Today on the Consumerism Commentary Podcast, Bryan J Busch talks with Patrick van der Voorst, founder of ValueMyStuff, and Tom Dziubek speaks with Ralph Pinto from Chase about their participation in the Drive to End Hunger campaign.
ValueMyStuff / Chase Double the Difference: S06E21 / 178 and 168
Table of contents
[00:00] Introduction from Bryan J Busch
[00:41] Interview with Patrick van der Voorst
– [00:55] How ValueMyStuff works
– [01:44] What are people asking for values of?
– [02:23] People appraise things for selling and insurance
– [03:04] Why art is considered an investment
– [04:54] Comparing other investments to precious metals
– [05:36] Patrick’s predictions for values going up
– [07:24] Why certain items lose value overnight
– [08:58] Valuable works of art as part of a retirement portfolio
– [10:34] Older computers and iPods are now collectors’ items
– [11:33] How to get the best estimate at ValueMyStuff.com
[13:17] Interview with Ralph Pinto
– [13:26] Chase’s Drive to End Hunger Campaign with AARP Visa Card
– [15:19] Older Americans and food insecurity
– [16:05] Success of the AARP Visa Card campaign
– [17:07] Chase’s involvement and components
– [18:45] Why older Americans donate more to charity
– [19:42] Signing up for the AARP Visa Card
– [20:28] Making donations directly to the campaign
– [21:02] Partnership with AARP and NASCAR
[21:56] End
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Updated March 18, 2012 and originally published March 11, 2012. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the RSS feed or receive daily emails. Follow @flexo on Twitter and visit our Facebook page for more updates.
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Luke Landes founded Consumerism Commentary in 2003 and has been building online communities since 1990. Luke, also known as Flexo, has contributed to PC World Magazine, US News, Forbes, and other publications. 
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A similar service to this is Priceonomics. They are trying to be the Kelly Blue Book for everything. Wonder how close the art valuations would match up.