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I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by jmkd »

bubbleRefuge wrote: post #107
jmkd wrote: post #84

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I live in a mountain valley in Mallorca where hundreds of tons of perfect Canoneta oranges fall to the floor and rot each year because the cost of picking them outweighs their market value. The valley became wealthy from this fruit in the 19th century but the economics no longer add up. [0] At the same time the price of orange juice (elsewhere) has skyrocketed [1], yet this rural community seems unable to take advant…

Do they let anyone pick for free ?

Plenty of orange trees in public places, plenty of abandoned groves around and a handful of eco-fincas where you can pick for next to nothing.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by jmkd »

pixl97 wrote: post #152
ninalanyon wrote: post #146

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I'm sure I've seen video of oranges being harvested mechanically. I'm sure it can be done but probably not economically everywhere especially if the terrain is difficult. For mechanical olive harvesting see: https://ilcircolo.eu/olive-harvesting-by-hand-or-with-machin...

Orange farms are on flat land and all the trees are on a grid and trimmed to exact sizes

That may be true of modern farms elsewhere but is not the case for historical groves here. They are sometimes spaced appropriately but that's about it. Usually on vehicular-inaccessible mountainside terraces.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

ash_091 wrote: post #135
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I still have no fucking idea what to do with saving.cash and it's costing me $500/year which is financially ruining me lol but I'd rather starve and keep the domain name. I'd never forgive myself for selling it. It's literally saving cash. It can't be anything other than what it is.

How about a site which parses your credit card / bank statement to find out where you're spending money and provides tips to save cash based on that spending (which could be sourced from community submissions + voting) E.g. I buy supermarket gift cards from a slightly obscure site which sells them at a 5% discount. Super easy way to save a few hundred dollars a year. The hardest thing was discovering that this was an…

Hey this is a great idea. If you want to talk more about it my contacts in my profile. Would love to hear more.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

squidbeak wrote: post #141
MarcelOlsz wrote: post #129

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I still have no fucking idea what to do with saving.cash and it's costing me $500/year which is financially ruining me lol but I'd rather starve and keep the domain name. I'd never forgive myself for selling it. It's literally saving cash. It can't be anything other than what it is.

While you wait for an idea, how about a global savings account comparison directory?

This is good. I was thinking of this but with things like comparing savings accounts, mortgages, and adding different financial products over time.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

Two9A wrote: post #137
MarcelOlsz wrote: post #129

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I still have no fucking idea what to do with saving.cash and it's costing me $500/year which is financially ruining me lol but I'd rather starve and keep the domain name. I'd never forgive myself for selling it. It's literally saving cash. It can't be anything other than what it is.

If nothing else, you can put up a static page on the basics of Boglehead-ish finances; a copy of The Flowchart from /r/personalfinance would be a great low-effort stop-gap.

Good idea, thank you.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

criddell wrote: post #142
MarcelOlsz wrote: post #129

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I still have no fucking idea what to do with saving.cash and it's costing me $500/year which is financially ruining me lol but I'd rather starve and keep the domain name. I'd never forgive myself for selling it. It's literally saving cash. It can't be anything other than what it is.

It should be an adventure game where a character named Cash is missing and probably in trouble.

Maybe it can be like that vim tutor game where you save him by encountering different financial scenarios that you have to solve and overcome.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by jmkd »

leobg wrote: post #98
jmkd wrote: post #84

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I live in a mountain valley in Mallorca where hundreds of tons of perfect Canoneta oranges fall to the floor and rot each year because the cost of picking them outweighs their market value. The valley became wealthy from this fruit in the 19th century but the economics no longer add up. [0] At the same time the price of orange juice (elsewhere) has skyrocketed [1], yet this rural community seems unable to take advant…

You have Mr. Kraus making sorbet and selling that on the internet, don’t you? Though I guess he doesn’t come close to using up all of the supply… and his domain name is a bit more complicated than what Peter usually goes for. I can’t, to this day, remember how to pronounce Sòller. We keep asking the locals every time we visit. Do you own a grove yourself?

Not familiar with Mr Kraus. Shortcut to remembering how to pronounce Sòller is to say 'So yeah'. We're surrounded by scarcely-maintained groves with owners pleading to do something with the fruit and there's only so many marmalades (wrong kind of oranges) or Aperol copycats one can make. Orange blossom ice cream a big success this year.

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by nxobject »

MarcelOlsz wrote: post #166
criddell wrote: post #142

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It should be an adventure game where a character named Cash is missing and probably in trouble.

Maybe it can be like that vim tutor game where you save him by encountering different financial scenarios that you have to solve and overcome.

+1 to that idea! Something like: “you earn this much every month, and these are your recurring expenses, long term debts and goals, and oh yeah an immediate financial challenge. In what accounts would you put hard earned dollars?”

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by MarcelOlsz »

nxobject wrote: post #168
MarcelOlsz wrote: post #166

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Maybe it can be like that vim tutor game where you save him by encountering different financial scenarios that you have to solve and overcome.

+1 to that idea! Something like: “you earn this much every month, and these are your recurring expenses, long term debts and goals, and oh yeah an immediate financial challenge. In what accounts would you put hard earned dollars?”

Yes I love this. I've been messing with building a 3d renderer in c++ compiled to wasm rendered to a canvas with webgpu, and then playing with the [0] Bobba source code, combined with something like SpacetimeDB would be sweet. Would be really valuable to collect common financial issues and situations from people and work with someone who knows finance deeply to figure out how to express these challenges in a way that don't seem too open-ended.

[0] https://bobba.io/

Re: I sell onions on the Internet (2019)

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Post by leobg »

jmkd wrote: post #167
leobg wrote: post #98

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You have Mr. Kraus making sorbet and selling that on the internet, don’t you? Though I guess he doesn’t come close to using up all of the supply… and his domain name is a bit more complicated than what Peter usually goes for. I can’t, to this day, remember how to pronounce Sòller. We keep asking the locals every time we visit. Do you own a grove yourself?

Not familiar with Mr Kraus. Shortcut to remembering how to pronounce Sòller is to say 'So yeah'. We're surrounded by scarcely-maintained groves with owners pleading to do something with the fruit and there's only so many marmalades (wrong kind of oranges) or Aperol copycats one can make. Orange blossom ice cream a big success this year.

Fet a Sòller. The guy is a German who noticed the same problem in the 90s and figured to use the surplus for making ice cream & marketing it to the Vitamin C starved people in Germany.

Perhaps an artisanal single-origin soda could work? Use the pulp and the oil from the peels to make some form of syrup or concentrate locally. Mix it with water and label it in Hamburg, London, Stockholm.

Can you ask your neighbors if they’ll sell an all you-can-pick pass in Febrary? I know two families who would buy it in an instant. There's an email address in my bio here.

In fact, I think I haven't met a tourist on the island who wasn't interested when I told them that we visited a grove and picked some oranges. Especially those with kids! Someone could set up a website that allows you to buy such a pass that directly routes you to the appropriate grove. You can spread the word about that website by collaborating with small local businesses like car rentals, hotels, Airbnbs, etc.. I’m sure many of them would be delighted to put such a flyer into their welcome kit.

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