08.09.22 Retail Site WISH: Unfulfilled / Getting it Right: EV Charging Stations

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Clark revisits retail website Wish to usher it into his “graveyard.” Prices are so cheap! What went wrong? Also, EV - electric vehicle adoption is set to climb over the next few years. But where to recharge is an obstacle for car buyers. Learn how forward-thinking gas station/convenience store operators are getting with the program to serve a growing EV market. Website WISH: Unfulfilled: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Progress - EV Charging Stations: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Fidelity Rewards Visa vs. Citi® Double Cash Card – 18 month BT offer: Pick the Right 2% Credit Card What Is a Roth 401(k) and How Does It Work? ClarkDeals - Costco The Best Car-Buying Services in 2022 Visible Review: 5 Things To Know Before You Sign Up Clark.com - Cell Phones What Is an ETF? Clark.com resources Episode transcripts 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	I'd like to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show.
0:07.4	Our mission is to serve you and empower you so you make better financial decisions in
0:13.1	your life.
0:14.6	Today, I want to revisit a website that I used to talk about frequently and then I went
0:20.9	silent on it called Wish.
0:24.4	Well, I'll tell you why I stopped talking about Wish.
0:28.6	What's going on?
0:29.6	Why they ended up in my graveyard and speaking of messed up, we've really done a lame job
0:38.0	in the United States getting ready for the invasion of the electric vehicle.
0:44.1	But I want to tell you, there are some smart people out there that are getting the drill
0:48.0	right on it.
0:49.0	I want to tell you what they're doing and where we're headed, hopefully not wasting a lot
0:54.9	of our tax dollars, which seems like could be happening as well at the same time.
1:00.8	So I'm a fill yet.
1:03.4	So Wish used to talk about Wish because it was ridiculously cheap.
1:12.7	Wish is a website that promised prices on goods that were just insane.
1:20.5	Anybody from the Northeast who's older who remembers crazy, Eddie, our prices will drive
1:25.4	you insane.
1:27.2	That was pretty much what Wish was.
1:30.6	But unfortunately Wish didn't always deliver well.
1:36.4	You may remember the story about me buying a winner coat that was 6 XL and it was from
1:44.2	China and not only was 6 XL not big enough for me, where usually I wear a US size men's
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