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2 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

I can't give you all the answers 

 

think about it...

Ok

2 hours ago, jsilverjanet said:

Believe what?

Comics purchased 

ASM 361 2nd print 

Paid $0.80

17 hours ago, oakman29 said:

I haven't visited your thread in a long while Gabe, but it sounds like the same ole, same ole.

After 314 pages you would think you could learn from your mistakes.

 

I wish you well in life Gabe.

Thanks 

Yes I have bad money management skills and I've said that multiple times but that's not what got me into the situation with the government and if you're talking about comics I've upheld what I said, that I wouldn't buy comics unless I had money to do so and if I don't I buy nothing.

2 hours ago, jcjames said:

Wrong.

That's why so many poor lottery winners end up dirt poor again a year or two aftepovertynning the jackpot.  Take 95 % of a millionaire's money away and give it to a random poor person, odds are  in five years the millionaire will be a millionaire again and the poor person will be poor again.

Poverty is a symptom, not the disease. Until you clearly understand that, trying to end poverty with getting more money only temporarily masks the symptom, while the disease continues.

You said poverty has nothing to do with money which by definition is wrong. I don't agree about what you say about poverty being a symptom it's more factors than that.

2 hours ago, jcjames said:

Wrong.

That's why so many poor lottery winners end up dirt poor again a year or two aftepovertynning the jackpot.  Take 95 % of a millionaire's money away and give it to a random poor person, odds are  in five years the millionaire will be a millionaire again and the poor person will be poor again.

Poverty is a symptom, not the disease. Until you clearly understand that, trying to end poverty with getting more money only temporarily masks the symptom, while the disease continues.

You said poverty has nothing to do with money which by definition is wrong. I don't agree about what you say about poverty being a symptom it's more factors than that.

2 hours ago, vaillant said:

There is not material poverty alone… 

Yes but in this context, it was about money. Well, the reason for volunteering is to kill three birds with one stone.

On 5/18/2017 at 0:27 PM, jcjames said:

I don't have a problem.

Where did I ever say that you were intending on stealing anything? 

Read my first line again "Poverty has NOTHING to do with a lack of money".

This entire thread screams all of the reasons why that's true.

 

I would need to check what was being said again and yes poverty has everything to do with a lack of money that's the very definition of it.

On 5/18/2017 at 0:19 PM, Red84 said:

Oh really?  So when that comic store owner that you just asked permission to work the cash register looks at your public Facebook page and sees you declare you're having money problems, you don't think that will affect you?  

No, I already explained my situation and he knows what I'm dealing with.

On 5/18/2017 at 9:16 AM, Iceman399 said:

I'll be seeing him Weekend of the 2nd maybe Gabe will be volunteer of the month by then.  

Hmmm maybe

On 5/18/2017 at 9:14 AM, jaybuck43 said:

Can you get Keith's side of the conversation and PM us with it???

I can write down what I asks and he responds with

On 5/18/2017 at 9:12 AM, Iceman399 said:

Man I really can't wait to hear what happens when you talk to Keith

When I do I'll let you know.

On 5/18/2017 at 8:13 AM, newshane said:

Your oblivious attitude is one of the many reasons you're a total failure.

If you can't understand why a business owner would be suspicious of a "volunteer" asking for immediate access to the cash drawer, then you are truly disabled and your best bet is to live off government assistance. I hate to be so cruel, but enough is enough.

 

You say you hate to be cruel but don't  lie to yourself. Also, I never said I don't understand why an owner would be suspicious of a volunteer but I said I don't understand why that would go for me, in my eyes I already proved I'm trustworthy.

7 hours ago, Bubb Rubb said:

I cannot believe that you guys are doing this to yourselves again.

I have no idea who you are.

7 hours ago, thehumantorch said:

God, the irony

I was waiting for someone to say that it was on my mind when I typed that reply back as well.

8 hours ago, jcjames said:

As I've always said, poverty has NOTHING to do with lack of money.

Go ahead, ask them if you can have access to their cash register on day-one. What do they have to lose? Do you even know HOW to operate their cash register? Maybe you should ask the owner to spend his time training you on it on your first day of "volunteering" also?

While you're at it, ask them where their highest-value comics are stored also.

Do they have a safe? Maybe you can ask them for the combination so you can go in and "clean" the inside of the safe for them - you know, as a "volunteer".  I'm serious. Ask them where they keep their grails.

Maybe you can ask the owner for the keys to his car and tell'em you're going to go get a car wash for him, you know, as a volunteer. You'll gain much more responsibility that way! And with responsibility comes trust!

Maybe he'll make you his partner after a few days of "volunteering".

Sounds like you are on the sure path to entrepreneurial success with this "go for the cash register first" approach! 

 

What is your problem? I'm not going to steal anything and they let me hold their higher end comics, I just look at them and give them back I have no intention of stealing it despite what you may think. Yes, I have worked a cash register before both an older one and a touch screen one and since that was a while back I would need to be retrained on it.

