Help me make money? - Off-topic

I know this is way off topic but id get some help/advice from xda family. ive already accepted loan for this coming semester(first time having to do so, ran out of money) , i dont start work back until january 15th, i only have 88 bucks in my bank acct now, almost no gas in my jeep, only decent internet source is my phone but my data for this month is getting close and it renews the 5th... How the heck do i come up with some money? I got xbox, ps3, smartphone repair services and parts posted on knoxville and Chattanooga craigslist, but i get no business cuz they dont wanna meet in sweetwater
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Judging from your post, you are a student. 88 bucks is enough to survive for 3 weeks as a student. Just make sure you have stuff that you can prepare for meals. Driving is not important.

Depends whether you want to survive or live.
LIVE:
Take a part time job. Ask friends for money. Don't drive. Cancel the cellphone for the month(if possible). Sell your PS3/XBOX.
SURVIVE :
Eat only once every two days. Don't take a bath. Take the thug life. Start a clan in the neighborhood and start stealing. Blackmail friends for money. Start pick pocketing. Thrive on Christmas party left over.

^^^THAT^^^

Im at home about an hour and half away from college and where work is... And at parents house til dorms open back up so i have food and water and all that... I need money for books for next semester and i only pay 50 a month for my cell... Only means of internet, staying in touch with people
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moparfreak426 said:
Im at home about an hour and half away from college and where work is... And at parents house til dorms open back up so i have food and water and all that... I need money for books for next semester and i only pay 50 a month for my cell... Only means of internet, staying in touch with people
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You're pretty much set. Borrow money for books from parents, or just wait till the first pay check to buy the books. Or do what I do. get drunk now and worry about stuff tomorrow.

Lol... I only have half bottle of hot damn left... And parents dont have the extra money, theyre about to lose their vehicles and home phone has been cut off, i paid for electric here for the month
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Make some moonshine

Sell all your electonics on eBay, including youre smartphone. Go with tracphone get their barebones plan, get a cheap dumb phone. For internet access, use the school computers. This is the time to make hard choices.

Worst case scenario is living on the streets begging for money... and judging by interviews with bums i've seen, they're generally pretty happy...

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What would you do with your money if you win the lottery?

