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Costco Citi Visa Reward Certificate
Posted by: | February 10, 2019
| 6 Comments
| Costco Blog, Reward Certificate

If you have issues with your reward certificate, I recommend you to ask Citi Visa directly via the website. Use their Live Chat. Let us know how it went. Good luck.

I just received a Costco City Visa reward certificate amount of $358.14 in the email. I recently switched my monthly statements to paperless. This is the first time receiving an email certificate.

I guess they will send paper copies of the certificates to those who receive paper statements.

Again – You may receive your certificate on your own schedule. I receive them, usually in February.

Costco Citi Visa Reward Certificate 2019
At Costco – Forever Stamps at old price until Feb 17, 2019
Posted by: | February 2, 2019
| 2 Comments
| Costco Blog

On January 27, 2019, the price of USPS’ first class (also forever) stamp went up 5 Cents to 55 Cents each. Now, a roll of 100 stamps will cost you $5 more.

Don’t feel bummed out if you heard the news too late. You still have a chance to buy 100 forever stamps at the old price of $49.75 at Costco. You have until February 17, 2019.

After February 17, 2019, you will pay $5 more.

Sorry about bad picture

USPS Postage stamps price increases effective Jan 27, 2019.

Don’t delay, purchase at current member prices in Costco locations through Feb 17, 2019.

Costco Take and Bake Pizza for Single Living
Posted by: | January 31, 2019
| 8 Comments
| Costco Blog, Single Living

I get a craving for pizza once in a while. I would like to enjoy pizza late Saturday night, or when I’m home alone feeling cozy. But, I live alone, so I need a little planning to enjoy pizza.

Pizza is family-oriented food. Going to a pizza restaurant alone is not only depressing, but it’s too expensive. I don’t want to have a pizza delivered to my house and ended up with a massive amount of leftover. That’s also too expensive. In both cases, just a tip alone will buy me 2-3 slices of Costco pizza.

So, this is what I do. I buy Costco’s Take and Bake pizza, slice them up, and freeze them. They last many months in the freezer. I enjoy pizza whenever I have a craving for it, and they will cost me $1.50 each slice. I can top it off with whatever I want. Since I enjoy my kitchen, baking pizza when I’m home alone is an absolute joy. It’s the most economical way for a single person to enjoy a good pizza.

Preparing Costco pizza for the long term, single serving, storage

  • Take pepperoni off the pizza
  • Cut pizza into 6 slices
  • Put pepperonis back on (6 slices each)
  • Wrap each slice with Kirkland Signature Stretch-Tite Plastic Food Wrap.
  • Put them in Ziploc freezer bags.

** Costco’s take and bake pepperoni pizza has 36 slices of pepperoni

I broke my pizza cutter and I may never buy another pizza cutter again. I cut pizza maybe once a year. And there are plenty of people, including professionals, using kitchen shears to cut pizza.

Costco Shopping – January 30, 2019
Posted by: | January 30, 2019
| No Comments
| Costco Blog

3rd Costco shopping in 2019 – $32.25 (today) / $249.00 (this year)

Chips, sala, and Aidells meatballs are for Super Bowl Sunday. I don’t follow football. Especially after football became too political, I refuse to watch it. I don’t know a single artist who will perform at the half-time show. They are talented people; I am pretty sure. I just don’t care to know them. I am old. Just let me be.

And.. Holy cow! I didn’t know Los Angeles had a football team… 2 of them.

To me, Super Bowl Sunday is just an excuse to eat a lot of food and pretend.

I put the bag of spinach in the freezer as soon as I take it home. This way, spinach will last fresh for a long time. I use it to make Vitamix juice. I can also cook with it. But, you cannot use it for salad.

Cable Price is Insulting
Posted by: | January 22, 2019
| 11 Comments
| Personal

Related Blog: I Cancelled Cable TV (September 5, 2020)

I am currently a Frontier FiOS customer. Look below at my cable/internet/phone price. See how it increased from $149.57 to $194.29 in 12 months. I didn’t add any services, and yet, the price went up $44.72 in 12 months. If this is not getting screwed, I don’t know what is.

When I first joined Verizon about 10 years ago, my special discount price was about $125/mo. After 2 years of price lock-down, they started to jack up the price on me. I kept calling them to lock down the low price, but they would only give me a higher price than before. And they kept raising the price as if they are testing my limit. And I am finally seeing my limit.

This is it. I refuse to pay more than $150/mo on cable/internet/phone service. $150/mo is $1800 a year. That’s a lot of money. Many people don’t take home $1800 a month. $150 is what I pay for electric, gas, water, and trash collection combined.

Most people I know pay more than $150 on cable TV bundles. Those most people make less money than I do. That’s yet another topic.

Tomorrow I am switching to Spectrum. I will pay $117/mo for the next 12 months. So, I will save $927 in the next 12 months. After 12 months, they will increase the price to $142/mo. I will still save $627.48 a year compared to my current provider. Anyway, I will not pay $1800 a year on TV/Internet/Phone.

I absolutely hate cable companies for jerking us around with insane price and rate increases. I am this close to drop cable TV altogether. They can kiss my ass.

Related Blog: I Cancelled Cable TV (September 5, 2020)