Most Ridiculous Things People Actually Pay For

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Ramsey Network

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4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Oxygen bars, PH balanced water . . . Are they scams, or are they for real? Food delivery every night? Are these ridiculous things to spend money on? Let George and Rachel be the judges. In this episode: · The bougie things Rachel and George (over)pay for · How to know if you’re splurging for the right reasons · What Rachel spent money on that made Dave threaten to pull her college tuition Helpful Resources: · Get your finances organized, make a plan, build your confidence, and kick money stress out of your life for good with the EveryDollar budgeting app. Go to www.everydollar.com/smartmoney to get started today. Use code SMARTMONEY to get a free two-week trial and $15 off your premium membership to EveryDollar. · Do you have a Guilty as Charged question for Rachel and George? Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. · Learn more about your ad choices. https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices · Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy https://www.ramseysolutions.com/compa... This Week’s Happy Hour Special: The Bees Knees Ingredients: · 3 teaspoons honey syrup · 2 teaspoons orange juice · 2 ounces dry gin · Juice from 1/2 a lemon (about 1 1/2 tablespoons) · Lemon twist (for garnish) Instructions: Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in the honey syrup, orange juice, lemon juice and gin. Fasten the lid and shake until it’s nice and cold. Pour the mixture into a glass, finish it with a fruit carving—err, twist of lemon—and enjoy!

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by the budgeting app every dollar.
0:10.0	Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz. I'm George Campbell. And this is smart money happy hour.
0:16.0	Here's George. Here's bright drink for a bright day. Wow, you're very positive today.
0:23.0	Oh, that's delicious.
0:25.0	Wow, so this is the show we're two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about.
0:31.0	Everything from pop culture, current events and money.
0:34.0	And what are people talking about?
0:36.0	Yeah, well today we're talking about the ridiculous things people are spending their money on.
0:41.0	That's right. And the guy who spends hundreds of dollars a month on the literal animals living inside his house.
0:47.0	And the female who seriously considered $1,000 Taylor Swift tickets, we're going to judge you all for the ridiculous things you spend your money on.
0:55.0	I know it's hard though. There's a lot. There's a lot of things in the world.
0:59.0	Well, everything is so subjective.
1:01.0	That's what I was going to say. It's very kind of you have your own opinions people.
1:04.0	Yeah. So we're going to just dive into it all.
1:06.0	Oh boy.
1:07.0	Because we both like to spend and enjoy the quote unquote finer things in life.
1:11.0	That's right.
1:12.0	But some of it might be ridiculous and some things you spend money on are ridiculous.
1:15.0	So we're going to talk about it all.
1:16.0	So we're breaking down popular trends right now that we can't believe people are actually buying into literally.
1:22.0	They're buying into a Rachel.
1:23.0	And we're going to expose some of the listeners' hot takes.
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