Bin stores, aka discount, surplus or salvage outlets – go by many names, but collectively serve an oversupplied retail market these days. Such stores specialize in selling returns and other troubled goods, offering a shortcut to lower prices. Also today, home insurance is a broken market in coastal areas, but one coastal state is adapting so well, premiums have decreased.
- Bin Store Savings: Segment 1
- Ask Clark: Segment 2
- New Coastal Building Standards: Segment 3
- Ask Clark: Segment 4
Mentioned on the show:
- What’s a bin store, and why should you check one out?
- Should I Tip on a Cruise?
- Booking a Cruise? Here Are 5 Ways To Do It for Less
- Clark does not purchase extended warranties!
- Retailers Offer Me Warranties on Everything I Buy Now. Are Any of Them Worth It?
- The Coastal State Where Home Insurance Is Relatively Affordable – WSJ
- Some houses are being built to stand up to hurricanes and sharply cut emissions, too
- NYTimes.com: A Climate Change Success Story? Look at Hoboken.
- Home Insurers To Be Scrutinized In Climate-Risk Study
- The Best Places To Sell Your Cell Phone
Clark.com resources
- Episode transcripts
- Community.Clark.com
- Clark.com daily money newsletter
- Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275
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