Title says all..Please post your ideas
hmm, i would buy few ppc's (and i can assure u iphone will not be in them), give some to charity..take a world tour..buy myself a car
btw, what would you do ?
ather90 said:
hmm, i would buy few ppc's (and i can assure u iphone will not be in them), give some to charity..take a world tour..buy myself a car
btw, what would you do ?
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He won't tell, it's like the Italian Job, he's going to use everyone else's ideas !
Not really haha. I don't play the lottery....I got everything I want
You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...
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You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...
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great man. GREAT man.
i think id buy ppcs, a couple cars, and maybe a BIG house
I'd travel with my friends and see the world, then I'd use the rest to make other people happy too. I'd have a lot of paintball, airsoft and real guns and a huge yard.
Also I'd have a midget. With a tuxedo.
i wd buy a PS3 a realllyy large TV and some nice games for ps3
I would donate half to my favorite charities, secure my kids education, pay off all my debt, buy my wife some nice clothes and jewelry, and have an investment firm manage the rest.........
Oh who am I kidding, I'll end up blowing it all on hookers and alcohol.
First, Pay off debts, put away more than enough for my children's education, buy a really nice large house on the lake, Boat, 1963 Corvette Stingray for myself and a four door jeep for myself for winter driving,and whatever vehicle my wife wants and do lots of travelling. I would also set up my parents and mother in law for a very comfortable retirement which I would insist should start immediately (they hate their jobs) I love my job, So I would continue working
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You know what I would do if I had a million dollars? I would invest half of it in low risk mutual funds and then take the other half over to my friend Asadulah who works in securities...
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you have a friend whose name is Asadulah?
if I win the lottery, I would invest half of it in convincing my mom to name my new-born brother Asadullah...
please don't ask me about the second half
i would do nothing and keep living like i was b4 i won. I'd put the winning away for a rainy day.
Keeping it simple, b/c the more complex your life is, the less happy you will be.
First of all, build my house on my beautifull land!
Then, do a looong travel with my wife to Asia
Help this communty with a laaarge donation
Buy me a new Land Rover, and the rest on some SECURE investment, maybe buying gold... as any currency seems to be secure on this days.
Pay off debts, get some cars, some clothes, some tech.
Put money away for college
Buy nice house
Buy nice car
Take out 1mil for personal spending
Leave rest for my future children and in case I ever want to invest in a booming company or buy stocks in coniditions such as this when they're dead just so they can rise later and be worth millions! lol
zeezee said:
i would do nothing and keep living like i was b4 i won. I'd put the winning away for a rainy day.
Keeping it simple, b/c the more complex your life is, the less happy you will be.
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Hmm. As much as I would like to agree with you on that, and my mom and dad say the same thing if they won the lottery, I think that is soo untrue. Right now you are thinking it is impossible to win the lottery, that is why you say that. If you had actually won a 10mil lottery, I can guarantee you wouldn't be saying that. Even though I don't know you all too well, I don't believe ANYONE could do that. Just my personal opinion. Maybe you're those 1 in 10 million people who is able to just reject the urge to spend money when you have an abundance of it.
Pay for College lol and enough computers to get me threw the next few years lol with verizon boradband cards of course
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Pay for College lol and enough computers to get me threw the next few years lol with verizon boradband cards of course
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SH*T!!! I would buy VZW just for aggrivating me, then sell it all to Sprint !
First I would pay off all of mine and my families debt. Then I would deposit it all in savings accounts. Then I would continue working for one year. Then I would live off of the interest it gained. This way I would never spend the money. And my children and grand-children...etc would never have to work. There would always be a secure income for them. I would also buy Life insurance to equal the amount, so that when I die, the money would double.
Yeah-Right!! I'D PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR!!
I would pay off my debt and invest in the company I work for. I would try to keep working because I honestly love my job!

Absolutely Ridiculous!!!

