i love your channel!! I'm frugal too and i dont live a consumer life. i can go into a store and not buy anything because i dont need it. keep these videos coming!
Quality power tools have always been worth the extra money for me, such as Dewalt or Milwaukee. These tools can withstand being dropped, overheat abuse and getting wet. A cheap black and decker can barely do the job. I couldn't justify the price till I actually owned one and then my mindset changed about buying higher quality items.
Luckily I didn't even bother trying the lower quality ones. However Dewalt's Nicd batteries do not exactly last that long, perhaps getting a Li-ion type would have longer life for short intermittent usage.
Ridgid has the best warranty of any power tool, they replace anything that fail, check it out BUT you have to get them registered very soon after purchase.
alleon76 Most won't shoot up that much but Rolex price increases with inflation so if you keep them long enough they usually pay for them self. The only thing to consider is how much it costs to service.
I inherited a Rolex from my deceased dad. I think it was made in the 50s. It is still working and needs no batteries. It is no longer as accurate because it is a bit fast but it is fine with me. I won't sell it for sentimental reason. Plus, I am using it once in a while.
Sometimes buying an off brand item will last longer and is more durable ham a name brand item. The off brand item will be a company trying to make a name for themselves, so they're building good stuff, when a name brand item is already making huge profits and have to keep up with demand so they're just throwing together items quickly without quality control
Another Great Video!! I had a finance professor in college that emphasized frequency of use and durability when buying goods. He used a TV as an example. Most people watch at least some TV daily (high usage), and you may end up spending less money than going out to the movies, for drinks etc. I'm not advocating being a couch potato, but interesting example.
Congrats on hitting 30,000 subscribers. Found this channel a couple months ago. Love the credit and financial tips (they don't teach you this stuff at University). I have an MBA so I have a pretty good sense of finance but you have taught me several credit things that I didn't know. Keep up the good work... Do you ever keep any store credit cards or do you avoid those and stick to cash back cards?
Thanks! It's an important milestone, thanks for noticing. =D Hope you can get better and better credit to the point where you don't really need it. =D I do have some store credit cards but they seem to have died off because they cancel them from inactivity. I still have a Banana Republic card since I buy some things there.
Hi Francis! Excellent video, as always 😎👏. The garlic press is a good exemple. Recently our $10 garlic press broke (it was made out of a not so durable material). But I went ahead and spent $20 on a new garlic press that my husband recommended for its sturdy metal. So we'll save money in the long run 😊.
My girlfriend is a shopaholic, literally if she goes into a store she has to purchase something... She also grew up very poor so she has a need to buy expensive things for the social stigma smh
I think many girls are shopaholics no? If she did grow up poor then there could be some draw there. I guess its more like, finally I can afford to buy what I want so you do it mentality? I'm just guessing.
Being a shopaholic is usually an indication of a deeper problem.. Daddy issues usually. I suggest you grab your wallet and run for your life. Growing up poor does not necessarily make a shopaholic. Many girls from the Silicon Valley with Google employed parents think that the money will never end and buy like crazy. When I first started caring for my sick sister who lived there, I soon learned to take my pickup. What I picked out from people's throwouts and FreeCycle more than paid for my weekly trips. I sold many used washing machines and furniture to my local second hand store.
I am an Asian woman brought up by a frugal mom so I am not easily tempted by stores. If I need to buy something, that is the reason I go to a store/shop/mall. However, I used to be tempted by books since I love reading but I have learned to curb this temptation and donated my books (many are now hard to find) to the school I used to work in as a teacher.
Great video! My favourite durable good is a good kitchen knife, great rice cooker, nice bed sheets as I use all of those things very often. I tried to buy a good towel, I bought an expensive one on sale and it looked like a rag after 3 of 4 usages. Disappointed...
My favorite durable good is my really old fashion hand bender purchased at Kmart when I worked there at 16. Still have it still use it! It was not the yellow era it was the dark brown and off white. Lol lol lol 👍🏼
Very interesting video. In terms of durability, I find the material is important, something made in metal or stainless steel is much more durable than something made in plastic. Even though it costs more as you say in the long term it is worth it, if you use it a lot as it won't break as often.
Very good point. Plastic break from fatigue and UV exposure. Rubber melts and degrade. Steel and metal are all much much better and are the types of goods that will have a high chance to last a lifetime.
Back in 1986 I bought an expensive but high quality bedroom set that I wanted and it's now 2019 and I still have that same bedroom set and it's still in good shape and I still love it so I got my money's worth out of it.
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Probably smallest yard is low maintenance. But single family homes appreciate the most which might offset all the costs you have to deal with. Other kinds just do not appreciate as much.
I think if you use it in your trade then you need really durable tools. Question would come when you have a one off project that needs a doo-dad. Should you still buy a pricey snap-on tool for that? Hmmm....
