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Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

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Hey everyone - thanks for the feedback. I wasn't sure how the response would be but it's been mostly positive so far. I came up with the idea because I wanted to use such a service, but when I couldn't find anything I figured I'd create it and thought it would be fun. Most importantly I want to help people out - the $10 is so I can (somewhat) justify it from a time perspective. So far it turns out I'm spending a lot…

The idea is terrible because you lack the qualifications to answer questions outside if your own personal expertise (whatever that may be). Second, assuming you get questions, you will be working at $20-10/hour. Not much money. So yeah, two thumbs down. awful idea

The comment is terrible because you lack the qualifications to comment outside if your own personal expertise (whatever that may be). Second, assuming you get to comment, you will be working for free. Not much money. So yeah, two thumbs down. awful comment

See what I did there :P

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#183
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OK. I'm not associated with the service, but as I'm in tough spot in my business, I'm looking for some advice. Considering that usually the going rate for the people I employ is something like $50 to $150, $10 for advice seems quite cheap. For your arguments: 1. Why would I care about the heading? I don't care if the guy is cheap or not, I just want honest, brutal feedback for once. 2. Well the guy has focus, I prefe…

> OK. I'm not associated with the service, but as I'm in tough spot in my business, I'm looking for some advice.

> $10 for advice seems quite cheap.

Do you really think you'll get a real sound advice for 10$ dollars?you're kidding yourself.

On the other hand,the guy should really sell some book on how to rip off people of 10$ dollars without doing anything valuable,because it seems there are potential clients here.

If you're desperate about your business,consult a lawyer or a financial adviser.Yes it's expensive,but better spend 10 minutes with someone that has serious credentials than losing 10 bucks from a scammer.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#184

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The idea is terrible because you lack the qualifications to answer questions outside if your own personal expertise (whatever that may be). Second, assuming you get questions, you will be working at $20-10/hour. Not much money. So yeah, two thumbs down. awful idea

Dude, what a troll comment.

Well at least he's got a high IQ =P

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#185

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Who the fuck cares if you don't see the need. It is a niche product, like an impulse buy in a supermarket. I don't see need for 99% of the crap what is sold in a dollar store, but the dollar store is still a quite solid business. That said, I just bought my advice, paid but I still don't see email. Damn.

The lesson learned here is that the cost of living is so high in California that $10 only has the buying power of $0.02

damn, can I send you my $10? That's at least a $5 joke in any housing market.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#188
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I, personally, cannot imagine any question to which I would get a more valuable answer from a 28-year-old software engineer in California interested in finance, men's fashion and weightlifting than I would get from my wife, family, friends and peers -- people who know me; whose lives actually overlap with mine in some way. What is "telling it like it is" if you don't share the same context? How likely is it he can pi…

I think we're missing the joke here: this is an update on the concept of "my 2 cents", with the difference being... ...he has adjusted for inflation, with a markup. http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

From 1913 to 2014, $0.02 cents inflated to $0.48 cents. At that rate, wouldn't it be over 100 years before reaching $10? In which case, in 2014 he'd have to share 20.83 opinions per session to justify the cost.

Re: Your friends are lying to you. For $10, I wont.

#190

I, personally, cannot imagine any question to which I would get a more valuable answer from a 28-year-old software engineer in California interested in finance, men's fashion and weightlifting than I would get from my wife, family, friends and peers -- people who know me; whose lives actually overlap with mine in some way. What is "telling it like it is" if you don't share the same context? How likely is it he can pi…

Your Friday night sounds pretty awesome.

This made me laugh.
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