Comments on: Who Do You Trust?

By: Carnival of Personal Finance#196: Music Edition

Carnival of Personal Finance#196: Music Edition — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 11:58:04 +0000

[...] getting a referral, Who Do You Trust? Four Pillars shares his [...]

By: Riscario Insider

Riscario Insider — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 18:19:06 +0000

Thanks for the mention, Mr Cheap. I’m still very interested in the topic of trust and get Google Alerts to keep current.

By chance, I asked a lawyer about trust two days ago. The issue was financial advisors and how it’s difficult for the public to gauge the value of the advice. The reply? Caveat emptor. Buyer beware. That’s true, but not very helpful.

Authors can be credible. If their revenue comes from writing, they often share the best of what they know at low cost. You can scan through the book before purchase, which reduces your financial risk compared with attending a $$$ seminar.

What if you don’t know anyone who can give you referrals?

Try LinkedIn (like a Facebook for business). You can see who has provided recommendations. You can gauge the credibility of the people who provided the recommendations.

By the way, cheddar cheese is the best cheese in the world.

By: A Lap Of The Blogs : WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com

A Lap Of The Blogs : WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:36:05 +0000

[...] Four Pillars asks, Who Do You Trust? [...]

By: Potato

Potato — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:48:19 +0000

D'oh, needed the http:// part in the linky after all.

By: Potato

Potato — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:46:22 +0000

"...more readers if we’d written about why Cheddar cheese is the best cheese on the planet." Dibs!

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 15:42:21 +0000

I believe my grandfather was the wisest professor to have taught me in all my education years…
He once told me: “Mark, never forget that trust is not given, it’s earned… but also don’t forget that in this day & age (and this was the mid 70’s) there will be someone who will gladly give you their trust for the right price”…
I can agree that referals are a great way to find someone in whom you can trust, but then again, you need to look at who is doing the refering.
I totally agree with what you said Mr.Cheap, the best way to trust is to get as much information and educate yourself, the rest is pretty much a gutt instinct (even though I don’t like the way that sounds)…