Comments on: SmartyPig Finally Got Smart http://thefinancebuff.com/2008/09/smartypig-finally-got-smart.html like a friend telling you about money ... Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:44:17 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: TFB http://thefinancebuff.com/2008/09/smartypig-finally-got-smart.html/comment-page-1#comment-910 TFB Thu, 11 Sep 2008 03:13:17 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2008/09/smartypig-finally-got-smart.html#comment-910 Trailbandit - I'm more forgiving. I think the product as it is now is acceptable. For people who prefer compartmentized savings, it's a good tool. Few other places have this feature. The interest rate is pretty good. To borrow your analogy, it would be I can <i>see</i> the restaurant cleaned up. I would give them a second chance. Trailbandit – I'm more forgiving. I think the product as it is now is acceptable. For people who prefer compartmentized savings, it's a good tool. Few other places have this feature. The interest rate is pretty good. To borrow your analogy, it would be I can see the restaurant cleaned up. I would give them a second chance.

]]> By: Trailbandit http://thefinancebuff.com/2008/09/smartypig-finally-got-smart.html/comment-page-1#comment-909 Trailbandit Wed, 10 Sep 2008 15:52:08 +0000 http://thefinancebuff.com/2008/09/smartypig-finally-got-smart.html#comment-909 The initial roll-out of this company/website/program was a huge money grab by the owners/developers/organizers. The changes were made because financially savvy consumers and blogs/commenters called them on the money grab. It was either change or die. They made some changes, but one still cannot forget about the attempted money grab. If your local restaurant was involuntarily shut down by the county health department due to a cockroach infestation, would you go back after the owners said they cleaned up? Any middlemen asking for a cut out of your savings goals should be avoided. There are many better ways. The initial roll-out of this company/website/program was a huge money grab by the owners/developers/organizers. The changes were made because financially savvy consumers and blogs/commenters called them on the money grab. It was either change or die. They made some changes, but one still cannot forget about the attempted money grab.

If your local restaurant was involuntarily shut down by the county health department due to a cockroach infestation, would you go back after the owners said they cleaned up?

Any middlemen asking for a cut out of your savings goals should be avoided. There are many better ways.

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