoes at Endless.com. I’ve been buying from Endless.com through Bing Cashback for some time now. At times it was 25% off or 30% off. 40% off is the best I’ve seen so far.

 

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Luck, Hard Work, and Retiring Overseas

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Not too long ago I took a vacation in Costa Rica. I stayed at a Bed & Breakfast. A single mother was running it with her 19-year-old daughter. The mother doesn’t speak much English and I don’t speak Spanish. With hand gestures, we were able to communicate — I suspect she understands English more than she speaks.

I was feeling pretty good about having my tourist dollars help a minority-owned small business until Friday evening when the real owners showed up. They arrived in two separate cars; one of them was a Lexus LX470 full-size luxury SUV. They also brought a maid, who cooked for them.

Although their arrival totally blew my fantasy of helping a struggling single mother, I was able to talk to the owners, who speak English. It turned out that they were a hardworking couple before they became capitalists who earn their living from their money as opposed from their labor.

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SPG AmEx Card Promotion: 30,000 Bonus Points Worth $600

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American Express is having a promotion for its Starwood Preferred Guest credit card. If you apply for this card and charge $1,000 during the first three months, you will get 30,000 bonus points in the Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG) program. Starwood operates hotels under Four Points, Sheraton, Westin, W, and few other brands. SPG points can be redeemed for free nights at those hotels. At a value of at least $0.02 for each SPG point, the 30,000 bonus points are worth $600 or more. I applied and received an instant approval. The promotion ends on July 6.

This is not a sponsored post. American Express or anyone else doesn’t pay me anything if you apply. I’m just passing along the deal.

I knew about this card for some time. I didn’t apply until now because of its $45 annual fee (waived in the first year). Now the signup bonus will cover the annual fee for the next 10-15 years.

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