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September 5 31 Comments latest by henry
Hey, pretty cool news — CNBC flew me out earlier this week to New York to appear on “On The Money,” a new personal-finance show.
Here are a couple pictures of me getting prepped from a while back:


And here’s the clip of me appearing earlier this week, on Tuesday (click to watch clip):
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Logan
September 5th, 2008
Ramit,
Awesome clip. Thanks for all the tips on those perks. That advice will be huge in the future. Great site! I love the material.
Simon
September 5th, 2008
Hey, that's pretty cool man. It's a pity that CNBC titled your clip "Negotiating Credit Card Late Fees" when it's got nothing to do with that.
topseekrit
September 5th, 2008
That's pretty awesome, you're pretty calm on camera. You should consider doing more vlogs; I think it will add more dimension and interest to the blog
Stephen
September 5th, 2008
Nice work! You sound eloquent and well prepared.
Chris Yeh
September 5th, 2008
Work on your fake smile! But great appearance.
During my friend Chris' first appearance on CNBC, he didn't blink once. That wasn't so good.
Moneymonk
September 5th, 2008
I'm unable to play the video
Cindy
September 5th, 2008
Ramit, that was so hot! Great advice, and well done!
Frugal Dad
September 5th, 2008
Awesome appearance, and great advice! Agree with the other commenter on the CNBC tagline. Should have indicated you were discussing credit card perks, not fees. Still, an entertaining (and informative) couple minutes.
ekrabs
September 5th, 2008
Yes, superb interview! Good articulation, tone, and tempo. Fit right in.
gotham
September 5th, 2008
nice clip. you should update the pix on your blog you look so much different.
Pamela Slim
September 5th, 2008
Great show!
You're working it bro, I'm telling you! Donny Deutsch, Larry King, watch out! (but if you sit with Matt Lauer before me, I will never speak to you again)
That is the way Rachael Ray started ... homegrown press in her backyard, then a national appearance, then her own cooking show, then multiples, then the magazine/talk show/cookbooks, ACK!
Yumm-o!
Can't wait to see the IWTYTBR perfume.
-Pam
Laura
September 5th, 2008
Ramit,
How long was the prep for the interview vs the actual interview?
Success Professor
September 5th, 2008
Excellent interview! Congratulations.
Renato
September 5th, 2008
Awesome, Ramit. It was short, clear, and very helpful for the audience. It was disapointing to learn that you don't have a fake Simpson's Indian character accent. Oh, you and your standard English, so boring. Heheh. Oh and another thing. I always pronounced your name with the accent on the first sylable. I guess I was wrong. But seriously, congratulations on yet another success. You're like a rocket now.
Daniel
September 6th, 2008
Nice work!
Eden
September 6th, 2008
That's so cool! You did a great job by the way- very calm and you were clearly an expert on the subject.
Mary@SimplyForties
September 6th, 2008
Wow - that was some fast talking! Great job!
Josh
September 7th, 2008
Ramit......very disappointed I didn't hear negotiate like and Indian but otherwise great TV spot!
evie
September 7th, 2008
awesome!
Sam
September 8th, 2008
As expected the video won't work on Firefox, was able to view it on Internet Explorer (as Microsoft partly owns cnbc.com). Maybe a coincidence?
Anyway, it was a good interview. The guy knows his stuff obviously. Congrats!
ekrabs
September 8th, 2008
Off-topic, but I use Firefox, and the video worked just fine.
Could be a plug-in issue.
Jen
September 8th, 2008
Nice! How did the makeup feel?
firstagain
September 9th, 2008
Ramit - looking good! Excellent commentary on credit cards. You and Susan both enlightened me on some actual benefits of using credit cards. Thanks.
Trisha
September 10th, 2008
That was really helpful. Thanks for that! I am calling my sneaky credit card company today..
Average Jane
September 10th, 2008
Gotta be honest... you're not hard on the eyes. I know, I know. Not exactly the comments you're looking for, but seriously, you have the right to know...
Now, if only this were a "vlog".
KS
September 11th, 2008
Just saw the video. Great job!
Congratulations on your CNBC appearance!
Adil
September 15th, 2008
Awesome ramit,
I never knew about the stuff you mentioned.
The next thing i am doing is calling my CC company and getting a list of perks.
Way to go.
~Adil.
Glen
September 20th, 2008
Ramit- I love that CC perks list! Anyway, I'm an insurance agent. We have been advising customers to purchase teh physical damage portion of the insurance from the rental company. We had a client who damaged a rental car in a collision. The rental company then repaired sold the car. They only got $15,000 for the used car that they would've gotten 17,000 had it not been in a collision. The rental car company billed the customer for 'demunition of value'. That $2,000 was not covered by the customers personal auto policy nor credit card company.
Jeremy Salter
September 26th, 2008
Ramit,
I'm sure I have already heard all the info you talked about on the clip, but I'm bummed because the link isn't working anymore. I was hoping to see you on CNBC, haha!
Let me know if I can help to get the link reactivated.
Best,
-Jeremy
Ramit Sethi
September 26th, 2008
The link still works -- please try it again!
henry
October 10th, 2008
Ramit,
First I'd just like to say I love your site and blogs! So my credit card and/or car insurance will give me car rental car damage insurance. Let's say I get in an accident: is there any benefit to buying the rental car company's car insurance in order to shield my car insurance company from knowing, so that my car insurance payments will stay the same?
-Henry