re: This OT Oil baller is going through a rough patch

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But I always suspected that the whole pick up truck thing was a ruse.

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I get that lots of rich people are phony, but I'm not sure what you mean. He was seen regularly driving it (not being driven) around Wal-Mart HQ in Bentonville - I mean until very near the end, IIRC.

At a certain point, perception IS reality. He was definitely not known as an extravagant spender, despite his wealth and this was just one manifestation of it. He lived in a modest home on the water, built in 1958. He drove that pickup truck on most weekdays. His office was 8x12.

At a certain point, folks just are who they are.

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Sam was obviously a good business man. But I always suspected that the whole pick up truck thing was a ruse.

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had to look discreet driving to the airport to pick out which one of his private jets he was going to use to fly to one of his ranches to go hunting for the weekend

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This sounds fishy. What Jaguar is 2k per month?

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Probably more like a no contract rental, not a "lease", at that rate

You could probably get an f type R lease close to 2k especially if high miles.

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absolutely, a good friend of mine makes over $1m/year and is month to month. He pays his ex wife $25,000/month, he has a child with a rare genetic disorder who is in and out of hospitals constantly,the kid is 24 and been handicapped his whole life literally insane things like 2-3 weeks in the hospital with pneumonia for a couple hundred k or putting the kid under for dental surgeries for huge money, it's always one thing or another. Then he has 2 daughters, one is in college he pays for it and her apartment and then another daughter is in and out of drug rehab, he paid $68,000 for a 1 mo stint for drug rehab 3x for her in the last 24 months....refuses to give up hope it will work, it just seems she constantly relapses. He has an internet based business out in California so the tax rates are disgusting as is. Then being single he's constantly dating broads off sugar daddy sites, it's a mess.The man has money, he gets huge distributions every 2 weeks from his internet business but bc of all the crazy expenses of dating,his kids, and ex he's month to month. I'm not saying homeless bc he's making payments on 2 homes but he's literally got nothing saved,like sub $100k cash at any time, and this business saves his arse every 2 weeks and he just can't get out of his own way, it's amazing actually

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I read like 10 words.

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If you make that much money in one year that should be saved up to last a very long time. I guess it is because I am still in school and broke but still.

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Greed. Some people will spend as much as they make and then some, regardless of the amount. Made 14M in a year but probably spent 15M on trips, cars, houses, and loans out the arse.