Comments on: Everything You Ever Really Needed to Know About Personal Finance On Just One Page – Download My Personal Finance eBook for Free!

By: Pranay Sanghavi

Pranay Sanghavi — Wed, 13 May 2009 11:34:36 +0000

Hi,

No offense meant to the americans, but In india we never grew up on the notion of living on credits or enjoying on borrowed money. USA is a corporation where this century’s statesmen have ruined the whatever little culture was there. I wonder how you have reached to a point where you have to be taught not to be living off on credit money!

Boy, this is what a 1st grade student or an infant kid learns–to be neat about belongings. I am from Mumbai, when i was in USA i visited few households, where i was appaled at the items you people have lying uselessly around. So many caps [like 2 dozen] collecting dusts, belts, different shoes, stashes of books, piles of branded CDs.. and from whatever i see in movies, seems the ladies in USA never cook at home! i hope that is not true.

Yes, India is still not a developed country due to corruption, dynastic-politicians, etc. but the average Indian Joe is far smarter in savings, frugality and conspicuous consumption. Also, in most educated middle class [people who have actually lived well according to the standards] the parents have a lot of retirement funds, most even have a house in their name and other ornaments, jewelery. I guess this is equal comparision because an american earner has much more wage and high standard of living that an Indian middle class earner.

By: almost there

almost there — Tue, 12 May 2009 19:56:00 +0000

Thank you Trent! Hmm, this could replace a couple of rows of library books in the PF section. You should publish it as a pamphlet for the Luddites out there:)

By: Do You Dave Ramsey?

Do You Dave Ramsey? — Sat, 09 May 2009 01:52:09 +0000

Thanks for sharing… I look forward to reading it!

Dave

By: SeekingLemonade

SeekingLemonade — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:47:59 +0000

Wow!

Great stuff.

Easy read, and all in one place, too.

Nice work!

By: Corporate Barbarian

Corporate Barbarian — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:34:17 +0000

Thanks, Trent. While i enjoy reading through your archives, having many of the tips in one place is very convenient. And a great idea.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:41:29 +0000

Thanks for the interesting read!

FYI, I spotted a typo.
p.35 penultimate paragraph
‘doing just taht.’

By: briston

briston — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:32:27 +0000

Thanks for keeping the knowledge free trent, your a modern day info steward and gentleman (also a master of karate and friendship if u ask me).

Go Share Alike!

By: Mol

Mol — Fri, 08 May 2009 16:09:26 +0000

Trent,
On page 9 the footnote links 12 and 13 are mixed up. =S

By: operagal

operagal — Fri, 08 May 2009 15:43:45 +0000

You know what’s really neat, that you would share this with all us readers for nothing. I found your website by mistake and have stayed here by choice. Thank you for sharing your story and for helping our lives be a bit more $ecure.

By: Matt @ My Financial Recovery

Matt @ My Financial Recovery — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:58:47 +0000

Thanks Trent!
I look forward to reading. As an FYI – the PDF download from your primary source did not allow a free download when I tried. I got an error message noting that the free download will be available again on May 9. Maybe you are still getting a ton of downloads?

By: Kay

Kay — Fri, 08 May 2009 01:33:53 +0000

Wow Trent I remember when you first wrote about that particular post how you had lunch or dinner with someone and you did the presentation on the back of business cards. I LOVED that post and it was all the information that I needed. Now you made it into a mini book. Trent you are the best!!!

By: Josh Moore

Josh Moore — Fri, 08 May 2009 00:23:35 +0000

Just read through Trent. Great stuff. Keep up the excellent work!

By: Bill in Houston

Bill in Houston — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:46:23 +0000

I just downloaded the PDF. Wow, that’s one long page :)

Thanks again. I’ve skimmed it and looks promising. I’ll most likely be downloading your books this weekend.

By: Alyx

Alyx — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:22:41 +0000

Thanks Trent! Being completely broke at the moment, and a diehard fan of your blog, I appreciate the freebie!

By: Another Elizabeth

Another Elizabeth — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:16:31 +0000

Thank you!

By: Nikki W

Nikki W — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:14:59 +0000

Thank you Trent. I’m a longer term fan of your thoughtful work. Appreciate you sharing this!! Pleaes let us know how the distribution affects your readership – a true social media experiment.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:41:47 +0000

Thanks Trent. I loved the business card when you posted it before. Very succinct. You might want to spell check & correct before more are downloaded. Yeah. The second sentence…abut?

By: rkt88edmo

rkt88edmo — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:58:46 +0000

archive.org DL still works for me.

Trent – it really would be handy to leave a tip jar on the SD front page, I think a lot of “pay what you think the content is worth”, if they are like me, want to pay after they check out the content. Right now that means to pay you have to find the specific post and click back through the download link. More hoops to jump through since there is no easy to find tip jar.

Thanks again for the simple dollar and the ebook.

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:33:06 +0000

Another way of saving money – for those who travel a lot or don’t want to spend $$ on hotels/hostels: http://www.couchsurfing.org – on the long run it can save you tons of cash.

By: Ro

Ro — Thu, 07 May 2009 14:40:35 +0000

I am having trouble downloading it. Will try again tomorrow. Thank you for your generosity.