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Or rather, why would we ever think she’d be in the Persona 3 Remake?
Let’s start by not freaking out: just because FeMC/Kotone wasn’t revealed in the announcement trailer doesn’t mean she won’t be in the game. I mean, I don’t think she will be, but the chances aren’t 0. Absence from a single trailer isn’t deconfirmation, relax. This also applies to The Answer.
I’m about to do something cringe: defend a company.
They (probably) aren’t going to overhaul all of the UI’s graphics, create exclusive environments (like Inaba), create models for exclusive characters, a whole host of unique overworld animations or develop whole unique scenarios and possibly cutscenes for a largely similar experience as the male protagonist. I feel like we’re forgetting that Persona 3 is already an 80-100+ hour experience as one protagonist.
FeMC was only feasible in Portable because it was a visual novel. They didn’t have to make very many new assets. The new ones they did make were largely modified versions of existing assets or very piss-easy to make because they either low-poly and low-detailed or 2D for a visual novel format.
I also think the chances of FeMC’s route being DLC are almost zero. Paywalling the second half of the game after already selling the game at full price would be reputation suicide, especially with a beloved character like Kotone. It would make headlines. The game would not sell as well because of it. Hell, there’s already people who are saying they won’t buy P3R because FeMC isn’t in it (not here to judge them or argue with those people, I see where they’re coming from).
I think if FeMC is in P3R, it might just be a cameo. Maybe a superboss. Replace the Margaret thing with her, call it a “glimpse into another reality”.
Edit: Reading it over again, I’m not too satisfied with how I worded some things or with the potential implications.

1. I like FeMC and would like to see her in Persona 3 Reload. I don’t think she will be, I’m operating under the assumption that she probably won’t be and, unless the game gets shredded in reviews or Atlus does something fucked up, I’ll purchase this game probably within a week of launch.
   
2. When I said “piss easy” in the context of 2D assets, I didn’t mean that creating them is easy. Art takes a lot of work. I moreso mean implementing it.
   
3. To elaborate on the “no FeMC no purchase” thing, I completely understand why people would take a look at Reload, see that FeMC’s route isn’t in it and not purchase a copy. If a game isn’t up to your standards or doesn’t have what you’d like, there’s no reason to buy it. Especially with something huge like FeMC. Games are an expensive hobby.
   

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Make and Model:Oz Machine Company Roosevelt
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Description:Roosevelt #311 in Golf Putter Milling, all Ti. Zircblasted blade in Z-FiNit. Minty Roosevelt I had with me for some time but not used or carried. Blade is centered and perfect and the action is fantastic. Smooth action with tight lockup and drops shut with a few shakes. Comes with original case and COA and sticker. USPS Priority mail to US only.

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Reposting with significant price drops - I need the room. I am the original owner of these knives, all of them in factory uncut/un sharpened edge, and all with original boxes and paperwork. PPF&F and ships out in the morning.
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ACE Nimbus V2 - Green micarta and Elmax steel. Great looking knife however, it never appealed to me so here to find a new home. Carried once however has not cut anything and in very good to excellent condition with a pristine blade. Asking $130 SOLD
American Blade Works Model 1 V6 G10 Jade, 20CV steel with Ti pocket clip. All American made and an excellent flipper and comes extremely sharp. I’ve only flipped this one a few times and not carried it. Comes with pouch and LNIB asking $150 $125 SOLD
Spyderco PM2 Black - Blackout PM2 in very good condition/excellent condition. Knife has not broken in and has been in case till today to move clip to tip up carry and Asking $150 SOLD
Arcform Slimfoot in M390. This knife is LNIB, pure beauty and reposting with a reduction in price to help it find a new home. Asking $250 $225 SOLD
EMPDC Original Nymble 1st Production with zirc hardware. Including original hardware. Disassembled to install hardware but in pristine and unvaried condition. Asking $300 $275
Protech Terzuola ATCF Auto. First run with carbon fiber in light and black handle. Comes with original box and in excellent LNIB condition. Asking $400 $375
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This is a budget guide to getting started with Gaslands Refueled. I wanted to compile a comprehensive list of how to get started playing Gasland for as little money as possible. This guide assumes you have no experience with miniature gaming and model / terrain building.
Step 1: Buy the Book. Get some dice. Get some templates.
This is arguably the most expensive part, but, buying the book is non-negotiable. You need it. Buy it physical or digital - but buy it. I would also highly suggest buying Gasland dice and acrylic templates. It makes things go a lot smoother.
Step 2: Take a walk.
Grab a plastic container and a grocery bag and go outside and take a walk. On your walk you are going to look for a few things that will aid you in building Gasland's terrain and cars.

