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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 12:38:27 GMT -5
I agree. You just need to be aware of it, though. My daughter loves playing her stupid my little pony game on the Kindle, but she still wants my little pony toys. <Beth prays very hard that Keira will NOT discover the my little pony game on the Kindle.> My daughter found it and bought it herself... That was when we figured out we needed to turn the parental controls on.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 12:40:28 GMT -5
I don't think Amazon is good for browsing. If Dark's store carries items that are from small companies and different then I think he can compete. Curating is hard though.
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 11, 2013 12:42:01 GMT -5
It doesn't matter - they are all stupid.[/span]
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 11, 2013 12:44:19 GMT -5
<Beth prays very hard that Keira will NOT discover the my little pony game on the Kindle.> My daughter found it and bought it herself... That was when we figured out we needed to turn the parental controls on. My Mom found that out when she called to find out what the $0.99 charge for the last 2 months was...
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 11, 2013 12:44:40 GMT -5
Whoa, hold up now, what's wrong with my little pony??
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Post by 973beachbum on Apr 11, 2013 12:48:16 GMT -5
<Beth prays very hard that Keira will NOT discover the my little pony game on the Kindle.> My daughter found it and bought it herself... That was when we figured out we needed to turn the parental controls on. So I'm not the only one who handed a kid a Kindle and forgot to lock the parental controls. For my son it was Angry Birds.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 12:48:59 GMT -5
My daughter loved My Little Ponies from the time she was three. She still hasn't given them up and she considers herself a collector. We are often bidding on rare ponies on ebay. I can't tell you how many times I've tripped over those things. I thought she would outgrow them, but it is not going to happen.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 11, 2013 12:49:11 GMT -5
Whoa, hold up now, what's wrong with my little pony?? I find it annoying, personally. I also find Barbie movies, most of the Tinkerbelle stuff, Octonauts, Jake & the Pirates, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sophia the First, Doc McStuffins, Minnie's Bowtique, the train thing with the model who's some days is CLEARLY having a hard time keeping her movements kid rated, and the Mousecerise shows annoying. And I flat out can't stand Word Girl. Give me the creeps, it does.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 12:49:50 GMT -5
My daughter found it and bought it herself... That was when we figured out we needed to turn the parental controls on. So I'm not the only one who handed a kid a Kindle and forgot to lock the parental controls. For my son it was Angry Birds. Good thing she didn't play it for too long before we put the parental controls on, either. You can buy $99.99 worth of coins (or something) with one click in the game...
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 11, 2013 12:50:37 GMT -5
My daughter found it and bought it herself... That was when we figured out we needed to turn the parental controls on. So I'm not the only one who handed a kid a Kindle and forgot to lock the parental controls. For my son it was Angry Birds. Hell no. Mine kept getting youtube in a foreign language I didn't recognize - like Kurdish or Farsi or something flowy like those scrips.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 12:55:51 GMT -5
Whoa, hold up now, what's wrong with my little pony?? I find it annoying, personally. I also find Barbie movies, most of the Tinkerbelle stuff, Octonauts, Jake & the Pirates, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sophia the First, Doc McStuffins, Minnie's Bowtique, the train thing with the model who's some days is CLEARLY having a hard time keeping her movements kid rated, and the Mousecerise shows annoying. And I flat out can't stand Word Girl. Give me the creeps, it does. so basically any kids show/toy....
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Post by 973beachbum on Apr 11, 2013 12:58:19 GMT -5
So I'm not the only one who handed a kid a Kindle and forgot to lock the parental controls. For my son it was Angry Birds. Good thing she didn't play it for too long before we put the parental controls on, either. You can buy $99.99 worth of coins (or something) with one click in the game... Holy crap! The worst thing he did was buy a few $1.99 Angry birds games. I think we figured it out pretty quick what he had done but it took me a few days to get it locked right. Now he just walks across the house whining with nickles, dines and pennies dropping everywhere to convince us to take his $1.99 and use it to buy the next one.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 11, 2013 13:00:25 GMT -5
The young kid shows are a little much. When mine were that age I remember watching a LOT of Blue's Clues. And the Wiggles. Now those guys are creepy.
