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Ok hi! This is Cross a mentally ill, autistic, disabled, nonbinary bi jew and I'm asking for some help to be able to buy a new fridge and a dishwasher. Our fridge is broken and keeps freezing our food and then unfreezing it basically ruining quite a lot of it including an entire pan of rice no matter how we adjust its temperature and we need a dishwasher since we don't have one and both my mom and I are disabled and we have a very hard time keeping up with washing the dishes and it would make our life much easier if we could purchase one. So please help two disabled people make their life easier (and avoid food poisoning from the fridge ruining the food we make) we would appreciate it very much! Thank you <3

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The SetupIt was 2006 I was in Germany and I was all of 17 yrs old when one night my friend and I went to an event at a night club. I ended up talking to the club owner late at night and he had a problem.His club wasn't in a main area of town and he needed to get people into his great club, but taxis were expensive, and he wanted to control the experience.In my drunken state I knew I had a few thingsTechnological savyMy friend was the manager of a rental car agencyI said "What if I could make an exclusive VIP transport service from people's homes to your club and back for say...10 euro round trip within 20 KM of here"We agreed to meet up in a few days to discuss the details...when were both sober.The PlanI went home and hashed out a plan. He's have a big event at his club, I would rent out vans hire drivers have people RSVP to the event each person pays 10 Euro and that covers transportation to the club and from the club. In return the club will also pay me a commission on drink sales (Idea came from my friend who is a DJ) in addition the club will provide us with bottles of Champagne and Wine to provide to the customers as we drive them to the club.Idea being people say "Yes we want to go to this event at this club, pick us up here" when we pick them up we offer them wine or champagne we drop them off at the club they party, have fun, what not when they are done we drive them back home. We help solve his logistical issue, we get people in the club he pays us a commission on drink sales, we take 10 euro from everyone.Present plan & NegotiateWe meet up I present my plan...he fucking loves it. I asked for 2.5% commission he bulked...he countered me at a 500 euro flat rate we agreed on .75%LogisticsI head over to my friend who is a manager at a rental car place that doesn't mind cash and he says he can supply me with up to 10 vans. They can fit 8 passengers plus the driver pretty comfortably along with a cooler for the wine/champangeClub plans on having a small time boxing match, along with a few popular DJs from the year, hourly drink specials, etc. Plus 10 euro round trip transport to and from the club.Club starts promoing it...579 people RSVP saying they want to use the transport service to get to the club and back.O boy o boy I'm starting to feel like I'm kinda fucked didn't expect this many people...and i'm 17 (I lied and told the club manager I was 23)579 * 10 is 5,790 euros at 8 passengers per van times two trips I'm going need to plan to conduct 146 trips...that's a lot of trips. Start doing the math,4 vans 4 drivers 37 trips...that's alot5 vans 5 drivers 30 trips...that's alot6 vans 6 drivers 24 trips...that's alot7 vans 7 drivers 21 trips...getting better8 Vans 8 drivers 18 trips...ok...9 vans 9 drivers 16 trips...ok this is maybe doable?10 vans 10 drivers 15 trips....ok lets do this.So some vans will be doing 2 trips, some vans will be doing 1 trip. But lets be real I'm not actually going be able to get 8 people in each van, on each trip, at the same time...so I'm going need to plan for more. Goal...20 trips 10 each way to get all 579 people in, and 579 people out.OkQue many, many, many, many, many, many, hours and days of painstakingly going through addresses and scheduling/communicating our most efficient routes. I was doing everything VIA excel and google maps. Goal was to have a few vans do 2-3 trips and then for people further out have those vans do one trip.Lets take a break and talk money579 people times 10 euro is 5,790 euro. 10 vans at 90 euro a van is going run me 900 euros leaves me with 4,890 euro. I got 10 drivers...I got gas to pay...I also got a friend whose going be at the club coordinating this massive fuck twat of a operation I got myself in. That's 11 people to pay. Talk to the club, he agrees to provide food and non-alcoholic drinks free of charge to my drivers. So that's a bonus, ok lets pay each of my drivers 120 euros each.That's 1,200 euro, lets offer my friend 150 euros plus I gave him another 300 euro for helping me through the many hours of logistics. thats 1,650 euros. I now got 3,240 euros.Ok gas...I budgeted 60 euro per van. So thats 600 euro. Now i'm at 2640Club owner tells me my guys need high vis vests plus some kind of uniform...find out that's going run me 30 euros a guy. So 330 euros. 