Last night I purchased 2 belts for work My old brown one broke. So I went to Macy's and used most of the gift card I purchased a brown and black. the reason I didn't get the reversible is because it would wear out faster because your using the same belt every day and I had a Macy's gift card. same thing with clothes you want what's least expensive and last the longest.
One thing that really caught me by surprise is that when I started displacing purchases from my debit card to my new credit cards, I realized I wasn't meeting the minimum number of monthly debit transactions to be eligible for dividend rewards! Instead, I was only getting the base level of interest, which is like a fraction of 1%. So by using credit cards to earn rewards, I was actually LOSING rewards in the sum of $3-5 or more per month. BAH! So, the next time I go grocery shopping, I will go to self-checkout and be the annoying guy making 10 small purchases on his debit card.
You have to weigh the benefits of each. $20k with 1% interest is $200 minus taxes so lets call it $150. Credit card points are not taxed. So If you spend $1000/month at 5% = $600/year. You can indeed try to generate debit purchases but I find that this takes too much mental capacity as compared to what you get for the effort.
You're right. It is annoying and time consuming. But there has to be a way to automate this in a way that yields both benefits. Maybe I could set up automated transactions that post directly to my PayPal account or something.
what business credit cards give you the best cash back. How's your chase ink card? the new one is 5 cash back on phone cable and internet for your 1st year only now
Whatever hobby you take part in you'll use various kinds of products, generally there is a bigger brand or industry leading name, they're usually industry leaders because they make some of the best products (plus marketing, legacy, market share etc.) if it's something you're going to use a lot and get pleasure from by doing your hobby it's probably a wise choice to buy the better brand. However - Do you need their latest release? Can you buy the item used? I'd rather buy better/top spec stuff that's either a couple of years older or used but I know works; that's where I see value but that's just me.
I think it's hard for something to know if they will continue the hobby for a long time if they switch hobbies once in a while or add new ones. So if you've been in the same hobby for a few years, then you might start with something usable and then move to some higher quality stuff late.r
BeatTheBush that's why you have starter kit so completely agree with that. I know many newbies that want (and buy) the best stuff straight away and these are usually the people you can find the best deals from on used gear, often it's hardly used
Good tips, lol when I buy things, I always consider whether I can gift it to someone in the future, or seem to find more satisfaction buying things for others 😂, I can spend hours walking around a shop and think "oh, this would look good on (insert friend's name)" Hahaha, anything above $25-50 to me is expensive 😂. Btw, have you tried purchasing items from groupon? Are the items there reasonably money saving?
Hmmm? The dollar amount should not matter right? It's the value you get from it. I know there is a dollar amount threshold you would need to consider longer so I get that. I did buy things from groupon before. But my main idea is to never look through those to find deals. I find the items I want and then find the deal or wait until a deal comes up.
Sometimes I fear of dollar store prop 65 warnings specially for items that I wear or eat with. There isn't enough studies done saying that it absolutely will cause cancer but I rather not risk it myself.
buy something that you really want and get emotional about, because that object will become part of you and will contribute to your own personal happiness in the long run..
Some get very emotional about every object they buy lol. Some fail to judge if they will be happy with it after they obtain it since. New things are great but it wears off pretty quickly.
The art of marketing is getting people to perceive something is worth more than it actually is and to part with their money. If perception is important, perhaps buy knock-offs. The only thing I buy "top-of-the-line" is smartphones. I buy them 1.5 years old used at 1/3 of their new price..
Hi, just found your channel, watched most of the videos. I have learned so much, thank you. What to ask about is, boa cash reward card, automatic payment. In previous videos you mentioned there is no automatic payment-about 2 years ago. My banker mentioned there is minimum and maximum auto pay options, which i am not sure how they work nor how to arrange that. Am new to this and it is my first credit card. Is there any suggestion you can give me?
You are very welcome! I'm glad you found it! For BofA Cash Rewards card, BofA since then added the auto pay feature and now you can do it like the other cards. I suggest to set it up to pay the statement balance in full a day or two before the due date. BofA though it's a bit annoying in that you have to wait until the first statement before you can even schedule the automatic payment. So set it up after you get your statement. You have to be EXTRA careful with BofA cards because they auto-pay is pretty screwy until you are confirmed that it is setup correctly. I would check the first 3 months a few days before the due date to make sure the auto-pay is setup correctly.
BeatTheBush Yep BofA pay in general is very screwy. On one occasion, I paid some of the balance on the date of the new balance period and they considered it as a payment towards the previous statement period because they had not finished making the statement documents. Then they made me do another minimum payment for the new cycle. It was quite funny. I argued that the payment was made ON THE FIRST DATE of the new cycle and they would not budge in their ridiculous statement. Just wait for a few days after the new cycle or few days before the due date to make the payment. I would not risk the payment screwups with these guys!
hey I know this is off-topic but I was wondering if you use the capital one app for quicksilver. All of credit card apps push notifications work, except capital one. I have it turned on to alert me after a purchase of more than $0.01 and it never does. Even the email won't work. I was just wondering if you have similar issues with capital one app.
