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Less money, mo' problems

TSRTSR Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Social Entropy++
I just lost 5,000 dollars in student financial aid because I missed a deadline I didn't know about by eight days.

How have you lost money, SE? Have you ever been swindled by a car dealer, or mugged on the street? Have you gambled all of your money away? Did you buy a house sometime in the last 3 years?

Alternatively, tell me about how poor you are

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  • Calamity JaneCalamity Jane That Wrong Love Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    when i got home from stale's party my brother told me a dude stole his credit card and started spending his money

    he didn't have overdraft protection so until he clears up the fraud matter with police and the bank i had to give him a hundred bucks to get him outta that hole

    and now i can't pay this bit of back taxes that's slowly becoming something to the effect of 1000 dollars

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I just got a bill for blood tests that were done 4 months ago.
    I think they forgot to charge me until now.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    edited June 2008
    guys stop sucking at having money

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I overdrafted $120 the other day and man I hate banks like this much

    l________l

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  • lostwordslostwords Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i just paid off my credit card bill involving a last minute plane ticket to georgia

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  • theparttimetheparttime Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    TSR wrote: »
    I just lost 5,000 dollars in student financial aid because I missed a deadline I didn't know about by eight days.

    How have you lost money, SE? Have you ever been swindled by a car dealer, or mugged on the street? Have you gambled all of your money away? Did you buy a house sometime in the last 3 years?

    Alternatively, tell me about how poor you are

    did you miss out on loan money or free money. big difference. I missed out on loan money for the last quarter and was still able to get by barely. it wasn't fun but I somehow got by.

    edit: I hate banks too, and the government college loan program in Cali, not sure if its diff state to state.

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited June 2008
    i just got my summer bonus and my tax rebate


    completely paid off my credit card with money left over

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  • RankenphileRankenphile Passersby were amazed by the unusually large amounts of blood.Registered User, Moderator Mod Emeritus
    edited June 2008
    Fandyien wrote: »
    I overdrafted $120 the other day and man I hate banks like this much

    l________l
    yeah that's totally the bank's fault

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Fandyien wrote: »
    I overdrafted $120 the other day and man I hate banks like this much

    l________l
    yeah that's totally the bank's fault

    Well it's sort of gay that they raised the overdraft fee

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  • SonnySonny Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I'm not important enough to have a bank account

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i have $4.19 to my name

    also turns out i'm probably not getting the economic stimulus because as a college student even if i wasn't filed as a dependent, I could have been filed as a dependent and thus no stimulus check for me

    what the fuck is that shit

    i paid my fucking taxes

    fuck

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i just...don't understand people who get to the point where overdrafts are a problem.

    i definitely understand being low on money. but how do you not keep track of how much of it there is in your bank?

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Well a couple credit transactions took longer than they typically do to go through, so I sort of retardedly just kept spending according to the ATM balance the machines gave me rather than mah brain

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  • Volucrisus AedriusVolucrisus Aedrius Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I called up my friend last night to hang out as I haven't seen him in a while, like, months. He answers really rapidly and tells me he'll call back.

    Minute later he calls back, saying he's sorry for not being able to hang out, because he lost a Poker game and walked out and now he has to "go hide somewhere." (his words)

    I was like D:

    I mean, I knew he was having some financial difficulty but Goddamn.

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  • TSRTSR Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    TSR wrote: »
    I just lost 5,000 dollars in student financial aid because I missed a deadline I didn't know about by eight days.

    How have you lost money, SE? Have you ever been swindled by a car dealer, or mugged on the street? Have you gambled all of your money away? Did you buy a house sometime in the last 3 years?

    Alternatively, tell me about how poor you are

    did you miss out on loan money or free money. big difference. I missed out on loan money for the last quarter and was still able to get by barely. it wasn't fun but I somehow got by.

    edit: I hate banks too, and the government college loan program in Cali.

    free money

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  • MikeRyuMikeRyu Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I once bought a man's soul. That was a bit of a rip-off.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i know my bank typically waives your first overdraft fee if you are otherwise in good standing with them

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  • The Otaku SuppositoryThe Otaku Suppository Bawstan New EnglandRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The best is when you get the overdraft charge and then they charge you for the overdraft charge

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Fandyien wrote: »
    Well a couple credit transactions took longer than they typically do to go through, so I sort of retardedly just kept spending according to the ATM balance the machines gave me rather than mah brain
    it seems more logical (and hells of more safe) to keep some sort of minimum balance in your bank account, so there's some reserve there if something weird does happen like that.

    i've had it drilled into my head that saving money is important, though...

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  • FandyienFandyien But Otto, what about us? Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The best is when you get the overdraft charge and then they charge you for the overdraft charge

    God fuck this

    That shit is the worst

    [edit] you're probably right FF, but unfortunately I'm a lazy dependent who is terrible at managing money

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  • Filler Inc.Filler Inc. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I have money.

    I got a check for $900 the other day because I'm 1/8th aleut native alaskan and a member of their corporation.

    I just collect dividends once a year.

    It's pretty cool.

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  • theparttimetheparttime Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    TSR wrote: »
    TSR wrote: »
    I just lost 5,000 dollars in student financial aid because I missed a deadline I didn't know about by eight days.

    How have you lost money, SE? Have you ever been swindled by a car dealer, or mugged on the street? Have you gambled all of your money away? Did you buy a house sometime in the last 3 years?

