Random Household income surveys

[nath]

Anyone else have this mustachian problem:

Sometimes you fill in a survey when you buy something, like a toaster or whatever
And they ask about the buying experience etc,

And at the end there is a question asking you what your household income is
It says
0-20,000
20,000-40,000
40,000-60,000
…
…
…

On and on until the bottom one says $200k plus
I always look at the bottom and think we are way over that. 

[Paul der Krake]

Totally depends on the type of product. I was once a Bloomberg subscriber (the news product, not the terminal), and they sent me a welcome survey.

The first tranche was 0-150k, and the last one was 3m+.

[GilesMM]

Surveyors want to know who is buying their product and what income range they should be pitching their advertising to.

[Zikoris]

Another example of how I fuck up statistics and should probably be banned from surveys. I'll forever be that inconvenient outlier on the graph. I'm way too low income to do any of the cool stuff I do, and way too high income not to have any of the stuff normal people have.

[StacheDash]

We're definitely not way over that. We're not broke, but we do not make what others on this forum make.

[twinstudy]

I feel the same about savings rates. It's criminal how little most people save. It's not down to low income, either, in most cases - since Asian countries consistently beat out the U.S. in savings rates despite not having any higher PPP incomes. Westerners and particularly Americans are bad at saving, and that's inexcusable.

[TheFrenchCat]

We're definitely not way over that. We're not broke, but we do not make what others on this forum make.

Us too.  That's something I really like about the blog is that MMM mostly emphasizes the saving over having a massive income.  He didn't make a ridiculous amount of money during his career, and he's doing just fine.  Mustachianism has always felt accessible, even when we weren't making much at all.

[ROF Expat]

We're definitely not way over that. We're not broke, but we do not make what others on this forum make.

Us too.  That's something I really like about the blog is that MMM mostly emphasizes the saving over having a massive income.  He didn't make a ridiculous amount of money during his career, and he's doing just fine.  Mustachianism has always felt accessible, even when we weren't making much at all.

I'm on the higher end on income, but I find I learn the most from the people here who live great lives without high incomes.  At the end of the day, net worth matters, not income.  Having a high income career and facing retirement with nothing in the bank is not a successful outcome. 

I have no interest in filling out surveys so that companies can sell my data or try to market to me more effectively. 

[flyingaway]

Walmart is worse. Every time I check out, the machine asks me if I want to donate $1, $5, $10, ...., even if my purchase is a $1 bread.

[stoaX]

We're definitely not way over that. We're not broke, but we do not make what others on this forum make.

Us too.  That's something I really like about the blog is that MMM mostly emphasizes the saving over having a massive income.  He didn't make a ridiculous amount of money during his career, and he's doing just fine.  Mustachianism has always felt accessible, even when we weren't making much at all.

I'm on the higher end on income, but I find I learn the most from the people here who live great lives without high incomes.  At the end of the day, net worth matters, not income.  Having a high income career and facing retirement with nothing in the bank is not a successful outcome. 

I have no interest in filling out surveys so that companies can sell my data or try to market to me more effectively.

I generally don't do surveys either.  If I was asked my income I would either skip the question or put in zero.