{"id":4030,"date":"2022-03-18T04:20:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=4030"},"modified":"2023-04-18T11:50:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T17:50:31","slug":"weekend-wisdom-zagging-from-the-zigening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/18\/weekend-wisdom-zagging-from-the-zigening\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Wisdom: Zagging from the Zigening"},"content":{"rendered":"

A popular and eerily strange idiom says \u201cwhen others zig, you should zag<\/a>.\u201d You know the advice is good because it\u2019s shared on LinkedIn<\/a> all<\/a> the<\/a> time<\/a> by<\/a> random<\/a> strangers<\/a> and also Gary Kelly<\/a>. (In case you don\u2019t know the phrase, zig-zagging is going back and forth, so a zig is going one way and a zag is going the other way.)<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s bring this into context with the current unfortunate zig at Plastiq<\/a> (from now on, let\u2019s agree to call this the zigening<\/em>). There were definitely multiple games being played, but one obvious variation was combining the Nearside Debit Card <\/a>2.2% cash back with Plastiq\u2019s 1.85% discount from its normal 2.85% fee<\/a> on debit cards for a net profit of 1.2% on payments. On Wednesday though, Plastiq started charging 2.85% which killed any deal potential.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s take the advice of internet randos and consider this an annoying opportunity to zag. Remember:<\/p>\n