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Title: good thing it's only a "slowdown". Post by: birdymaker on May 07, 2008, 09:34:40 AM :sad3:http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SavingandDebt/Advice/EmptyingTheAtticToPayTheBills.aspx
Title: Re: good thing it's only a "slowdown". Post by: Clive on May 07, 2008, 10:55:25 AM Not like I'm not feeling any pinch ... but I don't know, I have a hard time mustering up major sympathy for folks like:
Quote In Daleville, Ala., Ellona Bateman-Lee has turned to eBay and flea markets to empty her three-bedroom mobile home of DVDs, VCRs, stereos and televisions. Among her most painful sales: her grandmother's teakettle. Christine Hadley, a 53-year-old registered nurse from Reading, Pa., says she used to be "a clotheshorse," splurging on pricey Dooney & Bourke handbags. But her live-in boyfriend left last year, and she has had trouble finding a job. Piles of unpaid bills forced her to sell more than 80 items, including the handbags, which went for more than $1,000 ... Title: Re: good thing it's only a "slowdown". Post by: gleek on May 07, 2008, 10:59:26 AM Not like I'm not feeling any pinch ... but I don't know, I have a hard time mustering up major sympathy for folks like: Quote Christine Hadley, a 53-year-old registered nurse from Reading, Pa., says she used to be "a clotheshorse," splurging on pricey Dooney & Bourke handbags... *fudge* a duck. |