Exploiting the Amateur Bodybuilder competitor

[Alex A]

I have never stayed at a five star Hotel while preparing for a bodybuilding show so I guess I was unpreparred for some of the hefty costs. Besides the following, im sure there was more gouging.  But heck, Im not complaining. It was worth it.


Besides the Competitors menue which included: $5 for one egg, $ 12 veggie platter, $20  for the 3 egg white omlette, etc.

One of the more classic charges were the Mandatory Valet parking for your Car of $20 per day

$3 to sign on to the internet and 59 cents per minute to use it.    One of my posts to you guys costed me $45

The ever so class min fridge and wet bar loaded with $3 candy bars, liquer,$3 cans of drinks, $4 rice crispy treets...The best yet is when I asked them to remove all the items from my room because. for one, i dont eat this crap, and for two, I needed the room for my food, a $25 re stocking charge will be added to the bill. 

Along with the $280 rental car that I parked in the $20 per night lot, the room was $160 plus $25 per night in taxes., $300 flight and $150 entry, Bodybuilding is a no joke! its all fun.

[Livewire]

I have never stayed at a five star Hotel while preparing for a bodybuilding show so I guess I was unpreparred for some of the hefty costs. Besides the following, im sure there was more gouging.  But heck, Im not complaining. It was worth it.


Besides the Competitors menue which included: $5 for one egg, $ 12 veggie platter, $20  for the 3 egg white omlette, etc.

One of the more classic charges were the Mandatory Valet parking for your Car of $20 per day

$3 to sign on to the internet and 59 cents per minute to use it.    One of my posts to you guys costed me $45

The ever so class min fridge and wet bar loaded with $3 candy bars, liquer,$3 cans of drinks, $4 rice crispy treets...The best yet is when I asked them to remove all the items from my room because. for one, i dont eat this crap, and for two, I needed the room for my food, a $25 re stocking charge will be added to the bill. 

Along with the $280 rental car that I parked in the $20 per night lot, the room was $160 plus $25 per night in taxes., $300 flight and $150 entry, Bodybuilding is a no joke! its all fun.

You could have stayed at a dirty old man's house, like most of the competitors.


Free of charge, you know.

[BayGBM]

Your "sponsor" should be paying for all that stuff. 

[rocket]

That is some outstanding exploitation of a situation.

[Pollux]

One of my posts to you guys costed me $45

Now that's what I call dedication of epic proportions! 

[Special Ed]

Alex,

The good news is that all of those expenses are losses on your separate Azarian Fitness Sole Proprietorship Schedule C and merely reduces your AGI to allow you a greater income tax refund or simply to raise your exemptions and increase your take-home pay.

Dean Witter

[Andre Nickatina]

Wow that should be classified as rape

[Matt C]

You could have stayed at a dirty old man's house, like most of the competitors.


Free of charge, you know.

I wouldn't call it "free". 

[Pollux]

I wouldn't call it "free". 

Been down that road have we? 

[the choad]

20 dollars for a 3 egg whites... 


That's taxation without representation..

[OneMoreRep]

I have never stayed at a five star Hotel while preparing for a bodybuilding show so I guess I was unpreparred for some of the hefty costs. Besides the following, im sure there was more gouging.  But heck, Im not complaining. It was worth it.


Besides the Competitors menue which included: $5 for one egg, $ 12 veggie platter, $20  for the 3 egg white omlette, etc.

One of the more classic charges were the Mandatory Valet parking for your Car of $20 per day

$3 to sign on to the internet and 59 cents per minute to use it.    One of my posts to you guys costed me $45

The ever so class min fridge and wet bar loaded with $3 candy bars, liquer,$3 cans of drinks, $4 rice crispy treets...The best yet is when I asked them to remove all the items from my room because. for one, i dont eat this crap, and for two, I needed the room for my food, a $25 re stocking charge will be added to the bill. 

Along with the $280 rental car that I parked in the $20 per night lot, the room was $160 plus $25 per night in taxes., $300 flight and $150 entry, Bodybuilding is a no joke! its all fun.

So Alex, Steroids included for your entire prep, traveling costs and hotel costs added up, what can you roughly say you wasted on this entire ordeal?

