Quest for Credit – Complete Version (HD) Mint.com


www.mint.com The importance of good credit in our society is unquestionable — as is the destructive power of its ugly cousin, bad credit. Yet, millions of consumers succumb to materialistic temptations or fall into the many traps laid forth by credit-card companies (ever tried making only the minimum payments on a large credit card balance?). And while wise credit management isn’t an easy skill to learn and maintain, battling your “bad credit demons” is even more difficult. To illustrate the importance of staying out of debt while building and maintaining a good credit history, we give you Mint.com’s short epic, The Quest for Credit. The presentation may be humorous, but don’t get us wrong bad credit is no laughing matter. If you need help with battling your debt demons, check out the budgeting tools at www.mint.com.

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21 Comments at "Quest for Credit – Complete Version (HD) Mint.com"

JEMacProductions October 23rd, 2010 (#)

This reminded me of Dante’s Inferno a lot for some reason…but not in a bad way… In a good way! Maybe you could do another video with the plot of Dante’s Inferno but instead have the 9 circles representing the different ‘sins’ of the financial world. (paying min balance, investing on a margin, etc.)

JEMacProductions October 23rd, 2010 (#)

This reminded me of Dante’s Inferno a lot for some reason…but not in a bad way… In a good way. Maybe you could do another video with the plot of Dante’s Inferno and have the 9 circles representing the different ‘sins’ of the financial world. (paying min balance, investing on a margin, etc.)

Ephisus October 23rd, 2010 (#)

“Kind of comes off as materialistic, too (you can’t get a wife/gf without money/credit?)”

That’s correct. Having the means to live is a pre-requisite for providing for a family.

honestadisate October 23rd, 2010 (#)

everyone should know about mint

Magnome October 23rd, 2010 (#)

I love it! Too bad I’m watching this 25 years too late… Make your older kids watch this–it’s pretty funny as well as informative.

RealtyRocket October 23rd, 2010 (#)

What an entertaining and educational video. I think I am going to show it to all of my clients. Of course many of them are so behind and weighed down by years of debt that they need my help because just budgetting will not get them where they want to be fast enough. WE get them qualified to buy houses, cars & get loans…even remove foreclosures. Good vid though–

daveswagon October 23rd, 2010 (#)

Great video, but:
- Really should be redone to animate moving lips to match the speaking. It doesn’t match the rest of the high production values without this.
- Old guy turning in to the girl at the end was really creepy, especially with the kiss. Kind of comes off as materialistic, too (you can’t get a wife/gf without money/credit?)

evaryont October 23rd, 2010 (#)

The end girl freaks me out.

Old guy removes ‘his’ cloak and ‘he’ is actually a ‘she’

triBuck76 October 23rd, 2010 (#)

Classic… I like how he attacks the beast with The Budget!

up0 October 23rd, 2010 (#)

I wish this video was available 10 years ago. Debt = Slavery. Avoid debt at all cost!!!

unytcommsys October 23rd, 2010 (#)

@nmlyons24 What is “He’s a Pirate?”

nmlyons24 October 23rd, 2010 (#)

Great video! Last song seemed almost identical to He’s a Pirate in PotC

ThinkingTechnology October 23rd, 2010 (#)

Amazing!

OrangeCrush219 October 24th, 2010 (#)

I raged. Hard.

Clesspwnsall October 24th, 2010 (#)

Not bad!

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TreefeKualCrisock October 24th, 2010 (#)

I think this is great. Well done Mint.

Spyro22475 October 24th, 2010 (#)

I liked this. I’m going to suggest that my high school economics teacher play it class next year. I have to admit though, I liked the first half better than the second half. It feels a little rushed when he starts “training” budget skills and that feeling lasted until the end. I loved the symbolism of the purchased items weighing you down… probably the best image that would resemble being in debt, which I certainly plan to avoid.

ChameleonTube October 24th, 2010 (#)

I have a financial investment company and this video was fantastic. I wish there was a button “Loved It” so I could click that cuz Like just doesn’t do it justice. This is a great video to show young people how to stay on top of their budget but also very entertaining so people will keep watching. This would do great in high schools and colleges. Budgeting is sooo important and thanks for making it fun to learn a little about it.

DaBakester October 24th, 2010 (#)

At the end it’s kinda creepy with the old dude, but it is great that these guys put this together

hpfrantzy5 October 24th, 2010 (#)

This is great O.O
I already use mint and I’m not even in college :-)

strike17 October 24th, 2010 (#)

This is awesome