Job help

Shadeslayer · Post by **Shadeslayer** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:09 pm

I live in upper Michigan and there is no jobs what so ever! I need some ideas to make money! I am not to good with a solderig iron so nothing along the lines of making portables (even though thats what this site is about

). I would appriciate any ideas you might have. Thanx

Shadeslayer

ganonbanned · Post by **ganonbanned** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:09 pm

good at computers? fix computers for neighbors, thats what I would do.

Shadeslayer · Post by **Shadeslayer** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 7:14 pm

well the problem is that half the neighbors up here move down to florida for the winter. Plus my dad is more of the computer fixer then me. Yeah I do know a lot about them though (I guess)

wallydawg · Post by **wallydawg** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:15 pm

I'd suggest moving haha.

SIZIK · Post by **SIZIK** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 8:49 pm

How about starting a shade slaying business?

Post by **CronoTriggerfan** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:40 pm

In all honesty, selling stuff on ebay has made me more money than any of my friends with real jobs. Although you have to spend money to make money; the best way to start off is to sell some of your own old crap that people might be interested in. Market it well, get a good $100 in your pocket, and start hunting! Garage sales are the best place, along with your local Goodwill/Salvation Army or various other thrift stores, and the occasional pawn shop if they don't charge you out the ass for stuff.

Many old items, especially some old consumer electronics devices (heck, even the SNES and NES are pulling up to $75 a pop on ebay!) make you a killing. Just keep your eye out, make a regular thing of it, and after about a month, you can have a substantial amount of cashflow on a regular basis. Good luck!

CTFan

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:01 pm

I think I'm gonna start doing what you do, CTFan. Too bad I'm not 18 so I'll just have to use my dad's account (he has ~30 feedback at 100%). And when I get my driver's license it'll be a lot easier to go to thrift stores on a regular basis, my mom doesn't take me because I spend forever in there.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:08 pm

vskid wrote:I think I'm gonna start doing what you do, CTFan. Too bad I'm not 18 so I'll just have to use my dad's account (he has ~30 feedback at 100%). And when I get my driver's license it'll be a lot easier to go to thrift stores on a regular basis, my mom doesn't take me because I spend forever in there.

Thats about the same boat I'm in. But I have a paper route.

vskid · Post by **vskid** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:17 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:
vskid wrote:I think I'm gonna start doing what you do, CTFan. Too bad I'm not 18 so I'll just have to use my dad's account (he has ~30 feedback at 100%). And when I get my driver's license it'll be a lot easier to go to thrift stores on a regular basis, my mom doesn't take me because I spend forever in there.
Thats about the same boat I'm in. But I have a paper route.

I was also thinking of getting a paper route to fund the initial buying of stuff to sell.

Great minds think alike.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 12:19 pm

vskid wrote:
gamemasterAS wrote:
vskid wrote:I think I'm gonna start doing what you do, CTFan. Too bad I'm not 18 so I'll just have to use my dad's account (he has ~30 feedback at 100%). And when I get my driver's license it'll be a lot easier to go to thrift stores on a regular basis, my mom doesn't take me because I spend forever in there.
Thats about the same boat I'm in. But I have a paper route.
I was also thinking of getting a paper route to fund the initial buying of stuff to sell.
Great minds think alike.

Well, I'm 13 ( almost 14 ) and the only job I can get is a paper route.

It is a very easy job though, Just pop in your head phones pop the papers in the mail boxes, And kiss ass for tips.

dj-spuddy · Post by **dj-spuddy** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:37 pm

I could never get up that early and/or face the cold weather heh. I'm all for the selling of things. If you're young sell stuff to you're mates. I sell lighters and matches to people. They sell well because most children/adults have an obsession with fire and are almost fixated with it. I buy them for about 7p each as I buy in bulk and then sell, sell, sell. If you work at it for a while the profit rolls in.

Oh and anything sparkly or shiny sells well.

gamemasterAS · Post by **gamemasterAS** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:42 pm

dj-spuddy wrote:I could never get up that early and/or face the cold weather heh. I'm all for the selling of things. If you're young sell stuff to you're mates. I sell lighters and matches to people. They sell well because most children/adults have an obsession with fire and are almost fixated with it. I buy them for about 7p each as I buy in bulk and then sell, sell, sell. If you work at it for a while the profit rolls in.

Oh and anything sparkly or shiny sells well.

We have sweet lighters that minors can randomly buy ( all the rest in wal-mart are restricted ), They are black metal ones that make big blue very hot flames.

extremesonic · Post by **extremesonic** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:44 pm

gamemasterAS wrote:Well, I'm 13 ( almost 14 ) and the only job I can get is a paper route.
It is a very easy job though, Just pop in your head phones pop the papers in the mail boxes, And kiss ass for tips.

A paper route(depending on the number of customers) makes about 10-12 bucks an hours. Only thing is you only get like 3 hours a week.

Christmas tips are your bread and butter, I've made close to 300 off of tips.

Kurt_ · Post by **Kurt_** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:45 pm

I think a large portion of us will be dumpster divers after 18.

Retromaster · Post by **Retromaster** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 3:46 pm

build a portable cheaply and then sell it for a price far out the ass. that's what i'm doing now. I should be able to buy a wii by selling my ps1 laptop.