01.03.25 SAVE MORE On Streaming / Gift Returns & January Deals

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Happy New Year! Clark starts off 2025 with advice that can help you save money throughout the entire year. Clark Stinks will be back next week. Also today, what to know about making returns on some of those holiday items you may not want to keep. SPEND LESS On Streaming Services: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Holiday Returns: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Best Live TV Streaming Services: Compare Top Picks for 2025 Best Free Streaming Services in 2025: Movies and TV for Cord Cutters Streaming TV Tool: Find Cheapest Way to Stream Your Favorite TV Channels 4 Things To Know Before You Buy a Digital TV Antenna PBS and Amazon to Launch Local PBS Stations and PBS KIDS FAST Channels Study: The 10 Best New Cars for the Money How to Shop for Lower Car Insurance Best Auto Insurance Companies and Some of the Worst The Platinum Card® from American Express Review Capital One Venture X Rewards Credit Card Travel Insurance Checklist: 5 Types of Coverage To Consider Travel Insurance: What You Need To Know Before You Buy 13 Secret Saving Hacks at Costco, Sam's Club and BJ's Wholesale Clark Deals - Today's Best Deals of the Day What Is a Fiduciary Financial Advisor and Do I Need One? How To Find and Choose a Financial Advisor How To Find a Trustworthy Mechanic Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Curry's Business.
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0:11.0	Upgrade with their January epic deals with up to 30% off hundreds of products,
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0:19.4	Shop at business.curries.co.com.
0:21.6	visit your local hub or call their UK-based specialist business center.
0:25.6	Curry's business, powering your business in 2025.
0:33.6	Happy New Year to you and welcome to the Clark Howard Show.
0:39.1	You know, our mission is to serve you with advice and information that empowers you
0:43.9	to make better financial decisions in your life.
0:47.7	And normally on Fridays, we have our Clark Stink segment.
0:52.8	However, since this is our first show of 25, I want to start
0:58.0	with some advice to save you money throughout this year. Think about it. We're a quarter of the way
1:05.2	through this century, and Clark Stinks will be back next week. Don't worry. Today also, I'm going to talk about how you
1:14.5	want to make your holiday returns and so you don't get stuck with items you don't want to keep.
1:21.6	Talk about Christmas gifts that people got that they'd like to return, YouTube TV announced right in the
1:31.6	midst of the Christmas holiday stuff, a giant increase in the cost of YouTube TV.
1:40.1	It's going up $10 a month, which is an increase of, I think, 13%.
1:47.4	I wonder, you know, the notice from them was really, oh, poor us.
1:54.8	Costs have gone up for us.
1:57.0	So we hate to do it, but we're going to clobber you with a massive increase at a time that inflation in the economy is 2.something percent.
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