I generally do not install credit card apps on my phone for security purposes. I probably have too extreme a security measure but I'm fine with checking my spending online at my leisure rather than pushed to me.
It is written as "bang for the buck". It is slang for getting the biggest 'bang' for the buck or the most impact for your money. I.e. getting the most value for your dollar.
You can get a new Lexus GX, a 3 yr old CPO Toyota Camry, or a 10 yr old Toyota Yaris. All will get you from A to B, but the Camry is going to give you the most reliability and comfort.
Probably not. I really enjoyed the sound and the feel of the road with the car. I bought it for $20k and used it for 10 years already. So it costs me $2k/year and I put 130k miles on it myself and it's still going.
Great recap of need vs value. I love my Vitamix blender, but not at 440 or 350 depending on the model. Found a like new one with a paint chip on Amazon for 250, used a 5% cashback card to buy a Bitcoin, escrowed the Bitcoin to Purse.io who got me a 16% discount on Amazon so just under 200 delivered. Happy camper here !
Cool! $200 is much easier to accept rather than their msrp of 400-550 even. I think the same is true for dyson vacuum cleaners. I got my late model upright for around $140.
You should definitely get a Zojirushi rice-cooker ! Not because it has Neuro Fuzzy logic technology (lol) but because they make awesome rice ! The one's on Amazon in the 150 range are the best value. If you get one do a review =D
I so totally know about those. Except my National brand rice cooker also has fuzzy logic whatever that does. I tasted some rice from the induction cookers and they come out insanely fluffy. What? Induction? +$100 What? Pressure Cooker? + $100. I think this type of spending doesn't get your value in durability but rather in quality of the item. The rice comes out so good your enjoyment is +200%.
That's a relief ! I thought I saw one of those $15 Aroma branded rice device from Costco in your kitchen, omg ! I'm intrigued by induction, I'll keep it on my watch list.
For 4k, you need to sit no farther than 1.5x the diagonal to see the difference. So if your setup in your living room is more than that, don't buy a 4k. TV is this huge dispenser of ads which really warps the value you place on all the other things you buy.
I've had an iPhone 6 and a MacBook Pro for over a year now and they still work great. It is true that they are more expensive than a PC or a Samsung counterpart, but they also last longer due to better quality assurance on factories and better materials overall (aluminum instead of plastics, lighter/thinner body instead of heavy/bulky, etc). Also, since it's almost a designer brand, the value for the products doesn't depreciate as fast as the competitors. Since I work on IT and I'm pretty much on the computer or the phone all day, I considered that it was necessary to go and get premium quality items, although if are you just buying it for the "show off value", then it's not worth it since you won't be able to juice all the value out them. I agree that many times it depends a lot more on the usage you'll give to those particular products above of the monetary / social value of the products itself.
The resale value is a great point and Macs keeps their value very well. Although, I argue the quality issue as I never had a computer break on me spontaneously after the warranty period. Usually, they just go out of date from being too slow. It's a slightly different scene now because computers have gotten fast enough that you might be able to use it for normal applications for many more years than before. Then there's the OS and if you like to work in one vs another.
There is a grey area of course, I agree. I own a macbook pro since 2011 and the only Issues I had with it were fixed by apple free of charge (Apple Quality Program). It cost me 1900€ at the time. Recently I upgraded the original hard drive on it to an ssd and it's faster and smoother than ever, running the latest Apple OS, well you get the point. The price tag might seem steep sometimes but in some cases, its worth it. I barely had to do any maintenance on this machine and as you know time is very valuable as well :)
Yeah. Sometimes it is hard to justify a move to PC if you are a Mac person due to the stickiness of the ecosystem as well. It presents a huge hurdle to switch. But ignoring the ecosystem part. Would a PC last just as long, maybe. It certainly will not hold it's value. How about utility? Can you do things just as fast in both ecosystems? Maybe, maybe not. Socially though, owning a mac does include a little bit more of a status symbol which is hard to ignore.
Perceived value. I before e except after c thing. I always try to get the best for my dollar. I do pay for good sunglasses but they last me for years & I take care of them. My rule is if it is really important to me, I might spend more, but if it isn't I cheap out.
Where do you see this spelling error? But if it matters to you, you might be mistaken if it matters to you due to marketing or it really matters to you outside of that.
Mostly, it isn't. BUT you can minimize the cost by driving it forever and doing your own repairs. The benefit that is intangible could be social standing and possible career opportunities simply by looking the part.
I find it frustrating that companies seem to make products that purposefully break right after the warranty runs out! It's hard to find really durable appliances these days. (Don't mind me binge watching all your content and commenting goddamn everywhere.)
