06.25.25 Warehouse Club Wisdom / Working Your Way Out Of Debt

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.6 • 4.9K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Concerned about the economy and looking to save more, many people are turning to warehouse clubs. The price difference is real. But Clark has concerns about what his beloved Costco is up to with a new payment option he does NOT recommend. Also, the debt burden many of us carry is also very real. Clark discusses how people are working on getting out of debt. The Warehouse Club Difference: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Dealing With Debt: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Inflation-weary Americans queue for toilet paper and cheap Bordeaux Warehouse Clubs Archives - Clark Howard Why 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Worries Clark Howard What Is FedNow? / ⁠Clark.com Community - Paze⁠ Why Clark Says You Should ‘Ignore’ Paze as Trendy New Payment Option Debt Archives // Budgeting & Saving Archives - Clark Howard 30 Easy Side Hustle Ideas How to Make Extra Money: 35 Easy Ways How Do Student Loans Work? 7 Things to Know Is It Ever OK To Co-Sign a Loan With a Family Member? What's the Best Savings Account for a Teenager? Fidelity Investments Review: Pros & Cons How To Open a Roth IRA Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com / Ask Clark 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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0:00.8	Amazon offers term time working to their employees, like Anton,
0:07.4	who's home to look after his daughters during their holidays.
0:10.0	Hello!
0:10.8	To him, this is the best sound in the world.
0:17.2	Actually, maybe that's the best sound of all.
0:23.1	Now that's term time working.
0:24.5	Offered at Amazon.
0:26.8	Ten weeks off guaranteed per year.
0:29.0	Mix of paid holiday and unpaid time off.
0:29.8	Conditions apply.
0:31.9	Hey Ryan, that was a fast trip.
0:33.0	It was like you teleported.
0:33.9	Yeah, just got in.
0:35.6	I'll get all my expenses logged, I promise.
0:36.5	Oh, no, you're okay. SAP Concur uses advanced AI,
0:38.6	so your expense report will practically write itself.
0:40.7	Quite the breakthrough.
0:41.6	It's like we've been teleported into the future.
0:43.7	All right.
0:44.7	So, just curious, would you give us written permission
0:47.0	to convert your matter into energy patterns
0:48.9	and reassemble you at, say, random travel destinations?
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