Pocket Change: 11/03/08
- Kmart gets greedy and messes with the natural law of the consumer universe, moving Black Friday to Nov. 2nd! (Crain’s)
- Cabbies are sick of taking tourists the long way in order to make more money! (Sun Times)
- Can you save $1000.00 in 30 days without eating Ramen noodles three times a day? (IWillTeachYouToBeRich.com)
- Our national debt increased by $500B in under a month. Pshaw… I bet Paris Hilton has spent more in a weekend on hair extensions. (CBS)
- Do you have a diamond studded credit card? If you do, you’re probably a dick. (FT)
- If our taxes are bailing out the banks, why do we still have to pay ATM fees? (NYT)
- Economy melts… Literally! (Herald Tribune)
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Posted by consumatron on November 3rd, 2008 filed in
November 3rd, 2008 at 2:32 am
What’s really awesome about the diamond-studded credit card is that the knobs that think it means something as a status symbol get to pay $1k/year for the privilege.
Heading into this recession, I’d hope that common sense holds more prestige than this week’s bling hotness. Clearly it hasn’t started to hurt yet.
February 11th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Hi there,
My name is Andy Lynch and I’m actually currently working with Ramit from iwillteachyoutoberich.com, and he pointed me to this post.
Couple of things I wanted to ask you:
1. Ramit just put out a private video on automating your finances and we wanted to send it to you as a thank-you.
2. His new book is coming out, and for the people who pre-order the book (it’s about $10) in the next few days, you’ll get 6 chapters by PDF before anyone else, plus entry into a private community with premium content. Can I send you some more info and the link to the video? If yes, please drop me a line as soon as possible — .
Thanks,
Andy