They cant really plan on it but when given a choice to pick between a durable part that will last nearly forever vs. one that will last well over 1 year, the designers making the 1 year warranty product will pick the cheaper option.
We have a saying in México: "Lo barato sale caro" (cheap things turn out to be expensive). Which means, yeah, you buy a $10dll shoes and they are so cheap that they last a month. And you spent $10 good dollars for nothing.
I bought a $13 electric beater to make your cheesecake recipe. HAHA. It works great, and I think it will last for a life time if all I make is a cheesecake or some macarons once a month.
The fluffly one I assume? I had a japanese cheesecake and then an american kind that is much denser on my cooking channel. I haven't seen a beater break before so I guess they last a really long time.
I love your videos. I am currently considering P2P investing. Do you have any experience with it? I am looking for short term/ high yield with low risk.....lol I know it's a tough equation....any info would be appreciated.
It's okay to invest in it as long as you are aware of the risks involved. Unfortunately, they usually do not disclose all the risks. I looked at P2P investing but ended up not biting preferring to keep my capital a bit more liquid than what it allows. I did make a video on those risks not talked about here: ua-cam.com/video/73LXyrAFNvY/v-deo.html
BeatTheBush You're right, it's kind of hit and miss with Zara products. A puffer jacket I purchased recently was so bad quality-wise that it had to be refunded within less of a month. A pair of 2013 boots, however, lasted me two and a half years, being worn 70% of the time in all kinds of weather conditions.
i love your channel!! I'm frugal too and i dont live a consumer life. i can go into a store and not buy anything because i dont need it. keep these videos coming!
Thanks! That rare ability to not buy anything even when tempted. Target seems to be a hard one for most.
Lub Siab I don't know the fad with Target.i don't even go there anymore.
Quality power tools have always been worth the extra money for me, such as Dewalt or Milwaukee. These tools can withstand being dropped, overheat abuse and getting wet. A cheap black and decker can barely do the job. I couldn't justify the price till I actually owned one and then my mindset changed about buying higher quality items.
Luckily I didn't even bother trying the lower quality ones. However Dewalt's Nicd batteries do not exactly last that long, perhaps getting a Li-ion type would have longer life for short intermittent usage.
Ridgid has the best warranty of any power tool, they replace anything that fail, check it out BUT you have to get them registered very soon after purchase.
Check out the channel AvE. He demonstrates why those brands are usually not much better than Harbor Freight brands.
Never go cheap on tools! Tools are the one thing you want QUALITY
Tools are used to fix other things... So tools need to be of very good quality... You can't repair rubbish by using something rubbish
My dad bought a Rolex for around $1000 when he first got a job and sold it for $40,000 fifteen years later.
Whoa! That's awesome! I assume if you wear it too much it'll get dinged up. That's a really good return!
alleon76 eBay ftw
alleon76 Most won't shoot up that much but Rolex price increases with inflation so if you keep them long enough they usually pay for them self. The only thing to consider is how much it costs to service.
I inherited a Rolex from my deceased dad. I think it was made in the 50s. It is still working and needs no batteries. It is no longer as accurate because it is a bit fast but it is fine with me. I won't sell it for sentimental reason. Plus, I am using it once in a while.
Sometimes buying an off brand item will last longer and is more durable ham a name brand item. The off brand item will be a company trying to make a name for themselves, so they're building good stuff, when a name brand item is already making huge profits and have to keep up with demand so they're just throwing together items quickly without quality control
Yes, sometimes but discovering yourself costs a lot. Best to have word of mouth from friends or people you trust.
Another Great Video!! I had a finance professor in college that emphasized frequency of use and durability when buying goods. He used a TV as an example. Most people watch at least some TV daily (high usage), and you may end up spending less money than going out to the movies, for drinks etc. I'm not advocating being a couch potato, but interesting example.
LOL... TV is probably a bad example indeed. I arguing using the TV actually causes you to spend MORE in other ways.
Congrats on hitting 30,000 subscribers. Found this channel a couple months ago. Love the credit and financial tips (they don't teach you this stuff at University). I have an MBA so I have a pretty good sense of finance but you have taught me several credit things that I didn't know.
Keep up the good work...
Do you ever keep any store credit cards or do you avoid those and stick to cash back cards?
Thanks! It's an important milestone, thanks for noticing. =D Hope you can get better and better credit to the point where you don't really need it. =D
I do have some store credit cards but they seem to have died off because they cancel them from inactivity. I still have a Banana Republic card since I buy some things there.
Perfect example, I've learnt to only buy cheap sunglasses, they also break from falling or being sat on
Exactly. Then if they do break, no heart aches.
Hi Francis! Excellent video, as always 😎👏.
The garlic press is a good exemple. Recently our $10 garlic press broke (it was made out of a not so durable material).