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Post by swamp on Apr 11, 2013 13:01:45 GMT -5
The young kid shows are a little much. When mine were that age I remember watching a LOT of Blue's Clues. And the Wiggles. Now those guys are creepy. You want creepy? Watch Yo Gabba Gabba.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 11, 2013 13:05:48 GMT -5
I find it annoying, personally. I also find Barbie movies, most of the Tinkerbelle stuff, Octonauts, Jake & the Pirates, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Sophia the First, Doc McStuffins, Minnie's Bowtique, the train thing with the model who's some days is CLEARLY having a hard time keeping her movements kid rated, and the Mousecerise shows annoying. And I flat out can't stand Word Girl. Give me the creeps, it does. so basically any kids show/toy.... I'm good with Curious George, Secret of the Wings (I said most Tinkerbelle stuff), Toy Story Toons, Tangled and Tangled Ever After, the "Have a Laugh" I'm selective, yeah, that's what I am.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 13:06:41 GMT -5
I will gladly make out with whoever was responsible for the Baby First Channel (Comcast). It has all these great baby/toddler shows - ones for counting, colors, music, art.... I only turn on Disney if one of the "bad" segments comes on (most of the live action segments). DS also likes Super Why and he does the dance at the end. Oh, and DS knows how to navigate DH's Kindle and my Nexus - he can choose the game he likes, pick the level he wants, play, and get to the home screen when he's done playing. He also almost purchased $1.99 worth of play money for the Little Chomp game.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 11, 2013 13:07:45 GMT -5
Good thing she didn't play it for too long before we put the parental controls on, either. You can buy $99.99 worth of coins (or something) with one click in the game... Holy crap! The worst thing he did was buy a few $1.99 Angry birds games. I think we figured it out pretty quick what he had done but it took me a few days to get it locked right. Now he just walks across the house whining with nickles, dines and pennies dropping everywhere to convince us to take his $1.99 and use it to buy the next one. You pay for Angry Birds games? I hit the Free App of the Day and got a couple versions that way. The only games I was willing to pay for, so far, are the Where's My Water and Where's Perrry. OH, we also do dinosaur movies and Kipper.
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Post by 973beachbum on Apr 11, 2013 13:12:17 GMT -5
Holy crap! The worst thing he did was buy a few $1.99 Angry birds games. I think we figured it out pretty quick what he had done but it took me a few days to get it locked right. Now he just walks across the house whining with nickles, dines and pennies dropping everywhere to convince us to take his $1.99 and use it to buy the next one. You pay for Angry Birds games? I hit the Free App of the Day and got a couple versions that way. The only games I was willing to pay for, so far, are the Where's My Water and Where's Perrry. OH, we also do dinosaur movies and Kipper. We have the free Where's My Water ones. No one likes it enough to pay for it though. The Angry Birds ones he loves though! He did all the levels in the free ones already and the only way to get the other levels was to buy them. He has had maybe 8 of them so far. It was weird the first time I walked past his room and heard him shout "Bad Piggy!".
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Post by thyme4change on Apr 11, 2013 13:14:21 GMT -5
Me too - that will punish them adequately. [/span]
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 11, 2013 13:22:27 GMT -5
If I track the guy down will you guys make out with each other?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2013 13:23:27 GMT -5
why do you assume it's a guy?
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 11, 2013 13:24:29 GMT -5
Cause I'm sexist, duh.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Apr 11, 2013 13:39:23 GMT -5
Mine both love them so much we had to dig up the cartoons for Swampy. Angry Birds is a big hit too. And they like my Words w/ Friends and Cubisoity game (matching pairs on a cube) too.
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Post by milee on Apr 11, 2013 15:37:48 GMT -5
So, Dark, what gives on the schedule for getting this going?
I'm surprised you have all this time to hang out and post on the board. When we were starting our business, it was a long time before I felt I had time to do anything but eat, breathe and sleep the dang thing. About the only thing I did that wasn't business was the time I spent with my son.
What are you in the process of waiting on and what's holding it up? Give us the scoop.
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Post by Bob Ross on Apr 11, 2013 16:18:28 GMT -5
If I was creating my own products, personalizing the products before resale, or something like that, I'd go online in a heartbeat.
