Man launches a kickstarter campaign for potato salad, makes $52,000. - Galt's Gulch

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Man launches a kickstarter campaign for potato salad, makes $52,000.

Posted by Maphesdus 9 years, 9 months ago to Culture

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I can't make up my mind as to whether this man is an idiot or a genius...

SOURCE URL: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/324283889/potato-salad

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Posted by Technocracy 9 years, 9 months ago

Student of PT Barnum

There is a sucker born every minute.

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Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 9 months ago

If he made $52K this way, he is a genius.

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  Posted by Mimi 9 years, 9 months ago
  
  How is he taxed for this money? What would his final take-home be on 50K?
  
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    Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 9 months ago
    
    Good question. My guess is he would take home about $10 K.
    
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      Posted by Mimi 9 years, 9 months ago
      
      Well, I’m only looking at this hypothetically because my gut tells me this is a media-stunt by Kick-Starter to create traffic to the website.
      
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        Posted by jbrenner 9 years, 9 months ago
        
        I'm considering going through Kickstarter at some point myself.
        
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        Posted by Mimi 9 years, 9 months ago
        
        Yeah, my son and I both took to daydreaming about the possibility of easy money after reading this article. That was the point: it is an advertising gimmick meant to get you to sign-up. At least, that’s what I think.
        
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