I got up bright and early to go to the rental place, drove there and told them I had a reservation etc, she asked if I had proof of citizenship in Florida, a utility bill would work. So I had to go home and get an electric bill and go back. After a bunch of crap, filling out forms and a bunch of all around bull crap, the guy finally tells me that I can't take the car out of state without a credit card (I only have a debit/credit that's linked to my bank)
well so.. that was that.. I just went home and went back to bed, been in bed pretty much the entire time up until this point.
MAGFest was just not meant to be, everything seemed to be against me in going, so now it's back to the same crap again. Can't even get Tate.
If you people have any good suggestions on getting him down here let me know, we're pretty much just planning him coming by bus and him mailing the stuff he can't take here, though that could end up being pretty pricey.
2012 so far is a bad start..
If you think about it, Austin. 2012 is going to start to be a good year, but its gonna start off crappy 'cause of last year. So it will get better as the year goes on.
ReplyDeleteThat blows, man. :( If I think of anything I'll let you know.
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ReplyDeleteIn regards to Tate moving when I moved down to Florida I did it from California much further than you so money was an issue. My dad suggested that I box up whatever I couldn't pack and take with me and ship it via Greyhound Bus. It turns out that if a Greyhound is heading towards or around your final destination you can ship it that way fairly cheap. Just take it to the bus station and they'll slap a sticker on that sucker and away it goes. I sent about 90 pounds(the cut off being 100 or so) worth of stuff for about 100 bucks or so. This was also when I was unemployed and money was tight. Not sure if that will work for you but I thought I'd pass along the tip since it saved me so much money. If he has a computer he's shipping have him pack that himself (I suggest a double corrugated cardboard box) and ship it via UPS a bit pricey(my desktop cost about $235 in shipping costs) but they take really good care of it. Not to mention you can insure it for no extra cost or a small fee depending on the location. My apologies if any of this came off as anything other than instructive.
ReplyDeleteHave Tate take one of the moving trucks like U-Haul and so on.
ReplyDeletemake him walk
ReplyDeleteHave Tate run all the way down with a bunch of people following him, kind of like Forrest Gump, and when he gets there just say 'I'm done running...' xD
ReplyDeletei know this maybe a bad idea but try to get a loan for the money from like parants or something?
ReplyDeleteHere's the plan... You drive around the state border patrol area
ReplyDeletethe ideal would be what Nighturio said, if Tate could manage to get a 1 way trip moving van or small u-haul or something similar, but those can be pretty spendy, a few years ago I had to move via bus about halfway across the country, not the most fun but if I remember right you can have 2 large containers riding in the storage part as well as a bag or 2 with you, so packing light he should be able to get most of what he needs down there that way, downside to that is no furniture, but if you keep an eye on craigslist and such you might be able to find a few things cheap to get started with.
ReplyDeleteJahk had a good idea as well and it might be worth looking into, main thing to remember is the important part is getting him down there, since really everything else can be bought/shipped later.
Right now main thing is to look into what the options are, from his end as well as yours (typically round trip moving van rentals are cheaper than 1 way)
Last thing is to always remember that Happiness is not something that you find or is given to you Happiness is something you make, how it's made varies from person to person, but until you make the conscious decision to make yourself happy, you are not going to be happy
wow that turned into a wall of text, sorry bout that
what happened to your car? how much stuff does tate actually have?
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