christopherm 0 #1 January 29, 2002 Ok everyone, here is my situation, any usefull suggestions would be much appreciated.I need my own gear, desperately. I would like to have it by March when I will start working full time at my dropzone. Now, I don't have a high paying job and so I can't save up very quickly for it, the whole thing will cost about $3000. I applied for a loan at my credit union the other day and got turned down because, not long enough at my job, not enough credit history, and not enough income. That hurt. I can't use my credit card because the limit is $1250 and I can only raise it every 6 months. What to do, what to do. I thought I would consult other poor people to see how to get a loan easier or another idea. Thanks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #2 January 29, 2002 Lay away? I think most gear dealers will let ya order stuff and pay it off while you wait on it. Or you can pimp out Justin's Mom. That's what I do....."It's the cans..they're defective. Stay away from the cans"-Steve MartinClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #3 January 29, 2002 Check out the classifieds and e-mail lisa. You can find something that might fit your budget, although it may not be a new Mirage G3 with some crazy new supersmall canopy.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SBS 0 #4 January 29, 2002 Show your tits for $5 a viewing...oh, wait a second...nevermind. If any chicks want to raise money, show your tits for $5 per viewing...it works.:-)Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
homer 0 #5 January 29, 2002 Know any loan sharks Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #6 January 29, 2002 Wait, your in college! Student loans baby, student loans.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Iflyme 0 #7 January 29, 2002 Well, crime pays until you get caught! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites MarkM 0 #8 January 29, 2002 Hmm, 1250 on 1 card?Might try applying for a second card with a 1k limit on it. That'd give you 2200 to play with between the two.Also no reason to need 3k, you can buy a perfectly good used rig in the 1500 range. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites christopherm 0 #9 January 29, 2002 The 3000 i mentioned included the cypress Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #10 January 29, 2002 Screw the cypress, atleast till you have money later. Just get something that's safe and still fun for you. I'm in the same boat with you right now, I have a swwweeet deal waiting for me if I could only get the money together. I need to figure out how to raise about $1500 in a week (ever see Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?) and I could have it...but NOOOO my student loans didn't leave enough for that after school and books. Well, I guess it's time to start donating plasma and selling stuff I own...Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites freeflir29 0 #11 January 29, 2002 I only have $1250 in the rig I jump now...no Cypres but it's a great rig otherwise!"It's the cans..they're defective. Stay away from the cans"-Steve MartinClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Keith 0 #12 January 29, 2002 " Well, I guess it's time to start donating plasma and selling stuff I own..."I hear selling sperm is more profitable.Keith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #13 January 29, 2002 Actually no and Texas state law allows the people who use your sperm to come find you if they have one of your kids. Frankly that's really damn scarey to me.Now, if you want to make money, girls can sell eggs. They get anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000 an egg. Imagine the rig you could buy...Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SpeedRacer 1 #14 January 29, 2002 QuoteI hear selling sperm is more profitable. Nothing like making money off your favorite hobby!Speed Racer"My God! It's full of stars!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Keith 0 #15 January 29, 2002 "Actually no and Texas state law allows the people who use your sperm to come find you if they have one of your kids."That's just wrong. What do couples do if the guy can't produce? Keith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites flyhi 24 #16 January 29, 2002 QuoteI hear selling sperm is more profitable. Note to self: Quit givin' that stuff away!!Is it hot in here, or am I crazy? - Charles Mansonflyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites SpeedRacer 1 #17 January 29, 2002 QuoteI hear selling sperm is more profitable.DAMMIT! Last year I might have let a few hundred dollars slip through my fingers! Speed Racer"My God! It's full of stars!