Lou MC Yelps a Lot

This is my 3rd of several blogs on merchants that offer cash back. I would buy certain items at Kohl's, Targets Stores, Amazon or elsewhere, only if I can get a bigger return based on their rewards program. Kohl's Cash First of all, beware. Don't use Kohl's Cash with discount. The value will be discounted. When you return an item purchased with Kohl's Cash will be deducted for the face value. My biggest complaint about Kohl's practice on the refund policy Do the math: 25% off = need $66.67 prior to discount to reach $50 than get a $10 Kohl's Cash 40% off = need $83.33 prior to discount to reach $50 than get a $10 Kohl's Cash Formula is $50 divided by (100%-40%) to get desired require amount. Here is my complaint: A pair of pants selling for $14.99. After applied $10 Kohl's Cash and 25% off coupon, it came to $3.74 before tax. Here is the calculation: (14.99 - 10.00) x 0.75 = $3.74. If just using the coupon, it's $11.24. The dif...

This is my 2nd blog about merchants that offer cash back from reward points. Whenever I want electronics, I start my research on Best Buys' website. After analyzing the value on this blog, I realized its true value at the end of this page. One review gets 10% closer to earn $5 or 50 cents per review Best Buys Rewards - free to enroll. You earn 1 point per dollar spent after discount before tax. It will rounded off to full dollar. So you get only 1 point for $1.99 item. I will get a $5 off coupon for every 250 reward points. I'm getting closer to earn that $5. Buy Buy Buy. Bonus Points - "Review your purchase and get 25 My Best Buy bonus points" - after each purchase, I get invitations to write a review on the product. This encourages me to share my experience. This opportunity doesn't expire but the email link will. I would recommend write a review quickly because the item could be sold out or deleted from the list. That would be a waste of time. Ano...

Back in January, I wrote my first review as the review #300 to start year 2017 right. Less than a month I noticed my review number dropped, not little bit but a lot. Then, began to add serial number on all of my reviews. Real soon, I'm going to "audit" my reviews. I felt violated without any warning. I have been saving my reviews since 2015. I really hate it when I spent time to write and ended up disappearing from my audience without a trace or warning. I received an email from HQ today about a review got deleted because "did not appear to describe a firsthand customer experience" at Express Rolls . Heck, I went inside and talked to a lady who was clueless about poke but want to make me a poke. No thanks. What could be worse? Mention a clueless employee or just brushing off? Below was my 13th review on Express Rolls. What a bummer. I really want to give this place a try, even when I know poke won't meet competitions. Now, I'm sad that it...

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to announce this year's Asian Heritage Month UYE in Houston. It's my pleasure to introduce the growing popular UYE year after year, besides my Lunar New Year celebration. In the past 2 years, we've dined at Thai/Chinese @ Thai Jin  in 2014 and Vietnamese @ Pho Binh 59  in 2015. I want to bring Asian Heritage to Chinatown this year. I want to showcase a few of my favorite businesses with my Chinatown Crawl UYE model - Dine, Dessert & Shop on one day. Do you know any of these regional food types in Houston? Dine - The main focus of the evening is eat authentic noodle soup at  Strings Noodle . You get to watch how the hand-pulled noodles are made in front of your eyes.  Shop - we are climbing a few steps above Strings to shop at  Fit Japanese Store .  Dessert - we are going to Six Ping Bakery next door. After that, I'll guide you to find tapioca drink among 10 bubble tea joints at Dun Huang Plaza. ...

Not sure when this Black Friday frenzy started with me. I think I can better off stay at home next year. I had to stop what I was doing to buy something. It used to be the day we sleep outside of Best Buy store in hoping to get some cheap TV's or DVD players. I think the time has passed. I haven't find anything I really need after reviewing the Black Friday sales sheet. However, I saw something I really want a week before and a week after Thanksgiving. I finally replaced my USB printer to HP - Officejet Pro 6830 Wireless e-All-In-One Printer  at half of original retail price. Then, I bought a high tech cooker during the 4-hour . Catch my review on  Midea 6-Quart Electric Pressure Cooker  later. Another Black Friday Blues at Macy's. I saw the ad about Alfani Boots for $24.95. Sure, I want to be in style without breaking the bank. Here is my experience posted on Yelp at Macy's in Sugar Land. I ended up buying the size I needed online with $2 cheaper during th...