Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel
Are You a Quality or a Quantity Person? (And How That Affects Your Money)
Thu, 29 May 2025
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Chapter 1: What is the difference between quality and quantity in spending?
Today we're talking about a money tendency that we are polar opposites on, and I'm guessing a lot of you fall into one of these camps too. If I like it, I'm going to buy it at this stage of life. Because again, I don't know how many years I have left.
Okay, get off your high horse, like come down with the calm of people.
Yes.
And you're okay. Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz.
I'm George Camel.
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Chapter 2: How can you decide when to splurge versus save?
And this is Smart Money Happy Hour. Well, this is the show where two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about. Everything from pop culture, current events, and money.
Before we get to the episode, let's talk about what we're sipping on, Rachel. It is a woo-woo. A woo-woo? Hard to say. Delicious to drink.
I love a little woo-woo.
Stick around until the very end. We're going to give you our rating and reveal the cost per glass.
So great. So, George, I am a quantity person.
You love it all.
I do. Give me, like, something cheap. Give me Amazon earrings, 20 pairs. I don't need diamonds. Don't give me diamonds. Who needs them? Stop giving me diamonds, George. I don't want those diamonds.
Listen.
I want variety.
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Chapter 3: What are the pros and cons of being a quantity person?
You know the store that sums the quantity people up? Timu. Shop like a billionaire. That's their tagline. They didn't make that up. That's an unhinged tagline for any brand. For any, yeah.
I don't shop at Timu. I don't shop there. Not that it's bad.
No judgment. Shein, is that all you say? Yes. A lot of fast fashion. You're like, how is this $3? Actually, don't tell me. I don't want to know. There's a lot of that going on in the fast fashion world.
I will say this. The super, super, super cheap like that kind of wigs me out where I'm like, what is going on? But the Amazon thing for...
That's the middle of the road for you. 30 bucks.
Yes. Amazon, Target, Old Navy, like all of that to me is like middle of the road. Free game.
Yeah. And social media affects a lot of this trend cycle. You're ordering cheap stuff through an app. It's delivered to you free within a week. So it's kind of addictive because it feels like you're not really, there's not a lot at stake here. There's not a lot of risk on your part.
Yes. And I think that's why I like it because it's kind of like, oh yeah, we'll try it. And if I wear it a couple of times, that's it. Like I don't have to be married to it forever. Where there's some things that I have bought, And I'll keep it forever just to keep it because I can't part with it because I know how much I spent on it.
You know what I mean? So it's hard. Versus Amazon, here's what I do is I'll just go, well, it's got free returns. I'll drop it off at the Whole Foods Amazon return if I don't like it and get my money back.
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Chapter 4: What are the benefits of investing in quality items?
Okay. We'll look into it. Then yes, I am quality on this one. As a former Apple Store employee, I love technology.
Well, that's why your watch threw me off.
Yeah. Apple Watch.
I know.
Oh, but I don't need the latest and greatest.
Okay.
Because truthfully, the technology from this one to the latest Apple Watch, not that much more impressive.
Okay.
Apple, step it up.
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Chapter 5: How does social media influence shopping habits?
Chapter 6: What are the implications of fast fashion on consumer behavior?
I went with my heart, and I said, babe, don't you worry about a thing. I've got you. With bagel bites. God bless.
He's had bagel bites.
I've had bagel bites in years. I forgot those existed. I was so happy about it.
Might as well serve some Hot Pockets while you're at it.
They're as delicious as you remember them to be. They still hit. Yes. They were great. Now, I had to get the non-pepperoni ones, like just the cheese ones for him.
Oh.
Because he doesn't do meat anymore. He can't do meat. That's right.
Wow. Our little vegan. All right. Ready for the next one?
Let's do the last one, George. Here we go.
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Chapter 7: How do personal experiences shape spending tendencies?
I'll drink that Keurig like Rachel did twice this morning.
Two Keurigs?
Yeah, two cups of coffee.
Wow.
I love it. It's so good.
That's almost equal to a half a cup of good coffee. Two more, you would get there.
But we're not pretentious at all.
We're not. So it's fine.
All right, before we spill on our guiltiest charge segment, what are we sipping on? George, talk to us about this.
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