Hello fellow collectors,
I have a wife who makes it a habit of keeping an eye on the banking accounts. Naturally, ordering a few reps from time to time can create a significant problem for guys like me because debits, and to where they go, tend to show up on bank statements right? So, I decided to write about one way to get around this um, challenge.
Its not uncommon for me to take out cash almost weekly for things that I may need (gas, groceries, etc.) for the family. So its not really unjustifiable for me to grab a few hundred dollars from time to time. The buzz word here is "justifiable" though. Most married men here understand that the hundreds of dollars spent to feed our rep habit is rarely ever going to be considered justifiable by most wives.
So, what can we do aside from waiting for birthdays, or work raises when we want to grab that ultimate AP, PAM or TC sub? Well if, like me, you can get your hands on cash, you can visit your local market and grab a Visa Gift Card. They are perfect for PP accounts!
Side note: do not use Target Gift Cards. They don't work specifically because the key to using these cards with PP is that you have to register them thereby enabling you to associate a mailing address to the card. Once you have a mailing address associated, you simply add the card to your PP account!!!!
Now no charges to TDs end up on your bank accounts. Of course, there is the issue of intercepting the mail now and also explaining where that shiny new watch came from that you're wearing all of a sudden lol! At least it is a solution to half the challenge though.
Hope it helps,
J.
I have a wife who makes it a habit of keeping an eye on the banking accounts. Naturally, ordering a few reps from time to time can create a significant problem for guys like me because debits, and to where they go, tend to show up on bank statements right? So, I decided to write about one way to get around this um, challenge.
Its not uncommon for me to take out cash almost weekly for things that I may need (gas, groceries, etc.) for the family. So its not really unjustifiable for me to grab a few hundred dollars from time to time. The buzz word here is "justifiable" though. Most married men here understand that the hundreds of dollars spent to feed our rep habit is rarely ever going to be considered justifiable by most wives.
So, what can we do aside from waiting for birthdays, or work raises when we want to grab that ultimate AP, PAM or TC sub? Well if, like me, you can get your hands on cash, you can visit your local market and grab a Visa Gift Card. They are perfect for PP accounts!
Side note: do not use Target Gift Cards. They don't work specifically because the key to using these cards with PP is that you have to register them thereby enabling you to associate a mailing address to the card. Once you have a mailing address associated, you simply add the card to your PP account!!!!
Now no charges to TDs end up on your bank accounts. Of course, there is the issue of intercepting the mail now and also explaining where that shiny new watch came from that you're wearing all of a sudden lol! At least it is a solution to half the challenge though.
Hope it helps,
J.
