We all need money. I love stating the obvious. But we don’t necessarily need ‘too much money’…let us use this thread to sow some ideas about generaing simple small amounts of hard cash right as its needed.
*Pawn Shop: pawn old objects you no longer love or care for or hold as nostalgic, jewelry. What other sort of things do pawn shops hand out money for?
*Cheap Music shops: they trade C.D.s for tiny amounts of cash. Get rid of all those poor C.D.s you bought when you were much younger and much prone to support musical fads, mindless herdism, and loved everything that was shamelessly shit.
*E_Bay - sell anything online, i doubt this is very lucrative, but im sure it could generate some cash. (assuming you can afford you computer, if not, then sell that, fool)
*Barter: Yes, the bartering system, back when economics we all so simple, and only invovled patotoes sheep and milk and cheese. Swaping has always had place in society and indeed, bartering is still a common occurence in many places…swaping like for like…just make sure you don’t get robbed…
This list is pretty scant and would help a truly poor man stand up…but it might fatten his pocket for a small time…
Any other quick money generating ideas…get them down here…
The Ebay thing can be good. There’s a lot of stuff that may be junk to you that is valuable to others. Aside from the obvious (eg beanie babies, baseball cards) sometimes comics and old toys can fetch a pretty penny. OOP games, books and software also sells for a surprisingly high price.
Old electronics, especially vintage stereo stuff, is a strong niche market.
Lastly, I think some places still pay for plasma donations.
Old DVDs you’ve watched can be sold for ready cash. Most reasonably sized cities have stores that deal primarily in used CDs and movies. Typically they pay better than pawnshops. The downside is that the commoditization of DVDs have seriously driven down resale prices. Still, you can usually still get from $4 to $9 for newer, in-demand flicks. Some imports can bring more. Anything especially rare or desirable is best sold on Ebay unless you need cash fast. Even then, there’s always PayPal.
One ‘trick’ I’ve used occasionally is to buy DVD sets with limited distribution and resell on Ebay. For example, the Star Trek Voyager series sold at Best Buy stores came with limited edition bonus discs you could only get there. BB is mostly a midwest chain, so the bonus disc alone was going for upwards of $50 on Ebay- for a 30 minute disc! Demand for it literally meant you could buy the season set, watch it, then sell it and the bonus disc seperately for more than it cost you new.
Position yourself in a shadow near an ATM machine. Wait for a person to extract money and approach them yielding a black water gun. Say the following: “God is dead and nobody owns anything. There is only the Will to Power. Give me your money or I’ll shoot you.”
Now, technically you are not threatening the man because your gun is full of water and you could only squirt him anyway. So in essence this is not a robbery. Instead, the victim has mistakingly associated your claim that you will shoot him with a necessary premise that “some things shot are not water” and has, via the slippery slope, submitted his wallet by the belief that he is correct. This is clearly false.
It is most certainly not your fault that the man hands you his wallet because at no time did you imply that you are threatening him since you know water doesn’t hurt anyone. The poor bastard suffers an induction fallacy and I blame that on democracy. Only a citizen schooled in Plato’s aristocratic virtues would know to further question the nature of the statement “I will shoot you” and would suspect the many possible meanings of the statement and its implications. There are no real skeptics anymore.
Anyway, if you want to “rob” somebody and stay cool with God, that’s how you do it. God will excuse the quip that he is dead if he knows before hand that you are only speaking figuratively.
Of course, this post is precisely in regards to ‘unemployment’…i suppose i should have titled it…how to make money while being jobless…
‘plasma donations’ - what exactly is that?
Detrop - What an idea! Water pistol hold up, but alas, I think the law, assuming they caught me, would still see my actions as worthy of jail time…sadly, i will not be robbing ATMS or Old people…not just yet anyway…
It’s very simple to do- you must pass one test that I’m sure anyone on this message board could easily do with a miniscule amount of preparation.
Afterwards, rent the use of your license to those that aren’t smart enough or driven enough to pass the test themselves.
Offer a higher split than the competition and you will slowly but surely build a clientele of people that will happily give you money for simply passing a test.
Watch labor-free money roll in.
Of course, there will be a small amount of administrative work that needs to be done, but that’s what interns are for.
Colinsign, plasma is the liquid part that comprises the bulk of your blood. It’s not type specific and is given to people during surgury, etc. Many facilities will pay you to donate it, so it’s a win/win deal- you get $ and it saves lives.
Tabula, no way, I’m not totally awash in lechery…in saying that male-prostitution might well become a viable, respectable career move in the future…As for blood donation, I think they might find to many canaboids within the plasma…Now sperm, that I can do!
Demand for it literally meant you could buy the season set, watch it, then sell it and the bonus disc seperately for more than it cost you new.
