Comments on: How a FREE Raffle Cost Me $70 http://personalfinancejourney.com/2010/02/how-a-free-raffle-cost-me-70/ The journey of a lifetime Sat, 04 Sep 2010 21:55:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Friday Finds | Out of Debt Again http://personalfinancejourney.com/2010/02/how-a-free-raffle-cost-me-70/comment-page-1/#comment-87 Friday Finds | Out of Debt Again Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:47:14 +0000 http://personalfinancejourney.com/?p=143#comment-87 [...] How a Free Raffle Cost Me $70 by Lakita from Personal Finance Journey.  I loved this story! [...] [...] How a Free Raffle Cost Me $70 by Lakita from Personal Finance Journey.  I loved this story! [...]

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]]> By: PF Journey http://personalfinancejourney.com/2010/02/how-a-free-raffle-cost-me-70/comment-page-1/#comment-52 PF Journey Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:47:39 +0000 http://personalfinancejourney.com/?p=143#comment-52 @Jason - Great analogy...this was a live infomercial! I couldn't grab the remote and turn her off :) @Shawanda - Ouch! An expensive lesson! Buyer beware indeed. She weathered the perfect storm with her jewelry pitch. @Jason – Great analogy…this was a live infomercial! I couldn’t grab the remote and turn her off :)

@Shawanda – Ouch! An expensive lesson! Buyer beware indeed. She weathered the perfect storm with her jewelry pitch.

]]> By: Shawanda @ You Have More Than You Think http://personalfinancejourney.com/2010/02/how-a-free-raffle-cost-me-70/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Shawanda @ You Have More Than You Think Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:43:00 +0000 http://personalfinancejourney.com/?p=143#comment-50 I purchased a $1,500 course from one of the leaders of a real estate investors group. Those places are filled with people pitching info products. I think I was sold by the money back guarantee and the limited quantity of the product. I feel like I was ripped off, but I can't really say the information in the course wasn't useful because I didn't try it. Now I realize I have to be fully committed to doing something before I invest in it. I'm also extremely skeptical of people who try to get you to act immediately by playing on your natural fear of losing out. It works in private industry and in government. .-= Shawanda @ You Have More Than You Think´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/YouHaveMoreThanYouThink/~3/QcNPidg9tEM/" rel="nofollow">How NOT to Lose Your FSA Money</a> =-. I purchased a $1,500 course from one of the leaders of a real estate investors group. Those places are filled with people pitching info products. I think I was sold by the money back guarantee and the limited quantity of the product. I feel like I was ripped off, but I can’t really say the information in the course wasn’t useful because I didn’t try it. Now I realize I have to be fully committed to doing something before I invest in it. I’m also extremely skeptical of people who try to get you to act immediately by playing on your natural fear of losing out. It works in private industry and in government.
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]]> By: Jason @ Redeeming Riches http://personalfinancejourney.com/2010/02/how-a-free-raffle-cost-me-70/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Jason @ Redeeming Riches Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:37:57 +0000 http://personalfinancejourney.com/?p=143#comment-49 Great story and a great point that we always have to be on guard! This is why info-mercials work - people love getting a good deal, feeling like they are included in something others aren't and when there is a sense of urgency we tend to act fast. .-= Jason @ Redeeming Riches´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/RedeemingRiches/~3/hf4EY8Mswus/" rel="nofollow">Confessions of a “Receiving” Addict</a> =-. Great story and a great point that we always have to be on guard! This is why info-mercials work – people love getting a good deal, feeling like they are included in something others aren’t and when there is a sense of urgency we tend to act fast.
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