[SteelePegasus]

Alex,

The good news is that all of those expenses are losses on your separate Azarian Fitness Sole Proprietorship Schedule C and merely reduces your AGI to allow you a greater income tax refund or simply to raise your exemptions and increase your take-home pay.

Dean Witter

true, but he could have claimed those items even if he didn't actually spend the money 

you only have to provide receipts if you get audited.

[big14]

So in other words it was well worth spending 2-3000 $
that weekend, helping the hotel prosper and make more profit ?










 

[gordiano]

I have never stayed at a five star Hotel while preparing for a bodybuilding show so I guess I was unpreparred for some of the hefty costs. Besides the following, im sure there was more gouging.  But heck, Im not complaining. It was worth it.


Besides the Competitors menue which included: $5 for one egg, $ 12 veggie platter, $20  for the 3 egg white omlette, etc.

One of the more classic charges were the Mandatory Valet parking for your Car of $20 per day

$3 to sign on to the internet and 59 cents per minute to use it.    One of my posts to you guys costed me $45

The ever so class min fridge and wet bar loaded with $3 candy bars, liquer,$3 cans of drinks, $4 rice crispy treets...The best yet is when I asked them to remove all the items from my room because. for one, i dont eat this crap, and for two, I needed the room for my food, a $25 re stocking charge will be added to the bill. 

Along with the $280 rental car that I parked in the $20 per night lot, the room was $160 plus $25 per night in taxes., $300 flight and $150 entry, Bodybuilding is a no joke! its all fun.

And all for a plastic trophy....

[rocket]

Well in his case he's raised his profile considerably

[Alex A]

$45 for a post and to check some messages was actually the only cost at the hotel worth it. 

[pedro01]

Stay at cheap-ass serviced apartments where you can cook your own food.

'Slumming it' is the new black.

[njflex]

And all for a plastic trophy....

usa and national trophies are far from plastic...

[Monster_Everything]

hahahah first rule of bodybuilding...no $ is made until you gay it out...

[Brutal_1]

I have never stayed at a five star Hotel while preparing for a bodybuilding show so I guess I was unpreparred for some of the hefty costs. Besides the following, im sure there was more gouging.  But heck, Im not complaining. It was worth it.


Besides the Competitors menue which included: $5 for one egg, $ 12 veggie platter, $20  for the 3 egg white omlette, etc.

One of the more classic charges were the Mandatory Valet parking for your Car of $20 per day

$3 to sign on to the internet and 59 cents per minute to use it.    One of my posts to you guys costed me $45

The ever so class min fridge and wet bar loaded with $3 candy bars, liquer,$3 cans of drinks, $4 rice crispy treets...The best yet is when I asked them to remove all the items from my room because. for one, i dont eat this crap, and for two, I needed the room for my food, a $25 re stocking charge will be added to the bill. 

Along with the $280 rental car that I parked in the $20 per night lot, the room was $160 plus $25 per night in taxes., $300 flight and $150 entry, Bodybuilding is a no joke! its all fun.

          

I guess the NPC just assumes you're making the millions that all the IFBB pros are making! 




NEVER stay at the "official" or recommended hotel again!

[BayGBM]

hahahah first rule of bodybuilding...no $ is made until you gay it out...

 

[Tre]

hahahah first rule of bodybuilding...no $ is made until you gay it out...

I only saw a handful of G4P shoots taking place outside at the hotel, but there was a *ton* of P4S activity. 

[Tre]

The people who run food delivery businesses during big contest weekends are the ones who really missed out on a golden opportunity here, especially if they'd had the ability to offer late-night service.  

If you'd come to town and rented a commercial kitchen space downtown for the weekend, you probably could've grossed $30,000 during the 4 days we were there.  

[Tre]

Even though there were less expensive hotels within just a few blocks of the Fairmont, the convenience of having the show right downstairs from your room is, well, just about priceless.  It can save you a fortune on alcohol. 

[Palpatine Q]

I only saw a handful of G4P shoots taking place outside at the hotel, but there was a *ton* of P4S activity. 

Hey Tre, Expand upon this a little if you don't mind.

Everybody talks about G4P like it's a given. How does it actually go down?  I'm curious.