But I went ahead and spent $20 on a new garlic press that my husband recommended for its sturdy metal. So we'll save money in the long run 😊.
Interesting. I got too lazy to even use a garlic press for day to day use. I just buy a huge jar of minced garlic, lol.
What David Ramsey is to others, I feel you are that to me. Minus the idol worship) Keep up the good work.
=D Whoa, thanks! Yeah he does have a lot of worshipers that repeats the dozen or so catch phrases.
BeatTheBush hey great videos, can you do a video on IRAs and full life insurance? Thank you
Noted, thanks for your input. =D
Please write books like that “other guy.” I would love to have all your advice in one place.
My girlfriend is a shopaholic, literally if she goes into a store she has to purchase something... She also grew up very poor so she has a need to buy expensive things for the social stigma smh
I think many girls are shopaholics no? If she did grow up poor then there could be some draw there. I guess its more like, finally I can afford to buy what I want so you do it mentality? I'm just guessing.
Amin Eltayeb ... if it is a girl thing maybe people should stop complementing young girls on their shoes or clothes cos they'll grow up shopaholics
Being a shopaholic is usually an indication of a deeper problem.. Daddy issues usually. I suggest you grab your wallet and run for your life. Growing up poor does not necessarily make a shopaholic. Many girls from the Silicon Valley with Google employed parents think that the money will never end and buy like crazy. When I first started caring for my sick sister who lived there, I soon learned to take my pickup. What I picked out from people's throwouts and FreeCycle more than paid for my weekly trips. I sold many used washing machines and furniture to my local second hand store.
I am an Asian woman brought up by a frugal mom so I am not easily tempted by stores. If I need to buy something, that is the reason I go to a store/shop/mall. However, I used to be tempted by books since I love reading but I have learned to curb this temptation and donated my books (many are now hard to find) to the school I used to work in as a teacher.
Great video! My favourite durable good is a good kitchen knife, great rice cooker, nice bed sheets as I use all of those things very often. I tried to buy a good towel, I bought an expensive one on sale and it looked like a rag after 3 of 4 usages. Disappointed...
How nice a rice cooker are you talking about? That conduction, pressure cooker one? =D =D =D
Cuchen Induction Heat rice cooker with Korean voice capabilities.
My favorite durable good is my really old fashion hand bender purchased at Kmart when I worked there at 16. Still have it still use it! It was not the yellow era it was the dark brown and off white. Lol lol lol 👍🏼
Does it still work? That's amazing! I have no idea what this "dark brown and off white" era is lol. >*
Great video beat the bush!
How do you feel about the exteme couponing?
Very interesting video. In terms of durability, I find the material is important, something made in metal or stainless steel is much more durable than something made in plastic. Even though it costs more as you say in the long term it is worth it, if you use it a lot as it won't break as often.
Very good point. Plastic break from fatigue and UV exposure. Rubber melts and degrade. Steel and metal are all much much better and are the types of goods that will have a high chance to last a lifetime.
Back in 1986 I bought an expensive but high quality bedroom set that I wanted and it's now 2019 and I still have that same bedroom set and it's still in good shape and I still love it so I got my money's worth out of it.
THAT is a LOT of use! Awesome!
pretty bullet I would’ve worn the springs out decades ago. 😎
Hey! I finished subtitling to Spanish this video for a subtitling class workshop.
I just feel like you should know, and my classmates should know about you too. :D
Cheers.
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BeatTheBush nice! I'll try to add them when I have some time this evening :)
Thanks!
What about housing...what are the best homes to buy...(lowest maintenance, longest lasting, etc.)
Probably smallest yard is low maintenance. But single family homes appreciate the most which might offset all the costs you have to deal with. Other kinds just do not appreciate as much.
Is it better to have everything on auto pay or try to budget and pay separately?
This comes into play a lot with the tools I buy for work .
I think if you use it in your trade then you need really durable tools. Question would come when you have a one off project that needs a doo-dad. Should you still buy a pricey snap-on tool for that? Hmmm....
Scott Reyes I'm gonna get snapon to hang my paintings lol
Last night I purchased 2 belts for work My old brown one broke. So I went to Macy's and used most of the gift card I purchased a brown and black. the reason I didn't get the reversible is because it would wear out faster because your using the same belt every day and I had a Macy's gift card.
same thing with clothes you want what's least expensive and last the longest.
Hard part is to tell what actually will last long. I find the gap and old navy stuff just disintegrates though.
Thank you for the videos very helpful.
You're welcome!
One thing that really caught me by surprise is that when I started displacing purchases from my debit card to my new credit cards, I realized I wasn't meeting the minimum number of monthly debit transactions to be eligible for dividend rewards! Instead, I was only getting the base level of interest, which is like a fraction of 1%. So by using credit cards to earn rewards, I was actually LOSING rewards in the sum of $3-5 or more per month. BAH! So, the next time I go grocery shopping, I will go to self-checkout and be the annoying guy making 10 small purchases on his debit card.
