Full Show: Are You Paying Higher Prices Than Others? and Why Weddings Are Shrinking

[@robbriner9575]

Because of my financial profile, including credit score, assets, and lifestyle, I'm convinced I've recently been quoted higher prices for commercial flights, hotel rooms, and theatre tickets. I'm generally not paranoid but suspect that instant profiling -- way beyond a standard credit check -- is enabling this and I don't like it. If Amazon is doing it to me they've been incremental and limited so far but in any event instant dynamic pricing is a form of discrimination that feels exploitative and unfair.

[@g.t.richardson6311]

Weddings should shrink Total waste of money, my opinion , money Could be better spent Other places

[@mamamia4745]

I've always said "take that money & invest in the marriage, not the wedding!" -from one who was married by the same justice of the peace as my parents and both were parted by death.

[@elizabetheaton5060]

Glad Clark is doing well.

[@marietaylor5174]

Thank you Team Clark.

[@kathyholt3516]

Added tip for sending check in the mail: Take picture of check & paperwork for proof.

[@Clark]

Good tip, Clarkie! 💚

[@daninraleigh]

Are you going to tell us what companies charge more for loyalty membership???

[@elitepctech]

I save on chicken by buying the Costco Rotisserie, cut it up, put it in container, which goes in my cooler. Beats paying 10x for Chick-fil-A, Cain's, KFC, or Popeye's. Probably healthier as well.

[@gloriaponosuk3854]

Costco has a lot of chemicals in their premate chicken.You should look it up.

[@persistence4752]

No one is safe all the fast foods have chemicals too. There a reason why the generations before us way back grew their own food and raised their own animals for food

[@magnoliap5824]

I refuse to buy that chicken and I’m a Costco fan. They will not share where the chickens come from or how they are treated.

[@beatitudesmatthew25.40]

@@gloriaponosuk3854how about Publix or Sam’s chicken?

[@christopherhoyt7195]

Anything beyond fruits, veggies, seeds, and nuts is a health risk either acute or incremental so why pay a premium to push your luck? Meat and fish are a lot more expensive than beans, and oatmeal which will provide even more protein by weight than animal products, can be had for cheap and stored without refrigeration next to baking potatoes 🥔 which are also cheap and are the most nutrient dense food there is. Vitamin B12? Are you really falling for that social media marketing ploy? If so, nutrional yeast is chock full of B12, and has a wonderful cheesy flavor on top of steamed veggies which also cost next to nothing. Fruit and water are cheap abundant and filling too. Watching your wallet is a gateway to watching your health and maybe the only aspect of life that's not a ripoff today. MOST executives in processed food never eat it. Fast food is not always fast, but it is ALWAYS poison. You're paying a premium now, to lose a fortune later as MOST people in the US die peniliess owing to medical costs. So chew on that fat.

[@tamarasmith1023]

Contractors have been charging more and doing this for years. Means testing is real!

[@R1M1r1m1]

The couple shouldn't expect a wedding gift then especially since they get mostly cash anyway.

[@nickfoleie2074]

My wife owns a corrola loves it. They run forever. Inexpensive. Nice sunroof. Its the car she wanted.

[@mdn8rdr5903]

Christa is right as usual! I have seen it too. People (the bride and mother typically) will devote hundreds of hours to plan an extravagant wedding and zero time thinking about the subsequent marriage.

[@kevinhamilton6256]

We were married at a friend's house under the pergola in their huge back yard. Very small group of close people. Then we had a deli and veggie platter reception in their dining room. Doesn't get much cheaper than that! A wedding doesn't NEED to be expensive.

[@Clark]

Love it! 💚

[@kevinhamilton6256]

@@Clark Thanks, Clark!

[@beatitudesmatthew25.40]

Sounds like what I did, Kevin. Backyard, rented/borrowed folding chairs, deli meats, cheeses, and veggie/fruit platters with a grocery store cake. Nautical theme (blue and white), b/c we both were in the Navy. All for less than $1000, invites inc.

[@Gumby1978]

I learn something new daily. Thank you, Clark

[@pamelaoehrtman4549]

2019 wedding. $1,000 budget. Spent a little over $800.

