Sentences with phrase «as money pits»

Doctoroff, company chairman Peter Grauer, and Pearlstine all opposed the idea, viewing the magazine, headed for a $ 62 million loss in 2009, as a money pit.

Some districts and administrators see technology as a money pit because you keep throwing money into it constantly — and everyone wants a piece of the pie.»

We were about to write off the arcade as another money pit when we noticed three Jump - themed purikura photo booths.

I present to you Frontier Dev - Expansions / Updates & Micro transactions done right - with no Loot Boxes - it proves its possible to have Monetization in games to prolong the games longevity to the advantage of the gamer and the developers With EA, its corporate greed, I truly believe if they removed the Pay -2-Win scenarios this would of not garnered as much attention as it has and for now at least I can not see how they can re-implement anything that gamers alike are going to get behind in there droves - EA shafted themselves with seeing the consumer as a money pit and assuming that gamers have either an unlimited source of funds or its acceptable to suddenly throw out the balance of a game due to financial gain.

You probably think of renters insurance as a money pit; after all, isn't insurance just for things you own, like a car or house?

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I see the military as nothing more than a huge money pit, a hinderance to our potential.

As a buyer, it's imperative that you schedule a home inspection to protect your purchase from becoming a massive money pit.

Our club is in serious decline, our transfer window activity compared to the other big clubs is pathetic, clearly profit driven for greedy Kroenke, wenger is a subservient puppet and gazidis is just another yes man, none of the current board have any interest or backbone for the club they represent, as long as the silly fans keep the money coming all the management are happy, to keep their respective snouts in the trough (money pit) and laugh all the way to the bank.

and the others who never played or had only a handful of appearances could not even be loaned out some of them, that's good business they were cheap, now we knwo why they were cheap, now look merterseker, sanchez, ozil, theo, koschilney off contract, how much money is there alone, also wenger has a habit of buying kids spending 5 - 8 years developing them then other clubs say thanks we will have him, oh well he wasn't good enough, as he plays for his country, when are we going to start pressuring kroenke, gazidis and wenger with lowering of the stocks and merchandise so we are not profitable to the greedy self centred yank who uses us a a money pit.

Now this, I think, is where many of the club's detractors, and of course Wenger's too, simply overlook a simple and obvious fact — the majority of the top clubs, and some of those in the second tier, from whom we want to buy relevant top players, are owned by incredibly rich men, known as oligarchs for a good reason, or bottomless money pits, known as state - owned clubs, and we all know who they are, simply do not need the money, however much is offered.

Q: Wouldn't President Obama and his robe riders mine the same bottomless pit of taxpayer money as President McCain and his cronies?

I do not see how supporting a statelet that sees the USA as a bottomless money pit and a potential source of cannon fodder can possibly contribute to the conditions needed for our maintaining a viable state here at home.

No one really knows where he is from (he'll always say New Orleans) or how he has, as one character puts it, a «bottomless pit» of money.

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«But just as CityTime cost the city millions of dollars year after year, until SESIS is fixed or scrapped it will continue to be a money pit.»

Yet the 2.7 - litre Cayman lacks relatively little, as we learned from pitting it against the 3.4 - litre Cayman S. Buyers do get 19 - inch alloy wheels (versus 18 - inch alloys), the larger engine, added leather upholstery and bi-xenon headlights for that extra money.

what started off as a great looking, good fuel economy and decent performer has morphed into a money pit.

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For instance, an in - ground swimming pool might be an attractive feature for some, but many home buyers see it as a hassle, at best, or even a possible money - pit.

Those issues can be used as bargaining chips to bring down the prices of their would - be homes — or even lead them to walk away from money pit purchases.

As this About.com article discusses, the root of risk inherent in many mortgage products is in how these loans have made things too easy; too easy for anyone to qualify for or afford homes that are * much * bigger than one's budget, allowing people to pretty much dig their own money pit, thereby enabling the fermentation of housing bubbles that subsequently turn into explosive busts.

Since as mentioned, the American staffordshire terrier and the American pit bull terrier are quite similar, the money making strategy worked for these breeders.

Team Angel City Pit Bulls is running to raise money to rescue the breed from shelters, place them in forever homes, as well as funds for medical treatment and care.

As with adopting any pet, you will need to make sure you have the time, money, and resources to take care of your Pit Bull for the rest of his life.

It's a dirty job, but someone has to jump - start serious reconsideration of that dark, amorphous phenomenon known as American painting in the 1980s — a veritable pit of macho swagger, nostalgia and money.

Thus, custody and access fights can become bottomless pits of time, money and such additional miseries as loss of productivity at work, more need for stress and depression related medical care, and less money to spend in the broader economy on, for example, new furniture for the kids's new bedrooms.

Although legal blogs can be major brand development tools for law firms, they are just as likely to become horrible money pits — especially when a legal marketing firm is involved.

As Recode points out, though, these peer - to - peer payment systems are usually money pits for companies looking to break into the space.

They pit husband versus wife, mother versus father, as each side tries to prove to a judge that he or she is a better parent or deserves more money.

In The Australian (paywall) meanwhile, the issue of raising the Medicare levy to address sustainability issues was once again put on the agenda and Treasurer Scott Morrison was reported as warning that despite its popularity, Medicare could not become a «money pit» for taxpayer funds.

I discovered money pits such as cable, vacations, dates, eating out, etc..

Even if the inspection reveals issues with the home that cause your buyers to walk away from the purchase, they should see the money spent as a wise investment that saved them from buying a money pit.

We've all heard homeownership sometimes referred to as «a money pit.»