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[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (10 children)

This woman seems 110% fake to me. She says she's a multi-millionaire but buy her clothes in thrift shops and mends them herself. She basically says she's rich but chooses to live the life of Joe Below Average because she likes it better. Seriousfuckingly.

She keeps talking about how to make your first $100,000 and so on, how to invest the first $1,000 etc. exactly like somebody who has not made it at all. That being said, some of her videos do convey truthfully sound financial advice, so obviously she isn't a moron.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

I take it you've studied her other videos? They're well produced and seem legit to me. I haven't come across anything that smelled like a desperate scam. But I have only watched a few of them.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

I've watched a dozen or so. Yes, they are well produced and seem legit, however many things don't fit, as mentioned above. "I'm rich and I live humbly" looks a lot like a cope to explain the lack of great luxury displayed in her videos. "I'm rich and I choose to not benefit from being rich." Does that sound legit to you?

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

"I'm rich and I choose to not benefit from being rich." Does that sound legit to you?

I've met all kinds in my life. The rich are just as peculiar.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

The rich were my home base for quite a few years as an investment manager. Even those who chose to live WELL beneath their means never displayed any such disregard for QUALITY. She says she finds quality second-hand clotes in thrift shops, and there are, and that she mends them herself. No rich person, and I have met at least few hundred, would do this. They value themselves and their time too much for that kind of menial and rewardless labor. She also seems unware that there is a difference between following the latest fashion and styles, always needing the newest shiny thing in order to stay up-to-date, and the high end exclusive shops that make 20 blouses of a certain design for the whole world. Savvy Rich people like THOSE shops, because they are often timeless classics with a twist of uniqueness and unsurpassed quality. Mending thrift shop second hand crap? WHY? To look unique? Those shops will let you look unique and not have to worry about the skin diseases of the previous wearer.

I'm not saying it's impossible she's rich. Just... From my experience, highly unlikely.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

She says she finds quality second-hand clotes in thrift shops, and there are, and that she mends them herself. No rich person, and I have met at least few hundred, would do this.

Don't pretend you know everything there is to know about all rich people. Or second hand "crap" with "skin diseases" - as if.

I've known many. Most of them are stingy, miserly, cheap asses in several ways. Not usually this way, but this is one possible way they can be miserly. Especially if they are creative or narcissists in need of an expressive outlet and satisfying hobby. She may even think she's saving the environment, or perhaps it started that way. Perhaps she appreciates custom one-of-a-kind items, rare vintage, or even antiques. Not everything rich people want is new and shiny.

Limited as my exposure is, IMO, her aesthetic fits right in with the edgy young hipsters of the Catskills or Hamptons from 18 years ago, when I was there, and is probably more trendy now.

She's from Iceland. It's a different foreign culture. You don't know her or her reasoning.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

I ran a search about her and found these comments by people who have followed her for a long time and have watched a lot of her content. She's also from Australia, not Iceland, while she lives in Iceland. And I hope you have noticed how friendly her Australian accent is. I've gone to Australia, and while my English is excellent, and I have zero issues understanding the British, the Australian have a bastardized English that I frankly couldn't understand in large part EVEN 3 WEEKS AFTER STAYING THERE. I'll let you guess why...

https://gurugossiper.com/viewtopic.php?t=34729

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

from Australia, not Iceland

Yes, the accent.

I can't guess.

Those folks are griping about her beautiful white female attitude and over-confidence in all things. I didn't see anything about her hustle/scam.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Her "info" is for ignoramuses and idiots. It's not even high school housewife saving and management course level.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Desperate scam: she says ''join our fantastic newsletter about which people are RAVING'' (with an embarrasingly sheepish little laugh that smells of bullshit more than a cow's anus) AT A HUGE DISCOUNT FOR A VERY LIMITED TIME with just a few days left.

Said 'join the order' subscription is ONLY US$100.00 / month for these paupers to this very rich woman who does not need money.

CAN YOU SMELL IT?

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I don't smell it.

All I smell is a well-produced and well-informed production with an overpriced parallel hustle that I haven't seen. I don't believe in get-rich schemes, but it doesn't mean she's "fake".