Financhu Crisis

The Financhu Crisis is a term coined by users from Kiwi Farms to describe the steep decline in the Chandler family's financial management beginning in early 2016.

There is a sharp increase in begging videos and Facebook posts from Chris and Barb. Their financial woes are caused by their own behaviors; during this time, Chris purchased over $1,000 worth of toys, even though both Chris and Barb had court cases pending which involved, respectively, pepper-spraying an innocent Gamestop employee and failing to pay a debt to Discover Bank.

Prior to the Financhu Crisis, Chris would solicit donations for his Etsy shop, while offering poorly made Sonichu crafts in exchange. As the Crisis set in, however, Chris no longer offered anything in exchange, resorting to straight begging.

Chris has not attempted to get a job.

March

• 1st - Chris buys a PS4, worth $540, from Fingerhut (using a credit card).
• 16th - Barb is found guilty in a debt case involving Discover Bank. The judgement states that she owes $4,706.93.
• 19th - Chris spends $425 on a single Lego set.

April

• 12th - Chris begs. This video is notable for being the first video devoted to asking for money.
• 24th - Chris begs again, this time without offering crafts in exchange.

May

• 4th - The donations listing on Chris's Etsy shop is removed, presumably for violating TOS.
• 9th - Chris spends $60 on his waifu.
• 23rd - Chris begs for bananas. He also announces the debut of a Support button on his Youtube channel to replace the Etsy listing.
• 25th - Chris begs in a Facebook post while reminding readers that Etsy removed his donation listing and that he has a Support button on Youtube instead.
• 26th - Chris begs on Facebook, links to his game stream of Uncharted and repeats his statements from the 25th.
• 28th - Chris spends nearly $100 on Transformers.
• 29th - Chris spends another $30 on his waifu.
• 31st - Chris spends $150 more on Transformers.

June

• 8th - Chris's Etsy shop is closed, presumably for failing to send orders.
• 11th - Chris begs for money in the same video in which he announces that his shop is closed. Starting from this video, Chris adds his begging to the video descriptions.
• 14th - Chris begs to have $100 for Barb's asthma medicine, in two videos which feature Barb.
• 17th - Chris begs to have $200 for an electric bill, while reading a fanfic called "Unicorns, Rainbows, and a Bluebird of Happiness".
• 19th - Chris begs, again saying he wants $200 for an electric bill, and also wanting food money, while reading another chapter of Bluebird.
• 19th - Chris wants to become a prostitute, in an attempt to get both money and china.
• 26th - Chris begs his half-brother Cole Smithey for financial help, while simultaneously insulting him for "pissing and burning" the money he earns from working as a movie critic on apartment rent.
• 29th - Chris begs, saying that even though he got donations, he wants more because "we could still do better," before reading the third chapter of Bluebird.

July

• 1st - Chris pays his $541 court costs for pepper-spraying a Gamestop employee in 2014.
• 8th - Chris begs while reading chapter four of Bluebird.
• 9th - Chris begs in a long rant, saying he is stressed from dealing with finances. He mentions a mortgage among the bills. He wants food money for himself, Barb and their pets.
• 10th-11th - Chris begs in a series of four videos, wanting $20 or $50. He demeans himself on camera to get people to donate. Finally, he thanks people for sending the "minimum $20" before begging to have money for Barb's teeth.
• 13th - Barb begs to have money for her dental work.
• 13th - Chris finally decides to sell some of his toys to raise money. He lists one Pokemon card on eBay for $50.
• 14th - Chris lists two more Pokemon cards on eBay, for $100 each.
• 15th - Chris begs for food money in a Facebook post, complaining that people aren't willing to donate anymore.
• 18th - Chris begs for money in the same video in which he reads an anniversary dedication, while expecting to be paid $50 for it.
• 18th - One of the $100 Pokemon cards Chris listed on eBay is sold.
• 20th-22nd - Chris produces eight videos to earn money from his fanbase.
• 23rd - Chris returns to begging on Facebook. He also announces that "this window is for Donations Only. No video requests until further notice," after his Youtube account receives its second strike against it for violating policy on "nudity or sexual content" after a video he uploaded on the 22nd got reported. He also begs to a Kiwi Farms user named crayolasword who asks him about the situation.

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• 24th - Chris announces on Facebook that he has grown a labia using subliminal frequencies found on Youtube. He also requests donations for gender reassignment.
• 26th - Three days after being barred from uploading videos to his CwcvilleGuardian Youtube account, Chris circumvents the ban by uploading to another account, restarting the Paid Video Requests program and accepting offers for $10-$50.
• 28th - Chris makes one sale on the video program.

August

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  Capital One Bank vs Barb

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  Chris fined - No county dog tag 2

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  Chris fined - No rabies certificate 2

• 4th - Barb is sued by yet another bank. The hearing will take place on September 14th.
• 5th - Chris pays $121 in court costs and fines for failing to acquire proper certifications for his dogs.
• 5th - Chris begs for donations in a Facebook post and asks for tubes of Oestrogel to be sent to him.
• 9th - Chris relists the Birthday Pikachu card on eBay for $500 and begs people to "Buy It Now and help me and my family." He also offers a VHS tape of Aladdin for $3,000.
• 11th - Chris begs Cole Smithey for financial help again, this time by saying, "Hey! Cole!!! Get off of your ass and apologize and make peace with us here, In Person, and Help Us Financially, Please."
• 31st - Chris begs his audience on Facebook to pay his mortgage of $115,000.

September

• 12th - Chris is spotted and photographed at a Toys "Я" Us buying two tins of Pokemon Cards, two days before his mother goes to court.
• 14th - Greene County's court rules that Barb owes $15,906.99 in unpaid debt to Capital One bank.