ouizy
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I think she is an ass.
She should pay back her f'ing debt like the rest of us have to...
She should pay back her f'ing debt like the rest of us have to...
MERGED ----> Need some money? + SaveKaryn.com
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Foxxern
Refugee
SaveKaryn.com
From Salon.com:
In June of this year, Karyn Bosnak bounced a $59 check at a grocery store. She was officially broke -- unable to scrape up enough cash to get to work. Karyn looked rich: She was a television producer, earned $900 a week, and lived in a stylish apartment in Brooklyn with a closetful of Gucci and Louis Vuitton. But she also had a $20,221.40 credit card bill (thanks mainly to the aforementioned Gucci), an empty savings account, and now, the fee for a bounced check.
That night, Karyn decided that it was time for a change. So she did what any 29-year-old, marketing-savvy woman might do if she had $20,221.40 in debt and no easy way to pay it back: She built a Web site, and simply asked people to help her out by sending her a buck or two.
Four months later, Karyn Bosnak is the world's most successful Internet panhandler: At last count, she had paid off nearly $17,000 of her debt, thanks to donations of $1 to $1,000 from the thousands of strangers who have taken pity on her. Her Web site, SaveKaryn.com, has been visited by more than a million people; she's been featured on the "Today" show and in People magazine; she's been offered a book deal and a movie contract. Life is suddenly looking up for a woman who, just months ago, was "depressed and freaked out" by her financial straits.
So, the moral of the story is, if you have absolutely no knowledge of how to handle yourself financially, come up with a dumbass gimmick and pander to the masses. Are we supposed to empathize with someone who thinks that $900/mo, or about $47000 per year is enough to treat yourself to all sorts of Gucci and Louis Vuitton? I really can't understand why people are head over heels trying to help this woman. It's not like she is the victim of circumstances beyond her control. She just can't figure out how to live within her means. And apparently her ignorance will allow her to come out on top. Am I missing something completely here? Really makes me wonder just how gullible people are.
From Salon.com:
In June of this year, Karyn Bosnak bounced a $59 check at a grocery store. She was officially broke -- unable to scrape up enough cash to get to work. Karyn looked rich: She was a television producer, earned $900 a week, and lived in a stylish apartment in Brooklyn with a closetful of Gucci and Louis Vuitton. But she also had a $20,221.40 credit card bill (thanks mainly to the aforementioned Gucci), an empty savings account, and now, the fee for a bounced check.
That night, Karyn decided that it was time for a change. So she did what any 29-year-old, marketing-savvy woman might do if she had $20,221.40 in debt and no easy way to pay it back: She built a Web site, and simply asked people to help her out by sending her a buck or two.
Four months later, Karyn Bosnak is the world's most successful Internet panhandler: At last count, she had paid off nearly $17,000 of her debt, thanks to donations of $1 to $1,000 from the thousands of strangers who have taken pity on her. Her Web site, SaveKaryn.com, has been visited by more than a million people; she's been featured on the "Today" show and in People magazine; she's been offered a book deal and a movie contract. Life is suddenly looking up for a woman who, just months ago, was "depressed and freaked out" by her financial straits.
So, the moral of the story is, if you have absolutely no knowledge of how to handle yourself financially, come up with a dumbass gimmick and pander to the masses. Are we supposed to empathize with someone who thinks that $900/mo, or about $47000 per year is enough to treat yourself to all sorts of Gucci and Louis Vuitton? I really can't understand why people are head over heels trying to help this woman. It's not like she is the victim of circumstances beyond her control. She just can't figure out how to live within her means. And apparently her ignorance will allow her to come out on top. Am I missing something completely here? Really makes me wonder just how gullible people are.
Have ya seen the "Need some money?" thread here in Lemonade Stand? There are alot of comments about this site........
Personally, I think it's a free country, do what you like......
Personally, I think it's a free country, do what you like......
foray
Rock n' Roll Doggie
They're congratulating her resourcefulness, not her greed. Still, there is something wrong with it all, of course. What a Forrest Gump.
foray
foray
ghetofabu
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
LarryMullen's POPAngel
Blue Crack Distributor
Um, this bitch spends all her money on clothes and I'm worrying about if I can afford a stinking car in November?
Sorry, feeling ornery today.
Sorry, feeling ornery today.
ghetofabu
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
LarryMullen's_POPAngel said:Sorry, feeling ornery today.
nooooooo. really?????
*runs away*
She was offered a book deal and a movie contract?!?!??!?!
