Silly services

Well ok, so it's still early in the season and I don't have enough to write just about kayaking to fill a blog, so I'm going to have to expand the focus of this blog to include miscellaneous stuff.

First up, silly services.  Today I got an email from one of my credit card companies (the one behind the Amazon Visa card) saying that I can pay things like federal and state taxes, property taxes, and more with my credit card.  I thought, "Great! I have a rewards card", which is of course exactly the thought they encourage.  I can get free stuff from Amazon!

Then I went to their web site and saw their fees: they charge a 2.49% "convenience" fee for using your card to pay the taxes.  My rewards card only gives me 1% back in reward points.  Come on!  Is anybody really falling for this?