You have to weigh the benefits of each. $20k with 1% interest is $200 minus taxes so lets call it $150. Credit card points are not taxed. So If you spend $1000/month at 5% = $600/year. You can indeed try to generate debit purchases but I find that this takes too much mental capacity as compared to what you get for the effort.
You're right. It is annoying and time consuming. But there has to be a way to automate this in a way that yields both benefits. Maybe I could set up automated transactions that post directly to my PayPal account or something.
Thanks for the info!
You're welcome!
Great stuff. Can you make a video on buying new vs used? If you have already, please let me know. Thanks!
I guess I always too that for granted. And maybe even too obvious unless I'm forgetting some considerations.
what business credit cards give you the best cash back. How's your chase ink card? the new one is 5 cash back on phone cable and internet for your 1st year only now
How nice. I don't have phone nor cable, lol. I guess I might be living in a cave.
Whatever hobby you take part in you'll use various kinds of products, generally there is a bigger brand or industry leading name, they're usually industry leaders because they make some of the best products (plus marketing, legacy, market share etc.) if it's something you're going to use a lot and get pleasure from by doing your hobby it's probably a wise choice to buy the better brand.
However - Do you need their latest release? Can you buy the item used? I'd rather buy better/top spec stuff that's either a couple of years older or used but I know works; that's where I see value but that's just me.
I think it's hard for something to know if they will continue the hobby for a long time if they switch hobbies once in a while or add new ones. So if you've been in the same hobby for a few years, then you might start with something usable and then move to some higher quality stuff late.r
BeatTheBush that's why you have starter kit so completely agree with that. I know many newbies that want (and buy) the best stuff straight away and these are usually the people you can find the best deals from on used gear, often it's hardly used
Oh... lol.... that's a pretty good way to get almost new equipment. =D
thanks beatthebush!
Good tips, lol when I buy things, I always consider whether I can gift it to someone in the future, or seem to find more satisfaction buying things for others 😂, I can spend hours walking around a shop and think "oh, this would look good on (insert friend's name)"
Hahaha, anything above $25-50 to me is expensive 😂. Btw, have you tried purchasing items from groupon? Are the items there reasonably money saving?
Hmmm? The dollar amount should not matter right? It's the value you get from it. I know there is a dollar amount threshold you would need to consider longer so I get that. I did buy things from groupon before. But my main idea is to never look through those to find deals. I find the items I want and then find the deal or wait until a deal comes up.
that's why I usually buy my reading glasses and sometimes sunglasses at the dollar store or some other cheap place
Sometimes I fear of dollar store prop 65 warnings specially for items that I wear or eat with. There isn't enough studies done saying that it absolutely will cause cancer but I rather not risk it myself.
buy something that you really want and get emotional about, because that object will become part of you and will contribute to your own personal happiness in the long run..
Some get very emotional about every object they buy lol. Some fail to judge if they will be happy with it after they obtain it since. New things are great but it wears off pretty quickly.
Great video!
Great advice 👍🏼
Thanks!
The art of marketing is getting people to perceive something is worth more than it actually is and to part with their money. If perception is important, perhaps buy knock-offs. The only thing I buy "top-of-the-line" is smartphones. I buy them 1.5 years old used at 1/3 of their new price..
Hi, just found your channel, watched most of the videos. I have learned so much, thank you.
What to ask about is, boa cash reward card, automatic payment. In previous videos you mentioned there is no automatic payment-about 2 years ago. My banker mentioned there is minimum and maximum auto pay options, which i am not sure how they work nor how to arrange that. Am new to this and it is my first credit card. Is there any suggestion you can give me?
You are very welcome! I'm glad you found it! For BofA Cash Rewards card, BofA since then added the auto pay feature and now you can do it like the other cards. I suggest to set it up to pay the statement balance in full a day or two before the due date.
BofA though it's a bit annoying in that you have to wait until the first statement before you can even schedule the automatic payment. So set it up after you get your statement. You have to be EXTRA careful with BofA cards because they auto-pay is pretty screwy until you are confirmed that it is setup correctly. I would check the first 3 months a few days before the due date to make sure the auto-pay is setup correctly.
BeatTheBush Yep BofA pay in general is very screwy. On one occasion, I paid some of the balance on the date of the new balance period and they considered it as a payment towards the previous statement period because they had not finished making the statement documents. Then they made me do another minimum payment for the new cycle. It was quite funny. I argued that the payment was made ON THE FIRST DATE of the new cycle and they would not budge in their ridiculous statement.
Just wait for a few days after the new cycle or few days before the due date to make the payment. I would not risk the payment screwups with these guys!
They make it difficult on purpose so there's a higher chance of people screwing up and so more profit.
Do you have any tips for recognizing how long things will last?
