Comments on: Is Saving Money Wasting Money? Sometimes… http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/ WealthPilgrim.com - A Journey To Self, Health and Wealth Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:42:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Shirley Docken http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1493 Shirley Docken Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:34:16 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1493 I'm a half glass full person, Neal, so you just planted a tiny seed....about financial awareness...that will probably take root sometime in the future...either in the woman talking with friends and family which may result in seeking additional financial information from a professional in the future. You gave her the amount she could tolerate at that time. I think you expected too much out of her for your first contact in that milieu. You were fine. You did your job. Best regards, Shirley I’m a half glass full person, Neal, so you just planted a tiny seed….about financial awareness…that will probably take root sometime in the future…either in the woman talking with friends and family which may result in seeking additional financial information from a professional in the future. You gave her the amount she could tolerate at that time. I think you expected too much out of her for your first contact in that milieu. You were fine. You did your job.
Best regards,
Shirley

]]> By: Neal Frankle http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1494 Neal Frankle Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:40:40 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1494 Shirley, Yep....you are right. Thanks. I may have expected too much.... Shirley,

Yep….you are right. Thanks. I may have expected too much….

]]> By: Neal http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1459 Neal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:52:24 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1459 lol...... lol……

]]> By: Kristen@TheFrugalGirl http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1458 Kristen@TheFrugalGirl Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:00:20 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1458 Hmmm, that does seem like a not-so-great choice! Penny-wise, pound-foolish. On a side note, I wish I was smart enough to be able to command $250/hour. lol Hmmm, that does seem like a not-so-great choice! Penny-wise, pound-foolish.

On a side note, I wish I was smart enough to be able to command $250/hour. lol

]]> By: Beth http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1457 Beth Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:47:35 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1457 Actually, I was thinking about this issue from a different angle. Perhaps the raffle was an easy way out, but she essentially made a value decision here. Acquiring more "stuff" she didn't need was more urgent and important than working on her financial situation. It's still giving in to instant gratification, even if the item is free. I hope that recognizing her failure to take advantage of your expertise will be a wake-up call. In which case, the role you played in this scenario will have far more impact that anything you could have said :) Actually, I was thinking about this issue from a different angle. Perhaps the raffle was an easy way out, but she essentially made a value decision here. Acquiring more “stuff” she didn’t need was more urgent and important than working on her financial situation. It’s still giving in to instant gratification, even if the item is free.

I hope that recognizing her failure to take advantage of your expertise will be a wake-up call. In which case, the role you played in this scenario will have far more impact that anything you could have said :)

]]> By: Neal http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1456 Neal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 16:35:55 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1456 Carece, Wow....great metaphor. I learn so much from comments like yours and everyone else. I'm serious. Thanks! Carece,

Wow….great metaphor. I learn so much from comments like yours and everyone else. I’m serious. Thanks!

]]> By: Neal http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1453 Neal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:33:50 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1453 ps. I fixed the title...thanks! ps. I fixed the title…thanks!

]]> By: Neal http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1452 Neal Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:33:32 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1452 Beth, Serves me right for doing a final edit at 12 midnight. I don't think she should have felt embarrassed since she was the one who signed up for a free consultation. Nobody asked her to sit down w/me. Your point about her possible fears of being sold something is a good one - and one that didn't occur to me. I guess I'm naive. Again, in this particular instance, I don't think that was an issue since I didn't ask her to come over and talk...she initiated it. But I take your point. Thanks Beth. Beth,

Serves me right for doing a final edit at 12 midnight.

I don’t think she should have felt embarrassed since she was the one who signed up for a free consultation. Nobody asked her to sit down w/me.

Your point about her possible fears of being sold something is a good one – and one that didn’t occur to me. I guess I’m naive.

Again, in this particular instance, I don’t think that was an issue since I didn’t ask her to come over and talk…she initiated it.

But I take your point. Thanks Beth.

]]> By: Carece http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1455 Carece Tue, 28 Jul 2009 15:13:47 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1455 Neal, No matter how you felt about it personally, your point is well taken. How often do we pass up the great for the good. The t-shirt vs. experience based advise is a great metaphor. We all to often want to wear the title on the outside but shun the work on the inside. No judgment here on my part regarding the woman, I'm talking about myself. ;-) Thanks for the post Neal. Have a great day. Keep up the great work of share hope in the midst of financial chaos. Carece Neal,
No matter how you felt about it personally, your point is well taken. How often do we pass up the great for the good. The t-shirt vs. experience based advise is a great metaphor. We all to often want to wear the title on the outside but shun the work on the inside. No judgment here on my part regarding the woman, I’m talking about myself. ;-) Thanks for the post Neal. Have a great day. Keep up the great work of share hope in the midst of financial chaos.
Carece

]]> By: Beth http://wealthpilgrim.com/how-coupons-cost-this-person-62-50-in-15-minutes/#comment-1449 Beth Tue, 28 Jul 2009 12:35:18 +0000 http://wealthpilgrim.com/?p=3282#comment-1449 First of all, I don't understand the title and the picture. How do coupons figure into this story? And since she wasn't paying you for your time, how exactly did she lose $62.50? I think in your position I would be frustrated too, but did it occur to you that she might have felt embarrassed about spilling all her financial failures? The raffle could have been a convenient "out" to avoid being judged by a total stranger. All too often "free consultations" are just a chance for some expert to "wow" you with something you already know and they try to convince you to buy something to get more "expert advice". I'm sure what you would have told her would have been very useful, but I think people have been burned so many times that they might distrust people who genuinely want to help. First of all, I don’t understand the title and the picture. How do coupons figure into this story? And since she wasn’t paying you for your time, how exactly did she lose $62.50?

I think in your position I would be frustrated too, but did it occur to you that she might have felt embarrassed about spilling all her financial failures? The raffle could have been a convenient “out” to avoid being judged by a total stranger.

All too often “free consultations” are just a chance for some expert to “wow” you with something you already know and they try to convince you to buy something to get more “expert advice”. I’m sure what you would have told her would have been very useful, but I think people have been burned so many times that they might distrust people who genuinely want to help.

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