Ever Try THESE Extremely Frugal (and maybe gross) Money Savers?
The Stacking Benjamins Show
Joe Saul-Sehy and Josh ‘OG’ Bannerman, CFP
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2021
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
How far would you go to save a few bucks, or even pennies? Mom always said all things in moderation, but it seems like these super-savers didn't get the memo. Remember, you can always put your energy into increasing your revenue streams, but playing the extreme frugality game quickly steps into the realm of diminishing returns. This round-table originally aired in 2018, but espcially after our last year, the push for extreme frugality could return to the forefront.
You can read our (mostly) original show notes below:
Being financially prudent is one thing, but when does saving money cross the line into being extremely, and possibly even grossly, frugal? Helping us answer these questions are today's special guests: from the Fiery Millennials blog, we welcome Gwen Mertz; and from this here podcast, we welcome our very own OG and Taylor.
(2021 note: On this show's original run Gwen was still co-hosting the Fire Drill podcast, and Taylor didn't join the Basement until about 18 months later. Pretty cool.)
Halfway through the show we'll take a little break to talk to Jason Brown from Tally. Making the decision to get on the road to financial freedom is a good one, and paying off credit cards and debt can be a major road block. We'll sit down with Jason doing our FinTech segment and see just how his company is setting out to help people climb out of debt.
And of course, we'll still have take some time to throw out the Haven Life Line to Joe, who wants to retire in the next few years. There's just one problem: Joe has no goals for retirement life. Can we throw some resources his way so he can figure out what he wants to do?
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Pre-recorded from Joe's mom's basement, welcome to another rewind episode of the Stacking Benjamin Show. Hey everyone, I'm Griffin the Intern, but now that we're friends, you can just call me the Fintern. Okay, so today I have some good news and some bad news. Okay, bad news first. Joe and O.G decided not to give me a bonus this time around. Something about timing and saving for an airplane. I really |
| 0:21.3 | didn't get it. But the good news, they're excited to offer me a chance to pick up the slack |
| 0:25.5 | over the next three years and try again. Three more years and maybe a bonus? Sign me up. |
| 0:31.0 | In the meantime, this intern might be a little financially, let's just say financially extended. |
| 0:36.7 | I was really banking on this bonus. Isn't |
| 0:38.8 | there a saying about this, don't count your Benjys until they're hatched or something? In any case, |
| 0:43.7 | I have to seriously stretch my cash out for these next few months. So for inspiration on today's |
| 0:48.6 | rewind, I'm headed back to 2018 again, where we find the gang asking, how far would you go to |
| 0:53.8 | be frugal and save some |
| 0:55.0 | money? It's a roundtable discussion featuring OG, Gwen Mertz from the fiery millennials blog, |
| 1:00.4 | and, get this, Taylor Stevens, who is now our head writer on the stacking Benjamin's team. |
| 1:05.3 | This episode was recorded about 18 months before Taylor joined the podcast, but it's still |
| 1:09.8 | pretty cool, for us. |
| 1:11.7 | Had he known he'd get to work in these conditions someday, he might have politely declined. |
| 1:15.9 | These guys are back next week with a batch of fresh shows, and it's a fun week. |
| 1:19.8 | Five shows instead of our normal three. |
| 1:22.2 | They'll kick things off with Joe sitting down with George I Go from the Million Stories series George goes everywhere. |
| 1:28.1 | Think you can't tour a city on $100? |
| 1:30.6 | George will show us all how. |
| 1:32.4 | That's next week, but now we're talking some frugal and some gross tips to save money. |
| 1:37.1 | Enjoy the show. |
| 1:38.3 | Fintern out. |
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