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I just calculated that it's going to cost my gf and I about $4500 to attend her sister's wedding in May  . Destination weddings are a crock of poo poo.
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Mar 23, 2016 19:59
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Send a $1000 check and stay home. They'll appreciate that much more.
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Mar 23, 2016 20:07
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Somebody threw a wedding grenade into the thread. Quick, throw it back! VV alright, somebody talk about millennials or bootstraps or something Moneyball fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Mar 23, 2016 |
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Mar 23, 2016 20:09
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Nope, this thread will have to fall on it for us.
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Mar 23, 2016 20:10
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LMAO. How does an HR rep (or anyone for that matter) fall for phishing scam emails?quote:https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/4bhgz5/its_happened_again_my_hr_rep_fell_victim_to_a/
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Mar 23, 2016 20:24
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One of my friends is trying to have a destination bachelor party this summer. He invited 25 friends to do it up in New Orleans, a ~$500 flight per head for most people (he and most of us live in the mid-atlantic). His plan is to have us rent out a wing of a hostel or something, I'm not sure at this point. Between the flights, lodging, booze, and eating out for 3 days, the collective expenditure could probably cover the whole drat wedding. I understand having a few of your closest buds to Vegas or something, but it just seems like a little much.
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Mar 23, 2016 20:30
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*jumps on grenade* About a year ago my uncle told me that he keeps a lot of company stock in both his retirement and brokerage accounts because he's in a position that allows him to directly influence the direction of the company. Since he trusts himself above people in similar positions at other companies, why shouldn't he hold bundles of company stock? My uncle is a VP at a certain pharma company that starts with a V.
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Mar 23, 2016 20:59
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Gorman Thomas posted:*jumps on grenade* I still don't think it's a great idea. But they all made out like bandits upon the private sale!
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Mar 23, 2016 21:03
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Gorman Thomas posted:*jumps on grenade* Assuming it's Valeant and he's that high up he totally deserves it.
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Mar 23, 2016 21:07
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Gorman Thomas posted:*jumps on grenade* Viagra?
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Mar 23, 2016 21:07
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Saros posted:Assuming it's Valeant and he's that high up he totally deserves it. Vvvvvturing pharmaceuticals?
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Mar 23, 2016 21:11
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In September Valeant stock was 240 now it's like 30. It's hilarious.
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Mar 23, 2016 21:17
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SiGmA_X posted:Depending on the company officer requirements and what level of VP he is, he may also be required to hold a ton of stock. Executives at my small (2-3BN) previously public (just got bought out 2 weeks ago!) company were required to keep many multiples of annual salary in stock. This, executives usually can't just liquidate their stock holdings in the company they work for
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Mar 23, 2016 21:39
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SiGmA_X posted:Depending on the company officer requirements and what level of VP he is, he may also be required to hold a ton of stock. Yeah I don't know what his compensation package is like. I didn't even know what his position in the company was (he always kinda downplayed it as "management") until I googled his name and saw it on a 10-k form. I'm hoping he realized his faulty thesis, and scaled back his exposure, when the stock dropped a bunch back in September.
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Mar 23, 2016 21:44
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Subjunctive posted:I considered a non-ABA school many years ago. ABA accredited schools all require a bachelors, which I don't have, and non-ABA JD holders can sit the bar in California. (I wasn't sure I wanted to practice law, but I wanted to study it.) Hmmm tell me more about what you wanted to study.
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Mar 23, 2016 21:57
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Hmmm tell me more about what you wanted to study. Civ/crim procedure, con, torts, contracts, real property, legal reasoning and writing. Just a general grounding in how law is conducted, I didn't have a specialization in mind.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:28
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So why not go to an accredited law school? Or self teach? Also, person with dumb young cousin, see if her getting a GED circumvents the unaccredited high school. If she has an unaccredited high school diploma it might be a good idea anyway.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:33
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Mocking Bird posted:So why not go to an accredited law school? Or self teach? Because as I said above, ABA-accredited law schools all require a bachelor's degree, and I don't have one. I think it would be more enjoyable and effective to learn something like law in the company of others, and with the guidance of people who've practiced. Being exposed to different perspectives on the law seems like a pretty essential piece of developing a good understanding of it.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:36
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I am so GWM we didn't even serve meals/booze at our wedding, instead I purchased CDs for every guest as a sign of my good financial sense.
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Mar 23, 2016 22:38
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n8r posted:I am so GWM we didn't even serve meals/booze at our wedding, instead I purchased CDs for every guest as a sign of my good financial sense. Physical media is dying. should have given an iTunes gift card, or better yet, a cash equivalent.
