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DEMAG posted:Subject C:
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# ¿ Jul 5, 2013 19:00 |
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 08:28 |
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Okay, so in these cases the dealership is giving the loan, and not an outside financial service? I once bought a car with a big down payment, but financed the rest through Toyota Financial Services. I was trying to think about it as though TFS were giving someone a 0% rate, which wouldn't make any sense. If it's the dealership, then I guess it does.
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# ¿ Jul 5, 2013 19:12 |
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Chupe Raho Aurat posted:Don't be stupid. Did I suggest at any point it was causing unbearable hardships? You might say that you weren't "throwing away" the money, but yeah, you kind of did. Something is up with your mother's spending and it's affecting your entire family. You should do whatever you can to find out what is going on.
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# ¿ Aug 2, 2013 14:54 |
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soap. posted:My sister and her boyfriend are both terrible with money. Does she care?
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# ¿ Aug 20, 2013 12:16 |
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Rexfumado posted:Reading this thread makes me think I might be bad with money as well. I'm 28 and single, and even though I have a good income of around 100k, I have almost nothing to show for it. I have less than 15k in the bank and this is maybe enough to qualify as an emergency fund, but not much else. I don't really try to save much money; instead I opt for a very high standard of living. I pay over $2500/month in rent to live in a really fancy apartment in the nicest neighborhood in Chicago, I have a nice car, and I spend quite a bit on entertainment, restaurants, vacations, etc. I have excellent credit and no debts, so all of this spending is not necessarily out of my means, but it still feels kind of irresponsible. It seems like it would be really, really easy to get a cheaper apartment that would still be pretty nice and would be in a good neighborhood. I know Chicago is expensive, but it's got to be cheaper than NYC. And saving for a down payment is going to take time. Can you get a good house in a good neighborhood in Chicago for $250,000? Because I don't see how you can save up for a 20% down payment for anything more expensive than that in only 2 years. Well, actually I can see how--you'd have to move into a cheaper apartment. I don't think you're necessarily being bad with your money, but maybe you aren't being as good with it as you could be. If I were in your position (being single instead of married and supporting a spouse who is a full-time student in the most expensive city in the US) then I would downgrade my apartment and save a lot more for an eventual down payment. I would also make sure I'm maxing my Roth IRA and 401k. Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 19:16 on Aug 29, 2013 |
# ¿ Aug 29, 2013 19:13 |
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Leroy Diplowski posted:Maybe I need to get back on piracetam.
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# ¿ May 30, 2014 20:44 |
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Barry posted:Yeah, the more I think about it, the more I realize that he is pretty bad with money. I think I was originally a bit clouded due to his general lucidity and a healthy income, but if you have that kind of income and basically nothing but debt to show for it, that's just plain bad with money. He's really bad with money. Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Jun 17, 2014 |
# ¿ Jun 17, 2014 21:22 |
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LorneReams posted:Nah, even to this day, I cycle between suit shirts, and have them cleaned after about three times...if you don't spill anything on them and wear an undershirt, no one can tell. Just make sure to hang it up immediately when you get home after work. But seriously, gently caress wearing a shirt only once before taking it to the dry cleaner.
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# ¿ Jun 20, 2014 02:59 |
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FrozenVent posted:What kind of building doesn't have a laundry room?
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# ¿ Jun 20, 2014 20:09 |
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My wife picked out a relatively cheap ring ($1800) and we decided it really wasn't worth insuring against loss, so we just bought a policy that would cover inspections, cleanings, and basic repairs forever. It was a cheap (something like 5-10% of the cost of the ring) one-time thing so it seemed like a good deal. She said if she ever loses it, she'll get a cheap, fake diamond or another gemstone and maybe we'll think about replacing it with a real diamond later on.
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# ¿ Jun 21, 2014 13:18 |
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ranbo das posted:Hooray the forums are back up! That means time for some people who are bad with money. Well, kinda.
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2014 02:38 |
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RommelMcDonald posted:I'm guessing this is the guy's first job. He has no idea what federal taxes are and the fact that he had nothing taken out of his pay check didn't tip him off either. Even if your previous work experience is a part time job in high school, you'd probably be familiar with the idea of federal taxes.
