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Author Topic: For the love of Money...  (Read 3867 times)

Edvard

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For the love of Money...
« on: November 15, 2007, 12:46 PM »
This is no surprise to me, but it puts things in perspective just a bit...
Mouser: pay special attention to #36  :Thmbsup:
41 Money Facts That Will Blow You Away
Do you think you know a lot about money? Maybe you do. Maybe you don't. But let's see if any of the following facts are in any way surprising to you:



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« Last Edit: November 15, 2007, 12:48 PM by Edvard »

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Re: For the love of Money...
« Reply #1 on: November 15, 2007, 12:54 PM »
o_O, I suppose some of the first ones are a joke...

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Re: For the love of Money...
« Reply #2 on: November 15, 2007, 01:44 PM »
This is no surprise to me, but it puts things in perspective just a bit...
Mouser: pay special attention to #36  :Thmbsup:
I looked at 36
Spoiler
36. One of the best ways to raise money for a charity is to have a free dinner
for a lot of people and have an empty envelope tucked under their plate...
for the express purpose... of making whatever size donation they want.

At the last charity dinner I attended I thought the envelope was intended for me to secrete the fish bones :(

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Re: For the love of Money...
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2007, 02:00 PM »
I briefly attended a few local Mycologist Club meetings and they mentioned that they pulled in more cash at their last annual Wild Mushroom show after going from a $2.00 admission to a "donate to the club" admission.
Several times when I've gone to a restaurant with a large group of people, we were hit with a 15% gratuity. None of us ever had a problem with it, but discussing it later, we concluded they would have made almost twice that if we had all tipped individually.
Go figure....

And I figured that #36 was a third-party confirmation that the "donate what you deem appropriate" scheme is a solid one.

Fish bones FTW!!
;D
« Last Edit: November 15, 2007, 02:02 PM by Edvard »