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Mar 23, 2016 23:06
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I think I've been the target of either financial services sales (at best) and outright scam (at worst) twice now in Orange County, CA. Six months ago, a random person started up a conversation with me at the dog park. He talks about having found a couple who mentored him and his girlfriend to financial freedom or whatever, and that they were lucky because that couple is very selective about who they worked for. I had a decent read on where this guy wanted the conversation to go, so I politely ended it before we could get to a pitch. That guy wasn't cut out for his chosen line of work. Last weekend, my girlfriend and I were at the hot tub for our apartment complex. A different couple jumps in and starts talking to us about travel. Jobs get brought up, and the guy says he dabbles in asset management. I don't care what anybody really does for a living unless they're an astronaut. He asks for my phone number so we could meet up sometime for dinner. My girlfriend insists that I be more sociable (yeah, who would've guessed I don't like being social) so I begrudgingly accept the second time he offers. Twenty four hours later, a slew of texts come in. Basically he's trying to prime me for some bullshit sales pitch.    Anybody familiar with this pitch/scam? I really wanted to know what it was, but it wasn't worth a phone call. This seems like it could be a MLM. Anybody familiar with it?
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Mar 24, 2016 00:54
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Gonna bet it's an MLM, possibly one with Primerica selling crappy securities
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Mar 24, 2016 00:57
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Mocking Bird posted:Also, person with dumb young cousin, see if her getting a GED circumvents the unaccredited high school. If she has an unaccredited high school diploma it might be a good idea anyway. It's accredited, it's just not regionally accredited. Which is kind of confusing. We had a local district that lost it's regional accreditation, which meant the diplomas were mostly worthless until they fixed their issues. This other school system must get all it's oversight from their state. But for purposes of a free in-state education in my state, they'd need a regional accreditation.
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Subjunctive posted:Civ/crim procedure, con, torts, contracts, real property, legal reasoning and writing. Just a general grounding in how law is conducted, I didn't have a specialization in mind. Going to law school is bwm. Going to am unacredited law school is so bwm that it's almost inconceivable that people do it. Even on the occasions where it's not a scam it's almost certainly a poorly thought out fantasy. Be glad you didn't go. You'd be better off elevating your life another way. Now I don't know you really yet, so I'd need to establish a better relationship/trust, but I we can maybe, possibly, open the door to this couple who has coached us the last two years.
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Mar 24, 2016 02:10
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Blinkman: you're so anti-social that the only people who approach you for friendship are hot tubbing mlm scammers.
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Mar 24, 2016 02:11
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Blinkman: you're so anti-social that the only people who approach you for friendship are hot tubbing mlm scammers. I was planning on using the hotel hot tub this weekend but I'm not sure that I should now, it's likely to be BWM. More BWM than the time I'll spend in the casino.
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Blinkman: you're so anti-social that the only people who approach you for friendship are hot tubbing mlm scammers.  on meThank you for that laugh
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Mar 24, 2016 02:27
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Devian666 posted:I was planning on using the hotel hot tub this weekend but I'm not sure that I should now, it's likely to be BWM. More BWM than the time I'll spend in the casino. BWM is the inevitable yeast/staph infection you pick up from that petri dish. Just lick a doorknob and save the hotel fee.
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Mar 24, 2016 02:42
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Blinkman987 posted:Orange County, CA. I've got a great money-making opportunity I'd like to tell you about!
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Mar 24, 2016 03:22
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Hot Dog Day #91 posted:Going to law school is bwm. Going to am unacredited law school is so bwm that it's almost inconceivable that people do it. Even on the occasions where it's not a scam it's almost certainly a poorly thought out fantasy. Be glad you didn't go. I wouldn't be doing it because I wanted to increase my standard of living. I'd be doing it because I wanted to learn about the law for its own sake, like taking classes to learn a language. It's not an investment, it's a hobby or entertainment. Better than buying horses.
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Mar 24, 2016 03:26
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 This was unironically posted by a military spouse. Behold the wonder that is the Y axis.
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Mar 24, 2016 03:35
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Ugh ugh ugh that reminds me of one of my former coworkers who he and his wife got involved in one of these nutrition MLMs and unironically framed their "Diamond" and "Emerald" certificates and hung them on the wall. He is good at math though so I'm not really sure what's up with that.
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Mar 24, 2016 03:46
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So 89% of reps make $450 a year and I assume they buy like $2 of poo poo.
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Mar 24, 2016 03:48
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cowofwar posted:So 89% of reps make $450 a year and I assume they buy like $2000 of poo poo.
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Sacrist65 posted:
I'm honestly more impressed by the X axis. Only the top 5.78% get to make $2094/year.
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Mar 24, 2016 04:00
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Sacrist65 posted:
It's a logarithmic axis with unequal grid lines, it's making my head hurt
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Mar 24, 2016 04:03
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I'm honestly more impressed by the X axis. Only the top 5.78% get to make $2094/year. Did you add up the Y values because E: haha and I mixed up X and Y because who draws a PDF with percent on the Y axis???
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Mar 24, 2016 04:03
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Mar 24, 2016 04:08
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Sacrist65 posted:
This reminds me of the guy in the Republican Primary thread who kept posting intentionally terrible graphs and charts e: 
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Jeffrey of YOSPOS posted:I'm honestly more impressed by the X axis. Only the top 5.78% get to make $2094/year. Yes but the bottom 105.43% make less than the average wage every year. I don't think it's percentage of population but more likely some sort of income or commission percentage.
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