    Alternatively, tell me about how poor you are

    did you miss out on loan money or free money. big difference. I missed out on loan money for the last quarter and was still able to get by barely. it wasn't fun but I somehow got by.

    edit: I hate banks too, and the government college loan program in Cali.

    free money

    bummer man.
    Fandyien wrote: »
    The best is when you get the overdraft charge and then they charge you for the overdraft charge

    God fuck this

    That shit is the worst

    ya. the bank - "you don't have any money, so we're gonna take more of your money that isn't there because you don't have money." I understand they have to do something, but it still sucks.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Fandyien wrote: »
    The best is when you get the overdraft charge and then they charge you for the overdraft charge

    God fuck this

    That shit is the worst

    [edit] you're probably right FF, but unfortunately I'm a lazy dependent who is terrible at managing money

    i'm pretty horrible with my money too. but i mentally set a minimum balance in my head, so when i see my bank account nearing that limit, i automatically think "i have no money oh shi-" and curb my spending.

    it's saved my ass more than once.

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  • ZoolanderZoolander Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I used another bank's ATM and I had to pay like $1.50 extra. Fuck.

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited June 2008
    money is so great


    should invest in a few more mutual funds, expand the portfolio

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  • JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    A couple of months back, I went to buy some milk from a corner shop, used the cash machine there to draw out £10, couple of days later over £700 in transactions in fucking tunisia had taken place putting £500 in debt and with none of my bills being paid. That was cool, yeah

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  • DefenestratorDefenestrator Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I had to bail out my roommate financially a couple of months back when his car asploded. He ended up needing, like, $700 to get it fixed and had $23 to his name. Since I am good with money and he is terrible, I paid to get his car fixed. Honestly, I only did it because I didn't wanna chauffeur him around for three months while he scrounged the cash together.

    I thought I was just plain out $700 because he is a schlub but he got his stimulus check earlier this week and I have informed him that he's paying rent by himself this month.

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  • DadouwDadouw Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I spent all I had left on sausage McMuffins with eggs

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  • TenTen Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    We have a mortgage so that drains most of our money, I got retrenched from my job a couple years ago though and got a payout so that has meant I could take some lower paying jobs that were necessary to get my career back on track.

    Now I work for my Dad, and we're about to launch a new product which will hopefully start bringing in some cash so I can actually get paid a decent amount. Plus my wife is getting a promotion and a long overdue raise in the next couple of months, so that will be good too.

    So this post is actually more about how I'm going to be making more soon rather than how I've lost money, sorry

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  • JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Dadouw wrote: »
    I spent all I had left on sausage McMuffins with eggs

    I have to be honest, I'd do the same.

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  • Lord DaveLord Dave Grief Causer Bitch Free ZoneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    also my investments aren't doing so good becuase of The Economy so that kinda sucks

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  • Auntie ShibbyAuntie Shibby Horrible Visalia, CARegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    I hardly ever put my money in my wallet. I'm always losing money by it falling out of my pockets. Worst I lost was $20. Overall, I'd say I lost about $200.

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  • DogDog Registered User, Administrator, Vanilla Staff admin
    edited June 2008
    b i g

    p o

    p p a

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  • Serenity RoseSerenity Rose Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    I paid for my boyfriend's half of our trip to Washington and he still hasn't paid me back. That was $1,400+ all the food and crap.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I paid for my boyfriend's half of our trip to Washington and he still hasn't paid me back. That was $1,400+ all the food and crap.

    is this the same boyfriend who doesn't like Harrison Ford? or am i thinking of a different forumer?

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  • Serenity RoseSerenity Rose Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited June 2008
    I paid for my boyfriend's half of our trip to Washington and he still hasn't paid me back. That was $1,400+ all the food and crap.

    is this the same boyfriend who doesn't like Harrison Ford? or am i thinking of a different forumer?

    Nope, that's the one. Although he did try to redeem himself by said he just says stuff like that to piss me off. Didn't help. I still wanted to punch him in the balls.

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  • ZonkytonkmanZonkytonkman Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I paid for my boyfriend's half of our trip to Washington and he still hasn't paid me back. That was $1,400+ all the food and crap.

    is this the same boyfriend who doesn't like Harrison Ford? or am i thinking of a different forumer?

    Nope, that's the one. Although he did try to redeem himself by said he just says stuff like that to piss me off. Didn't help. I still wanted to punch him in the balls.

    i told a gf once that i hated gelatto

    i didn't even know what it was

    but she was so invested in it that it was fun for a few months

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  • JunpeiJunpei Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I paid for my boyfriend's half of our trip to Washington and he still hasn't paid me back. That was $1,400+ all the food and crap.

    is this the same boyfriend who doesn't like Harrison Ford? or am i thinking of a different forumer?

    Nope, that's the one. Although he did try to redeem himself by said he just says stuff like that to piss me off. Didn't help. I still wanted to punch him in the balls.

    Kinda tame reaction for someone not liking Han Solo.

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  • fightinfilipinofightinfilipino Angry as Hell #BLMRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I paid for my boyfriend's half of our trip to Washington and he still hasn't paid me back. That was $1,400+ all the food and crap.

    is this the same boyfriend who doesn't like Harrison Ford? or am i thinking of a different forumer?

    Nope, that's the one. Although he did try to redeem himself by said he just says stuff like that to piss me off. Didn't help. I still wanted to punch him in the balls.
    this boyfriend of yours sounds like a shmuck.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Junpei wrote: »
    Dadouw wrote: »
    I spent all I had left on sausage McMuffins with eggs

    I have to be honest, I'd do the same.

    those things are delicious

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