OT: The "Let's buy Abram a Leica Fund!"

[agoglanian]

Users: 4,339
Donations: $0.03 <--- Update

If each and every one of you were to donate just $1 to my cause, I could afford quite a nice starting kit of Leica Gear.

you know you want to do it guys.


:angel:

 

[kbg32]

Sorry, you have a 5D and plenty of L glass.

 

[Stephanie Brim]

*facepalm*

Ya know, I'm not in debt as much as you are, but I'm up there. I have to come up with $150 bucks before next week or I get to go to trial. 😛 I'll have it shortly (hopefully), but it still sucks as I'll be paying this off for the next 6-9 months. 😛

I'm okay with it, though...it'll keep me from buying camera equipment that I really don't need.

Maybe I can actually start selling prints once I get my new scanner...may offset things a bit. Course, I'd have to be a good photographer first. 😉

 

[agoglanian]

shhhh *[activate]Jedi Mind Trick[/activate]* you didnt see my signature.



this post was meant to be taken lightheartedly...

 

[agoglanian]

oh yeah, and steph.

i racked that up in a month... boy am i in trouble! (good thing i can use the excuse "its for my job!") hooray for working professionally!

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Yeah, I can't. This is still some of what I had from being out of a job. Now that I have one I may have to go looking for a second to help pay. Builds character, though. Puts school off for a bit longer, though. I'm not complaining here, just so that people know. Just kinda stating.

 

[aizan]

just sell your stuff on ebay. it's quick, relatively assured, and you won't get a better price for it.

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Heh. I still have three of my games to get rid of...two of which are going to a certain someone next week (hopefully) so that I can pay this like I need to. I'm also going to list two of my cameras: A working Meopta Flexaret and my Canonet 28 (whine). I'll be doing okay. I may end up posting a couple other things for sale here, though, through the next few weeks. 🙂

So anyone *want* a Canonet or a Flexaret? 😛

 

[agoglanian]

maybe i could sell my shadow on ebay, like some guy did one time. I have a really cool shadow ya know. its too bad he has better telephoto lenses than me... jerk.

 

[SergioGuerra]

Nice idea! I need a Leica too 😛

My vertical disaligned Zorki wont do its job anymore 😛

 

[Stephanie Brim]

I think my one problem is that I live in a very tiny town with little or no jobs available and I have no license to drive anywhere. If I'd get my license or move out of this town things would be better for me, but it goes right back around to the fact that most of my money is going out to bills. I can't really get a decent job because I don't have a college degree and I have a GED to prove my education - people seem to take that into consideration and don't hire me for jobs I'm rather qualified to do. I can't get an education if I can't pay for said education. I can't pay for said education if I can't make the money to pay the bills. I can't pay the bills if I can't make money. It's a vicious circle and I *am* finding it hard to get out of it.

I'll get out slowly. I probably won't buy anything for quite a while. I'm going to start learning how to drive very soon. I really don't know what I'm going to do. It is apparent that I'm not an idiot, but lots of people are treating me as such. People here have given me a well-needed step in the right direction by caring about me enough to help me through this time. I think this is why I haven't gone insane yet.

 

[parks5920]

I'll donate my .02 cents. 😀 Take a check?

 

[agoglanian]

paypal is preferred, but i would ask that you include the 3% paypal fee, so i would really get your .02 cents.


thanks parks!

 

[SteveM(PA)]

I think my one problem is that I live in a very tiny town with little or no jobs available and I have no license to drive anywhere. If I'd get my license or move out of this town things would be better for me, but it goes right back around to the fact that most of my money is going out to bills. I can't really get a decent job because I don't have a college degree and I have a GED to prove my education - people seem to take that into consideration and don't hire me for jobs I'm rather qualified to do. I can't get an education if I can't pay for said education. I can't pay for said education if I can't make the money to pay the bills. I can't pay the bills if I can't make money. It's a vicious circle and I *am* finding it hard to get out of it.

Steph, do you have any universities nearby? Even a "gound-floor" job will give you great advancement opportunities, job security, happy and friendly co-workers, a free education for you and your family, and unbeatable benefits along the way. And you get use of the photo lab and the indoor pool 🙂

 

[Stephanie Brim]

No universities, but I do have a community college.

 

[parks5920]

Nope, .02, take it or leave it! 😀

 

[Stephanie Brim]

Oh, and one other thing I can do now that I'm going to have a scanner is sell stock photography. I could also sell prints, but I don't know how I'd even go about that.

 

[Frank Granovski]

It's not so much the cost of a new Leica but rather there are less expensive options. So today I started a fund for myself. Each time I pick up a bottle and get the cash for it, I will put it in my new fund. 😎

 

[aad]

Stephanie, it's cheap to move to a place with a lot of work-might be time to take a plunge, eh?

So why don't we all send a dollar to each other, like everyone send a dollar to 10 people, then they can all send $10 back to the ..oh, wait.

 

[agoglanian]

steph, you should just start scanning like crazy, and posting links to prints for sale on your website, get as much exposure as possible 🙂

oh and parks, ill take a check. 😉