Sneaky Marketing Tactics That Aren’t Your Friend

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Ramsey Network

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4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 January 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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📈 Are you on track with the Baby Steps? Get a Free Personalized Plan Remember signing up for that “free” trial of Apple TV+ . . . and four years later, you’re still paying $9.99 a month for it? In this episode, Rachel and George reveal sneaky marketing tactics like this to help you avoid wasting money. Next Steps: 💵 Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! 🍸 Follow Smart Money Happy Hour on TikTok: @smartmoneyhappyhour. 📱 Submit 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. Connect With Our Sponsors: 🔒 Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe. 🌿 Get up to 40% off at Cozy Earth with code SMARTMONEY. Today’s Happy Hour Special: 🥃 Classic Amaretto Sour Recipe: Real Simple Ingredients: 1 1/2 ounces amaretto liqueur 1 ounce simple syrup 3/4 ounce fresh lemon juice (from 1 lemon) 1 orange slice, for garnish (optional) 1 maraschino cherry, for garnish (optional) Instructions: Pour the amaretto, simple syrup, and lemon juice into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake and strain into a glass filled with ice. Garnish with an orange slice and a cherry, if using. Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show 💰 George Kamel 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 💼 The Ken Coleman Show 📈 EntreLeadership Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today we're talking about sneaky marketing tactics pretending to be your friend just so they can steal your money.
0:10.9	The free trial, if you will.
0:14.1	You give them your information to sign up for the free trial and then you get charged.
0:19.1	They start charging, yeah.
0:19.9	Can I give you my hack for this yeah
0:21.4	yeah hey guys it's Rachel Cruz and George Camel and this is smart money happy hour
0:33.1	wow delicious well this is the show. We're two friends who have many experts talk about what you're talking about. So everything from pop culture, current events, and money. And what are we going to sip on, George, while we're chatting about this?
0:48.4	We're sipping on Rachel's, I assume, first drink, an amaretto sour, a classic. I will say.
0:55.4	Is it nostalgic for you?
0:56.5	It is.
0:57.3	My Bachelorette party, 15 years ago.
0:59.8	This is what we all drank because we were young.
1:02.4	Probably didn't have great taste.
1:03.9	It's good.
1:05.4	It's good.
1:05.4	Tastes like candy.
1:06.4	So stick around until the end.
1:07.5	We're going to give you our rating and reveal the cost per glass at the end of the episode.
1:11.3	Yep. Okay. So I'm like the resident conspiracy theory.
1:15.3	Thank you for owning it. Friends here, right? And I know there's many of you out there. Thanks for reaching out.
1:20.3	Appreciate you. But, you know, one of the conspiracies, I think, though, is that, like, companies will do things to get you to buy more of the product, right?
1:29.4	That makes sense?
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