Comments on: links for 2006-12-11 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/ personal finance that makes cents Sun, 07 Sep 2008 16:37:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: English Major http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/#comment-28052 English Major Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:57:38 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/#comment-28052 Coincidentally, I just wrote <a href="http://englishmajormoney.blogspot.com/2006/12/personal-finance-grammar-and-usage_07.html" rel="nofollow">one of my grammar-nazi posts about this very error</a>, because, somewhat terrifyingly, <i>personal finance bloggers do it too</i>. Coincidentally, I just wrote one of my grammar-nazi posts about this very error, because, somewhat terrifyingly, personal finance bloggers do it too.

]]> By: icup http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/#comment-28039 icup Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:29:31 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/#comment-28039 So, if you see a sign at a fast food place claiming items on their value menu cost .99 cents, aren't they legally obligated to sell it to you at the advertised price? So, if you see a sign at a fast food place claiming items on their value menu cost .99 cents, aren’t they legally obligated to sell it to you at the advertised price?

]]> By: Travis Pulley http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/#comment-27955 Travis Pulley Mon, 11 Dec 2006 18:02:44 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/#comment-27955 I listened to that verizon call a couple days ago. I actually sat and heard the whole 23 minute clip laughing very uncomfortably. He would lead these people through the calculations and be so close without getting them to drive it home. I think he should have illustrated the units by replacing "cents" with "eggs" or "bottle caps". But I just couldn't believe the responses he was getting from all these different people! "Sir, that's just your opinion". and "I've been working here for two years, one and a half of those as manager". And then all the long pauses while these fools worked their calculators and scratched their heads... Every time, they came out with a final answer in dollars sounding 100% confident. One of my biggest disappointments about going to college was having to sit through too many classes that had people churning these things you really should know from previous schooling. It was like more high school all over again, only terribly expensive - no!!! I listened to that verizon call a couple days ago. I actually sat and heard the whole 23 minute clip laughing very uncomfortably. He would lead these people through the calculations and be so close without getting them to drive it home. I think he should have illustrated the units by replacing “cents” with “eggs” or “bottle caps”. But I just couldn’t believe the responses he was getting from all these different people! “Sir, that’s just your opinion”. and “I’ve been working here for two years, one and a half of those as manager”. And then all the long pauses while these fools worked their calculators and scratched their heads… Every time, they came out with a final answer in dollars sounding 100% confident.

One of my biggest disappointments about going to college was having to sit through too many classes that had people churning these things you really should know from previous schooling. It was like more high school all over again, only terribly expensive - no!!!

]]> By: Rich Schmidt http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/#comment-27890 Rich Schmidt Mon, 11 Dec 2006 12:46:54 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/12/11/links-for-2006-12-11/#comment-27890 Thanks for the Verizon Math link! Unbelievable! Thanks for the Verizon Math link! Unbelievable!

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