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites mnischalke 0 #18 January 29, 2002 You posted a very similar message in October. I will tell you what I think. Brace yourself.To start, I am kinda lost. It almost seems as if you're cutting away before you have anything to cutaway from. Working at a DZ? As a full-time job? And you still expect to live, jump and have money for equipment as well? Did you get smacked around much as a small child? Any high-speed big wheel impacts with sliding glass doors?Here's my number one suggestion (but I know you won't have a thing to do with it, so more follow): If you have a skill/education, use it and get a real job like the rest of us. Play all you want on the weekends and forget what you do in your "other life." If you can't do that, I think that you may have gotten into something that you weren't ready for. This shit is expensive.These may be more to your liking:You are typing on a computer? sell it.Have a bike? sell it.Have power tools? sell em.Have video games? sell em.Have a camera? sell it.Have anything else (other than a tent, sleeping bag, two pairs of socks, two pairs of underwear, two black shirts and two pair black pants)? sell it all.Know a rich gray haired fag? become a boy toy.Other than that, good luck with the new job...mikeA bucket of Jet A can heat an entire county if burned all at once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #19 January 30, 2002 QuoteThat's just wrong. What do couples do if the guy can't produceProbably what most of America does in this situation, adopt a kid who needs a loving family.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Skyrose7 0 #20 January 30, 2002 ha ha, I guess it pays to get a cheap education. The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites scottbre 0 #21 January 30, 2002 QuoteThe 3000 i mentioned included the cypressThe deals are out there. I got my first rig a couple months ago for 1150, and that included the cypres. Just gotta look around. Good luck."Let the rabbits wear glasses. . . " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites skybytch 273 #22 January 30, 2002 QuoteHere's my number one suggestion: If you have a skill/education, use it and get a real job like the rest of us.Best advice you'll ever get christopher. Only thing I'd have to add is if you don't have an education and/or marketable skills, go do whatever it takes to get them. I wish I had. I'm very happy with the job I have now but I still can't afford to jump as hard as I'd really like to. And there were many very lean years before I got this job, trying to support myself and my kid on teaching FJC's and packing mains and reserves... didn't make many jumps either.pull and flare,lisa--Life is tough, but I'm tougher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diver123 0 #23 January 30, 2002 I kind of know how you feel... I had to sell my rig in November cause of a little personal emergency. Anyway, I'm getting the money together right now for a new one and it sucks! I'm just living off of the absolute bare minimum ( I mean it.), I'm selling most of my other hobbie related equipment/toys (snowboard, entertainment stuff, etc...) and then I'm adding the 1200 I'm getting back for taxes to put some icing on the cake! It's been a rough couple months, but that first jump on the new rig will be that much sweeter cause of the work I had to put into getting it! "pull high! It's lower than you think..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites AggieDave 6 #24 January 30, 2002 diver--That sucks that you had to sale your rig and stuff. Hope you get another rig soon and everything squared away.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites diver123 0 #25 January 30, 2002 Yes it did and still does... It won't be long now... Ya know, renting gear after owning a tricked out system isn't exactly fun...! But, at least I still get to jump..."pull high! It's lower than you think..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites Prev 1 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Join the conversation You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account. Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible. Reply to this topic... × Pasted as rich text. 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AggieDave 6 #6 January 29, 2002 Wait, your in college! Student loans baby, student loans.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iflyme 0 #7 January 29, 2002 Well, crime pays until you get caught! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarkM 0 #8 January 29, 2002 Hmm, 1250 on 1 card?Might try applying for a second card with a 1k limit on it. That'd give you 2200 to play with between the two.Also no reason to need 3k, you can buy a perfectly good used rig in the 1500 range. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
christopherm 0 #9 January 29, 2002 The 3000 i mentioned included the cypress Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #10 January 29, 2002 Screw the cypress, atleast till you have money later. Just get something that's safe and still fun for you. I'm in the same boat with you right now, I have a swwweeet deal waiting for me if I could only get the money together. I need to figure out how to raise about $1500 in a week (ever see Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels?) and I could have it...but NOOOO my student loans didn't leave enough for that after school and books. Well, I guess it's time to start donating plasma and selling stuff I own...Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #11 January 29, 2002 I only have $1250 in the rig I jump now...no Cypres but it's a great rig otherwise!"It's the cans..they're defective. Stay away from the cans"-Steve MartinClay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #12 January 29, 2002 " Well, I guess it's time to start donating plasma and selling stuff I own..."I hear selling sperm is more profitable.Keith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #13 January 29, 2002 Actually no and Texas state law allows the people who use your sperm to come find you if they have one of your kids. Frankly that's really damn scarey to me.Now, if you want to make money, girls can sell eggs. They get anywhere from $10,000 to $30,000 an egg. Imagine the rig you could buy...Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #14 January 29, 2002 QuoteI hear selling sperm is more profitable. Nothing like making money off your favorite hobby!Speed Racer"My God! It's full of stars!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #15 January 29, 2002 "Actually no and Texas state law allows the people who use your sperm to come find you if they have one of your kids."That's just wrong. What do couples do if the guy can't produce? Keith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flyhi 24 #16 January 29, 2002 QuoteI hear selling sperm is more profitable. Note to self: Quit givin' that stuff away!!Is it hot in here, or am I crazy? - Charles Mansonflyhi Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #17 January 29, 2002 QuoteI hear selling sperm is more profitable.DAMMIT! Last year I might have let a few hundred dollars slip through my fingers! Speed Racer"My God! It's full of stars!" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mnischalke 0 #18 January 29, 2002 You posted a very similar message in October. I will tell you what I think. Brace yourself.To start, I am kinda lost. It almost seems as if you're cutting away before you have anything to cutaway from. Working at a DZ? As a full-time job? And you still expect to live, jump and have money for equipment as well? Did you get smacked around much as a small child? Any high-speed big wheel impacts with sliding glass doors?Here's my number one suggestion (but I know you won't have a thing to do with it, so more follow): If you have a skill/education, use it and get a real job like the rest of us. Play all you want on the weekends and forget what you do in your "other life." If you can't do that, I think that you may have gotten into something that you weren't ready for. This shit is expensive.These may be more to your liking:You are typing on a computer? sell it.Have a bike? sell it.Have power tools? sell em.Have video games? sell em.Have a camera? sell it.Have anything else (other than a tent, sleeping bag, two pairs of socks, two pairs of underwear, two black shirts and two pair black pants)? sell it all.Know a rich gray haired fag? become a boy toy.Other than that, good luck with the new job...mikeA bucket of Jet A can heat an entire county if burned all at once. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #19 January 30, 2002 QuoteThat's just wrong. What do couples do if the guy can't produceProbably what most of America does in this situation, adopt a kid who needs a loving family.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #20 January 30, 2002 ha ha, I guess it pays to get a cheap education. The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #21 January 30, 2002 QuoteThe 3000 i mentioned included the cypressThe deals are out there. I got my first rig a couple months ago for 1150, and that included the cypres. Just gotta look around. Good luck."Let the rabbits wear glasses. . . " Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #22 January 30, 2002 QuoteHere's my number one suggestion: If you have a skill/education, use it and get a real job like the rest of us.Best advice you'll ever get christopher. Only thing I'd have to add is if you don't have an education and/or marketable skills, go do whatever it takes to get them. I wish I had. I'm very happy with the job I have now but I still can't afford to jump as hard as I'd really like to. And there were many very lean years before I got this job, trying to support myself and my kid on teaching FJC's and packing mains and reserves... didn't make many jumps either.pull and flare,lisa--Life is tough, but I'm tougher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diver123 0 #23 January 30, 2002 I kind of know how you feel... I had to sell my rig in November cause of a little personal emergency. Anyway, I'm getting the money together right now for a new one and it sucks! I'm just living off of the absolute bare minimum ( I mean it.), I'm selling most of my other hobbie related equipment/toys (snowboard, entertainment stuff, etc...) and then I'm adding the 1200 I'm getting back for taxes to put some icing on the cake! It's been a rough couple months, but that first jump on the new rig will be that much sweeter cause of the work I had to put into getting it! "pull high! It's lower than you think..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #24 January 30, 2002 diver--That sucks that you had to sale your rig and stuff. Hope you get another rig soon and everything squared away.Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.-General George Patton- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
diver123 0 #25 January 30, 2002 Yes it did and still does... It won't be long now... Ya know, renting gear after owning a tricked out system isn't exactly fun...! But, at least I still get to jump..."pull high! It's lower than you think..." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
