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So wait, Steve Jobs was a thief or just a cheapskate?

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Capt Caveman said:
This what?

He's not registering the car to be a cheapskate. And he's generating much more to the state in leasing a new vehicle every six months.

You think a billionaire like Jobs is going to nickle and dime a dealership over a lease? No. Jobs is probably paying sticker price and the dealership is just kissing his ass and doing whatever they can to make things convenient for him. They're not giving him a discount or anything.
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maybe, maybe not.

I think most billionaires are profound cheap-asses, are they not?

Regarding the Ikea founder--Hargvard, or whatever his name is, who was once at Forbes #5 wealthiest people in the world list--he is well known to pocket sugar and salt pockets from cheap restaurants, drives cheap cars and always travels economy.
 
zinfamous said:
maybe, maybe not.

I think most billionaires are profound cheap-asses, are they not?

Regarding the Ikea founder--Hargvard, or whatever his name is, who was once at Forbes #5 wealthiest people in the world list--he is well known to pocket sugar and salt pockets from cheap restaurants, drives cheap cars and always travels economy.
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And no, not all billionaires are cheap-asses. Ever see Paul Allen's or John Henry's yachts? Bill Gates's $30+ million home?

Yet Jobs is driving a Mercedes and in the article it even states:

just another of the complicated and expensive ways Jobs thought differently.
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Blackjack200 said:
The article said he didn't have plates, it didn't say that the car wasn't registered. I've never heard of being able to drive an unregistered car, my car still doesn't have plates and it's been registered for more than a month.
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The article quoted an obscure loophole in California law stating that an individual has up to six months to register a vehicle.

PimpJuice said:
Wow, the guy is dead and this isn't even a big deal.

Get over it, you sound like an idiot.
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Aww, did I ruffle your panties? I'm sorry. Not.
 
when i was in california i saw cars with no plates EVERYWHERE. i was told it was to facilitate walking up to a dealership and driving away, and owners have up to 30 days to register.
 
Blackjack200 said:
The article said he didn't have plates, it didn't say that the car wasn't registered. I've never heard of being able to drive an unregistered car, my car still doesn't have plates and it's been registered for more than a month.
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QFT.

California has you stick a small temporary registration paper to your windshield.
As long as you have that paper stuck to your windshield the cops don't seem to care if you don't have plates on your car.
 
CrackRabbit said:
QFT.

California has you stick a small temporary registration paper to your windshield.
As long as you have that paper stuck to your windshield the cops don't seem to care if you don't have plates on your car.
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Until they realize your new car is no longer new.
 
Steve Jobs worth was ~$7,000,000,000 or 35,000 SL55s at $200K each.

A single SL55 car for someone like Steve Jobs is like a cup of coffee + a doughnut for average American thats worth $200,000 (overestimated). He could have thrown those cars away every 6 months and still not care. Cars and even houses are peanuts for someone this rich.
 
WaTaGuMp said:
Until they realize your new car is no longer new.
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Doesn't matter, I have seen plenty of old junkers bought from those "Buy Here / Pay Here" lots without plates and the little temp registration paper in the windshield.
Assuming you don't drive like an idiot I can certainly see how you could get away with it.
 
CrackRabbit said:
Doesn't matter, I have seen plenty of old junkers bought from those "Buy Here / Pay Here" lots without plates and the little temp registration paper in the windshield.
Assuming you don't drive like an idiot I can certainly see how you could get away with it.
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You must be talking about the red one with the giant number or numbers on them?
 
WaTaGuMp said:
They could still make a profit making things in the U.S.
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the directors' obligation is to make as much money for stockholders as possible, otherwise they get the boot in a hurry. besides, i doubt it would be possible to manufacture many of today's consumer goods in america at all.
 
WaTaGuMp said:
You must be talking about the red one with the giant number or numbers on them?
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I'm talking about what is put on your car when you purchase it.
I think those colored ones with a big number on them are some other type of temporary tag. I'd have to look up exactly what they were used for though.
 
CrackRabbit said:
I'm talking about what is put on your car when you purchase it.
I think those colored ones with a big number on them are some other type of temporary tag. I'd have to look up exactly what they were used for though.
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Hmm, then we are thinking of the same one. They are in the front windshield. I don't see too many cars without plates to be honest. But then again, it depends where you drive.
 
SunnyD said:
The article quoted an obscure loophole in California law stating that an individual has up to six months to register a vehicle.

Aww, did I ruffle your panties? I'm sorry. Not.
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There's plenty of things to be critical of Steve Jobs. This isn't one of them. We're just pointing out your error. There's so much material on Jobs and better things to attack him with than your weak premise. Don't be offended.
 
WaTaGuMp said:
Hmm, then we are thinking of the same one. They are in the front windshield. I don't see too many cars without plates to be honest. But then again, it depends where you drive.
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I probably see more of them down in SD due to Mexicans purchasing cars and then driving them back across the border.
 
This single event is sort of like a snap shot of how he lived his life: Being a petty stubborn prick even when doing the normal/right thing would be comparatively cheaper and easier in the long term.
 
dmcowen674 said:
That becomes the mentality of just about everyone that becomes rich.

I've seen he transformation of many that come into money. It's amazing.
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The funny thing is Jobs is quoted as looking down at the 300 or so people that became millionaires when Apple went public. He said something along the lines of money changing people and how all these apple employees started buying huge houses with house managers and managers that managed those managers and they became "bizarre people" and he would "never let money change him."
 
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