Comments on: Personal Finance Links (Bon Bini Aruba Edition)

By: Millionaire Acts

Millionaire Acts — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:26:14 +0000

Nice set of personal finance links! I hope one of my posts would also be included. I’m a personal finance blogger too. :)

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:39:19 +0000

Yeah, I understand the value of the lists … just that the per-address price that some companies are paying to acquire them seems a bit high. If the Texas de Brazil thing has a 10% yield, what’s their cost of acquiring that one good address …

Although, I guess it’s no different than a BOGO coupon.

(shrug) I’ll happily give out one of my addresses in exchange for a discount :)

By: David@DINKS Finance

David@DINKS Finance — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:57:26 +0000

@Kosmo

Here’s the thing – email lists are worht a lot of money. Think about someone like Glenn Beck who has an email list. He has millions and millions who get his daily email. This email is invaluable to promote his company, plus (of course) there are ads in them.

Even if only 1/10 gave their real email the email list is still well worth their time. It’s a direct link to a consumer, and it’s not as blatant or annoying as a phone call.

By: Kosmo @ The Casual Observer

Kosmo @ The Casual Observer — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:05:31 +0000

I’m a bit surprised that companies still value people’s email address so much. I mean, they do realize that I’m not giving them my main address, right – just my spam address.

By: John DeFlumeri Jr

John DeFlumeri Jr — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 05:46:30 +0000

I never heard of anyone drinking iced tea in Las Vegas before! That was a good tip about Texas de Brazil 50%, thanks.

By: Kay

Kay — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:29:36 +0000

Nice roundup. Thanks for including my aging parents post. Now go have a good time!

By: David@DINKS Finance

David@DINKS Finance — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:42:07 +0000

“I plan on having some good articles for you this week. However, to paraphrase yet another of my favorite Serenity quotes… what I plan and what takes place ain’t ever exactly been similar.”

I’m in the same boat! I plan on doing a lot of things that don’t always end up happening. Hopefully you do bust out those articles, tho.