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I don't think this has anything to do with the article/calculator. The OP is about an auction process to determine who pays what, not actually exchanging the m

by mason55 13y ago

I don't think this has anything to do with the article/calculator. The OP is about an auction process to determine who pays what, not actually exchanging the money or tracking it.

mathattack 13y ago
This worked for me in the past. Once we settled on rooms, we bid for the largest ones. Very efficient. Still split utilities multiple ways. The only problem is in one situation when one of the guys moved his girlfriend in without asking.
joshstrange 13y ago
It has to do with splitting the cost of shared resources, I will agree that it's not the same as the OP but I will argue that it is in the same vein and further more that people that are interested in how best to split rent might also be interested in a way to facilitate the collection and tracking of said rent. Edit: Also see Splitwise's rent calculator: https://www.splitwise.com/calculators/rent https://www.splitwise.com/calculators/rent
- pkfrank 13y ago
  Agreed, I think it's totally relevant and thanks for the Splitwise link. I've been waiting for Venmo to integrate roommate-inspired features for ages.
  - joshstrange 13y ago
    Splitwise used to have a link to Venmo but I can't find it now, they do have Paypal integration that you can use (you have to pay Paypal fees though). That said you can of course use whatever you want to exchange money and my roommates use Venmo and Simple Instant (and goods/services like groceries/utilities in their name) to pay each other.
esquivalience 13y ago
But the OP is quite a claim. I find the difficulty with "fair" is that it means different things to different people.
esquivalience 13y ago
But the OP is quite a claim. I find the difficulty with "fair" is that it means different things to different people.
esquivalience 13y ago
But the OP is quite a claim. I find the difficulty with "fair" is that it means different things to different people.

by mason55 13y ago

I don't think this has anything to do with the article/calculator. The OP is about an auction process to determine who pays what, not actually exchanging the money or tracking it.

mathattack 13y ago

This worked for me in the past. Once we settled on rooms, we bid for the largest ones. Very efficient. Still split utilities multiple ways. The only problem is in one situation when one of the guys moved his girlfriend in without asking.

joshstrange 13y ago

It has to do with splitting the cost of shared resources, I will agree that it's not the same as the OP but I will argue that it is in the same vein and further more that people that are interested in how best to split rent might also be interested in a way to facilitate the collection and tracking of said rent. Edit: Also see Splitwise's rent calculator: https://www.splitwise.com/calculators/rent https://www.splitwise.com/calculators/rent

pkfrank 13y ago
Agreed, I think it's totally relevant and thanks for the Splitwise link. I've been waiting for Venmo to integrate roommate-inspired features for ages.
- joshstrange 13y ago
  Splitwise used to have a link to Venmo but I can't find it now, they do have Paypal integration that you can use (you have to pay Paypal fees though). That said you can of course use whatever you want to exchange money and my roommates use Venmo and Simple Instant (and goods/services like groceries/utilities in their name) to pay each other.

esquivalience 13y ago

But the OP is quite a claim. I find the difficulty with "fair" is that it means different things to different people.

esquivalience 13y ago

But the OP is quite a claim. I find the difficulty with "fair" is that it means different things to different people.

esquivalience 13y ago

But the OP is quite a claim. I find the difficulty with "fair" is that it means different things to different people.