• Sand / Dirt - Glue to terrain or cars
• Sticks - Look for one that look like they could be to scale logs / fallen trees for toy cars.
• Rocks of varying sizes - You will paint these and use them as standalone terrain or detail to other terrain.
• Bark - Random terrain bits
• Trash - You are helping the environment and you might find something cool for board terrain.

We will get in to how to build terrain later, for now, just collect some stuff.
Step 3: Take a trip to the Dollar Tree (Or Poundland, or Dollarama, or whatever)
The dollar store is the best way to get most everything you need to play. Gaslands is one of the most accessible miniature games out there since it is so approachable from a monetary standpoint. The items below are pretty much everything you need to build a board and cars.

• Matchbox cars (Toy aisle)
• Hot Wheels (Toy aisle)
• Turbo Wheels Monter Trucks (Toy aisle)
• Final Faction weapon blister packs for weapons. (Toy aisle)
• Turbo Wheels Buildings (Garage, Carwash, Car lift) (Toy aisle)
• Wooden cubes (Craft aisle)
• Toy blister packs with buildings and road signs (Toy aisle)
• Super glue (Tool aisle)
• White glue (Craft aisle)
• Modge Podge / Matte Medium (Craft aisle)
• Popsicle sticks (Craft aisle)
• Toothpicks (Kitchen aisle)
• Splatter Screen (Kitchen aisle)
• Cheap scissors (Craft aisle)
• Cheap brushes (Craft aisle)
• Craft wire (Craft aisle)
• Poster board (Craft aisle)
• Foam core (Craft aisle)
• Beads (Craft aisle)
• Small Zip Ties (Tool aisle)
• Poofy Make Up Brush (Make up aisle)
• And just generally check the craft section and toy section for whatever you see that catches your eye. You'll figure it out.

Keep in mind, your store may not carry some of this stuff, or some of this stuff may just be out of production by the time you find and read this. But no worries, you'll find something similar to stand in its place. Get as much or as little as you can afford - If its your first time doing something like this, don't overwhelm yourself, just get a few cars and a weapon pack and some super glue. I would also pick up the cubes and buildings if they have it, just for some ready-made terrain. I would avoid paint from the dollar store unless you know it's a good brand.
4: Go to Walmart / Lowes / Home Depot / Micheals / Amazon / FLGS Walmart is probably the best bet to have all this in one shot, plus you can get some of the things here that you can get at the dollar store. These things are going to be a bit more expensive than a dollar, but they are going to make your gaming experience that much better.

• Craft paint - You don't need fancy model paint, but if you want it, get and use it, I use craft and model paint.
• Spray Can or Gray Primer - I like the 2x coverage Rustoleum, but you need to let cure for 24 hours, but get what you can afford.
• Spray Can of flat/matte Clearcoat - This protects your finalized builds.
• Xacto Knife and Blades - You'll need this for modifying things
• Canvas Drop Cloth - This is your game board, get something at least 4x4ft.
• Dark Alliance Miniatures (Optional) - these are 1/64 scale minis and they have plenty of post apocalyptic styles to choose from and there are FOURTY EIGHT miniatures in a single box for less than $25. I recommend Stalkers / not zombies / rednecks sets. Adding lil people to your models makes them look awesome.

