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>And he was never paying "a lot of money" for this.

You're being obtuse: "a lot of money" in this context is a relative amount and you know that.



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>"a lot of money" and "a long time" are subjective.

You've missed the point. It's the fact that this guy did pay for the services.


>> Dad chose not do do any of that though... why?

It says in the article that would have cost 7k.


> it seems like you could afford to do it

They have a negative net worth. They could not afford to do it.


> You could offer me $1000 cash and I wouldn’t do it.

You may not need $1000, but some people literally do.


> The government pays off my $10,000 and your situation is literally no different.

No, because you spent $10K on random stuff that he/she did not. Somewhere you have $10K in goods, services, or experiences that he/she does not.


> If I pay someone $100,000 for a stick they found on the side of the road, it doesn't make that stick worth $100k.

So why did you pay $100,000?


>nor something you paid for

It's $12k, isn't it?


> I am pretty sure that he never thought he'd have to follow through with it.

Of course not. But (and it's a really big but...):

> If he did, then he wouldn't have made such a ridiculously overpriced offer.

His ego won't let him do anything BUT (see, it's a really big but) make a ridiculous offer.


> they pay a LOT as a result.

They don't pay a bit. We, on the other hand, pay and don't receive value for our money.


> So would people pay that? I don't know.

I know. People would not pay that.


> $300k is cool but if you are paying $100k of it to uncle Sam, then it is not really $300k.

Sure it is.


> Never took a dime off the table, was never offered it, never asked for it

Well they certainly wouldn't volunteer the offer without you asking for it.


>Of course nobody actually pays that

That's not the point.


> I paid them good money

You think it was a good money, but they disagree and want (much) more.


> Was it because they charged a lot of money? No.

I'm sure that plays into it, yes.

In most cases, the more money you give the more they will "give a shit."


> They said they couldn't afford the $150k.

It's likely more accurate to say they didn't want to afford the $150k.


> non-negotiable expenses are high.

You're going to have to go into a lot more detail if you want anybody to believe expenses that high are possible.


> They gave us a super low amount of money

I'd have taken the money, and then not done anything.


> Even though I had 0 money, I promised them a salary

Why would you do this?

Sounds like it was a flawed plan from the get go.

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