2,310 euros left.I'm feeling alright3 Nights Before The EventMy friend and I spent 4 hours each night trying to get ahold of all the party goers confirming their pick up times.Bad news plans don't go to plan.93 people opted out of our service...I had already agreed to hire the drivers, I had already arranged for the vans and I had already bought all the stuff. Sunk cost business time. 93 people is 930 euros. Still got 1,380 left over. Plus whatever the club ends up paying me.D DayEvent starts at 7:30 PM...we all meet up at the rental car agency at 3 PM I fork over 900 euros surprise surprise insurance isn't included in the 90 euros. Come to find out its 15 euros a van. I decide that 15 euros a van is worth not getting fucked. There goes another 150 euros. Ok I'm currently out of pocket 1,380 euros. (Shirts/Vests/Vans/Insurance) that was basically all the money my 17 yr old self had at the time. I had yet to collect a dime in revenue (drivers collected money when we arrived, we also had a plan B with the club if the passengers wanted to pay on card they'd pay 10 euros to the club and the club would pay me my 10 euros)We get to the club at 5:30 PM my friend (god I should have paid this dude more, honestly without him I'd have been fucked) hand out sheets of paper with addresses, names, phone numbers, and routes (drivers would use a GPS to get to the houses) to pick up our guests.6:30 PM first van leaves the club...to say my heart was pounding was an under statement.Some words of cautionAt this point none of my drivers have professional drivers licenses, we had no business license to be operating this service, and we had no business insurance of any kindFirst vanFirst van comes lands at 6:55 as scheduled and heads out for its 2nd pick up.Shockingly...pick up went surprisingly uncomplicatedHowever we did have 36 people not show up/cancel last minute with us. Doing the math in my head thats minus 360 euros. I'm sitting at 1,020 euros...(I had a spread sheet on the laptop)All the vans made it back to the club in time, with the last one unloading at 7:50. To say like my 17 yr old self felt like a fucking bad ass would be an understatement.Also all 450 people had paid us! Well about 25% of them paid the club, but the club owner quickly came out and paid me.RestFrom about 8 to 11 PM was a down period for us. People were having fun, we chilled out had dinner, I snuck in some shots...I was shaking. In my 17 yr old self head I had a 1,000 euros in my pocket before I got my commission.Lessons are going to be learnedTurns out just because people come together to the club, doesn't mean they leave together. Starting around 11 we had the first set of club goers wanting to go home. I tried to hold them in the hopes of getting 2-3 more people into one van and they lived really far out...After about 15 minutes of stalling club owner came to me and told me if I pissed off his guests he wasn't going pay me my commission...club was full lots of drinks were being sold that .75% was going be a heft chunk of change...ok fuck it send em out.Clock strikes midnightFrom about midnight onwards it become hectic with the hours of 2-3 AM being fucking insane. We were sending out vans, waiting for vans to come back. Our entire schedules had been missed up because our vans weren't dropping off the same people they had picked up. Which sometimes meant we had vans dropping off one couple at their house and then having to drive 40 minutes across the area to the next couples home. Customers weren't happy, I told my drivers to explain its part of the negative of having such an affordable transportation option. A few customers threatened to complain to the club...I didn't wanna lose my commission all in all I ended up refunding about 350 euros.I'm sitting at 670 euros.The sun risesMy last van pulled into the club at 5 AM. Only 2 vans had vomit in them (hell yea only two 150 euro clean up fees!) I tell all the drivers to rest as I close up with the club owner. After that we head to the gas station fill up, then to the rental car shop, drop off the cars, and go to McDonalds and we all go home.Club owner congratulates me on a job well done. Tells me he brought in 19,985 euros on drinks and pays me 150 euros. Fuck I wish I hadn't refunded that 350.Leave the club with a planned income of 520-15 euros.The Dust SettlesTake my guys to gas station, we spent 150 euros more on gas then I expected... Take my guys to McDonalds and pay the biggest single McDonalds bill I've ever paid of 142 euros.I'm left with 78 euros at the end of the night.Yes..I'm sitting at the table...realizing my friend...he got 150 euros for that night plus 300 for helping me he walks away with 450 euros in his pocket. Most of my drivers after tips earned somewhere around 200 euros. I spent 6 weeks busting my ass...and I'm neting 78 euros.Cops Show Up At my HouseIts a few days later I'm at home, door bell rings. Open the door and its our local police they ask me "Are you PJExpat" I go "yes" they go "Did you run a driver service for this club?" I go "yes" they go "Did you have the proper license to do so?" I go quite.I hadn't paid taxes, I hadn't arranged for any sort of insurance outside of the rental car insurance, and I was pretty sure I was in violation of multiple laws...the cop looks at me and goes "How old are you" I meek out "17" he goes "what the hell"Long story short the two cops ask to come inside, we sit down and they basically give me the riot act. Saying that several taxis noticed us operating and called us in. And they did some investigation and tracked everything back to me. They advise me of a high level over view of what I need to do in the future. They also advise me what I did was incredibly fucking stupid and that had something gone wrong like a car accident I could be in a load of shit...they then ask me how much I made...and I told them 78 euros.They laugh and go really? I pull out my spread sheet that shows how much I brought in, how much I spent, and what I had left over.The cop sighned and said "So I guess you can now understand why taxis charge what they do...all that work for 78 euros" I go "yes" and he goes "and had one major thing gone wrong...you'd have lost...a lot of money" I go "I understand" older cop looks at me, compliments me, tells me if I want to do this business go do it the right way, and they will let this slide2 weeks laterRental car company calls me, explains that I have 9 speeding tickets to pay and owe 270 euros.GreatI have now lost 192 euros3 weeks laterClub owner calls me and asks me if I'm willing to do this again I lay the truth I made minus 192 euros plus I'm 17 yrs old and don't have a legal business. He cusses me out, then tells me I have massive balls, and then gives me massive props for actually pulling it off and says he wont' do business with me again.