[@Clark]

Way to go! 👏👏👏

[@KS-kr4ok]

I told my kids I would give them each $10,000 towards a wedding. One took the money and used it for a car. The other one wanted her queen for a day party. A month after the wedding she called and wanted to borrow money for a down payment for a house. I had a long laugh and hung up. She could have used the money for the house but no, she wanted attention instead of security. At least one of my kids did the smart thing. She eloped and used the money for a car. A new marriage with no car payment is a wonderful thing.

[@Clark]

You experienced both sides of the coin! That's exactly what Clark did. He set a certain amount of money for his daughter's wedding and told her she can use all or none of it for wedding expenses. She spent a small amount on the wedding and used the majority of it for a downpayment on a house.💚

[@glennoconnor2980]

Rollover check, USPS Registered Mail, to Vanguard. Made it in record time!!!!

[@charlessommers7218]

Great show 😊

[@ShellyCap9]

11 years ago on 31st we flew to Vegas to get married, we didnt tell anyone, didnt have a party, just us getting married. The most expensive part was the flights lol

[@Clark]

Awesome! 💚

[@lisakeller9105]

I had curly thick hair after my chemos. Did Clark have cancer?

[@Clark]

Yes, Clark has prostate cancer but has never had any chemo for it. He's been managing it for about 14 years with active surveillance. 🩵💚

[@billd7120]

All dental work is a fraction of the cost in Mexico, even taking insurance into consideration, with similar if not the same quality. In some cases, you can fly down close to the border, cross, have your work done and fly home for cheaper than what it would case to have the work done in the US. My family does check-ups and cleanings in the US through a plan covered by my work but we are lucky to live near the border and can drive down for any work that needs to be done. Braces for my son cost $1800 2 years ago.

[@Clark]

Good tip, Clarkie! 🙌

[@grayfox9911]

Thanks Clark & Team! NNTR

[@daveassanowicz186]

I had a retainer as a kid, and it made my teeth worse. They're just gimmicks to pump you for money, total rip-off!

[@TheHavocdog]

3 years ago my daughter had a wedding. They rented a shelter at a local park for $800. They rented chairs for $600. They had a local restaraunt make the food for $1500. My daughter's friends served the food for a cost of about $350. The music was played on a portable sound system that the grooms friend had. All in, including the preacher's fee and the wedding gown, only cost about $6000.

[@Clark]

Your daughter did a great job saving money! 👏👏👏

[@mongo2044]

That Macbook thing is nonsense. If it had been real, Consumer Reports, etc, would have been all over it! I am surprised Clark would bring up non fact checked junk! Except, his weird bias against Apple users. BTW: poor people use Apple stuff to. It lasts longer and refurb or older models can be had cheaper. Many college majors and big industries also use Apple computers like design, advertising, photography, journalism, biology, genetics, etc. All the common and professionally designed fonts are designed and made on Macs, even fonts on windows and Android.

[@MsGail61]

I tried to get a retainer from Sporting Smiles but I could never make an impression in putty that they would accept.

[@lindaripp5902]

Thank you

[@marcygriffin7822]

Always awesome 😎 information…Thanks 😊

[@johndematatis9718]

Im currently wedding planning. We are trying to spend around 5k for the whole thing but it will likely be closer to 10k. Photographers are the most expensive thing! Planning to get married at a state park with no dj, local catering, and planning to get our alcohol from costco!

[@Clark]

Congratulations! Check out local photography schools and hire a couple of photography students to do your wedding for a fraction of the cost. 💚

[@marypeterson1053]

Good to know weddings smaller. I LOVE HEARING THAT!

[@KS-kr4ok]

I never wanted a wedding. I wanted a marriage. A marriage does not require a huge party, just two mature people with their priorities in order.

[@beatitudesmatthew25.40]

@@KS-kr4okyes. It’s not how you launch the ship…but how you steer it

[@upperechelon3456]

Justice of the peace for me and the misses. Still happily married after several decades.😅

[@Clark]

👏👏👏

[@X.MillennialResponder.X]

13:09 I am curious is it Knight Of Columbus because I do have a Knight Of Columbus whole life insurance and I’ve been on the wall for the last few years. The only reason I haven’t got rid of it is because it is it part of a nonprofit and only can be sold to other Knight Of Columbus members.

