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zuki · 03-31-2005, 05:03 PM

here is my tale.

during the dot com phase,before enron i had over 125,000 in my deffered comp program.

to buy 5 years at work,would have cost me 76,000 appx.

but.

i never thought about buying 5 years a few years ago.

never thought about retireing early and things like having money to live on after work.

so, i bought a computer because everyone else already had one.

then started surfing and stumbled onto info where if you paid attention, you could really make your money work,and be young when you retire, then i looked into buying years at work , and in the mean time, the deffered comp dropped like a hot rock and left me less than i had put in out of my pocket.

sad!.

eventually,once i had the knowledge/or partial knowledge, i had no funds to do what i should have.

now i have to have a accountant watch my deffered comp to keep it going up and now require 178,000 if i want to buy 5 years.

every time i think about it.

it makes me mad.

now i ask questions all the time about everything i hear that can make money or save me some.

03-31-2005, 05:03 PM	#12
zuki Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 97	here is my tale. during the dot com phase,before enron i had over 125,000 in my deffered comp program. to buy 5 years at work,would have cost me 76,000 appx. but. i never thought about buying 5 years a few years ago. never thought about retireing early and things like having money to live on after work. so, i bought a computer because everyone else already had one. then started surfing and stumbled onto info where if you paid attention, you could really make your money work,and be young when you retire, then i looked into buying years at work , and in the mean time, the deffered comp dropped like a hot rock and left me less than i had put in out of my pocket. sad!. eventually,once i had the knowledge/or partial knowledge, i had no funds to do what i should have. now i have to have a accountant watch my deffered comp to keep it going up and now require 178,000 if i want to buy 5 years. every time i think about it. it makes me mad. now i ask questions all the time about everything i hear that can make money or save me some.