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Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:27 pm to
Posted by BestBanker
Member since Nov 2011
18913 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:27 pm to
quote:

Ramsey is an idiot

But not. He's a tremendous marketer of poor economic decisions and has done great harm to many unsuspecting people. I don't think he truly believes all he sells.
Posted by southernelite
Houston, TX
Member since Sep 2009
53561 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 6:35 pm to
quote:

Dave Ramsey is an idiot



more like the people who follow Dave's advice are idiots.
Posted by Sprocket46
Member since Apr 2014
732 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 8:24 pm to
I don't agree with everything Ramsey says, but there is certainly validity to his principles, particularly for those who are not financially wise and have previously made bad decisions.

I don't know of anyone who was "harmed" by his teachings.
Posted by Tigris
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Member since Jul 2005
13068 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 8:47 pm to
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big car notes, $500+ minimum.


Seriously, that's idiotic.

We're about to pass on a house because the flood insurance is a bit less than that.

$500 a month for a car?!?
Posted by weedGOKU666
Member since Jan 2013
3746 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 9:27 pm to
$697/mo right now. I'll have plenty of time to drive a reasonable car when I'm married with kids.
Posted by BACONisMEATcandy
Member since Dec 2007
46676 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 9:29 pm to
quote:

This is the last car I buy new and the last one that isn't paid for with cash.


And I'll never eat pork again
Posted by GenesChin
The Promise Land
Member since Feb 2012
37810 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 10:15 pm to
quote:

Nissan had a lease deal on electric Leafs, that if you lived in the Georgia and combined it with Georgia tax credits, you could drive it for just about free.


Some of my buddies who are in consulting had their firm put it in EV charging stations at their employment site. In comparison to what a standard gas enginer car would cost to operate, they were getting paid when you consider their employer footed the electricity bill


We work in statistics so as you can imagine their entire department leased Nissan Leafs and had crunched the numbers to show savings by commute distance
Posted by GenesChin
The Promise Land
Member since Feb 2012
37810 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 10:17 pm to
quote:

Dave Ramsey is an idiot


I don't follow Dave Ramsey but he isn't an idiot. You can come out ahead in all financial dealings but 99% of people aren't smart enough to understand how to execute it. Dave Ramsey is for that 99% and for people who want to sustain a lifestyle, not jump up a few rungs on the ladder
Posted by Snatchy
Member since Nov 2009
3281 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 10:20 pm to
2014 explorer sport paid in full
Posted by LSURoss
Dragon Believer
Member since Dec 2007
16443 posts
Posted on 8/3/14 at 10:23 pm to
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Posted by BeerMoney I have a $550 month lease on my wife's car. Just because she wants some fancy new shite every 2 years. My vehicles are paid for.


That's a bucket full of laughs. She a stay at home mom?
Posted by mattloc
Alabama
Member since Sep 2012
4464 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 12:16 am to
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more like the people who follow Dave's advice are idiots.


I was doing Dave Ramsey before he was, I can assure you, you are dead wrong.....in 15 years my net worth went from negative 100k to a fairly substantial sum, enough that I even have some extra to race thoroughbred horses ( I know its not very smart to be in the horse business btw). Ive also put back enough to put three kids through college and plan to retire by 50
Posted by WILDTURKEYisgood
Madisonville
Member since Aug 2010
3320 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:57 am to
$650 2.35% 60 mo
Posted by ConfusedHawgInMO
Member since Apr 2014
3578 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:18 pm to
With practically free financing I don't see any reason to put cash down on a vehicle. It is the cheapest money you can borrow. If you have good enough credit to get 1.8% - 3.9% financing then borrow all they will let you... well as much as fits within whatever budget you have set for yourself.

$520, 1.8% for 60.
Posted by AngryBeavers
Member since Jun 2012
4554 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:20 pm to
I have a $300/mo at 0% but I will never have another one again. It's not breaking me but I just think about all the things I would rather do with that money.
Posted by MWP
Kingwood, TX via Monroe, LA
Member since Jul 2013
10957 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:27 pm to
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Geez. $850 on a Yota. That's ridiculous shite right there.


Yota's aint cheap bro.
Posted by yellowfin
Coastal Bar
Member since May 2006
98740 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:30 pm to
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plan to retire by 50


I see this a lot and don't think people realize how much it costs to live for 35 years with no income.....just healthcare as you get older for a married couple is going to be outrageous
Posted by LNCHBOX
70448
Member since Jun 2009
88603 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:33 pm to
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I see this a lot and don't think people realize how much it costs to live for 35 years with no income.....just healthcare as you get older for a married couple is going to be outrageous


It sounds really cool to say though
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
53509 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

Dave Ramsey is an idiot


Here we go!
Posted by mattloc
Alabama
Member since Sep 2012
4464 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:16 pm to
quote:



It sounds really cool to say though 



Try Dave's plan and you wont just say it, but actually do it......I already have all I need to retire. I am working at this point, while I figure out what I want to do when I retire.....right now I have narrowed it down to Colorado or Sailing the Caribbean
Posted by Saints72
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2012
473 posts
Posted on 8/4/14 at 3:16 pm to
Don't ya get shafted on the low pricing incentives if you choose the 0% route, so in the end it's a wash?
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