First off, let me start by saying that I DO NOT condone piracy in any form or fashion. However when I read the story below, my blood pressure shot through the roof. They are strictly trying to prove a point here, and if I didn't know better, I would swear the story was false. They are trying to make an example out of a housewife that downloaded 24 songs. What are your thoughts?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tec_music_downloading
agreed the lawyers are just greedy. it is scary that there is such a big penalty for something that most people I know do regularly.
Of course they are trying to make a point. As much as you hate all the " music idiots " living in their million dollar " cribs " and driving expensive cars and acting like total A-holes, they do have a marketable talent, that makes loads of money. Piracy is a billion dollar business. Did anyone really think the music industry was going to stand by and shrug off internet " shoplifting " from their stores.
I am a writer, and if my work , which I get paid a living wage for, got repeatedly stolen and shared for free, costing me millions of dollars a year, you can bet I would want someone made an example of.
The " software police " do it all the time. That is one of the major ways of getting back at the company that just fired/laid you off, turn in the IT dept for buying that copy of Vista and then sharing it with 100 other computers, instead of buying 100 licenses. US businesses get fined millions and millions every year.
" She is only a housewife, and it was only 24 songs " Do the math 24 songs = $24 dollars , bet she wishes she had obeyed the law now. The bottom line is, the RIAA tried to settle with her, and she thought that she could use her " I am only a poor housewife " defense in court and the court of public opinion, to get away with her theivery. How is that working out for you ? She could have settled for a $2000 fine like others did but she didn't.
As much as we all hate the music industry, you wouldn't want the night cleaning crew going into your desk at the office and stealing that project you just spent the last 4 months working on, and sharing it with all your competitors , leaving you with nothing and neither does the record industry.
My wife was implying that I might be a little hypocritical the other day when I was chastizing my kids for having limewire on their computers. Since last month I upgraded the five Macs we have to OSX Leopard, that was until I dug out the reciept for the the Family Pack OSX with five user licenses.
So this woman gets charged $80,000 per song for downloading illegally, while Donte Stallworth can run someone down and get a week in jail???
Our legal system is seriously ****ed.
Agree this is the most Ridiculous! Hope they appeal all the way to the Surpreme court the next 2 years...
WTF???
80.000 for a song, but you can buy it for 0.99$, please.
this is the most ridiculous Judgement i've ever heard of
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" She is only a housewife, and it was only 24 songs " Do the math 24 songs = $24 dollars , bet she wishes she had obeyed the law now. The bottom line is, the RIAA tried to settle with her, and she thought that she could use her " I am only a poor housewife " defense in court and the court of public opinion, to get away with her theivery. How is that working out for you ? She could have settled for a $2000 fine like others did but she didn't.
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well that woman doesn't look like she had the 2000 usd to pay, also it could have been good that she wouldn't settle for it, if the court had decided in her favour, to show others they should not give in to such blackmail either.
I hope this gets appealed and sorted. this can't go on like this forever. the thread title is correct
PS: I've never downloaded music myself but it is not because I'm a saint (I'm not).
I am a writer, and if my work , which I get paid a living wage for, got repeatedly stolen and shared for free, costing me millions of dollars a year, you can bet I would want someone made an example of.
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I just noticed this one. well if I was a writer (maybe one day ), and was earning this much (if an amount that is worth millions of dollars gets shared it means your work is very successful) I might just live on happily with the remaining millions. but it is a bit hard to imagine as I'm not in such a situation (i.e. earning this load of money) right now.
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Of course they are trying to make a point. As much as you hate all the " music idiots " living in their million dollar " cribs " and driving expensive cars and acting like total A-holes, they do have a marketable talent, that makes loads of money. Piracy is a billion dollar business. Did anyone really think the music industry was going to stand by and shrug off internet " shoplifting " from their stores.
I am a writer, and if my work , which I get paid a living wage for, got repeatedly stolen and shared for free, costing me millions of dollars a year, you can bet I would want someone made an example of.
The " software police " do it all the time. That is one of the major ways of getting back at the company that just fired/laid you off, turn in the IT dept for buying that copy of Vista and then sharing it with 100 other computers, instead of buying 100 licenses. US businesses get fined millions and millions every year.
" She is only a housewife, and it was only 24 songs " Do the math 24 songs = $24 dollars , bet she wishes she had obeyed the law now. The bottom line is, the RIAA tried to settle with her, and she thought that she could use her " I am only a poor housewife " defense in court and the court of public opinion, to get away with her theivery. How is that working out for you ? She could have settled for a $2000 fine like others did but she didn't.
As much as we all hate the music industry, you wouldn't want the night cleaning crew going into your desk at the office and stealing that project you just spent the last 4 months working on, and sharing it with all your competitors , leaving you with nothing and neither does the record industry.
My wife was implying that I might be a little hypocritical the other day when I was chastizing my kids for having limewire on their computers. Since last month I upgraded the five Macs we have to OSX Leopard, that was until I dug out the reciept for the the Family Pack OSX with five user licenses.
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denco i agree with what you say, well mostly, but you have to understand when people realise they dont have to follow the ruyles they wont
but i tink its important to have a moral code when i comes to piracy
now before i explain again i do not condone it, im not telling you its clever or cool.
i think piracy on a small scale is fine within boundaries. for instance, i live 50 miles from a cinema that sgow actual films instead crap so if i want to see a movie its not just the admission price or the gas i have to pay its at least £20 on bus or trainfare and that before i get my snackage. i see this as very uneconomical. so i reason im just one person, i dont see anything wrong with downloading a movie especially since ill buy it on dvd anyway
however, any app thats made for pocket pcs i would never pirate due to respect for the creators, and i know how much work goes into the app made.
that may seem a bit hypcritical becuase hard work goes into movies aswell but its not justifiable
basically the new star trek movie is going to make just under 400 million at the box office, so then i dont see anything wrong with having a look now and then buying it mon dvd anyway but for instance i know certain app makers who make app and they spend a lot of time on them and the money will actually make a diference to the development
all in all i like to deal with piracy on a "Cross that bridge when its come to it"
Seriously weak.
This is from my musician point of view: music is for everybody who would like to hear it, you can't put a price on the joy and emotion of music, that someone downloads your songs means that they like your music, and that is way more important then to catch a few bucks if someone buys your stuff.
Stupid music industry, trying to make money out of something all people need.
Money Money Money we still need moar money right?
They are just another maffia.
WTH???
Fined $80.000 for a song cause of downloading illegally??
Well, it's OK to fined someone because of piracy, but $80.000 ??
I can live my life for 20 years (maybe more) with that money...
Most of these musicians wouldn't be as rich as they are if their fans didn't make them what they are today. They are being greedy. END OF STORY. Then on top of that, they are now wanting to "Tax" radio stations everytime they play of their songs... Guess who the front runners are on that?? U2 and Metallica. The same ones that whine about it everytime they don't get paid a royalty, also probably some of the richest musicians in the world.
http://www.plyrics.com/lyrics/exploited/****theusa.html
nothin' new, i'd say.
haha, Dredge, your avatar is awesome lol..

