There’s a Fee for That and We’re OVER It—What Now?

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Ramsey Network

Business

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Biden’s not feeling the junk fees and neither are we! Turns out Americans are being nickeled and dimed to the tune of $24 billion a year, which begs the question\xad\xad––what are we going to do about all the junk fees? In This Episode: · Why companies have you paying junk fees instead of raising their prices · The quaint way Rachel used to pay for her fav fashions at Hollister · A creepy $5 Airbnb fee you should look for before you book your next getaway 👻 Helpful Resources: · Be entered to win a $100 Visa gift card when you take our listener survey! Click here to let us know what you think. · 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. · Get your finances organized, make a plan, build up your confidence, and kick money stress out of your life for good with the EveryDollar budgeting app. Click here to get started today! · Learn more about your ad choices. https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices · Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy This Week’s Happy Hour Special: Painkiller 🏝🍹 2 ounces rum 1 ounce cream of coconut 1 ounce orange juice 4 ounces pineapple juice You know the drill, people! Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add all the ingredients. Wave the shaker in the air like you just don’t care and strain into a highball glass. Sip out of a bendy straw.

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by The Budgeting App Every Dollar.
0:07.0	Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz, I'm George Campbell, and this is Smart Money Happy Hour.
0:16.0	Cheers George.
0:18.0	This is going to be fun.
0:19.0	I have a good feeling about this show.
0:21.0	Well, this is a show where two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're
0:25.0	talking about.
0:26.0	Pop culture, things going on in the world.
0:28.0	Well, most importantly, money.
0:30.0	That's right.
0:31.0	How it all affects you.
0:32.0	And today, we are talking about fees, Rachel, junk fees, convenience fees, service fees,
0:36.0	baggage fees, administrative fees, fee, FIFO, FOM fees.
0:40.0	I mean fees everywhere.
0:42.0	And they grind.
0:43.0	And they grind my gears like a fee.
0:44.0	Oh, and they are constant.
0:46.0	You look at the bottom of receipt, and it's fee, fee, fee, fee, fee.
0:49.0	But today, we are sipping on as well, a pain killer.
0:53.0	Classic beachy drink.
0:54.0	Which is great, because we need to kill the pain of the fees.
0:57.0	And for a small fee, which is zero dollars today, we're going to give you our rating and the recipe
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