Spent 1600 on new struts, valve cover gaskets, spark plugs, and oil change for 2004 Toyota Highlander.
+2 Facepunch: I let my tight schedule to leave on a trip back me into a corner for getting the work done, getting another estimate, and really investigating the necessity. We took the car in two days before a road trip to get brakes and tires checked, oil change. Came home with an estimate for all this work. I say the plugs were needed (quite possibly the original plugs) and the gasket was leaking (supposedly - we were down a quart). Wife felt the struts were a safety issue and I couldn't confidently refute that.
Spent 170 on iPhone repairs
+1 Facepunch: My iPhone screen went out a couple weeks back, just as I finish my contract. Paid a guy 70 for screen repair because I'd struggled to do it a couple years back on my 3g. Then came home and watched the repair video and realize its well within my capabilities. Course, it turned out to not be a screen problem, but a bad motherboard, which I then paid him to fix also.
-1.5 Facepunch: picked up a side job worth 1K. Should take 4-8 hours over two weeks.
-0.5 Facepunch: About to find a MNVO for phone service, should save 40-50/month, now paying 80.
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1.0 Facepunches total.