{"id":3153,"date":"2021-11-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=3153"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:07:14","slug":"how-to-filter-everything-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2021\/11\/26\/how-to-filter-everything-this-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Filter Everything This Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your email inbox, WhatsApp, Slack, and Telegram are about to kersplode<\/a> over the next three days. (If that\u2019s not true yet and you want to take advantage of tens of thousands in manufactured spend, see Monday\u2019s post<\/a>.) There\u2019s going to be so much going on that it\u2019ll be impossible to follow everything, so let\u2019s talk weekend ground rules today. <\/p>\n

To start, what\u2019s your time worth? I know it\u2019s variable at any given point, but what about this weekend, the Super Bowl of manufactured spend<\/em>? For me it\u2019s at least $400 or 40,000 points per hour for manual things (versus what I\u2019ve automated away). Given that, I have a cutoff for whether or not I focus on a deal as it rushes through my phone \u2014 is the deal going to pay out at $400 per hour? If not, something else will. Move on.<\/em><\/p>\n

Examples:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Deal<\/th>\nTime
(Value)<\/th>\n		Do it?<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Buying an e-gift card for resale
(e.g., Kroger online offers 20% off of Groupon)<\/td>\n		1 minute
($6)<\/td>\n		Yes, if I get at least $200 in spend<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buying a Happy gift card to swap to something else for resale<\/td>\n5 minutes
($30)<\/td>\n		No, move on, swapping the gift card and the accounting takes too long<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buying a console for resale
(e.g., Gamestop has a PS5 in sock)<\/td>\n		30 minutes
($200)<\/td>\n		Yes, if I can make at least $200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Going to a store to buy gift cards for resale
(e.g., $115 in Target GC for $100)<\/td>\n		30 minutes or more
($200)<\/td>\n		Yes, but only if I can do twenty of them back-to-back at self check-out<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buying money orders with gift cards<\/td>\n20 minutes
($120)<\/td>\n		No, everything is super-busy right now and you can do this the rest of the year<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Buying something for a buyer\u2019s group<\/td>\n10 minutes
($60)<\/td>\n		Only if it\u2019s a high ticket item for big credit card spend or pays a decent commission<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Using FinTechs for bill payment and other shenanigans<\/td>\n5 minutes
($30)<\/td>\n		Only if I\u2019m getting four figure spend or higher<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n

I\u2019m sure on December 28th I\u2019ll revisit this table and laugh, and by February 4th I\u2019ll revisit it and cry while I remember how good it used to be and with the knowledge that I\u2019m valuing my February time at roughly the same as a Taco Bell cheerios-infused enchiritaco. (Ok, I made menu item that up, but 50\/50 it actually exists knowing Taco Bell.)<\/p>\n

For the second ground rule: Your time is precious, and it\u2019s ok to walk away from everything and spend time with your friends\/family. That time can absolutely be worth more than $400 per hour. <\/p>\n

Happy long weekend!<\/p>\n

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The Taco Bell meal in question.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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