Comments on: Love & Sequins #2 – Short N Sweet Review

By: Ms Constantine

Ms Constantine — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:04:16 +0000

I realise there are a load of rich people here now. But NZ still isn’t a society that deals in trust funds nearly as much as, say, America. I know 0 people in real life that live off trust funds.
Also, house prices rise with inflation. If they’re all close to a million that means everyone is on relatively the same level. It doesn’t mean the owners are rich, it means they’re middle class, or upper middle.

By: david

david — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:57:02 +0000

LOADS of people in NZ have trust funds! This is crazy you act like there’s no rich people here? its WEIRD have you seen our house prices, there’s hardly anything left for under a million!

By: Bef with an F

Bef with an F — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:40:50 +0000

I know, late to the party- this review is actually what brought me to your website.

But I must say I wish I had read this review before I plunged in & bought the podcast. I actually subscribed to the whole thing in a fit of Gala-induced glee, & it was shortly after that I started going to her website less & less frequently (same reason many of the original readers have, don’t need to re-hash it). The podcast is exactly as you say, nothing new really, & the most recent one (#6, ‘Better Dressed’) is literally her reading out loud her articles about style bibles, ‘fashion help for recovering goths’, & closet cleaning. Sure there is some other stuff in there too, but it doesn’t help me with the overall feeling of being ripped off.

Can I unsubscribe? I don’t know. It seems like Gala has sort of unsubscribed all of us- they started coming later & later into the month (the one for October arrived on the 30th), & the one for November hasn’t arrived yet. I’m sure she has received more than her fair share of negativity lately, but I would sort of like an answer as to what I am going to receive for the second half of the money I paid her up front.

By: anmber

anmber — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 02:29:47 +0000

I sadly agree with the above comments…..see also her latest and greatest purchase….while living it up in NYC….

http://www.flickr.com/photos/galadarling/4128843991/

No way she could afford this and the other many purchases she has been buying lately unless $ is rolling in from elsewhere….

Sad……..but true

By: Aimee Marie / Blog » Friday Feeling: Part Thirty-Three

Aimee Marie / Blog » Friday Feeling: Part Thirty-Three — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 19:36:02 +0000

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By: x.x.

x.x. — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 22:05:39 +0000

Although I read Gala and admire her style, my main gripe with her is that she deletes all comments that even respectfully disagree with her! (Not to mention I think that it’s sort of tacky the way she flaunts her purchases all the time . . ) She also seems to look down upon people who go to college just because SHE flunked out . . .

It’s really sad that she is portraying herself as such an inspiring role model to self-employed girls if she really isn’t self-sufficient. But given her extragavant lifestyle, I’d be inclined to believe what you said.

By: Ms Constantine

Ms Constantine — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 01:05:13 +0000

Judging by some of the search terms that have been leading people here there are a few other people thinking the same thing!

By: Lou

Lou — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:05:26 +0000

My question is: how soon are these going to be up on the pirate bay? Haha

By: Ms Constantine

Ms Constantine — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 04:09:23 +0000

Exactly. Actually now that I’m thinking about it again (and the memory is a little fuzzy) but I don’t think she actually said anything about how she makes money in the podcast at all. It was about doing something you love and finding something that you want to do that will make you money.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 03:57:51 +0000

No, I totally agree with you, it’s not that I don’t like her blog or think she’s done some amazing stuff, just the podcasts have me a little frustrated. You’re exactly right, if it’s a podcast on business advice then it should offer strong advice that she herself lives by, not perpetuate an image that’s inaccurate. I understand that no-one knows how she’s making her money and that’s fine, so long as it does not give some people a false sense of the realities of being self-employed.