No job, bills keep coming in, need advice!

Hello!
I left my night shift job last month and still don't have a job. I'm actively looking for a job, but even then I won't make it to my first pay at this pace.
Is there any way I could make a few bucks at least for gas in the meantime, just so I don't reach the negative balance?
hey sorry about that better times will come.. in the meantime I'll give you my advice and this one comes from personal experience(yes I've had a few rough times, who hasn't?)
Last time I was short on the "thing you use to buy potatoes"(sounds better in portuguese) aka money, I sold something(s) that I had and was not making use of, like my PSP for example. Broke my heart to let it go but you gotta do what you gotta do.
The point is, we always keep things we don't use anymore because we think "well I might be needing this some day" and probably will need that thing again but until then there are more important things one might need.
hope this helps
I have been out of work for 6 months...
are you handy around the house? why not post your talents online (painting, wallpapering, cleaning) on free classified postings...
I lost my job in february due to a work injury, and I was physically unable to do most work with out the use of my left arm. I have healed since then but stopped receiving disability pay in october. It has been 10 weeks and unemployment still has yet to come through and help me out.
I also have sold off things that were luxury items like my ATV and an engine I had built sitting around in my garage. A friend of mine supplements his unemployment doing odd jobs he finds off craigslist and I have helped people move and cut firewood for cash. Hoping the economy picks up locally so i can get back to work soon.
Good luck and look everywhere. Craigslist is a good place to start.
what response have you received from the unemployment office?
Have you gone to them?
If you have, did you show the letter stating when disability payments would start and/or end?
They may be waiting from a response from your previous employer...
I don't get unemployment cheques, but I'm getting a job internview this morning. Thankfully, I don't have many financial responsabilities (college student here), but I could use a few bucks just to close the gap 'till I get a job.
As for putting gas in my car... I got rear-ended yesterday, total loss, and 5 minutes later Staples calls for a job offer!
N1c0_ds said:
I don't get unemployment cheques, but I'm getting a job internview this morning. Thankfully, I don't have many financial responsabilities (college student here), but I could use a few bucks just to close the gap 'till I get a job.
As for putting gas in my car... I got rear-ended yesterday, total loss, and 5 minutes later Staples calls for a job offer!
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CA-CHING!!!!!!!
I can already feel your neck stiffening up and a slight loss in feeling both of your pinky toes!!!
Not really, the car took it all so I'm feeling fine, but still. Now I have to get another car with what the insurance company judges my car is worth (360 000 km, but in better condition than anything that mileage).
Trouble likes company
N1c0_ds said:
Not really, the car took it all so I'm feeling fine, but still. Now I have to get another car with what the insurance company judges my car is worth (360 000 km, but in better condition than anything that mileage).
Trouble likes company
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There are lots of sites that pay you to fill in serveys, you only get a couple of dollars each but do 10 a day thats 20-30 dollars suppose lol
Just make sure that the company you represent isn't from Nigeria...
Dang it I hate this laggy keyboatd!!!

