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Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: January 27 11, 3:32 pm
by Leroy
There's a lot about how Arenas spent his money, based on her understanding of the household finances: "he states he makes 1.5 million per month," read the notes. Arenas lavished plenty on their Great Falls home, dropping $100,000 on landscaping, $5,000 a month for housekeepers, $675 "per car" washing, and $1 million for his backyard pool and grotto. His sharks are expensive: $5,000 a month to feed them and $1,500 for a keeper to drive from Columbus to take care of them.
He was extravagant when it came to toys for the children -- ages 5, 4 and 2 -- buying a $60,000 train set and an $8,000 toy Mercedes-Benz electric car, and dropping between $30,000 and $40,000 during a shopping spree at FAO Schwartz. (Arenas also told this story on the blog, but didn't divulge the amount of money spent.)
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... nba-313303
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: January 28 11, 1:09 pm
by jim
I want to see that train set.
I was going to get some sharks myself but now I'm questioning it.
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: January 28 11, 1:56 pm
by Hungary Jack
He is a True American.
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: January 28 11, 2:13 pm
by BW23
How much does he spend on his gun collection?
And does he have a permit?
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: January 29 11, 12:24 pm
by cardsfansince82
This right here is how guys can make $100 million and be broke less than a decade later.
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: February 10 11, 7:59 pm
by themiddle54
When you have a 5, a 4 and a 2 year-old in the house, really, why would you not have sharks?
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: February 25 11, 12:35 pm
by Bo Hart
A few years ago, Shaq got divorced. Right around this time, some court documents from the divorce hearing were leaked out to the public. It was honestly mind-blowing how much that man throws away a month.
His monthly expenses total over $875,000. Some of it broke down as follows:
- Vacations: $110,505
- Media (books, CD's, etc): $1,620
- Pet Care: $2,305
- Gifts: $60,417
- Clothing: $17,220
- Dry cleaning/laundry: $6,730
- Child care: $26,560
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Gas: $24,300
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Cable: $1,495
- Electricity: $10,065
- Phone: $3,345
Again, those are his
monthly averages.
Here's a link to the court document if you want to see more:
http://extratv.warnerbros.com/images/ne ... qoneal.pdf
So...in summary, Arenas has nothing on Shaq.
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: February 25 11, 3:37 pm
by JackofDiamonds
Leroy wrote: There's a lot about how Arenas spent his money, based on her understanding of the household finances: "he states he makes 1.5 million per month," read the notes. Arenas lavished plenty on their Great Falls home, dropping $100,000 on landscaping, $5,000 a month for housekeepers, $675 "per car" washing, and $1 million for his backyard pool and grotto. His sharks are expensive: $5,000 a month to feed them and $1,500 for a keeper to drive from Columbus to take care of them.
He was extravagant when it came to toys for the children -- ages 5, 4 and 2 -- buying a $60,000 train set and an $8,000 toy Mercedes-Benz electric car, and dropping between $30,000 and $40,000 during a shopping spree at FAO Schwartz. (Arenas also told this story on the blog, but didn't divulge the amount of money spent.)
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_d ... nba-313303
$100,000 isn't that crazy for landscaping, one of our clients just finished a $150,000 landscaping project for his ski lodge.
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: February 25 11, 3:53 pm
by cards2468
themiddle54 wrote:When you have a 5, a 4 and a 2 year-old in the house, really, why would you not have sharks?
While us poor folks have to rely on Labrador retrievers as pet/security system
Re: Gilbert Arenas, frugal man.
Posted: February 25 11, 6:07 pm
by clevername
how do you spend $17,000 a month on clothes? What does he do, burn them after each time he wears them?
I mean, $200,000 worth of clothes a year?