[@Clark]

Don't think it is. There are several companies that sell these. 💚

[@X.MillennialResponder.X]

@@Clark talking specifically about the knights of Columbus not the product. Do you have any info bad or good on the Knights? They can only sell services to only other knights so it is private and a nonprofit organization…

[@retired8484]

Absolutely move to your own IRA. Do not use Vanguard. Stick with Fidelity.

[@Clark]

Both are great choices! 💚

[@e-care-books9867]

#BonusTerm - "Fleece": A car "lease" that is expensive; a ripoff.

[@Clark]

💚 #bonusterm

[@magnoliap5824]

Someone is leasing a Toyota Corolla? OMG 😳

[@Clark]

💯 Those are lifetime cars.

[@cindypatrick785]

We got married 45 years ago and I was the first of 2 girls to marry and as a family of 7 we didn’t have lots of money for an extravagant wedding.A local seamstress knew of a girl that had a wedding dress my size and she was willing to rent it out to me for $35, a dear friend made wedding cakes .We had a 5 tier gorgeous cake and paid $83. We did not have a sit down meal , we rented a college ballroom and our friends from our congregation and surrounding congregations provided cakes and cookies. Our wedding song was sung by a dear friend, it is “ Reunited” by Peaches & Herb because I met my husband while my girlfriend and I were on vacation

[@cindypatrick785]

He lived in Florida and I lived in Oklahoma while we dated for 10 months so a friend made 2 cakes , one was in the form of a dial phone and then shaped a cord between the phone and another cake in the shape of the handset itself. Since we were going to be living in Florida our friends here locally got less breakable wedding gifts , then when our Florida friends threw us a wedding reception they got us the more fragile gifts. We still use some of the gifts. My only regret is I went w an artificial wedding bouquet and if I had it to do over I would have had fresh flowers. 7:57

[@Clark]

@@cindypatrick785 Awesomeness! 💚

[@olafpamela]

I'm with you Clark on the wedding 😮😊👍🏻 We got married 35 years ago, we only had a reception only for less than 20 people.🥰 Then on the honeymoon we went our in-laws camper😮😃 too save money. 😊👍🏻 My husband has used Pirateship to ship packages and had great service 👍🏻 Thanks for sharing 👋🏽👋🏽😃

[@Clark]

Love the camper honeymoon to save money and going 35 years strong! 💚

[@X.MillennialResponder.X]

23:47 when we got married, we had a budget. We did not deviate from the budget, but I will say that family members will want certain things whether it’s her parents or your parents my recommendation just as we did if they truly want that for your wedding because they wanna show off things have them pay for it at the time put some stress on family members but at the end of the day, we did not take a loan. We did not do any of those things at the end of the day, it’s your wedding your budget if they want to add to that budget that is on those family members don’t feel guilty. This is a life that you’re starting with your new wife not a life that you’re going to live with other family members.

[@Clark]

Sound advice, Clarkie! 🙌

[@antirrhinum130]

We paid for our daughter's wedding and baby shower. They tried to keep it relatively small to keep costs down but they were still quite expensive. However, the genuine happiness on her face on those two days were worth it.

[@hurricanehilde2744]

Congratulations 🎉

[@stevencole7331]

My daughter has recently got engaged . Her thought was having a camping wedding . Well that wasn't well received in the family. I personally like it but in the world of glitz and glamor it's probably low on the list to participate in . I made the offer to my daughter to help pay for her honeymoon over the traditional pay for the wedding thing . Wedding are for everybody else while honeymoons are for the couple. Yes it's fun to have a big party and that's what a wedding reception is .

[@Clark]

Congratulations to your daughter! Tell her to ignore the noise and do exactly what SHE wants. Send those camping wedding invitations, and people can come or not (the "nots" will save her even more money). 💚

[@i.m.7777]

Charging guests to attend one's wedding??? Tacky to the nth degree!!!

[@alanYoung-g1z]

Hopefully it ended up being a cozy immediate family event.

[@Clark]

@@alanYoung-g1z 60 people went to the wedding.