Good News for us just by putting one ad

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Registered: 02-04-2005
Good News for us just by putting one ad
Thu, 10-13-2005 - 3:59pm
First of all...
We have been de-cluttering our house, work shop and garage.
We also do some computer consulting on the side just by word of mouth.
This morning our ad started running in the Bargain Basement section of our classifieds and by 2:30 we have made $200.00 selling old items and doing one computer consultation.
The Bargain Basement is a section that allows us to advertise for free but everything has to be $99.00 or less.
By computer consulting, I mean we show people how to use programs on their computers and how to set their programs up for their needs. It just started word of mouth when I first had to quit working and helped some friends.
We have a store here called "I Sold it on E-bay" They do everything for you and you just bring the stuff to them that you want to auction. Then you can watch the auction and they send you a check for 70% of the sales. Maybe more but all fees come out first.
We have been having fun with this and plan to use the money towards updating and things on our house.
We got the idea from that HGTV show called cash in the attic. Only they take their things to an auction.
Oh well it is exciting. I can smell the new paint now... and the new bathroom floor etc...
It also feels good to get rid of the clutter. We have so many more things to sell.
The Bargain Basement only let's you put one thing in your name each week. So we each put one thing for sale there.
We are both known to be pack rats so this is good for us!
So, have you found ways of making extra cash from selling old things or from other creative ideas?
I thought it would be fun and maybe helpful to share ideas. Have you made money with your talents, put your dog in commercials, lived in a car in the mall for months to make extra cash?
Oh and mind the TOS... No advertising just sharing ideas, and other ways to make money beside just going to a regular job.
Hugs,
Laurie
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