This the stuff you will absolutely need to modify all the other stuff you purchased at the dollar tree.
5: Watch Youtube
There are so, so, so, many people out there making things for cheap. I don't really know how to write a tutorial on how to build and make everything you need for miniature games, but YouTube is you best play to find guide for quick and easy miniature stuff. Here are some channels I would recommend:

• Bill Making Stuff
• The Craftsman
• Black Magic Craft
• Gaslands TV
• And just in general look up videos for "cheap / easy miniature terrain" or "gaslands"

So, there is a good start point for things to buy and watch, here are some quick start tricks and tips for you to consider.

• Find a video on beginner model painting techniques - watch that first. Learn about priming, drybrushing, washing, etc.
• Clear coat a car. This will give you a textures surface to wash and dirty up. Paint will stick clear coat better than the gloss model. You can glue a weapon to it and call it good. Paint the weapon before you glue it on (prime it first)
• Your battle mat is the canvas drop cloth... Take that thing and go outside and kick it around in the dirt. Dry brush some brown on it, glue some sand do it. Then throw this on the table - this will look way better than a kitchen table when you are playing.
• Glue you wheels on your cars so they don't move when you play.
• Paint rocks, they look more realistic when they are painted? For some reason?
• Don't skimp on terrain, having cool cars is one thing, but have a cool board just amps everything up to the next level.
• Have fun!

Okay! That is all I have - but I would ask for the community to weigh in on this as well - let me know what suggestions, tips, things you can buy cheap, YouTube channels, whatever you think is helpful - I will add them to the post and credit you. I wanted to make this before Reddit implodes so new players have an easy way to get started when they search on the Google.

EconomicHistory will be set to private for 48 hours from 7 am US Eastern Time on June 12, 2023 to 7 am US Eastern Time on June 14, 2023. The moderators have made this decision to support partner subreddits like AskHistorians. Mods in these subreddits have raised concerns around the implications of Reddit’s recent decision to charge for access to its application programming interface (API), which would render many tools currently used by moderators to ensure a safe and user-friendly community.
Here is a brief summary of developments and some of the concerns raised by the community:

• Application programming interface (API) is a set of definitions and protocols for building and integrating application software.
• Free access to Reddit API allowed AI technology developers to train large language models.
• In response, Reddit announced it would charge for access to its API.
• The new cost would prevent the continued operations of many API-supported tools which many subreddits rely on to moderate content. For instance, these tools are used to identify users that have a history of harmful behavior and spam ChatGPT-generated content.
• Third party apps relying on API access are particularly important for moderators and users who rely on screen readers, as the official Reddit app is inaccessible to the visually impaired.

This comes as Reddit has failed to sufficiently invest in moderation support. Subreddit communities are built on volunteer moderation labor that costs other companies millions of dollars per year.
EconomicHistory is joining other subreddits in going dark, including:

• videos
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See the full list here
Following our protest in solidarity, we will return and assess the situation with the broader community of subreddits.
If you would like to participate as a Reddit user, here are actions that Save3rdPartyApps recommends:

1. Complain. Message the mods of reddit.com, who are the admins of the site: message reddit: submit a support request: comment in relevant threads on reddit, such as this one, leave a negative review on their official iOS or Android app- and sign your username in support to this post.
2. Spread the word. Rabble-rouse on related subreddits. Meme it up, make it spicy. Bitch about it to your cat. Suggest anyone you know who moderates a subreddit join us at our sister sub at ModCoord - but please don't pester mods you don't know by simply spamming their modmail.
3. Boycott and spread the word...to Reddit's competition! Stay off Reddit entirely on June 12th through the 13th- instead, take to your favorite non-Reddit platform of choice and make some noise in support!
4. Don't be a jerk. As upsetting this may be, threats, profanity and vandalism will be worse than useless in getting people on our side. Please make every effort to be as restrained, polite, reasonable and law-abiding as possible. This includes not harassing moderators of subreddits who have chosen not to take part: no one likes a missionary, a used-car salesman, or a flame warrior.

Today I officially “ordered” my RAV4 Hybrid XLE premium!! 🥳🎉
Just curious if you ordered a hybrid, which trim, where are you located, how long did you wait or have you been waiting? What color did you choose?
I’m from southern Ontario, Canada! I went with wind chill pearl, I was told 1-2 years potentially but I was also told the oldest order at my dealership is only 9 months old so that gives me hope. I also heard from employees that hybrid production has increased significantly at the Ontario Toyota plants, more so than gas model production! I was surprised when I heard that, it makes sense with the demand for hybrid vehicles.