Yes, here is a good start: ua-cam.com/video/SXnFpcp4GWM/v-deo.html
hey I know this is off-topic but I was wondering if you use the capital one app for quicksilver. All of credit card apps push notifications work, except capital one. I have it turned on to alert me after a purchase of more than $0.01 and it never does. Even the email won't work. I was just wondering if you have similar issues with capital one app.
Ashton Scalise I have the CapitalOne app and have no issues with the notifications. I have mine set to >$1 transactions.
I'll try to change it to $1 thanks for the help
I generally do not install credit card apps on my phone for security purposes. I probably have too extreme a security measure but I'm fine with checking my spending online at my leisure rather than pushed to me.
BRO IT WORKED
Really nice video on the matter.
Btw, what does it mean "bank for the buck" or something like that, I can't understand it.
Cheers:)
It is written as "bang for the buck". It is slang for getting the biggest 'bang' for the buck or the most impact for your money. I.e. getting the most value for your dollar.
BeatTheBush Thank you!
=D
You can get a new Lexus GX, a 3 yr old CPO Toyota Camry, or a 10 yr old Toyota Yaris. All will get you from A to B, but the Camry is going to give you the most reliability and comfort.
would u go back in time and buy a honda instead of a porsche since they are cheaper and more reliable in the longrun
Probably not. I really enjoyed the sound and the feel of the road with the car. I bought it for $20k and used it for 10 years already. So it costs me $2k/year and I put 130k miles on it myself and it's still going.
Great recap of need vs value. I love my Vitamix blender, but not at 440 or 350 depending on the model. Found a like new one with a paint chip on Amazon for 250, used a 5% cashback card to buy a Bitcoin, escrowed the Bitcoin to Purse.io who got me a 16% discount on Amazon so just under 200 delivered. Happy camper here !
Cool! $200 is much easier to accept rather than their msrp of 400-550 even. I think the same is true for dyson vacuum cleaners. I got my late model upright for around $140.
You should definitely get a Zojirushi rice-cooker ! Not because it has
Neuro Fuzzy logic technology (lol) but because they make awesome rice ! The one's on Amazon in the 150 range are the best value. If you get one do a review =D
I so totally know about those. Except my National brand rice cooker also has fuzzy logic whatever that does. I tasted some rice from the induction cookers and they come out insanely fluffy. What? Induction? +$100 What? Pressure Cooker? + $100. I think this type of spending doesn't get your value in durability but rather in quality of the item. The rice comes out so good your enjoyment is +200%.
That's a relief ! I thought I saw one of those $15 Aroma branded rice device from Costco in your kitchen, omg ! I'm intrigued by induction, I'll keep it on my watch list.
What's your take on a hi def tv?
For 4k, you need to sit no farther than 1.5x the diagonal to see the difference. So if your setup in your living room is more than that, don't buy a 4k. TV is this huge dispenser of ads which really warps the value you place on all the other things you buy.
I've had an iPhone 6 and a MacBook Pro for over a year now and they still work great. It is true that they are more expensive than a PC or a Samsung counterpart, but they also last longer due to better quality assurance on factories and better materials overall (aluminum instead of plastics, lighter/thinner body instead of heavy/bulky, etc). Also, since it's almost a designer brand, the value for the products doesn't depreciate as fast as the competitors.
Since I work on IT and I'm pretty much on the computer or the phone all day, I considered that it was necessary to go and get premium quality items, although if are you just buying it for the "show off value", then it's not worth it since you won't be able to juice all the value out them.
I agree that many times it depends a lot more on the usage you'll give to those particular products above of the monetary / social value of the products itself.
The resale value is a great point and Macs keeps their value very well. Although, I argue the quality issue as I never had a computer break on me spontaneously after the warranty period. Usually, they just go out of date from being too slow. It's a slightly different scene now because computers have gotten fast enough that you might be able to use it for normal applications for many more years than before.
Then there's the OS and if you like to work in one vs another.
There is a grey area of course, I agree. I own a macbook pro since 2011 and the only Issues I had with it were fixed by apple free of charge (Apple Quality Program). It cost me 1900€ at the time. Recently I upgraded the original hard drive on it to an ssd and it's faster and smoother than ever, running the latest Apple OS, well you get the point. The price tag might seem steep sometimes but in some cases, its worth it. I barely had to do any maintenance on this machine and as you know time is very valuable as well :)
Yeah. Sometimes it is hard to justify a move to PC if you are a Mac person due to the stickiness of the ecosystem as well. It presents a huge hurdle to switch. But ignoring the ecosystem part. Would a PC last just as long, maybe. It certainly will not hold it's value. How about utility? Can you do things just as fast in both ecosystems? Maybe, maybe not.
Socially though, owning a mac does include a little bit more of a status symbol which is hard to ignore.
