Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
Tangerine is offering a free eBook of "The Wealthy Barber Returns" by David Chilton. The offer is supposed to be for Tangerine clients, but it looks like the link (here) is not restricted to clients.
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Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
Downloaded and I'm definitely not a client. Thanks.
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Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
Downloaded a copy too. Thanks for the link.
I like the author's sense of humour. But the contents are too elementary for me (and, I suspect, for anyone hanging out on this forum).
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Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
This seems like a funny book.
About the Author
DAVID CHILTON is an economics graduate from Wilfrid Laurier University. In 1985, he won the award for the highest mark in the country on the Canadian Securities Course. Cheating was never proven but widely suspected. In 1989, he released The Wealthy Barber. It went on to sell an astonishing two million copies in Canada. After milking his one and only good idea for years, Dave left the personal-finance field to home-school his children...
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Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
+3. Thanks. Think I'll email it to my nieces. I've always liked Dave Chilton. His writing is engaging even if his advice is simplistic and tends to date quickly.
Probably the only time Tangerine has been (or ever will be) useful to me...
Probably the only time Tangerine has been (or ever will be) useful to me...
Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
Thanks for the link. I've heard of the Wealthy Barber because it keeps getting recommended but I have never seen it. This newer book is both very basic and seriously long-winded.
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Wish they'd just provide better interest rates than giving out free eBooks
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Who else is paying 3%?SkaSka wrote:Wish they'd just provide better interest rates than giving out free eBooks
How much better do you want?
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Where on earth do you come up with 3%deaddog wrote:Who else is paying 3%?SkaSka wrote:Wish they'd just provide better interest rates than giving out free eBooks
How much better do you want?
Their website very clearly states 0.80 %... https://www.tangerine.ca/en/saving/savings-accounts
Perhaps you have another link with the 3% offer
Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
Only certain clients get the special promo til the end of December or January.deaddog wrote:Who else is paying 3%?SkaSka wrote:Wish they'd just provide better interest rates than giving out free eBooks
How much better do you want?
They really do like jacking around their clients on interest rates!
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Every 3 months I do the Tangerine 2 step which consists of phoning and threatening to move my money and get a preferred rate.rhenderson wrote:
Where on earth do you come up with 3%
Their website very clearly states 0.80 %... https://www.tangerine.ca/en/saving/savings-accounts
Perhaps you have another link with the 3% offer
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Got it. Read it. Glad I didn't pay for it.
That said, I've sent the pdf version to my kids.
That said, I've sent the pdf version to my kids.
I don't intend to offend anyone, that part is just a bonus.
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Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
I dealt with ING for many years and was happy to do so as there were no hidden fees, no games, just exactly as advertised. Then BNS bought them and came up with the name Tangerine. Ever since, we have watched the rates drop and the silly games begin. Now they want to bribe me with a free book. Well I'm not buying. I don't play games with my savings. Just give me a good rate and good service. As far as I am concerned, Tangerine has lost it's way. Meridian Credit Union pays 1.5% on all your savings all the time and you don't have to play silly games to get it.
Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
Or you can go with Oaken for a consistent 1.75% but to me it's worth it to do the Tangerine two step every 3 months to pick up an extra 1% or so.Donut wrote:I dealt with ING for many years and was happy to do so as there were no hidden fees, no games, just exactly as advertised. Then BNS bought them and came up with the name Tangerine. Ever since, we have watched the rates drop and the silly games begin. Now they want to bribe me with a free book. Well I'm not buying. I don't play games with my savings. Just give me a good rate and good service. As far as I am concerned, Tangerine has lost it's way. Meridian Credit Union pays 1.5% on all your savings all the time and you don't have to play silly games to get it.
"And the days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, well, I have really good days" RW Hubbard
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Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
The Wealthy Barber Returns, still available as a free downoad.
From RBC Wealth Management site.
From RBC Wealth Management site.
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Good luck closing your account at Tangerine. If anyone has succeeded, please let us know how! I reduced my account to zero last summer, discovered you can't close your account online, refused to be stuck on hold waiting for customer service, and so mailed a polite paper letter to their Toronto head office address asking them to close my account. They have never acknowledged the letter or contacted me — and the last time I looked, my account is still open.
They're as bad as Facebook. Closing your account there takes months. But at least eventually they close it....
They're as bad as Facebook. Closing your account there takes months. But at least eventually they close it....
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Re: Free eBook "The Wealthy Barber Returns"
The Tangerine link to the book is now severed. So maybe it was illegal. The RBC site says the ebook is exclusive to them.
I just downloaded the ebook from RBC — and discovered that the book is copyright 2011! So it's hardly a new edition of the classic version. Some fishy marketting going on here....
I just downloaded the ebook from RBC — and discovered that the book is copyright 2011! So it's hardly a new edition of the classic version. Some fishy marketting going on here....
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Hopefully a reader will still find some of the advice 'timeless'.ScrapPaper wrote: ↑30 Jan 2022 18:14 The Tangerine link to the book is now severed. So maybe it was illegal. The RBC site says the ebook is exclusive to them.
I just downloaded the ebook from RBC — and discovered that the book is copyright 2011! So it's hardly a new edition of the classic version. Some fishy marketting going on here....
I know it seems like just yesterday, but TWBR was actually published in 2011.The original book came out in 1989.
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It was not illegal. It was a promotion sponsored by Tangerine. That it's now exclusive to RBC makes sense since the author has a long-standing (albeit not continuous) relationship with RBC going back to ~1997.ScrapPaper wrote: ↑30 Jan 2022 18:14 The Tangerine link to the book is now severed. So maybe it was illegal. The RBC site says the ebook is exclusive to them.
I haven't read it since 2011 but as I recall the advice was intended to be timeless. And it stands up because the topics covered are bread and butter personal finance and investing. It's an easy read - thanks to a very accessible writing style - but it has substance throughout. Worth paying full price for, so a no-brainer as a free download.ScrapPaper wrote: ↑30 Jan 2022 18:14I just downloaded the ebook from RBC — and discovered that the book is copyright 2011! So it's hardly a new edition of the classic version. Some fishy marketting going on here....
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Dave Chilton recently said that he is writing an updated Wealthy Barber book. Same story format but with updated characters and topics. Unsure of publication date. I'm sure we'll hear about it as it nears completion.