Comments on: Starbucks Redux http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/ AKA: The quintessential get-rich-slow scheme. Walking the streets finding coins. Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:35:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Luke Sidewalker http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-65 Luke Sidewalker Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:55:16 +0000 http://lukesidewalker.com/?p=81#comment-65 Thank you pyknits. Perhaps you could become the resident movie buff at Castle Sidewalker!<br /><br />-Luke Sidewalker Thank you pyknits. Perhaps you could become the resident movie buff at Castle Sidewalker!

-Luke Sidewalker

]]> By: pyknits http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-64 pyknits Sun, 26 Jul 2009 20:57:22 +0000 http://lukesidewalker.com/?p=81#comment-64 The movie was Reality Bites with Winona Ryder in 1994. She was using her fathers gas card to earn cash for her rent as she was fired from her job. The movie was Reality Bites with Winona Ryder in 1994. She was using her fathers gas card to earn cash for her rent as she was fired from her job.

]]> By: Luke Sidewalker http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Luke Sidewalker Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:49:20 +0000 http://lukesidewalker.com/?p=81#comment-60 That's true Ari. At the moment the Sidewalker Fund is a collection of orphaned coins. I'm sure their destiny will become clearer over time!<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by the blog.<br /><br />-Luke Sidewalker That's true Ari. At the moment the Sidewalker Fund is a collection of orphaned coins. I'm sure their destiny will become clearer over time!

Thanks for stopping by the blog.

-Luke Sidewalker

]]> By: Ari Weinberg http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Ari Weinberg Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:09:35 +0000 http://lukesidewalker.com/?p=81#comment-59 If you don't convert it to cash directly, it doesn't count. You wouldn't otherwise "spend" the Sidewalker fund at Starbucks, right? If you don't convert it to cash directly, it doesn't count. You wouldn't otherwise "spend" the Sidewalker fund at Starbucks, right?

]]> By: Luke Sidewalker http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-57 Luke Sidewalker Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:38:50 +0000 http://lukesidewalker.com/?p=81#comment-57 You both make valid points. I'm still weighing up my options but I'm leaning towards option 3 in the post. <br /><br />Thanks for your input.<br /><br />-Luke Sidewalker You both make valid points. I'm still weighing up my options but I'm leaning towards option 3 in the post.

Thanks for your input.

-Luke Sidewalker

]]> By: mrsb http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-56 mrsb Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:38:05 +0000 http://lukesidewalker.com/?p=81#comment-56 Pay for the coffee with the reporter, and then claim the $10 on your taxes as a "business expense". Win-win. Pay for the coffee with the reporter, and then claim the $10 on your taxes as a "business expense". Win-win.

]]> By: Anonymous http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-54 Anonymous Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:23:58 +0000 http://lukesidewalker.com/?p=81#comment-54 Heck, I'd meet w/reporter, explain (if he doesn't already know) the history of the card, and offer to buy or help buy ($10 isn't really all that much in a place like Starbuck's) coffee. If the reporter is a true coffee buff, he just might buy it off you for framing later in case the article goes Pulitzer! LOL<br /><br />Either way, it's a win.<br /><br />@dreamon51 f/twitter<br /><br />Hey, in this universe, anything can and will happen. Heck, I'd meet w/reporter, explain (if he doesn't already know) the history of the card, and offer to buy or help buy ($10 isn't really all that much in a place like Starbuck's) coffee. If the reporter is a true coffee buff, he just might buy it off you for framing later in case the article goes Pulitzer! LOL

Either way, it's a win.

@dreamon51 f/twitter

Hey, in this universe, anything can and will happen.

]]> By: Paulky http://lukesidewalker.com/2009/07/23/starbucks-redux/comment-page-1/#comment-53 Paulky Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:19:58 +0000 http://lukesidewalker.com/?p=81#comment-53 I think you should definitely include any receipts you gain from the card in your total, Mr Sidewalker; surely it's the equivalent to finding a $10 bill? I think you should definitely include any receipts you gain from the card in your total, Mr Sidewalker; surely it's the equivalent to finding a $10 bill?

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