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Mahalo employee can afford a binary-tagged Audi A6

We reported — and CEO Jason Calacanis didn't really deny — that Mahalo grosses about $9,000 a month. But don't worry about Mahalo employees. Here, for example, is Mahalo employee Sean Percival's Audi A6. It costs between $43,725 and $57,075 . ~~Obviously, Percival is not a Mahalo guide.~~ Surprisingly, Percival is a Mahalo guide. They only make $30,000 to $35,000, we hear. By the way, if this handy binary to text conversion tool is correct, Percival writes 011000100110000101100100 code. (Photo by Eric Rice)

10:20 AM on Mon Apr 7 2008
By Nicholas Carlson
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LuciferV8 at 10:44 AM on 04/07/08
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-419?
ClosingTag at 10:51 AM on 04/07/08
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Yay, a $400 lease!!! WOW!!! Congratulations!!!
Rock tha Hizzee at 10:53 AM on 04/07/08
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Coming soon: What type of lattes "the 250" drink.....
rednikki at 11:05 AM on 04/07/08
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YAY!!! I'm no longer the only Mahalo guide with a Valleywag tag!
meanguy at 11:11 AM on 04/07/08
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The tool is right, but you used it backwards.

Bonus: he authored a book on Second Life: [www.amazon.com]
seanpercival at 11:12 AM on 04/07/08
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Love to be featured, but of course now I feel like Jason becuase I have to start the corrections.

1. I'm a guide, same salary as the rest of the team minus raises to those who have been here longer.

2. We are so under paid I actually drive the A3 (the horror I know). Although if it counts for anything I had to roll a destroyed A4 into this one so my payment is about that of an A6 ($580 per month).

3. Euro plates only fit 10 digits, as you can see it takes a lot of binary to say anything.

4. You can buy you own euro plate at [www.customeuropeanplates.com] which is of course my site and allows me to afford such wonderful german toys.

Mahalo
Juan Aguilar at 11:19 AM on 04/07/08
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Hey Valleywag, I'm also a Mahalo guide... do a post about my front bumper. ;)
svcitizen at 11:21 AM on 04/07/08
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I wonder if he lives in the Mahalo commune with the other employees like Veronica Belmont mentioned in an interview with LAList.
microserfin at 11:33 AM on 04/07/08
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This whole thing is dogshit.
matto at 11:44 AM on 04/07/08
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I'm no good at computers, since i can't figure out how to convert a long into text.
malphant at 12:13 PM on 04/07/08
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It is missing the preceding 011001.
vulturesquadron at 12:26 PM on 04/07/08
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I feel gross talking about how much money the serfs make. If Calacanis had any class he'd buy this kid a 911 Turbo with a Mahalo promo vinyl wrapper.
categorically at 12:44 PM on 04/07/08
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Well Mahalo is still a complete waste of bandwidth.
seanpercival at 12:55 PM on 04/07/08
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@vulturesquadron:

Couldn't agree more!
Lawrence at 01:09 PM on 04/07/08
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@vulturesquadron: no data entry clerk deserves to drive a Porsche 911 Turbo.

the Audi A3 costs about 25K - Sean, sell it...and for roughly the same price get a Boxster, or an early model Carrera.

I read that Jason Calacanis drives a yellow Corvette
steepdecline at 01:52 PM on 04/07/08
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Nic. we did karaoke after dimsum.. i got news for you dude, we've got a guide with a brand new X3... care for pics? heck, how about pics of the whole damn parking lot? .. all your for 50% of your take on the traffic tsunami! tyler at mahalo dawt com
Fidel on the Roof at 01:56 PM on 04/07/08
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1) we aren't what we drive
2) page and sergey drive priuses
3) trying to impress others with cars and stuff is pretty lame

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for some fun I'll pretend to be this guy...

I am wearing this timex just to be like ya'll... but I have a rolex at home and it has diamonds... biatches!
seanpercival at 02:34 PM on 04/07/08
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@lawrence:

25 base, I'm fully loaded good sir. Seat warmers, xenon lights, windshield wipers that auto adjust to the rain. You know, the stables of any other good data entry clerk.

Really, the big story here is some of the rides of our other guides. I mean look at this:

[flickr.com]

Just shameful...
Duncan at 02:50 PM on 04/07/08
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It should be noted that Sean is also a published author: the residuals from books on SecondLife must be good these days.
svcitizen at 02:55 PM on 04/07/08
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Wow, this whole thing is hilarious. Anyone can get a loan for a new car up to 50k easily. Now whether they can pay for it, live in a nice house, eat decent food, etc. is determined by how much money they make per year. I've never heard Jason refute the 35k comment so I'm guessing it holds true. If not why hasn't someone said hey I make more than that. It's not like they are actually telling us their exact salary.
Rick at 07:38 PM on 04/07/08
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@Duncan: gtfo, he can't make less than you
raincoaster at 08:26 PM on 04/07/08
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Wait till the Auto Lease Credit Crisis hits. THEN you'll see some defenestrations on Wall Street!
seanpercival at 10:25 PM on 04/07/08
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@Duncan:

Thats to be made fun of in an upcoming VW post im sure :)

@svcitizen:

You seem slow.
andyfox1979 at 01:49 PM on 04/09/08
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discussing the salaries of sub-executive level people is bad form, IMO.

Driving cars like these is also obnoxious on a sub-executive level salary.

@seanpercival: The bling picture might have been funny in 2002. Faux bling pictures are two steps away from real bling pictures because the intent is roughly the same:

Earnest Bling Picture:
LOOK AT THIS SHIT I HAVE!

Jokey Bling Picture:
LOOK AT THIS SHIT I HAVE! JK. NO SRSLY, HAVE A LOOK. JK. SRSLSY