Comments on: Our Story Part III: the Moral http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/ Finance is not rocket science, unless it is government finance. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:52:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: MoneyEnergy http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-8224 MoneyEnergy Fri, 15 Aug 2008 18:39:25 +0000 http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/#comment-8224 Sounds exciting, in a way. I know in Canada much of this hustling stuff just isn't available - and that could be a good thing - but the variety of strange credit card offers and bank bonuses and all that marketing hoopla - there's some of it, but no where on the degree it seems to be in the US. I'm partly envious since I would like, perhaps, to do some "hustling":) (online paid surveys, maybe), but it also seems a difficult way to literally scrape up a living. But I also probably don't have the overall salary needed for those bank bonuses anyway - like needing to move $5000 at once into one account in order to get a $75 bonus, etc. Good for you for being able to take such radical transformative action! That's what counts. Sounds exciting, in a way. I know in Canada much of this hustling stuff just isn’t available – and that could be a good thing – but the variety of strange credit card offers and bank bonuses and all that marketing hoopla – there’s some of it, but no where on the degree it seems to be in the US. I’m partly envious since I would like, perhaps, to do some “hustling”:) (online paid surveys, maybe), but it also seems a difficult way to literally scrape up a living. But I also probably don’t have the overall salary needed for those bank bonuses anyway – like needing to move $5000 at once into one account in order to get a $75 bonus, etc.

Good for you for being able to take such radical transformative action! That’s what counts.

]]> By: rocketc http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-3421 rocketc Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:37:01 +0000 http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/#comment-3421 I think your critcisms have some merit. There are also some points of which you should be aware. I earned 28K while working for a non-profit organization. I have since changed jobs and increased my salary a little and also put myself in a position to earn an MBA. The strategies outlined here were a one-time, emergency fix. I think your critcisms have some merit. There are also some points of which you should be aware. I earned 28K while working for a non-profit organization. I have since changed jobs and increased my salary a little and also put myself in a position to earn an MBA.

The strategies outlined here were a one-time, emergency fix.

]]> By: Sharon http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-3418 Sharon Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:18:13 +0000 http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/#comment-3418 I think that was the point. He learned budgeting and to watch all of the financial stuff much closer. And I think that he knows now that there are better things to do which won't affect your credit score. I think that was the point. He learned budgeting and to watch all of the financial stuff much closer. And I think that he knows now that there are better things to do which won’t affect your credit score.

]]> By: 144mph http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-3416 144mph Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:03:39 +0000 http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/#comment-3416 I'm sorry, that above post sounded really rude. I didn't mean to insult you, but your solution to this problem was exceptional and surprising. Great job. I’m sorry, that above post sounded really rude. I didn’t mean to insult you, but your solution to this problem was exceptional and surprising. Great job.

]]> By: 144mph http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/comment-page-1/#comment-3415 144mph Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:54:31 +0000 http://www.rocketfinance.net/2008/03/14/our-story-part-iii-the-moral/#comment-3415 If you're smart enough to out-hustle the hustlers this much, why are you only earning 28K a year, with an ARM mortgage that bumps 3%, and adding on a third kid? Don't you think that a similar effort, put into studying to develop valuable job skills, would earn a higher yield? People put so much effort into cheating the system, it's amazing. Don't get me wrong, I fully appreciate your ingenuity and inventiveness, but I think your misdirection of effort is grossly inefficient. Most of all, I like how you took matters into your own hands and developed your own solution instead of turning to the charity bandwagon and looking for a handout because of your life situation. If you’re smart enough to out-hustle the hustlers this much, why are you only earning 28K a year, with an ARM mortgage that bumps 3%, and adding on a third kid?

Don’t you think that a similar effort, put into studying to develop valuable job skills, would earn a higher yield?

People put so much effort into cheating the system, it’s amazing. Don’t get me wrong, I fully appreciate your ingenuity and inventiveness, but I think your misdirection of effort is grossly inefficient. Most of all, I like how you took matters into your own hands and developed your own solution instead of turning to the charity bandwagon and looking for a handout because of your life situation.

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