The New Selling Used Crap Economy
It sucks.
We are trying to get rid of 75% of our stuff before we flee to Europe and selling on Craigslist is slow and infuriating. I had someone offer $50 for my $300 jogging stroller because the brake (a bike-type brake) needed to be adjusted. People hem and haw about a $5 purchase. It is flat out not worth it.
Taking books to the big used bookstore near me is almost as bad. On my last trip, I took 2 big boxes of books and had over an hour wait for an offer. There were seriously more sellers than buyers. I asked the guy that helped me about the wait time and he said it has been really busy all summer. Cleaning and decluttering, I guessed? No, the economy. People are broke.
A recession is the wrong time to sell all of your stuff. Dave Ramsey might want to update his advice for this new, sucky economy.
Dave Ramsey Books On Sale
Dave Ramsey’s books, including The Total Money Makeover (TTMM) are on sale on Dave Ramsey’s website. Of course the library is free and there are also a bunch of Dave Ramsey’s radio shows on YouTube (also free). Maybe being gazelle intense should start with not buying the book. 
Paying Off Smaller Student Loan
Reminder – always check that extra payments are credited correctly.
The state sent me a check for $1034.17 of back pay a couple of weeks ago. Being a good little Dave Ramsey follower, I sent the money to my student loan company to pay down one of my smaller loans. To apply the check to one loan in particular, I have to write the loan number in the memo portion of the check. The student loan company didn’t notice and instead applied the check to all of my loans so the smallest loan only received $65.
A phone call later and the customer service person assured me they would fix it. We’ll see.
