Anyone have any ideas on how to earn some quick cash?
My fiancé and I just moved from Dallas to Idaho for my new job, which starts July 12th. We spent $2300 to break our lease early, $2100 first months rent, $2000 deposit and $5000 and change on moving services, driving our car to Idaho, hotels, etc.
My benefits don’t kick in for 30 days after my start date and we’re not married yet, so she won’t be covered unless we do a shot gun wedding. She started feeling under the weather about a week ago and two days ago after running some tests they want to do a bone marrow biopsy. We’re tapped out. When I was younger, stupider (and had a horrific ex-wife) I wrecked my credit while in the military. Got denied for a loan.
I’m donating plasma, trying to sell all my jerseys, Apple Watch, MacBook, leather jacket, second TV, etc. It’s embarrassing to be in this type of financial bind, but I’m out of ideas.
Perhaps not the answer you are looking for but medical bills are usually more than happy to bill you later, and then, they are also more than willing to negotiate with you for lesser payments or payments over time.
Then get a second part time job to pay it off over time?
Example — I stupidly let my 4 year old son ride around in the back seat of our SUV within/inside our neighborhood. Went over a speed bump and he fell and hit his face on the cup holder of his car seat. His tooth went through his lip and was bleeding profusely.
Went to the ER, they stopped the bleeding, patched it up, said it didn’t need stitches, gave him some Motrin and a popsicle.
I’m self pay. On check out they said they would bill me, I only needed to pay like $100 at the window. A few weeks later I get the bill for like $2k. For some f***ing Tylenol, an ice pack and a popsicle.
I negotiated it down and then paid over time.
Is this test something they aren’t willing to bill you for?
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Also, side note, if your credit is so bad that no one will finance you for like $5k-$10k, I would ask, do you still have debt? If so you should talk to a bankruptcy lawyer, because your credit can actually improve by filing for bankruptcy. And if you don’t have debt there are other things you can do to improve your credit.