Chrome is a mannerly guy, normally. Even to a fault. I think he knew the answer to the question even as he asked it (some people do very well, some are struggling, and some will never make it at all). Probably more of an expression of frustration than anything else.
I started out selling nudie pics through the mail 7 or 8 years ago. I'd jump for joy at the occasional $25 sale. If I got a sale of, say, $75 or $150, it was "Happy days are here again!" I'm sure a lot of you know that feeling.
Today, I make a decent living, made all the more decent by eschewing the expenses related to car ownership. If I owned one, I'd be considerably less prosperous what with payments, insurance, gasoline, and upkeep. A car is just a whole in the road you throw money into. Of course, not everyone lives at a transportation hub the way I do (one end of Portland's free bus mall, next to the Amtrak and Greyhound stations). A bike is all I need 99.9% of the time.
My pay site is earning me several times more per month this year than last. My last half-monthly check from my membership processor was about $850 (my rent for the whole month is considerably less than that). I have two other sources of income: my booklets (http://www.afterglow-photo.com/booklets.htm) and my content site (http://www.unseenworld.com). Between these three sources of income, I keep very busy and I make a decent living.
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