What age did you leave your parents' house?

Leave, as in have your own life.
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23 right after college. My advice, stay there and have as much fun as possible.
I'm still living under their roof, I'm going to be 20 in less than a month.
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I went to boarding school at twelve.
Then I came back at seventeen and left.......quickly
So. Technically it was seventeen
(boarding school is obviously supervised) but it feels like a longer time....
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19.
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Kicked out when I was 16. Went back @ 20 for a year.
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21 or 22. Got a girlfriend and ended up living with her. Not living with her anymore but I work too far from my parents house to live with them again. I would definitely try if I could though. I don't know if they would let seeing how I'm 29 now.
At 28....I moved when I got married. I'm 31 @ the momment. I lived like 15 minutes from them..lol.
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Got the boot at 16.
Evil Stepmother.
15, had a single mother at the time and she bailed, didn't wanna be a mom anymore. Lived with an older couple for a couple months then the school counselor helped me get emancipated to make it all legal. I was signing my own school paperwork and permission forms, bills, loans, and student aid papers before I could buy ciggs.
15 originally. My mother didn't like me spending nights with my GF of that time; so i moved in with her instead! Guess what i was doing at a time when i should have been doing my exams?
Anyway, that ended so i moved home until i was 17 when i moved out for good. Been supporting myself ever since.
Those of you that have a supportive family and good home life should stay there for as long as they'll put up with you. It's the easiest way to save money for your future.
DirkGently1 said:
Those of you that have a supportive family and good home life should stay there for as long as they'll put up with you. It's the easiest way to save money for your future.
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Hell freakin yeah. Amen. It's cool to live out on your own, bring chicks back to YOUR place. But you'll be regretting that move out when you're paying for college, rent, electric, gas, insurance, booze and weed at college with the money you're making flippin burgers full time just being grateful they give you a free meal once a day. Chicks don't like dudes with no money, even if he is living at his own apt. Bring em home to the spider man sheets. Most don't care and Mom is alot more understanding than you'll ever give her credit for.
Good thing my mom is so supportive, problem is even her is having a hard time financially and I can't find a freaking job!
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People usually move out when they pass out of school..
I passed out of school.. got into college in the same city so didn't have to move out.
Passed out of college and got my first job close to my home so still living with them
Will move out if my work sends me else where or if I take a job elsewhere
moved out of home when I was 18 for stydies and work then came back at 25 cause of financial crysis at my country. No job no money
Finally got a decent job and trying to save some money so i can plan my next move but it's not an easy thing cause my family bussiness is preety much ruined by this situation so i got to support them too
I'm 25 now and living at my parents house. We've been moving 3 years ago, now the whole family has to help out on that farm stuff, which will take maybe 1 or sometimes 2 weeks in a year so nothing special.
I do not have to cook myself which is probably the best thing cause when u get home after work, pretty tired and u have to cook - that's probably one thing that goes for days but not months or years
I'll stay maybe one or maybe two years here, then I'll find myself a place - atleast that's the plan, cause it's not always good to be here, and some day everyone has to go it's own way.
Wow interesting answers... I was 17 when I left. Dropped out of hs and started working 3 jobs...Couldn't stand my mom stealing all my weed and she hated me taking all her box wine and store brand vodka..hehe. but if I had a "normal family" id still be living there! Is 33 too old to live w/ your parents?
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Is 33 too old to live w/ your parents?
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Indubitably
I'm thinking of moving out in a few years. I'm still in university and working, I'm 19 I turn 20 by the end of the year. My mom's always been a single mother since she came to Canada, so I want to be able to help her out as much as possible and even though I'm 19... I get spoiled, hahaha so I still live with her.
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Hell freakin yeah. Amen. It's cool to live out on your own, bring chicks back to YOUR place. But you'll be regretting that move out when you're paying for college, rent, electric, gas, insurance, booze and weed at college with the money you're making flippin burgers full time just being grateful they give you a free meal once a day. Chicks don't like dudes with no money, even if he is living at his own apt. Bring em home to the spider man sheets. Most don't care and Mom is alot more understanding than you'll ever give her credit for.
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Not necessarily. My mother is the most shallow, obnoxious person I know. Not to mention racist and close minded.
But if someones mom (and/or dad is good (speaking generally here) THEN STAY A LONG, LONG LONG TIME... like til your thirty... Seriously. Do it.
I left at seventeen and it was VERY DIFFICULT....

