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Users that are under 18 and don't have jobs: How did you finance your Visor

See the question above. Personally I used money in my bank account (collected via years of X-Mas gift money saved up+allowance and odd jobs) to pay for my Vdx back in July. I had to convince my dad I'd get use out of it after I said I wanted one. Then lucky for me he went along with it and one of his co-workers had an unopened refurb that I purchased off of her for $100. I have since used my allowance money to register WordSmith and AtomSmash, plus purchase an Innopack 2/V.

Registered: Feb 2001
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Well, I had a birthday party with like 30 friends, and suprisingly all of them brought cash, like $10 each, so I put that with about $100 of my allowance and bought my Platinum and Modem. I saved up some more and bought my GoType.

Registered: Feb 2000
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Well, surprishingly, even if your under 18, you can get a job. I have ben working since I was 15. My first job was in a resturaunt washing dishes that made me about 1500 in one summer. My second job was actually working for my HS technology departement, paying a whopping 50 dollars a week.. Although not much, it was enough to pay for my expensive buying habits . My third job is in conjunction with the HS job, except this one is for the Town Hall, as the network administrator. My last job, and not very much a structured job is private tech work. Charging 50 to 75 an hour, I can make enough to buy a visor in a day.

All you got to do is look. There are many people looking for kids to work with computers in their company.

BEN

Registered: Sep 2000
Location: Raleigh, NC
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All you got to do is look. There are many people looking for kids to work with computers in their company.

BEN

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Registered: May 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
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hmm 2 things. Parents help, than getting a job lets you furthur your expereince. My parents made the initial investment ofr $299 for a platinum for me, I got a job at VC, I'm happy, and I've gone through 9 visors... feed the habit.. Edge has the coolest design (my dad has it now), prism has best screen (me and my bro have 1), and deluxe is jsut cool for stuff.... The other 6? are the oens I err, wel, kinda broke HS custemoer support kicks a$$ though and hence I sitll ahve a Visor today....


I would say though that having a job lets me fules my addiction... err- it's 9:11, I said I would get off at 9:10 to go write a paper.. *sigh*

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Registered: Aug 2001
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Maybe one day when I'm bored I will go out and find a job then. I'm only 14 so I've only been doing freelance computer fixing for people.

Registered: Sep 2001
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I cut grass for the summer and did freelance computer that is how I got my Deluxe!!

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