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# ¿ Jun 26, 2014 02:59 |
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Zo posted:Yeah but english majors are no better. Every week, without fail, an english major makes an e/n thread crying about being a jobless loser and has awful spelling/grammar. Some students are just bad students. They get through a degree program, naively thinking that will be enough to land a job, but they don't actually develop the skills to become successful in their chosen field. I graduated from a professional program that is completely direct in its career path. You get the degree in "x" and your job title is "x". The job market is not particularly saturated, and yet there are still a small number of students each year who barely manage to graduate and don't get jobs because they lack qualities that make a good "x". They bomb out of interviews because employers can smell their lack of skill, motivation, and professionalism. Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 14:59 on Jul 5, 2014 |
# ¿ Jul 5, 2014 14:56 |
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xie posted:The biggest mistake that I know someone personally made was a guy I worked with who owned a lot of bitcoins. He wasn't a bitcoin freak, he had thought they were neat, mined about 2k of them when he was paying split electricity during college and forgot about them.
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# ¿ Jul 8, 2014 18:29 |
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Tigntink posted:Hmming and hawing about stock just isn't worth it.
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# ¿ Jul 8, 2014 19:53 |
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:My favorite quote from the wife is "I am the financial grue of the family." Did they say where they live? I hope it's 1000+ miles from Orlando.
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# ¿ Jul 12, 2014 01:52 |
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HelloIAmYourHeart posted:Disney husband lives in a guesthome on his family farm and does chores for rent. Some of the rides are really boring and obviously for small children, but some are very fun and worth riding more than once. I absolutely do not see the appeal in going more than once a decade, and especially not every year. There are so much other great things to see and do on this planet, and while roller coasters are fun, actually seeing the real world is a lot more fun. Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Jul 12, 2014 |
# ¿ Jul 12, 2014 03:18 |
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Oh god.... noooooo, don't do it Bill! Bill is my coworker. He is pretty young--about 25. He does a good job at work. He's professional, clean-cut, well-mannered. He's a volunteer firefighter on top of working full-time. He's also enrolled in college classes and has tens of thousands of dollars in student debt, and is planning to acquire more. He reports that he has bad credit. He just walked into a room where I was sitting with four other coworkers on a break. He said he just found out he can lease the car that he's in love with for just $660 a month. Cue absolute terror from all of us... we immediately tell him there is no scenario in which he should ever lease a car for that much. We are emphatic. We tell him it's insane, that he can't afford it, and that he's going to spend way more than $660 a month on the car when he accounts for insurance and gas. One coworker explains that Bill already owns a car that he bought just three years ago, so why does he need a new one? "I hate that car," replies Bill. We explain to Bill that he doesn't even drive to work, he takes the commuter rail, which costs him hundreds of dollars a month for an unlimited pass. "But I drive to a station that's closer to the city," replies Bill, "and I really love this car." We insist that the answer is NO. One coworker aptly and bluntly adds that Bill has "sucker" written all over him and that the guys at the dealership see him coming from a mile away. He leaves, and we all hope that's the end of it. I just overheard him on the phone talking to the dealership, and he was insisting that he can't pay more than $500 a month. Did I mention that Bill is an executive assistant? He's not pulling in fat paychecks. edit: I don't know what car he's trying to lease
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# ¿ Apr 13, 2015 20:44 |
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Uranium 235 posted:Oh god.... noooooo, don't do it Bill! When I talked to him again he was going on about how they're going to buy him out of his current car and how he can just trade-in when this new lease is up... I really hope he doesn't do it. Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 22:59 on Apr 13, 2015 |
# ¿ Apr 13, 2015 22:56 |
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Renegret posted:Where does Bill live? In the city proper or out in the burbs? edit: in his defense, he's driving to a station near a hospital where his mom has been hospitalized for months, so it's actually reasonable that he'd do that. That station is on a different LIRR line than the one he lives on. Can't really call him bad with money for that part, I think that's being a good son. I think he's a good person so I really hope he doesn't get the car. The one he has is perfectly fine, he just doesn't like it. It's a Honda CRV. Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 13:19 on Apr 14, 2015 |
# ¿ Apr 14, 2015 13:13 |
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Series DD Funding posted:But what is the opportunity cost of a post.