With all of the kick ass "One time" stories I have, I find myself wondering where the hell MY book deal and movie contract is!!!!!!!!
With all of the kick ass "One time" stories I have, I find myself wondering where the hell MY book deal and movie contract is!!!!!!!!
daisybean
Rock n' Roll Doggie, FOB
BC...write that book!!!!!!!! and send it into publishers...that would be a great idea for a coffee table book. I'd rather read that then how a poor little princess ran up her Master Card on cappacinos and Prada
BAW
The Flower
Wow, she has a pretty healthy sense of entitlement, doesn't she? How about she get up off her ass, take her Gucci and Prada to a consignment store, move into a cheaper apartment with a roommate and live within her means...oh, and she could take a second job like the rest of do when we're broke.
I don't think she's creative at all...I think she's lazy. And what are the people who are donating money actually "saving Karyn" from? Her own compulsive shopping habits? Hard work? Personal responsiblity?
I don't think she's creative at all...I think she's lazy. And what are the people who are donating money actually "saving Karyn" from? Her own compulsive shopping habits? Hard work? Personal responsiblity?
diamond
ONE love, blood, life
I agree w Ms. Raging..She ls Raging said:
I owe 30,000 in C/C debt and only make a little more than half what she makes.
My dad raised us not to be mooches.
Even though shes a mooch..she is clever.
You have to give her credit for that
I will pay my own bills however.
DB9
ghetofabu
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
Bono's American Wife said:
Actually I have read the web site. She is selling her stuff. Mostly on ebay.
cell
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
I don't believe this...Here I am, trying to find a job, put food on the table for me and my girl, and she's on tv, gets offered a movie contract, a book deal...this ruined my day.
diamond
ONE love, blood, life
Thou shall not envy
The fact that we r concern w a creative mooch we all need our heads examined..
Dave
The fact that we r concern w a creative mooch we all need our heads examined..
Dave
elevatedmole
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I agree with pretty much everything said already.
But.. am I the only one who is wondering why they'd think the public would want to see a movie based this?
But.. am I the only one who is wondering why they'd think the public would want to see a movie based this?
Spiral_Staircase
War Child
diamond said:
Creative? What's creative about what she's doing? Begging for money is an art that's been around for a while. And doing it on the internet is nothing new either. Most of the sites listed here are older than Karyn's.
Call her bold if you want, call her a skilled panhandler, but I don't think creative is right word.
sharky
New Yorker
hmm....who wants to be the first Interferencer to be debt free with a job? If someone has the web skills, I have the writing skills, maybe some PR skills. I think we should try and see how famous we can become. Hell, we could do this for the Interference site. maybe talk to Elvis about creating save.interference.com and go from there. this could work.
ghetofabu
Rock n' Roll Doggie Band-aid
What a good idea to merge these two threads.
hope i made you smile bizcut
hope i made you smile bizcut
BAW
The Flower
diamond said:
I agree w Ms. Raging..
I owe 30,000 in C/C debt and only make a little more than half what she makes.
My dad raised us not to be mooches.
Even though shes a mooch..she is clever.
You have to give her credit for that
I will pay my own bills however.
DB9
But is she clever enough to keep the IRS from wanting their share of the $17,000 in "donations" she has received so far?
Lets see here...$43,000 per year salary plus $17,000 in donations equals $104,000. Welcome to the 32% tax bracket Karyn
doctorwho
Rock n' Roll Doggie VIP PASS
Bono's American Wife said:
But is she clever enough to keep the IRS from wanting their share of the $17,000 in "donations" she has received so far?
Lets see here...$43,000 per year salary plus $17,000 in donations equals $104,000. Welcome to the 32% tax bracket Karyn
I also thought of the tax implications....
However, I don't get your math. Please explain.
ouizy
Rock n' Roll Doggie
I just sent Diamond a check in the mail for his CC bill, F Karyn...
BAW
The Flower
doctorwho said:
It's called the "talking on the phone and trying to type a smart ass response on Interference" method. Trust me, I normally know how to add...I feel like a real boob right now
Um, yeah...I meant $60,000...that would taxed at 28%
BAW
The Flower
If 100 people would send me $1.00 each, I could buy some new glasses
daisybean said:
I was going to make a web site to archive all my stories once (one of my friends back home suggested it for a laugh)...maybe I should.
yeah! all you have to do is do a search here and search for the words "one time" by poster bonochick.Bonochick said:I was going to make a web site to archive all my stories once (one of my friends back home suggested it for a laugh)...maybe I should.
i'd read it!
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