Money Strategist Goes From Making 150k A Year To Serving Lattes At Starbucks

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  • PhillyFlyers
    SBR Hall of Famer
    • 09-27-11
    • 8245

    #1
    Money Strategist Goes From Making 150k A Year To Serving Lattes At Starbucks
  • YorkHunt
    SBR Hall of Famer
    • 12-11-10
    • 7496

    #2
    Im sure he is here on SBR
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    • PhillyFlyers
      SBR Hall of Famer
      • 09-27-11
      • 8245

      #3
      Originally posted by YorkHunt
      Im sure he is here on SBR


      Yeah he's a moderator of a sub-forum titled "Broke Dikk Fukks"
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      • ngates815
        SBR Posting Legend
        • 12-01-09
        • 13845

        #4
        thanks for the update.
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        • QuantumLeap
          SBR Hall of Famer
          • 08-22-08
          • 6880

          #5
          Sounds like Ben Affleck's character in "The Company Men" except that Ben's character was married.
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          • PhillyFlyers
            SBR Hall of Famer
            • 09-27-11
            • 8245

            #6
            Originally posted by QuantumLeap
            Sounds like Ben Affleck's character in "The Company Men" except that Ben's character was married.
            Well, they do say that life imitates art.

            Fact is, this has happened to thousands of people not just this guy.

            Many are now working at jobs they would not have considered before because of the recession.

            Sad state.

            I have no worries though because Obama is going to make everything alright.
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            • ApricotSinner32
              Restricted User
              • 11-28-10
              • 10648

              #7
              If you made 150k a year and didn't save a good portion of it than you deserve to be buried. Nothing is guranteed in this world. Guy probably bought a mercedes and found himself a whore to waste it all on. I don't feel bad at all.
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              • ApricotSinner32
                Restricted User
                • 11-28-10
                • 10648

                #8
                $200 steak dinners? Thousand dollar watches? Yeah thats really a necessity in life. Fukin jerkoff. Good for him consume consume consume like every other sucker in society.
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                • PhillyFlyers
                  SBR Hall of Famer
                  • 09-27-11
                  • 8245

                  #9
                  Originally posted by ApricotSinner32
                  $200 steak dinners? Thousand dollar watches? Yeah thats really a necessity in life. Fukin jerkoff. Good for him consume consume consume like every other sucker in society.
                  Apricot

                  You sound bitter.

                  Why such sour grapes?

                  Dude didn't do anything to you.
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                  • rkelly110
                    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                    • 10-05-09
                    • 39691

                    #10
                    Sinner is right.

                    I saw this coming a mile away. I made less than 1/3 of the guy in the story.
                    I started paying stuff off and saving like crazy. I could live off unemployment
                    and my 6 week severance, when that ran out, I used my savings. Found a job a little
                    more money than that guy. Still living tight, because my job is only a 6 month stint
                    with no benefits. I have no insurance and hope nothing happens 'til I get some.
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                    • Sunde91
                      SBR Hall of Famer
                      • 11-26-09
                      • 8325

                      #11
                      yo bro thx for the yahoo news posts bro ur a real asset to the forum
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                      • muldoon
                        SBR MVP
                        • 01-04-10
                        • 4397

                        #12
                        Originally posted by ApricotSinner32
                        $200 steak dinners? Thousand dollar watches?
                        Sounds like quite the money strategist.
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                        • Waterstpub87
                          SBR MVP
                          • 09-09-09
                          • 4108

                          #13
                          He wasn't that good if he was only making a 50k bonus midway through his career.
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                          • PhillyFlyers
                            SBR Hall of Famer
                            • 09-27-11
                            • 8245

                            #14
                            Originally posted by rkelly110
                            Sinner is right.

                            I saw this coming a mile away. I made less than 1/3 of the guy in the story.
                            I started paying stuff off and saving like crazy. I could live off unemployment
                            and my 6 week severance, when that ran out, I used my savings. Found a job a little
                            more money than that guy. Still living tight, because my job is only a 6 month stint
                            with no benefits. I have no insurance and hope nothing happens 'til I get some.
                            How can you fault a guy for wanting to live good?

                            He was making the money and lived accordingly.

                            Haters gonna hate.
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                            • rkelly110
                              BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                              • 10-05-09
                              • 39691

                              #15
                              No hate. Make hay while the sun is shining, put the hay in the barn when it's raining.

                              The guy had a "can't happen to me" attitude and it burnt him in the ass. A lot of people
                              got burned really bad with no safety net like your example. The only safety net those people have is through govt/ state programs the Repubs want to take away. Take them away when the economy is good, not when it's bad and can get worse.
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                              • ApricotSinner32
                                Restricted User
                                • 11-28-10
                                • 10648

                                #16
                                Overpaying for shit you don't need is not living good. It's living stupid. Just because the public thinks its living good does not mean its the case. I beg to differ.
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                                • brooks85
                                  SBR Aristocracy
                                  • 01-05-09
                                  • 44709

                                  #17
                                  definitely did not plan well, that is his fault.

                                  What you can give him props for is he took a job "beneath" him. Pathetic how many unemployed people will not get a job simply because their unemployment check pays "enough."
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                                  • milwaukee mike
                                    BARRELED IN @ SBR!
                                    • 08-22-07
                                    • 26914

                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by ApricotSinner32
                                    Overpaying for shit you don't need is not living good. It's living stupid. Just because the public thinks its living good does not mean its the case. I beg to differ.


                                    that $200 steak dinner ends up in the toilet just like a $5 dinner at arby's and both taste good and provide nourishment.

                                    a $100 watch looks nice and works just as well as a $4000 watch.

                                    etc etc

                                    it's not as though the guy was making $1million/year and wanted to live the good life, he was making $150k. not bad by any stretch but come on, you should be able to save a big chunk of that. and you should be able to live off a $20k job with full benefits without dipping into the 401k.
                                    at $20k you're not paying any taxes and probably get earned income credit.
                                    so take home is $2k/month, that's enough for a single guy to live on no sweat.
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                                    • MH
                                      SBR Rookie
                                      • 05-02-12
                                      • 18

                                      #19
                                      very true words.
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