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Original Source: https://boringmoney.in/p/byjus-is-sued-by-its-lenders
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Four years ago I read an article in The Ken titled The making of a loan crisis at Byju’s. The gist of the story was that Byju’s was an edtech doing phenomenally well selling its digital courses to parents of young students. But these courses were expensive and these parents were poor. So it was also selling them loans to buy these courses. Only, without telling them. Parents would expect a course (which could be cancelled) but would end up with a loan (which couldn’t be cancelled).
Three days ago, Byju’s went to court in New York. Here’s the headline from TechCrunch: Byju’s sues ‘predatory’ lenders on $1.2B term loan, won’t make further payments.
Byju’s is a company that, arguably, made a business out of giving out predatory loans. Now it’s sued its own lenders and accused them of being predatory. I’m not saying that this is poetic justice but.. okay, scratch that. This is poetic justice! If Shakespeare were a finance writer this is the kind of stuff he would come up with.
Everyone wants to lend to Byju’s
In 2021, interest rates were low, loans were cheap. Tech startups were doing great, edtech startups were crushing it. Byju’s, not one to be left behind, had raised a lot of money but money was cheap so it also wanted to borrow. It wanted a $500 million loan from lenders in the US, which it wanted to use to acquire companies there. Instead, it ended up borrowing more than double—$1.2 billion—because lenders practically wanted to throw money at this overachieving edtech startup from India. [1]
The way a term loan such as this works is:

1. A company goes to an investment bank and asks for a loan
2. The bank syndicates this loan to investors, who become the lenders. Everyone comes together in a room and negotiates the specifics of the loan (which can be quite complex, as we’ll see)
3. The loan goes through and everyone’s happy. Presumably, the company likes its lenders, the lenders like the company
4. The original investors might sell the loans they own to other investors. The company’s only talking to an administrative agent representing the lenders, so over time it might not even know who its lenders are

In November 2021, prominent investment managers such as Blackstone, Fidelity and GIC had gone overboard to lend money to Byju’s. By September 2022, Byju’s lenders were desperately selling [2] their loans at a 36% discount on the principal. (Today, Byju’s debt is at a 20% discount, which is also bad.)
It’s likely that Blackstone, Fidelity and other of the OG lenders aren’t Byju’s’ lenders any more. They’ve almost certainly sold off their loans at a loss. Better get paid something than get paid nothing.
Dealers of the dead
If a company’s debt is being sold at a 36% discount, it’s because investors think that the company is unlikely to repay its loans. If you buy such a loan, you potentially stand to gain a lot—because of the discount—but well, you might also just lose everything.
If you’re a regular investment management company, like Blackstone, you don’t want to invest in such a loan. Your investors gave you this money to get predictable returns. If they wanted risk, they’d ask you to buy stocks. You don’t want to get into a fight with your borrower. If you feel they will not pay you back, you take a loss, sell the loans, move on.
If you’re a distressed debt investor, your entire business is to buy such distressed loans from regular investment managers like Blackstone. You’re going to get nasty borrowers who are unlikely to want to repay their loans but that’s okay. Because you’re nasty too. You spend less time on financial models, more in courts and around lawyers. You like to fight to get your money back. Sometimes you might lose, but the times you win, you win big. The wins cover your losses and some more.
Blackstone and the others sold Byju’s’ loans in desperation, and they were almost certainly bought by distressed debt investors. We don’t know who they are exactly, but Byju’s has indicated that one of them is Redwood Capital, a New York-based distressed debt investor.
If you’re a distressed debt investor, this is how it works:

1. You get a loan for super cheap
2. If the company repays its loan, great! You make a lot of money
3. But the company isn’t likely to repay, which is why you got the loan for cheap in the first place
4. So it’s in your best interest to not let the company die a slow death. Instead, you want to kill the company quick. You take the company to court ASAP and take all the money you’re owed while it’s still there

