Fake reviews and saving too much

NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast

NerdWallet Personal Finance

Business, Education, Investing, How To

4.2 • 665 Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2020

⏱️ 21 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Learning how to spot fake online reviews can save you money. Speaking of saving, you shouldn’t avoid retirement accounts from a fear that you won’t be “liquid” enough. You typically can borrow or withdraw retirement funds in an emergency. Saving a big chunk of your income while you’re young can give you a great start. Send us your money questions! Email [email protected] or call or text the NerdHotline at 901-730-6373. And visit www.nerdwallet.com/podcast for more info on this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready to launch your business? Get started with the commerce platform made for entrepreneurs.
0:04.8	Shopify is specially designed to help you start, run and grow your business with easy customizable themes that let you build your brand.
0:12.4	Marketing tools that get your products out there. Integrated shipping solutions that actually save you time.
0:17.4	From startups to scaleups, online, in person and on the go Shopify is made for
0:22.8	entrepreneurs like you sign up for your one dollar a month trial at shopify.com
0:27.7	slash setup.
0:32.6	Welcome to the nerd wallet smart money podcast where we answer your personal finance questions and help you feel a little smarter about what you do with your money.
0:41.2	I'm Liz Weston.
0:42.5	And I'm Sean Piles.
0:43.8	As always, be sure to send us your money questions, call or text us on the Nerd Hotline at 901-730-6373.
0:51.5	That's 901-730 Nerd.
0:54.0	Or email us at podcast at NordWallet.com. We are here to help you,
0:58.1	so keep your questions coming. Also, if you want more nerdy goodness delivered to your
1:02.5	devices every Monday, hit that subscribe button. And if you like what you hear, please leave us a review.
1:08.2	On this episode of the podcast, Sean and I talk with Kim Palmer about whether
1:11.9	it's possible to save too much. But first, in our This Week in Your Money segment, we're
1:17.0	talking about fake reviews from online stores and how you can cut through the misinformation
1:21.4	to make an actually informed decision. This was inspired by a recent report from the Financial
1:26.9	Times that found that the top
1:28.4	reviewers on the Amazon and the UK were basically engaged in a fraudulent pay-for-review scheme,
1:34.5	and Amazon ended up taking down 20,000 reviews as a result. And this isn't the first time
1:39.4	the mega retailer has been found selling products with artificially inflated ratings. A Wall Street
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NerdWallet Personal Finance, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NerdWallet Personal Finance and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.