Hi Scott, I know you probably won’t read this, but you were ‘on my list’. You see, since my house in Mallacoota burnt down, I have been shown the most amazing acts of generosity and human kindness, and I have a list of the people I want to thank.

Hi Scott, Your latest column came just as we were getting a grip on losing our house in the NSW fires. Thanks for sharing your fire story ‒ it helps  to remember others have been through this too.

Hi Scott, I got your book three years ago and since then have put your simple solutions into action. Fast-forward to this year, the hardest year of my life.

Dear Scott, I am a financial advisor and, while I like your advice on saving, I think your advice on investing stinks. A young person following your super fund recommendations would end up losing hundreds of thousands of dollars over their lifetime because of your weird fetish about always choosing the lowest fees, irrespective of asset allocation.

Mr Barefoot, You, mate, are a phony. Your book does not give any hard plan to succeed.

I can tell there’s an ulterior motive to your constant bank-bashing. You act all high and mighty about getting the ‘money-grubbing’ banks out of our schools, but all you’re trying to do is weasel your own way into the classroom with your Barefoot Investor brand.