12.06.23 The Pros & Cons of Bin Stores / Home Insurance In Coastal States | Clark Howard Podcast

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

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