Can I Have 50 Thousand Dollars? No Seriously, Can I?

What would I say?

Get a job!

sooooo, I guess you didn't give him the $50k ? Can I have it?

:lol:

Golden. What makes people think that some stranger is just going to give them 50K for no reason?

I think your E-book would be helpfull for him to make the 50k for his Audi. But by the time he might have seen the Ferari and it won't be sufficient for him. :lol:

anyways...

This sounds like the 'sell my student loan' tricks from ebay. Take a chance and see if someone takes the bait. Thanks for posting this John. It makes people who actually put effort into their success feel a little better!
(At least he's only 16 and has a few years to learn about working hard and smart!)

The review is a pretty nice reward, yes. but unfortunately, he can't drive in it :cool:

I come from China, and I hope you will help, call 008613036288377

:twisted: Hey John,
Can I be next? I need a house, and a new car too... $100,000 ought to cover it....

Just kidding, I'd be happy w/ a blog review from an A-Lister like yourself...

Here's a response for him:

Dear kid who wants car,

How very fortunate that you have contacted me. i am John Chow, the sole living heir of the former King of Canada. I require a trustworthy individual who can help me process $35 million through a bank account to keep it hidden from my family's enemies.

I would of course reward your generosity with a small gift of $50K. All you need to do is send me your bank account number, banking password, credit card number, birth certificate and sample of blood.

I'd give him a what-would-John-Chow-do bracelet. :wink:

Of course you can

I can't believe the nerve of this kid. Seriously, he needs to earn his own money. I'm amused by all the comments here, but the kid needs to learn how to earn money the hard way. Not through begging money.

Plus, he sure has a very high standard in picking a freebie car. :twisted:

His first car shouldn't be something like that anyway. He'll total it eventually.

WAIT! Awesome idea! You buy him the car, but stamp "JohnChow.com" all over it - even in the interior. Anyone with me on that one? haha, just kidding

Jeezus this kid has guts and no shame...what morals has his parents taught him? Or lack thereof?

I wouldn't have the audacity to ask anyone for $50, let alone $50k...that's just crazy!

I'd ask for a mentor in blogging and maybe some tips....I'd also read the e-book and other really cool bloggers like Darren Rowse or Seth Godin.

Anyone wanna mentor a girl? :evil:

John, I think he was probably just trying to get a link. If he's for real, then sixteen is way too young to drive a car. Send him a link to this article, and hopefully it will put him off: http://www.networkingtoday.ca/articles/im16.htm

I'd say, "LOL! You got to be kidding me!" and that would be it. I'm really sure he could get insurance on it to being that young. And, I don't think $50K would cover everything. What a crazy kid.

Why don't you come up with some evil plan to use this kid :) To further promote your blog or something like that. Offer him a job.

John Chow i want a Wii :)

John Chow: i also want to buy a car. :P LOL. I don't buy expensive car. :D

Well I'm sure there are kids out there who would actually kill for 1/100th of that amount just so they can survive another day.

Anyway that's besides the point. My reply would be a thank you for having the courage to ask for 50K and something along the lines of how it would be unfair to all the other readers who need money.

Nice blog you have here.

Sajjad

I'd buy him some old cheap Volvo rap it in, send it to him with a text, audio TT with your driving skill isn't wise, drive and get the experience and come back to me in 6-8 years then we can talk.

:twisted:

John,

I would set the kid a challenge. Obviously a big challenge!

If he succeeds buy him the car!

It could be great publicity, link baiting and most of all funny!

G

Ouch, poor kid, he better get back to school and study for a few more years. Maybe they can teach him that he cannot have an Audi TT if he has problems running Photoshop at his computer. I have two computers, both of them can run Photoshop without freezing and still no car parking outside. Poor me, too.

Tell him to get a job...jeez. Is this what we're teaching kids with the internet these days? Online begging?

Give him the car. You'll get a ton of national media exposure. Surely the return on investment will at least cover the 50k. Although I doubt he'll be able to cover the taxes too... :-)

This is kind of sad... this kid needs to get a taste of reality. Too many people just expect handouts - I agree with those suggesting he get a job instead of begging for a huge sum of money.

LOL! absolutley hilarious stuff!

send mail to him and tell him how make money online with ur ways :wink:

Show him the money... the kid needs to get his jones on during his last years of high school.

Who drives in NY anyways?

John,

Don't give him anything. He needs to learn how to earn on his own without it being handed to him on a silver platter. One person comes to mind that fits this mold, Paris Hilton. She has no idea what it's like to actually work, nor any sense of reality. This is why her ass is sitting in jail right now, as reality has caught up to her. As long as society continues to glorify this behavior it will continue to go on.

Chris

I think he's the coolest kid I've ever seen on the Web. BTW, why not buy me a car instead. I'm 17yr old and would do with just a Honda Civic.

Moreover, what I see here is that people don't seem to appreciate his courage.

The kid has balls, you'll have to give him that.

However, in my experience with teens, it's a rather rare bird that knows the difference between their head and a hole in the ground.

Here's what I would tell him:

- you admire his guts
- you wonder if he knows the first thing about real work
- you wouldn't give 50K to your own KID for a car like that
- however, you know how to get 50K in relatively short order for the person who's willing to work hard

Offer him the hosting and a little tutorial on the concept behind a strong blog or building an online business in a personal phone call. Tell him that you will devote 10 hours of your personal time over the next 3 months, in phone calls, IM, email contact, etc...to help mentor him. AND...this is pretty valuable...tell him if he actually does the work, you'll help him get noticed by blogging about some of his ventures, experiments and posts. That will put traffic on his site and money in his pocket.

If he's more than a spoiled brat, he'll take you up on it. If not, it's better off that you didn't do more for him...because he'll likely be running into a brick wall soon enough anyway.

I think he is a good investment, after all he is only a 16 year old kid with

- Big dreams
- He surely knows who to ask
- He maybe a huge marketing success. I bet that if he starts a blog right know he can get half of the money with some mkt help :mrgreen:

I never spent more than $500 on a car, I called them disposables, I am sure that if one were to look in the Podunk areas around their town, the would find an old mid 1980's Toyota or Mazda for $50 to $150. Teach him some responsibility, do not give him money, give him a cheap ass car (that is smaller than MS's big ass table), smack a years worth of insurance and tell him to get a job, since the car will break down within the first month. After that, he will never be stupid enough to ask someone for so much cash. Shoot, I have a problem asking a friend for more than $100 let alone a stranger.

-Nick

hi john chow,great posts.
that would be kool if u donate the 50k to the kid, but then again, it may promote begging.

Too funny John. I just had to blog about this on my site as well.

Kid asks blogger for $50,000 so that he can buy an Audi TT and insurance

:mrgreen: I can't believe he had the audacity to ask for $50,000

John Chow: Are you going to give him award? I suggest you to give your e-book to him so that you can get more readers and show to everyone that you are so evil. :D Maybe you can buy him a car. But is it Toy Car. :)

John Chow's Ebook + Toy Car = One Goal (Make money online to buy the car)

Send him a E-book

If only it were that easy, he should've gone to Craigslist and started with a Matchbox car and traded up till he got it - like the guy that got the house...

You have to at least admire their taste in cars, audi tt is my favourite car of the moment as well.

hahahaha! yeah, who wouldn't want a free $50k ride? :lol:

I wish life worked that way eh?