An audacious bid to get cigarettes

[kevyn]

AAAAAGH! I'm having major nicotene withdrawals. I'm edgy, jumpy, hostile... and broke. Great, just great.

Anyone want to volunteer to be an enabler for me here and send me $6.50 via PayPal so I can go buy smokes?

Seriously, I'm begging for money for cigaretttes. Save me from having to go panhandle on streetcorners or smoking butts out of ashtrays.

Donate here:

Comments

[bluebear2.livejournal.com]

Sorry, hate to be tough here but it's better in the long run to just not have the habit that you can't afford.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

No argument here... and no hard feelings.

[baxil.livejournal.com]

I agree with the previous commenter that it's better in the long run to match your habits to your income, but ... you know, there's a time and a place for that sort of discussion.

Right now isn't it.

It's bad enough you're dealing without the depression meds as it is. I sent you cash for a pack.

Thank you

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!

An audio transcript of the past 10 minutes:
"Yessssss!"
*dress dress dress dress*
*hobble hobble hobble*
"Brrrrrrr!"
*vrrrrrroom!*
*drive drive drive drive*
*slam*
*hobble hobble hobble*
"Pack of Basic Ultra Lights 100s, please."¹
"That will be $5.95."²
*swipe*³
*beep beep beep beep*
"Thank you, come again*
*hobble hobble hobble*
*rip rip rip*
*flick*
"Ahhhhhhh..... my preciousssssssssssssssss"⁴
*vrrrrrroooom!*
*drive drive drive drive*
*slam*
*hobble hobble hobble*
*undress undress undress*
*happy contented sigh*

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^{1: I've smoked the same brand for years. Kady always laughed at me about it and said, "You now Kevyn, if you're going to kill yourself, why use rubber bullets?
2: PayPal took a $0.49 cut from the money you sent, which was why I asked for slightly more than a pack actually cost.
3: The PayPal debit card is a wonderful thing. I got it when I was selling on ebay... it lets me have instant access to funds in my PayPal account.
4: It occurs to me that me and cigarettes are a lot like Gollum/Smeagol and The Ring. It's an obsession, a love affair, one that causes me to swing wildly from one personality to another, drives me to do things I normally wouldn't do (like panhandle on LiveJournal, which I won't make a habit of, incidentally) and in the end, my Precioussssss will kill me.}

:-)

[baxil.livejournal.com]

Glad they helped.

Make 'em last if you can -- my budget's pretty thin lately. Although ... hmm.

You mention selling on eBay. Are you interested in unloading some of my junk for me there, on commission? (i.e. I give you the stuff and you keep some X% of everything you get for it and send me the rest.) I've been procrastinating, in some cases, for years on this stuff and it would be worth splitting the proceeds just to get it out of the house.

It wouldn't be much (maybe a few hundred dollars worth of stuff?), but it's good cigarette and/or bill money while things settle down.

Re: :-)

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

>Make 'em last if you can -- my budget's pretty thin lately.

I am grateful. And I won't be making a habit of begging for money on here.

>You mention selling on eBay. Are you interested in unloading some of my junk for me there, on commission?

Hmmm... that's a mighty generous offer, Bax. But I don't think it would work out, logistically. Here's why: You would have to take photos of the items and send them to me, as well as descriptions. You'd also have to handle gathering the packing materials, pack them, and weigh them before we could sell them. (You have to know the shipping weight before the sale so that you can tell prospective buyers how much shipping will be, including the cost of packing materials.)

Then, after they sold, you'd have to handle the actual shipping on your end, also.

It would be an awful lot of work on your end, and all I'd be doing is the listing. Doesn't seem very fair.

If we were closer geographically, where I could handle all of that from my end, I'd say sure, but since you'd be doing almost all of the hard work, well...

Also, my ebay account is suspended for nonpayment of fees. I can't sell anything more on there right now until I pay them $191.00 (long story). So the idea is kind of a nonstarter right now.

But thanks so much for offering!

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

Check your Paypal Account.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

...
*blink* *blink* *blink*

Why... thank you Kevin! I am floored!

I went to bed last night thinking, "how will I get gas money to get to my DVR class Monday. Problem solved, thanks to you!

Here's what I used your gift for:

Paid my bank account back into a positive balance (I was $28 in the red)
Bought toilet paper (I was completely out)
Did laundry ( a LOT of laundry - weeks and weeks worth built up)
Put gas in the car
Paid on my ebay fees
Paid on my credit card bill
Bought cigarettes & a chocolate bar
Bought 3 lottery tickets

Incidentally, PayPal took US $4.25 in fees.

Thanks for helping me get moving along again!

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

Hey, your family.

HUGS.

[detailbear.livejournal.com]

Uggh. YOU'RE family.

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

Uggh?!?!