My mother is financially retarded

So i'm making this thread to vent..and ask for advice from fellow XDA'ers
basically my mother planned a trip to visit her parents in china for 20days, but she plans to bring 10,000 CAD and spend it on..well she doesn't even seem to have a idea what she is going to spend her money on.. Now 10,000 CAD isn't that much money.. but the issue comes from the fact that my family is paying mortage, my parent's salaries aren't very high..they are just about enough to cover the mortage and save a few hundred bucks a month.. and from what i'm hearing from my dad it seems that 10,000 cad is all there is in the account..so it seems like a stupid move to take out most if not all of the money out of the bank for a 20day trip, not to mention the fact that she already has a place to live in china..
10,000cad is roughly 60922.30 yuan btw
of course i wouldn't be worried if my mother was a bit more financially intelligent.. but there have been a lot of times when she bought fake "brand name" stuff for an extremely high price.. knowing that theres a lot of that crap in china i'm quite worried
so ya..hopefully you guys would give me some inputs on how to talk her out of being an idiot..
Wtf? Suggest to her she might have trouble carrying that much money with her through customs...
That's not a lie either, here you would get stopped with that much cash... And rightly so.
Failing that, what about the risk of robbery? I wouldn't take that much money with me... And I'm presumably slightly larger and more intimidating looking than your mother...
10k is just silly...
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Wtf? Suggest to her she might have trouble carrying that much money with her through customs...
That's not a lie either, here you would get stopped with that much cash... And rightly so.
Failing that, what about the risk of robbery? I wouldn't take that much money with me... And I'm presumably slightly larger and more intimidating looking than your mother...
10k is just silly...
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she told me that i have no say in this since i don't have a job(that is true, in some ways) ..
i'm kinda trying to get her to tell me why she would even want to bring that much money to begin with.. but she seems to be in a locked down mode..-.-
and yes..there are actually a lot of theives in china too.. my issue is that nothing i say get through to her.. i think it could be the fact that she's turning to her 50s that's driving her crazy.. for example
she recently tried to get my dad to invest in some middle of nowhere condos that have not been sold despite being up for sale for more than 2 years now.. i tried to talk her out of it back then with no luck, thankfully we didn't have enough money to invest in that place or we'd be in a lot of **** right now.. but this bringing the entire bank account back home crap seems to get to me, considering the fact that it's entirely possible that she succeed and food/services cost 2-5 times less than prices here(after you convert the currency, of course..)
also about bringing 10grand into china..she doesnt plan to bring cash, but she intends to use one of those overseas transfer service..
Overseas transfer services? That seems like a silly idea. I don't know what the fees are, but even if it's 1% of the transfer amount, that's 100 CAD, which is substantial (to me, at least).
Does your mother intend to give some of the money to your grandparents in China? I mean, it is customary in Chinese culture for the children to support their parents.
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Overseas transfer services? That seems like a silly idea. I don't know what the fees are, but even if it's 1% of the transfer amount, that's 100 CAD, which is substantial (to me, at least).
Does your mother intend to give some of the money to your grandparents in China? I mean, it is customary in Chinese culture for the children to support their parents.
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i understand if she wants to give her parents money, most definitely.. in fact i expect her to be giving away most of that money.. but the thing is.. we are still paying for the darn mortage.. we barely save a few hundred bucks a month yet she intends to take out the entire bank(that we saved up, at least).. which sounds very stupid to me..
woo
talked her out of the crap by telling her that she's going through a difficult time and that if she does this we could have the potential of losing the house
Just hope your mother is good at bargaining and doesn't buy american/foreign brand names, cuz that's just stupid.
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