9 hours ago, Batman1fan said:

Okay, if it's "worth something", then why don't you go over there tomorrow and offer your services, such as they are, on an unpaid,  volunteer basis?  The worst they can say is no, in which case you will not be any worse off than you are right now. Also, other boardies have brought up the point about your digital footprint, which you obviously care nothing about.  Well, you better start caring about it, and I'll tell you why.  My sister in law is a regional sales manager for a very large pharmaceutical company, and her job requires her to hire (or not hire) a fair number of people on a regular basis.  I'm not going to name the company, but unless you've been living under a rock, I guarantee you've heard of it.  Before she hires anyone, her second step, after reading their resume, is to do an Internet search on them.  Sixty percent of the applicants whose resume lands on her desk are dropped from further consideration based solely on the Internet research she does on them, which a lot of the time is to simply Google their name and see what pops up.  Just last week, she was set to fly to California to interview an applicant whose qualifications were outstanding.  Guess what happened?  She Googled the applicants name and up popped their Facebook page.  After about ten minutes of reading some of the applicants posts on that page, my sister in law sent the applicant a note thanking them for their interest, but letting them know they were no longer being considered for the job.  That person lost out on a $130,000.00 a year job, with benefits most of us only dream of, all because of some comments they made on a social media site which called their character into question and convinced my sister in law that she did not want this person representing her company.  Hiring managers do this all the time, so you might want to give some thought to some of what you post on the Internet, or you will likely be living at home with your parents forever.

I'm not worried about things like that because I'm not in a position where things like that will affect me. 

10 hours ago, DeadOne said:

Not really.
I'm trying to figure out why being on the register is such a big deal to a "volunteer".

For what it's worth, I would never let a volunteer handle my businesses money or my customers personal information (in the case of a credit/bank card transaction). That would be a position for a paid employee, family, or a very close, personal friend. Why? Because anyone else would have no vested interest in my business.
Anyone "volunteering" at a comic store should expect to clean, load boards into bags, and move heavy things, all for the simple joy of being around the culture surrounding the LCS.

I think trying to volunteer is a good thing for you, but you need to be realistic in your expectations and exactly what you are trying to get out of your volunteering.

So you want to know why I want the cash register so badly? I want it because I need the experience and it will get me the jobs that I want and also if it were really that easy to get that job I wouldn't even be talking about it.

10 hours ago, Turtle said:

Most comic shops I've been to use registers that are essentially glorified calculators.  Just get yourself some currency to practice making change and you've got yourself a perfectly fine at-home practice register.  It won't teach you the personal side of things, but if I were a young teenager with the ambition to do well at my first job and I knew I wasn't strong at math, I'd certainly do this.  Not a bad idea.

Again, this isn't advice.  Just stating facts and making observations.  If it wasn't clear in the last few posts relating to the register, the OP will only listen to advice that gels with what he already wants to do and actively fight anything else.  So I won't be giving any advice here. 

Well, I do have 6 calculators so I guess I can do that.

2 hours ago, ChiSoxFan said:

Any business owner that doesn't deem who they entrust with their cash register important isn't going to be in business very long.  Assuming this store has been in business a while, my guess is they're going to take the same approach.  

Yes but I wasn't talking business specifically, I have been hanging around the lcs since they first opened, I've been cosigning comics with them and what I believe also building my relationship with them so that should be worth something.

2 hours ago, ChiSoxFan said:

If I'm a small business owner (and I owned a shop myself, many years ago), the bolded part is what I'm hearing there, and it's exactly why I wouldn't let anyone other than myself or my (future) wife run the register for almost the entire time the store was open.  Only in the last year did I hire someone to work one day a week to run the store (and use the register and handle money) -- and it was a fellow collector I had been friends with for almost 10 years at that point (and am still friends with today).

Register skills are going to be acquired much easier from a large retail operation, as others have pointed out.

 

Yes, but you're only seeing and hearing what you want because you deem it important, I've handled money and cash registers before but again it will depend on what they say.

2 hours ago, 50AE_DE said:

I don't think that will be a good idea.  There is no established trust between you and the owner of the LCS except for your books being on consignment at the store.  If i were the owner, I would question your motive and I would definitely not let someone volunteer to handle money and sales transactions.  I would assume comic shops are similar to other retailers in the fact that internal shrink is a big problem.  Small business owners will not put their business at risk for someone they have not put any investment into.

 

Well, there's only one way to find out but I'm feeling optimistic about this.

2 hours ago, 50AE_DE said:

Unless someone is posted by where they have their security monitor, security cameras are pretty useless when it comes to loss prevention.  It won't stop it but you'll have evidence of the theft, or whatever, so if someone is dishonest, the camera won't stop them from doing something dishonest.  

 

I see, but I meant it gives people less incentive to steal with cameras being there.

3 hours ago, DeadOne said:

If you want register experience, try this:

 

 

You're joking right?