Perceived value. I before e except after c thing. I always try to get the best for my dollar. I do pay for good sunglasses but they last me for years & I take care of them. My rule is if it is really important to me, I might spend more, but if it isn't I cheap out.
Where do you see this spelling error? But if it matters to you, you might be mistaken if it matters to you due to marketing or it really matters to you outside of that.
it doesn't matter to me really, just notice these things. not trying to be nasty. FYIO- on the value of item.
I tried finding it.. maybe it was on the white board in the video.
yes, on your white board under value of item..
Get a quality durable air mattress and just HOARD your money!
+Kris Mat That reduces quality of life so not a good idea.
Sleep on a money bag, save on a matress!
No such thing. They all pop.
What about BMW? I would love to buy a 5 series some day, but its alot of money spend.
Hmmmm... it's a luxury item even if you buy it used.
BeatTheBush when can you say its smart to buy a luxury item you love? Like your porsche.
Mostly, it isn't. BUT you can minimize the cost by driving it forever and doing your own repairs. The benefit that is intangible could be social standing and possible career opportunities simply by looking the part.
Or coupons in general
I find it frustrating that companies seem to make products that purposefully break right after the warranty runs out! It's hard to find really durable appliances these days. (Don't mind me binge watching all your content and commenting goddamn everywhere.)
They cant really plan on it but when given a choice to pick between a durable part that will last nearly forever vs. one that will last well over 1 year, the designers making the 1 year warranty product will pick the cheaper option.
We have a saying in México: "Lo barato sale caro" (cheap things turn out to be expensive). Which means, yeah, you buy a $10dll shoes and they are so cheap that they last a month. And you spent $10 good dollars for nothing.
Well at least it provided you about $2 worth of shoe wearing value. But it's still a loss.
BeatTheBush, yeah :)
BeatTheBush the worst thing is that i've been noticing that lately many people sell things made of cheap materials but a very high price
I bought a $13 electric beater to make your cheesecake recipe. HAHA. It works great, and I think it will last for a life time if all I make is a cheesecake or some macarons once a month.
The fluffly one I assume? I had a japanese cheesecake and then an american kind that is much denser on my cooking channel. I haven't seen a beater break before so I guess they last a really long time.
This sounds like me shopping at Harbor Freight Vs. Homedepot....
It's great for generic stuff. I still really enjoy craftsman tools made in USA.
Being cheap and frugal runs in our blood with being asian
Some people have a thing with lumping cheap and frugal together.
I love your videos. I am currently considering P2P investing. Do you have any experience with it? I am looking for short term/ high yield with low risk.....lol I know it's a tough equation....any info would be appreciated.
It's okay to invest in it as long as you are aware of the risks involved. Unfortunately, they usually do not disclose all the risks. I looked at P2P investing but ended up not biting preferring to keep my capital a bit more liquid than what it allows. I did make a video on those risks not talked about here: ua-cam.com/video/73LXyrAFNvY/v-deo.html
Well, who actually knows how long something will last?
2Awesome I can tell you how long this video will last. There’s one.
The manufacturer, usually about the same duration as the warranty period.
My oster crushes ice waaay better than a ninja all day!
I think ninjas are not that powerful. You might want to compare to the 3hp blenders out there to the oster.
Beware of dollar stores!
Well.. it's hard to shop there unless you only plan to use it for a few times.
Huh my blender costs 30.00. Had it for years. And we uses it like shit
As long as you use it and take care of it so it lasts a really long time for you.
What is this? The Tao of Money? You’re like the Bruce Lee of money and finance bro.
My favorite durable good are the phones.
nokia brick phones?
Save yourself some bucks and DON'T buy that rolex. Just ask your co-workers what time it is! lol
Or just use your phone. Most people have them these days.
Shouldn't this video also be titled, "the most effective, complete, clear, simplest, long term way to use your own money?
Probably too complicated a title.
@@BeatTheBush How about, "supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?"
its moreso 3/4 of your life goes to working
Yeah... very much so. But you can do something about it.
I click to learn but then I see you and forget where I am 😍
Lol. serious? Efficient cash usage!
BeatTheBush No not really, I'm just being a creeper 🙃
👍🏻👍🏻
=D
Zara boots.
Huh, I never had any of those but have some older Zara clothing. It seems like the products are not as good as of the last few years though.
BeatTheBush You're right, it's kind of hit and miss with Zara products. A puffer jacket I purchased recently was so bad quality-wise that it had to be refunded within less of a month. A pair of 2013 boots, however, lasted me two and a half years, being worn 70% of the time in all kinds of weather conditions.
Seems like have some cheap suppliers or maybe switched some things to cheaper material and or manufacturing.
The Minimalist movement helps here! Strive to live simply, without crap and clutter.
Agreed. Not extreme minimalism but rather the general idea helps indeed even if you do not end up living in a super neat a clean place.