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about save karyn
the story behind this crazy website
 SaveKaryn.com started in June 2002 when,
after losing my job, I realized I couldn't pay my credit card bills - credit card bills that added
up to over $20,000 - credit card bills I ran up by shopping. Yep. Too many Starbucks
lattes. Too many BCBG
tops. Too many great Gucci purses.
While lying in bed one night, I thought to
myself, "Self, $20,000 isn't that much money. If 20,000 people gave me
just one dollar, then all my yucky debt would be gone!" So on a whim,
I created a silly little low-budget website asking people to help me pay off
my $20,000 credit card bills. All I needed was 20,000 generous
individuals...
Before I knew it, people around the world
were logging on to savekaryn.com and sending me money through PayPal and the
mail. In 20 short weeks, my
website received over two million hits and all my debt was paid off.
(NOTE: I have since donated all the money people gave me to charity.)
Stories about the website have appeared in
newspapers and magazine all over the world, including The New York Times,
People, and Time. I was even interviewed on the Today
show (three times!) by America's
number-one morning show hottie: Matt Lauer. And, get this: The New
York Times Magazine named savekaryn.com and my idea one of the "Greatest
ideas to come out of 2002." Pretty cool.
People often ask me, "Me, how could you
have run up $20,000 in credit card debt from shopping?" and "Me, how in the
world did you come up with this crazy idea?" and "Me, is it true that a
big
Hollywood movie company is going to make a movie about you?" Well,
for those answers you're gonna have to buy my book. (Work it Karyn,
work it... ) A link is on the left.
Now that I'm debt-free, I'd like
savekaryn.com to become a great resource for people who are financially
strapped, a place where
you can go to get a good FREE laugh every now and then, and if you're a
complete financial screw-up like myself, a place that will help you realize
that you're not
alone. So spread the love, spread the joy, spread the word, and hey...
watch your credit cards. Debt has a funny way of sneaking up on you.
XoXo, Karyn |