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# ¿ Apr 16, 2015 17:20 |
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Krispy Kareem posted:That just goes along with my healthcare comparison that these costs are increasingly being passed on to the end user. Every year the Board of Regents gets together and increases tuition because more money is needed. But the question is why more money is needed. I know that many schools do not run profitable programs, but the ones that are paying coaches millions of dollars almost always have profitable football teams. The TV deals alone are worth eight figures per school, at least for those in the big conferences. For the programs that are in the black, paying coaches millions of dollars is apparently very good with money.
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# ¿ Apr 22, 2015 03:23 |
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Haifisch posted:The gist of it is:
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# ¿ Apr 22, 2015 03:53 |
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:I inherit a $30,000 trust when I turn 35. I don't want to sound like a complainypants because I did 0 to deserve anything, but it always struck me as weird that I need to wait that long. $30,000 is a life changing event when you're in your early 20s. I could have made a down payment on a house, had business startup costs, done 2 chicks at the same time, etc. Of course, if you'd gotten it when you were 20 and had invested it all, it would reach 270k and would be good for about $10k fixed annual income, which is more than a lot of retirees will have. Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 18:36 on Apr 24, 2015 |
# ¿ Apr 24, 2015 18:33 |
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Thesaurus posted:I know these are official figures, but this doesn't sound plausible. $250,000 for 18 years is a little under $14,000 per year. It sounds plausible to me, but I don't have a kid. Food, clothes, doctors, prescriptions, dentistry, childcare, extra bedroom in your house, etc. It adds up. Some of those costs are covered by subsidized insurance, but it's still part of the cost, even if you're not the one paying for it. It's still part of your total compensation with your employer. So even if a middle income couple earns $50,000, their total compensation is higher than that. Not to mention tax breaks and credits for having children in your household. Uranium 235 fucked around with this message at 05:38 on Mar 20, 2016 |
# ¿ Mar 20, 2016 05:33 |
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zaurg is probably unknown to non-BFC posters, but to me, he's as classic SA as bigpeeler and p-p-p-powerbook.
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# ¿ May 8, 2016 03:23 |
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Krispy Kareem posted:Paid off assets, little debt, pays almost nothing in taxes, no kids, young wife.
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# ¿ May 26, 2016 13:25 |
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 08:28 |
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Just found out that my aunt has been committing power of attorney fraud/elder abuse by spending many thousands of dollars (I'm not exactly sure how much, but the absolute floor is $7k and I'm guessing it's much higher) a year on personal purchases: tickets to athletics events and concerts, retail stores, some kind of Christmas savings service (you pay in and they send you a check in November?), etc. My dad has known for a while (he also has POA) and he finally told me about it tonight because he wanted my advice. He is at a loss as to how to handle this. My opinion is that he should say nothing to my aunt, document everything, and consult an attorney who deals with family/elder/estate law. If my dad is right about the fraud/embezzlement, then her POA needs to be revoked as soon as possible. Notable things about my aunt: she went through a bad divorce over 10 years ago. Has two kids; 17 and 14. Has a high interest rate mortgage that she can't refinance because she's tied to a bankruptcy with her ex-husband; her mortgage is $1800 a month and she lives in a very low cost of living area (small town in a flyover state). She has a pool, is redoing her porch, deck, and floors. Her kids want for nothing, and while I'm glad they're living the good life because they've been through a lot of poo poo and are really great kids who I love dearly, my aunt has clearly mishandled her own finances, probably in an effort to spoil them and make up for what they've gone through, and now she's mishandling my grandparents' finances. I've been watching her lifestyle for years, knowing that there was no way she could afford it, and certain that she was in terrible financial shape. I didn't expect her to be abusing her POA though. But according to this thread, this poo poo happens all the time.
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