Lazy and want to be filthy stinking rich?

Red Eye · **Joined:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:24 am **Posts:** 104

Me too.

I saw a post Hitoki put up recently, which in turn reminded me of one I did a few months back.

The basic themes within these posts are of generating money from the internet in a relatively short space of time with relatively little effort.

This sort of thing intrigues me, A) because to me, things like ebay etc... are such a great way to watch simple economies in microcosm (similar to those present in many ORPGs) and B) because it's incredibly comforting to cling to the belief that it is possible to make money quickly and easily.

Interest in this has given me an idea:

I challenge anyone and everyone to come up with a comprehensive list of feasible 'upwards ebay trades' that start with one pound.

Eg: Buy a mouse mat for £1, sell it for £2, buy an alarm clock for £2 sell it for £3 etc...

Not something that is totally unrealistic, like:

Eg: Buy a mouse mat for £1, sell it for £1'000'000, buy a Bugatti Veyron etc...

The person who can get the highest, with the most reasonable trades wins nothing.

bortix · **Joined:** Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:28 pm **Posts:** 1162

Well let give you guys a small tip.
I once saw a guy selling "Limited Edition" monsters for 5$ on ebay. They Sell these monsters here in the Midwest United States they sell them on the shelf for 3$ sometimes 2.50 each, so the guy was making like 100%-67% profit on each one he sold. Just an idea, sell things that are avaliable in your area, where others would really like them.

notexistant · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 8:41 pm

Step 1: Buy limited edition games (collectors edition).

Step 2: Wait until a month after release.

Step 3: Profit!

ghostofbake · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 9:40 pm

1. Study at school

2. Get into a good course

3. Get a good job

4. Earn $120,000 a year base salary

5. Get promoted lots

6. Never worry about money again

Red Eye · **Joined:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:24 am **Posts:** 104

I already have a degree, also, my way doesn't require schooling (3-5 years) + university (3-7 years) + job hunting/ promotion time (3-10+ years).

9 years minimum?

ghostofbake · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:52 am

Nah 3 years minimum as soon as you finish high school. A good degree will most likely get you in the workforce immediately after you graduate.

EDIT: Ill stop being a party pooper and let you guys carry on with it

Kyori · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:40 am

ghostofbake wrote:

Nah 3 years minimum as soon as you finish high school. A good degree will most likely get you in the workforce immediately after you graduate.

EDIT: Ill stop being a party pooper and let you guys carry on with it

Good luck finding good work in todays job market, even with a degree.

Red Eye · **Joined:** Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:24 am **Posts:** 104

Kyori wrote:

ghostofbake wrote:

Nah 3 years minimum as soon as you finish high school. A good degree will most likely get you in the workforce immediately after you graduate.

EDIT: Ill stop being a party pooper and let you guys carry on with it

Good luck finding good work in todays job market, even with a degree.

Amen to that.

At the moment, I'm trying to come up with realistic item types for different price brackets.

£1-£25: Small scale stationery up to computer monitors (Just saw a Dell go for £26).
£25-£75: Budget digital compact cameras.
£75-£100: Up-market digital compact cameras.
£100-£150: Budget DSLRs (lenses and bodies seperate).
£150-£200: Decent, but second hand DSLR lenses. Cheap computer towers.
£200-£500: Up-market DSLRs (lenses and bodies seperate).
£500-£1000: Laptops and high end computing goods.
£1000-£2000:
£2000-£5000:
£5000-£10'000:
£10'000-50'000: Low end of the property market.
£50'000-£100'000: Low end of the family property market.
£100'000-£250'000: Property.
£250'000-£500'000: Property.
£500'000-£750'000: High end of the property market.
£750'000-1'000'000:

Note: The property market is still fairly unstable, and currently, fairly unpredictable.

Anyone else?

ghostofbake · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 4:04 pm

Kyori wrote:

Good luck finding good work in todays job market, even with a degree.

Except im already guaranteed a job if i finish my degree, i just have to decide whether to accept it at the end of the 3 years.

Kyori · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:41 pm

ghostofbake wrote:

Kyori wrote:

Good luck finding good work in todays job market, even with a degree.

Except im already guaranteed a job if i finish my degree, i just have to decide whether to accept it at the end of the 3 years.

I was talking more generally, not necessarily towards you.

But grats on having some job security, a vast amount of people in university and full/part time employment don't.

ghostofbake · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 6:11 pm

Self thought: If i regret every time i post these kinds of things, why do i keep posting them? Somebody tell me!!!

kyori:

Sephiroth187 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 8:42 pm

ghostofbake wrote:

Self thought: If i regret every time i post these kinds of things, why do i keep posting them? Somebody tell me!!!

your a loser thats why

[still love you]

grenadier42 · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 4:31 pm

1. Rip out left testicle.
2. Sell on Ebay.
3. ????
4. Profit

bortix · **Joined:** Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:28 pm **Posts:** 1162

grenadier42 wrote:

1. Rip out left testicle.
2. Sell on Ebay.
3. ????
4. Profit

Fix
1. Rip out left testicle.
2. Sell On Craigslist
3. Get jumped for left testicle (right one also stolen)
4. No profit whatsoever.

ghostofbake · **Posted:** Sat Sep 12, 2009 11:57 pm

1: Sell parents house
2: Sell parents car
3: Sell parents business
4: Profit

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Lazy and want to be filthy stinking rich?