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Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

What Do Our Amazon Purchase Histories Say About Us?

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Ramsey Network

Business

4.92.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

It just so happens that you can learn a lot about someone by looking at their Amazon purchase history. Who knew? In this episode, you’ll learn a lot about George and Rachel as they entertain you with a few gems from their own purchase histories (including their very first Amazon buys). Plus, they’ll weigh in with a few tips to shop smart online—during the upcoming holiday sales or any time. In this episode: · The Amazon purchases George and Rachel made because they were “influenced” · Rachel’s “add to cart” rule · George never spends money to do this one thing Helpful Resources: · Pick up a copy of George’s new book , Breaking Free From Broke. · Booking a flight with Going is the best and simplest way to pay less and travel more. Sign up for free today at going.com/smartmoney. · Start making memories. Get Telestrations at Walmart. · Get your finances organized, make a plan, build your confidence, and kick money stress out of your life for good with the EveryDollar budgeting app. Go to www.everydollar.com/smartmoney to get started today. Use code SMARTMONEY to get a free two-week trial and $15 off your premium membership to EveryDollar. · Do you have 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. · Learn more about your ad choices: https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices · Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy: https://www.ramseysolutions.com/company/policies/privacy-policy This Week’s Happy Hour Special: Rosemary Pear Mocktail Recipe by Mash & Spread Ingredients (makes 1 cocktail): For the rosemary syrup: · 1 cup sugar · 1 cup water · 2–3 sprigs fresh rosemary For the mocktail: · ice · 4 tablespoons pear juice · 1 tablespoon rosemary simple syrup · 1 teaspoon lemon juice · 6 tablespoons sparkling water · Sliced pear (for garnish) · 2–3 sprigs thyme (for garnish) Instructions: For the rosemary syrup: Combine sugar and water in a pot and cook over medium heat. Cook until sugar is completely melted/dissolved. Turn off heat and allow mix to cool with rosemary sprigs. Once cooled, remove the rosemary sprigs and set syrup aside. For the mocktail: Fill glass halfway with ice. Pour pear juice, rosemary simple syrup, lemon juice and sparkling water. Garnish with fresh pear slices or sprigs of thyme.

Transcript

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This episode of Smart Money Happy Hour is brought to you by every dollar, the budgeting

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app that helps you give, save, and spend with confidence.

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Start budgeting for free today. Hey guys I'm Rachel Cruz. I'm George Camel and this is Smart Money Happy Hour.

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Cheers George. Cheers. Oh, delicious!

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Wonderful.

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Refreshing.

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Well, this is the show where two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about.

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So everything from pop culture, current events, and money.

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And today, Rachel, in honor of Black Friday and Cyber Monday and Green Tuesday and

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Wacky Wednesday, we're taking a little consumer's trip down memory lane.

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We recently discovered how historical the purchase history feature on Amazon is and we are

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shook.

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I mean all the way back to 2007 when you ordered textbooks

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from Amazon. I remember to those days I went to A books, A B.com any A books fans out there? We went to A books, A, B, E. and you're a books fans out there?

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We went to the bookstore on campus to buy our textbooks.

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I'll just say that much.

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That's what we did.

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Back in my day.

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Back in my day, we had bookstores.

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It's fine.

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But it got us thinking how shopping has evolved

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over the last several years especially since Amazon stepped in and took over our life

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