If the new investors waited, say, for a year, and took Byju’s to court after it had actually defaulted on its repayments—there might not be any money left! Byju’s may have given all the money to Lionel Messi or maybe laundered it away someplace the lenders wouldn’t find it. If you’re a distressed debt investor, you want to get Byju’s to court and get the court to force it to do whatever it takes to pay you back.
Last month, Byju’s’ new lenders sued Byju’s in the Delaware Court of Chancery [3]. We’ll get to the official reasons for this lawsuit in a bit, but what’s important is that Byju’s was not being sued because it defaulted on a payment. It hadn’t. It was being sued because the distressed debt investors expect it to default sooner or later, and they would prefer dealing with it sooner rather than later.
Lenders go for the kill
Usually, the finer details of corporate loans such as Byju’s’ aren’t public. But thanks to the multiple lawsuits we know quite a bit here.
The loan was made to Byju’s’ US entity and it was secured with guarantees from multiple Byju’s companies. From Byju’s’ lawsuit this week against its creditors (which I will get to), here are the guarantors:

1. Byju’s entities in India and Singapore
2. Byju’s’ US and Singapore acquisitions; companies including Oros, Epic, Great Learning, and Neuron
3. Whitehat India, Byju’s’ famous Indian acquisition

That’s a lot of companies guaranteeing a loan! Byju’s’ Indian entity is the parent of all the other guarantor companies, so having it as a guarantor should’ve been enough. I guess the rationale here was that it would be nice to have some non-Indian companies in the mix too, we do know how efficiently Indian courts work.
Apart from Byju’s the parent company itself, Whitehat was the only other Indian company guaranteeing this loan. The problem was that Whitehat itself, on paper, had negative net worth. It had probably taken loans of its own and did not have enough assets to cover them. In practice, this would be irrelevant, because Whitehat was owned by Byju’s and it would cover any of Whitehat’s liabilities. But, apparently, RBI regulations require Indian companies with negative net worth to take its approval before guaranteeing a loan. So even though Whitehat was a guarantor, the guarantee was meaningless until RBI granted its approval.
Yeah, well, RBI didn’t grant its approval. From the lawsuit:

Plaintiffs, Borrower, and Lenders had a call on or around October 6, 2022, to discuss the Whitehat Guarantee. In a good faith effort to negate any impact of the new regulations, Plaintiffs and the Borrower offered to move all assets out of Whitehat India into other subsidiaries of the Parent Guarantor that are Guarantors to the Credit Agreement, or are owned by Guarantors of the Credit Agreement. Lenders rejected this proposal without justification.

In October 2022, after Byju’s’ debt was already sold to the distressed debt investors, the company spoke to its lenders and informed them that it was unable to get RBI’s approval for Whitehat to be a guarantor. Instead, it offered to move Whitehat’s assets into other companies and then use those companies to guarantee the loan. Which would really have been the same thing. But the lenders refused! Why?!
Continuing from the lawsuit:

Lenders subsequently asserted that an event of default under Section 8.1(e) of the Credit Agreement (an “Event of Default”) had occurred due to the failure to procure the Whitehat Guarantee.

Oh, that’s why. Byju’s’ lenders—distressed debt investors that wanted Byju’s dead ASAP—used the fact that Whitehat couldn’t be a guarantor of this loan to claim a default and use it as a reason to take Byju’s to court in the US. Honestly, I’m impressed. The Whitehat guarantee was redundant to begin with, but the lenders had found an out and their official reason #1 to take Byju’s to court.
Oh, there’s another thing. In June 2022, The Ken reported that Byju’s’ financials for 2021 had been held up by its auditors because of certain, umm, creative accounting. By this time, Byju’s should have ideally filed even its 2022 financials. It was very late! From the lawsuit:

The FY’21 Audit was delivered to the Lenders on August 30, 2022. It did not contain a “going concern” qualification or any similar qualifications about the Parent Guarantor’s ability to continue into the future. However, the FY’22 Audit could not begin until the FY’21 Audit had been completed, and the Parent Guarantor’s business has continued to grow rapidly

Byju’s’ 2021 financials were held up because auditors weren’t giving the company their go ahead, so of course its 2022 financials were held up as well.

