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By Tony Pucca | July 5, 2026

THE CHASE ULTIMATE REWARDS DEBIT CARD PROGRAM. OR LACK THEREOF. So today I get something in the mail from Chase Bank. The envelope said that there was something going on with my ultimate rewards debit card program, so I opened it. Reading through the one-page letter, they were making it clear that the Ultimate Rewards…

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By Tony Pucca | July 5, 2026

SIRIUS XM RADIO Last November, our satellite radio subscription for our car was over. We had taken advantage of a Sirius XM special offer of 6 months for $60. When it ended in November and we realized that we didn’t need satellite radio in our car to enjoy driving, we decided not to renew at their regular, higher prices. Then the harassment started. I started to get phone calls every day from Sirius XM sales reps. It went up to twice per day, about 3 to 4 days in a row. Much of the reason for the call was that they cleaned the credit card number for renewing the account was no longer valid. This was a possibility, since after the Target security breach, Chase had to issue us new debit cards. Nonetheless, I clearly told each and every sales rep that we no longer wanted to renew our Sirius…

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By Tony Pucca | July 5, 2026

Lift tickets. Don’t know if you noticed on the head of a small online ski group. I started it on meet up.com several years ago, and it grew to about 250 people. Then I started charging membership dues because I realized I should be paying for meet ups web feed out of pocket. So I…