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hi. am in a tight financial situation.

my oldest son's birthday is almost here and I can't afford to buy him something (I wanted to get him a book which is $18.00 + shipping). But anyway, the reason I can't is because I have to pay for attorney fees and court costs (I have no idea how I'm going to do this, but I'll figure it out somehow) in order to be named as Meg's legal guardian. This is something required by law here when she turns 18, and it takes awhile so we're starting early. My first appointment is coming up and I have to pay $50 up front.

so ugh. can anyone loan me about $25 until the first of the month?

(I feel like such a loser.)

EDIT: taken care of! thank you.

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what's the book?

It's a leatherbound American Gods/Anansi Boys from B&N.

I can get it for you for $19.34 (that includes tax and shipping). Working at B&N gives me a bigger discount. If someone can lend you the $20, I can purchase it for you. If i weren't strapped myself, I'd do it straight up for you. I'm sorry I can't.

Oh, thank you!

i know how much every little bit can help.

will you pm me your paypal info?

Sure. pm me your Paypal info and I'll send it over.

someone else loaned it to me, but thank you so much for offering. it means a lot. ♥

You're welcome. I've had lots of help over the years when I've needed it, so I figure I should pay it forward when I can.

\o/ I'm glad that you got what you needed or else I'd have offered. Question - do you ever think about doing fic commissions?

I'll do it for charity but not for money for myself. I don't see fanworks as commodities, you know? I do it for free, for love. Maybe original fiction, but I've never done that before.

I get it! I guess it's a slippery slope because you're not supposed to profit off of it, but the reason I ask is because I was going to tell you to keep the money and write something for me in return and I thought the idea was good in general. D:

no D: face! it's alright, it was a reasonable idea. *smooch* thank you for thinking of me.

I'm going to have to do *something* soon in order to pay these court fees, but I don't know what. I have some books I can sell, but actually getting interested buyers is hard when the books in question aren't brand new in-demand bestsellers. I wish I could just box up everything and sell it in bulk as a 'surprise' grab-bag type thing. lol

I know that you can do that on ebay - they do bulk packages all the time - but I'm not entirely sure how well that they do?

I know they sell things in bulk but not usually as a surprise; the books or whatever are usually all listed. idk, I'll browse around ebay and see if I can get an idea.

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