On or around August 29, 2022, Shearman & Sterling, LLP (“S&S”), counsel for GLAS, sent a letter to Byju’s Alpha and Think & Learn requesting certain financial disclosures from Plaintiffs and Borrower, and asserting that the failure to deliver this financial information was a breach of the Credit Agreement. ... Rather than actually suffering any damage from the delayed FY’22 audit, Lenders opportunistically used this unintentional and non-material delay to exert pressure on Plaintiffs and the Borrower to extract onerous economic concessions.

I love it! Byju’s’ financials were delayed. Its agreement with the original lenders said that the company must share its audited financials with them. Byju’s wasn’t able to do that. The lenders found their official reason #2 to take Byju’s to court.
Byju’s sets up an offence
Before the lenders sued Byju’s last month, Byju’s tried its best to negotiate a deal. It gave the lenders an assurance of the company’s financial health, gave them concessions worth “tens of millions of dollars” and requested (pleaded) to take back their claims of Byju’s defaulting.
The lenders refused. They asked for either the full principal back or two-thirds of it, with an increment of 7% (!!) in the interest rate. Byju’s, of course, said no.
At this point, Byju’s knew that the lenders weren’t going to negotiate realistically. So it prepared its own offence. From the lawsuit:

The Credit Agreement prohibits transfers or assignments of the Lenders’ interests in the Term Loans to “Disqualified Lenders.” The Credit Agreement includes in its definition of Disqualified Lender “[a]ny [] Person (including an Affiliate or Approved Fund of a Lender) whose primary activity is the trading or acquisition of distressed debt,” and “those banks, financial institutions and other Persons separately identified by name . . . on or before the syndication . . . (which may be updated . . . from time to time . . .)”

In its agreement with the original lenders, Byju’s had put in a clause restricting its loan from being transferred to distressed debt investors. This is a risky clause to agree with, because it’s only these folks that buy loans that turn sour, but the original lenders had gone with it.

On information and belief, the entire course of Lenders’, and Defendant’s, bad-faith conduct has been driven by these distressed-debt lenders, who were never meant to have been lenders in the first place, and who acted with the intent of causing harm to Borrower and Plaintiffs. Meanwhile, Borrowers and Plaintiffs were initially unaware that the lenders were in fact being controlled by distressed debt dealers, and were therefore unable to take action to prevent their bad-faith plan from being implemented.

In its lawsuit this week, the crux of Byju’s’ argument is based on the fact that its loan is owned by distressed debt investors who were not eligible to be owning its debt in the first place. Also interesting is that Byju’s doesn’t seem to know who these lenders are. In its post-lawsuit statement, Byju’s named Redwood as one of the lenders, but it’s not named anywhere in the lawsuit.
Now what?
If push comes to shove, does Byju’s have the cash to pay off its lenders?
Last month, Byju’s transferred $500 million out of its US entity. The lenders had filed their lawsuit and there was a chance the court would freeze Byju’s’ US entity’s assets, so this was a precautionary move. So Byju’s has this $500 million. But that seems about it. Byju’s has been in the news saying that it’s trying to raise $700 million to pay off its debt. Yeah, between the horrible edtech market and the colourful lawsuits Byju’s is in, good luck with getting investors to donate their money to Byju’s.
But of course, Byju’s is now suing its lenders too. It does have an agreement that says that its debt can’t be held by distressed debt investors. So it’s not a frivolous suit.
Can Byju’s win? Sure. It would still have to pay its debt eventually. And it’s not straightforward. There are probably tens or even hundreds of lenders. It’s apparent that the distressed debt investors are the guiding force behind the lenders’ lawsuit, but it’s definitely not necessary that they form the majority of the lenders. In which case, Byju’s’ whole lawsuit falls apart.
The lenders are saying Byju’s defaulted by not keeping its part of the agreement, even though it had technically paid its dues. [4] Byju’s is saying that the lenders shouldn’t be the lenders in the first place and must be disqualified. We’ll see who’s right.
Footnotes
[1] It was a 5-year loan with a floating interest rate of 6% over Libor. Think of it as 6% over this magical interest-rate called Libor that some fancy-pants banks set amongst themselves everyday. Back in November 2021, Libor was at 0.25% and this was a 6.86% interest loan for Byju’s (the floor for Libor was 0.75%). Today, Libor is at about 5.64% and it’s an 11.6% loan.
[2] Multiple reasons for the investors to sell. One, interest rates went up and cash became more dear. If they had money stuck with Byju’s, it was money not being lent out to someone else. Second, edtech all around the world was in trouble. Kids were back in school and people didn’t think much of them anymore. Third, Byju’s as a company was showing its red flags.
[3] What a cool name!
[4] Until now, that is. Byju’s filed its lawsuit this week the same day it was supposed to make a $40 million interest payment.
Original Source: https://boringmoney.in/p/byjus-is-sued-by-its-lenders