Like, for instance...FURSUITS!?! Dude if you were selling them online, I'd buy fursuits from you. So...many...fursuits.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 11, 2013 16:54:59 GMT -5
Nothing is held up right now. I'm waiting for the lawyers and CPAs to write and file all the corporate documents. When that's done they'll establish a profit sharing plan for the corporation, and I'll be able to start the rollover process from my IRA, while that's going on I'll establish the bank accounts, one for the profit sharing plan and one general business checking account. When the money rolls over I'll buy corporate shares with the cash, the CPAs and lawyers do this part to make sure it meets all the IRS requirements, and on my end I'm just moving the money from the profit sharing account to the business checking account. That whole process will take 2-3 weeks.
Right now I'm doing as much as I can, that doesn't require money. Finding wholesalers, looking at locations, pricing fixtures, that kind of thing. Most of it can be done online and over the phone, and while I'm doing that I keep this forum open in a tab in the background and check in once in a while. Honestly, it's a bad habit that's left over from work and I should probably stop.
I'm not actually here as much as it looks like. I'm only following a few threads right now so it only takes a few minutes here and there to catch up.
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Apr 11, 2013 19:39:49 GMT -5
let me though i idea out for dark, look at a food trailor, had one for a while use to go around to event (arts and crafts,fishing,prades ect)also use to set up at big constrution sites and out side some factories and sell burgers fries drinks chip ect. I got to travel alot when north in the summer and south in the winter meet some very intresting people and some how managed not to kill them. I have recently seen some self contatined trailors for around 40K. I ran it mostly on the weekends and one of my ex's ran it durring the week I think my 3rd got it.
Holy shit ! Three ex's ? You *are* a gambler, man. Did you get hitched a fourth time ? Just wondering. Anyway, hope you find the right spouse eventually .
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 12, 2013 8:33:32 GMT -5
Cobra can be retroactively purchased for 60 days.
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Post by Bob Ross on Apr 12, 2013 9:16:32 GMT -5
Dark, I am disappointed with this thread. The reason? You are posting step-by-step specific information on the process of getting your business off the ground, rather than broad generalizations, catch-phrase paradigms, Monday morning quarterback-isms, and sweeping psychological traits of what it takes to be successful. If you keep it up, I won't even have to come to your seminar.
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Post by SVT on Apr 12, 2013 14:51:13 GMT -5
I'll be posting probably infrequent updates here as I go along. First, how the heck am I financing the thing. I'm using my IRA money, which is a real pain in the ass due to prohibited transaction rules, penalties, taxes, and whatnot. There is a way to fund your own business startup or purchase with money in a qualified retirement plan. You have to create a C corp, yes it has to be a C corp but you'd have to ask a CPA why. He explained it but I didn't retain it. The new C corp sets up a profit sharing or 401k plan for its employees. You roll your IRA/401k into the new 401k or profit sharing plan. You use the money to purchase shares in the new company. That puts your money that was formerly locked in retirement accounts into your corporate checking account with no early withdrawal penalties or tax implications. It also means your current retirement account owns the company, not you, so that's where your profit will go, and any gains if you sell. If you want to cash out later and have the money come to you, you'd have to have the corporation buy back the shares from the retirement plan, then sell. If you do this as a C corp the tax bite will be enormous, so you usually elect to go chapter S after you buy back the shares then sell. This is my exit strategy in 6-10 years. The IRS will fuck you up if you don't do this correctly. Lately they've been doing more audits of retirement accounts. Once you set this structure up you have to follow all the rules with the profit sharing or 401k plan. That includes the top heavy stuff, allowing all employees to participate, etc. The IRS penalties for not following the rules in that area can be as high as 110%, so if you fuck this part up you can lose your whole investment. Anyway, that's where I'm at now. Waiting for all this to get set up. It should take a total of 2-3 weeks from start to finish. I'm hoping for two since I'm paying the bribe, they refer to it as an expedited processing fee, to the state for processing the incorporation documents. In case anyone cares, I found out there's a term for what Dark is doing. It's called ROBS, or Rollovers as Business Start-ups.
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