Money Financhu Crisis / Chris sells his stuff megathread

[Dayquil]

OK so I'm guessing the way benefits are paid in the US is different to the UK? In the UK you have to let the DWP know if there is a change in circumstances (ie new job) so they can alter your benefits accordingly, or cease payment.

Oh no it works the same way here, it's just the monkeys that work the offices don't do jack shit.

 

[timtommy]

As some one who had to apply for SSI now due to a spinal injury, and I have several friends who were born with serious defects physically and worked with those with mental defects..I assure you, if Chris' internet business was known to the social security office, his tugboat would be reduced. You literally can only make so much a month before it is. If he's even making 400 a month, it would be reduced significantly. Effectively, if you can earn per week what you'd make for 10 hours at minimum wage, you can see your SSDI reduced by 1/3 to 1/2.

Most people realize of course working part time+partial disability is actually better then relying on the tug boat. Except Chris, Chris is Exceptional.

"Actually better" is a tough claim to make.

You can increase your income, but your effective wage is really low. As a completely hypothetical example, suppose you worked 20 hours a week at something close to minimum wage in Virginia. You would get something in the neighborhood of $700 a month in wages. But if that reduced your "tugboat" income by $350, you would effectively only be making half of minimum wage, which is an incredibly low wage, and may not be enough incentive to get you to work.

Working also helps you not have gaps in your work history, and other benefits like that.

 

[gREEEEEEEEEr]

Chris' tugboat is based on his disability, not him being poor. He's still autistic, no matter how much garbage he sells.

His tugboat is based on his disability preventing him from working. If his eBay sales grew to the point where selling on eBay could be considered a form of income, then his disability is not serious enough to prevent him from earning an income, and his tugboat would be reduced or taken away.

No one knows that he got anything unless his Paypal account gets $20,000 incoming and 200 transactions in year (about $1667 and 17 transactions per month). That is the how it works. Once you hit that, Paypal reports it to the IRS with 1099-k.

Doesn't report it, no, but it's still taxable income and you're supposed to report it yourself. If you don't, you probably won't get caught, but if the IRS ever does somehow happen to catch on and audit you, you may end up paying for it.

Now, that only applies to stuff that actually generates income for him. Selling items at close to actual value wouldn't qualify because that's just exchanging an item you own for the equivalent value -- you're not earning anything in the sale.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

Lol, at this thread turning into another big argument with Marvin waving a hammer and chisel trying to cut the stones who think Chris could someday lose his monthly tugboat.

 

[wellthathappened]

 

[Thiomersal]

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"This is an autographed photo of my mother, Barbara Anne Weston Chandler; limited quantity at the moment."

Size: 8”X10”

I always wanted an autographed picture of Ellyn Burstyn as Sara Goldfarb at the end of Requiem for a Dream.

 

[Sho'nuff]

Lol, at this thread turning into another big argument with Marvin waving a hammer and chisel trying to cut the stones who think Chris could someday lose his monthly tugboat.

There is a limit for earned income on SSDI. There is no limit for "unearned" income. A person on SSDI can't earn more than $1180 in Virginia per month.
What is up for debate is whether Chris's income is earned or unearned. As I said earlier, if he claimed all or most of his income as donations, he would be fine. But this all depends on the government taking notice, which I doubt they will considering how little Chris "earns".

 

[wellthathappened]

Government employees are not going to look into social security spending abuse over Funko Dolls and internet begging. In the context of welfare fraud, Chris is at the bottom level of concern.

 

[Depression_Begins]

Since he, you know, cured his autism using binaural beats a few years ago?

Sad that in reality, reading tumblr garbage online enhanced the autism so much that Chris just grew unaware of it.

I'm quite worried about Chris in his current mental state. Seems like he's using his delusions as a form of escapism to cope with major underlying psychiatric issues. To add insult to injury is the demented people currently blackmailing and stealing from Chris.

I truly hope that once Barb passes and stops taking the majority of Chris' tugboat, that he's actually able to get out in the world and heal. Despite all of us long following his crazy antics, I think most are wanting a happy ending. Since the start of the tom girl era, the sagas have become more and more tragic.

 

[AnOminous]

Government employees are not going to look into social security spending abuse over Funko Dolls and internet begging. In the context of welfare fraud, Chris is at the bottom level of concern.

They want either big scores or more often middle class types where paying legal fees costs less than just making a deal and paying off the feds.

 

[Marvin]

His tugboat is based on his disability preventing him from working. If his eBay sales grew to the point where selling on eBay could be considered a form of income, then his disability is not serious enough to prevent him from earning an income, and his tugboat would be reduced or taken away.

No, it's not just that it's income, but that it signifies he's not crippled. Having a yard sale does not imply you could work a 9-5 job at mcdonalds.

 

[gREEEEEEEEEr]

Having a yard sale does not imply you could work a 9-5 job at mcdonalds.

There are people who make a living by finding stuff for cheap or free and reselling it. That is a job just as much as working 9-5 at McD's is.

I'm not saying that Chris is, or even that he could, make a living by selling junk on Ebay or Patreon. But ignoring for the moment that the fact is he's not and probably couldn't, I'm saying if he somehow did, then yes, it most certainly could affect his tugboat.

 

[Marvin]

There are people who make a living by finding stuff for cheap or free and reselling it. That is a job just as much as working 9-5 at McD's is.

I'm not saying that Chris is, or even that he could, make a living by selling junk on Ebay or Patreon. But ignoring for the moment that the fact is he's not and probably couldn't, I'm saying if he somehow did, then yes, it most certainly could affect his tugboat.

Some people can comb thrift shops professionally. But that's different from a yard sale.

Professionally is the key aspect.

 

[bigshot]

Isn't that what Barb was going to do? But all she got around to was the buying part. She never sold.

 

[AnOminous]

Isn't that what Barb was going to do? But all she got around to was the buying part. She never sold.

That's what hoarders do. They acquire shit with completely irrational ideas about its future potential, and then keep doing this even when they're shoulder deep and buried in garbage.

That's what Barb does when she isn't fucking pigs.

 

[The American Hedgehog]

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NcSiF7iIMdY
How much longer until the tugboat comes in?

Between the begging video on August 23rd, in which Barb said they needed grocery money, and this begging video, in which Chris said his own bank account is in the red, Chris had managed to scrounge together $20 to piss away on Mirror's Edge Catalyst.

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

Some people can comb thrift shops professionally. But that's different from a yard sale.

Professionally is the key aspect.

Chris doesn't have the executive functioning or motivation for a job like that. He'd buy cute, cheap teen girl's clothes and then rip them after trying them on. He would probably try to sell it afterward.

 

[AnOminous]

Chris doesn't have the executive functioning or motivation for a job like that. He'd buy cute, cheap teen girl's clothes and then rip them after trying them on. He would probably try to sell it afterward.

He'd probably shit himself while wearing them and try to sell them like that.

 

[RJ MacReady]

He'd probably shit himself while wearing them and try to sell them like that.

Fashion is a common hurdle for women like Christine. How can she trust her clothes if they can't even withstand a single womanly diarrhetic blast?

 

[zap2theextreme]

nigga accessorizes like he just fell out the KB Toys bargain bin