I have been paying $490 per week for a standard but really nice SUV with enterprise for the last 6 weeks and will have to do so for another 6 weeks. I noticed enterprise is usually all booked so it got me wondering, why not fill the gap? DMV area, mostly (near or around DC area though so Baltimore County to Northern VA near Dulles).
So here’s the plan
Start off with 1 EV, Tesla model 3 Long Range with no full self driving ($50,380, $7500 tax incentive + $3000 state incentive). Then slowly scale up to Rivan R1S SUV ($80-90k) and the Cybertruk.
$80 daily rate (Monday - Thursday)
$150 daily rate (Friday - Sunday)
Loyalty program
-$100 p/m or rent for 10 weeks or longer per year to qualify
-$60 p/d rate
Optional add-ons

• $15 p/d for insurance
  
• $100 for pickup/drop off at xyz location
  
• $1.99 p/d or $10 p/m for Tesla connectivity
  

Customer acquisition

• online ads - $3.5 CPC, $15 CPM,
  
• 12.5% referral payout per rental
  
• online platforms such as turo, hyrecar, Ubers new platform
  
• partnership agreements with local businesses
  

$630 weekly rate ($90 p/day) if booked 24 hours in advance, $700 for instant booking
Rideshare option - renter can use for Uber or Lyft
Food delivery option - renter can use for Dominos or Doordash or Uber Eats, etc
US business mileage tax deduction- $0.65.
Assuming mostly rideshare drivers use me and the car is driven at least 100 miles per day, 36,500 miles * $0.65 = $23,725 back in taxes
Assuming I rent daily at my lowest price of $80, that’s $29,200 gross per vehicle.
$29,200 * 0.60 (40% tax) = $17,520 gross
$50,380 - $10,000 down payment = $40,380
$40,380 @ 10% interest, 48 months = $1,024.14 monthly
I want to pay the car off in 24 months
After 12 months, my balance will be $31,739.40
$31,739.40 - $7500 federal EV credit - $3,000 state EV credit = $21,739.40
I’m not sure how to calculate the mileage deduction so I’ll leave that out as extra income. I used to do Uber and Lyft and $200-300 after Uber fees working a day are realistic. I have also done Dominos which pays out $13 p/hr and has unlimited overtime if you are willing to close, you can seriously do 70 hours OT (10am to 2am) but your only driving half or 1/3 of the time, plus $350 tips, so your looking at $1000+ per week working 10-12 hrs daily, $1700 if your willing to slave away. The difference in electric vs gas is pretty significant. That cost savings could result in 50% savings. For example I was spending $50 daily to fill up with Uber (250-400 miles) and about $25 with dominos (120 miles).
I’m also calling up local repair shops and dealerships and businesses to offer my cars as loaners. Repair shops and dealers seem resistant though, they hate EVs. Dealerships in my area charge $50 per day for rentals while cars are being serviced. Not sure about how to contact insurance companies though.
So what do you guys think? Target market are gig workers who are all in for the most part, with some sprinkling of one off customers whether from partnering businesses or google ads, etc.