Comments on: Coin-Girl Meets Dave Ramsey-Girl

By: Melony

Melony — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:16:57 +0000

I wasn’t working toward a juicy emergency fund, but now that I’ve read this, I am. Thanks for inspiring me! $32 is a lot when you figure it’s found money that won’t be counted as income tax. In my household, that looks more like $60…and in your emergency bank account, if you earn interest, it will turn into even more.
Love this blog!

By: Divine Bird Jenny

Divine Bird Jenny — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:22:46 +0000

Katy, I just wrote a post on my blog about going through some ‘unwanted’ coins and the ENTIRE TIME I was thinking, “Coin Girl would be SO PROUD of me right now!” I also linked to you in the entry. If you’d like to read it, here’s the post:

http://divinebird.com/wordpress/?p=307
It’s the one called “Coin Girl Would Be Proud”.

So you know, I read every entry of NCA, though I’m terrible about commenting. While I haven’t gone wholly non-consumer, my husband and I are slowly changing our thinking about ‘stuff’ in general. Thank you for your awesome blog!

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 06:37:14 +0000

Jupe,

My sister lives in Canada, so I send my found change up to her whenever my parents visit her.

Ever yours,
Coin-Girl

By: Jupe B

Jupe B — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 02:01:55 +0000

Coin Girl,

Do you save those Canadian coins in a jar and get them exchanged later? I’m not sure how much you would need to find to pay any exchange fees at a bank.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 19:32:43 +0000

I like Dave Ramsey. Thankfully we’re out of debt other than the mortgage, but he inspires me to want to pay that off early too!

By: Meg

Meg — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 15:10:05 +0000

We have an emergency fund, more than $1000, but less than we want ideally. I think it’d last us about 2-3 months, but ideally I want one that could last us a year or more and I’d at least feel a lot better with one that’d last 6 months. That has to wait, though, until we’re further out of debt — which we’re climbing out of slowly but surely. We’re not quite gazelle intense, but we have to make it further than most gazelles. More like endurance runner intense.

As you might guess, the emergency fund is one area where I sort of don’t agree with Dave Ramsey, but then I think our particular situation warrants a larger emergency fund, at least for now. Other than that, though, and maybe even including that, I think he has a great plan. My husband and I watch him on Hulu and I’ve read at least one of his books, maybe two (been a while), which I borrowed from the library.