📅 Beware the monthly trap

Published about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Good day to you Reader,

Thank goodness for emergency funds - our Bosch dishwasher showed the dreaded E:15 error (water leak) and despite my best efforts, it wasn't an easy fix (replace a diverter valve).

A call to a technician and a few hundred bucks later, it was fixed. A $50 part = hundreds when you need a professional to diagnose and install it.

Hopefully nothing else breaks for a few years!

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📅 Beware the monthly trap

Ever wonder why everything is sold as a monthly payment? It's not an accident.

Marketers have realized that if you take a big price and break it down into a series of smaller, more palatable payments, we are more likely to buy something. It's called the Monthly Money Trap.

👉 The Monthly Money Trap: How An “Affordable” Payment Isn’t

📺 Do you know about Kanopy?

Kanopy is a service that you get through your library (they partner with 200+ public library systems) and it has 30,000+ movies and educational videos.

All free. Some good ones too.

Check it out!

👉 Watch My Instagram post about Kanopy

7️⃣ Every wonder why we have 7 day weeks?

A little trivia for you...

👉 Why we have 7-day weeks?

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Talk to you soon!

Jim

PS. 6 bottles of wine for $36 from First Leaf? Yes, but only through July 28th.

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