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[TheIronSheik]

I'm thinking about buying yachts at a cheap price and then selling them for a slightly higher price. Probably be able to make a couple grand a month. Anyone want to loan me some seed money so I can do this? It's all part of my "Get Rich Slow" scheme.

Show me the proven production.

I can't because it takes time away from my real job. Plus driving all over the place to different harbors and bays. It's just not worth my time yet. Now, if I could get some seed money, I could easily make some money. But I can't afford to be buying yachts on my salary. It could take weeks before I make my money back. And if I'm only making a couple of hundred on each yacht, it'll take time for me to see my profit. It's all about that seed money.

 

[NutterButter]

It's very easy to find $300 phones that you can flip quick for $400. But obviously that ties up $300 which to me was a big portion of my overall funds. So, I was forced to keep my spending to between $50 - 150 a phone. Which limited my overall potential profit.

So why don't you do this small scale in addition to what your doing now to make a few hundred extras bucks a month. You should be able to easily do 2 phones a month with just $300 startup funds. Maybe even save some of that and in a few months, you can move up to 4 phones a month. And so on.

It's not as easy as it seems, the work it requires can be pretty daunting especially if you're working a full-time job and going to school. You have to track down these phones and sometimes drive 40 - 50 minutes for the best deal. Constantly have an eye on Online Bidding sites like Ebay. Make sure you are competitively listed on Amazon.

Get all the phones shipped on time.

Handle returns in a timely fashion.

All while making sure you leave enough money for gas in your car and to put food in your stomach.

Yeah, that's what I figured, but that seems to contradict the bold above.

My paychecks are $470. Do you think I have the spare cash laying around to buy a bunch of phones in the $200 - 300 range that I can sell for a quick $50 - 100 profit?

I don't see ANY MONEY until the customer receives the phone and is satisfied. This can take up to a week.

What part of what I suggested involved you needing a bunch of cash. I'm sorry if it might take a year to build up enough cash where you can be doing a dozen phones at a time, but that's how it works. Or you can spending your time typing on a message board.

I am building my credit... I currently have a $3,200 credit limit. Once that number gets larger, I'll probably give the whole cell phone thing a whirl again. I'd rather just wait on it and work a real job in the mean time.

So easily making a few hundred bucks a month tax free to start and eventually a good amount more doesn't appeal to you.

 

[TheIronSheik]

What's it mean when one of the people reading this thread at the bottom is MSN/Bing (1)? Or Facebook (1)?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

I also ran an Online Cell Phone business for awhile. If anyone gave me $5,000 I could probably turn it into near double if you gave me the chance.

I had a great business model, just no seed money. I had too many orders, not enough inventory. Had to call it quits.

Another way to think of that is that you have had two businesses which failed so miserably to turn a profit that you're better off working for $8.25 an hour.

Not true, both were quite lucrative.

You prefer to make $8.25 an hour?

$8.25 is guaranteed money and I was only able to afford both businesses because I was living at home.

What happens when I don't make enough for rent and can afford EVEN LESS inventory? It would become a vicious cycle if that was my only income.

Paging Abraham

 

[Eminence]

It's very easy to find $300 phones that you can flip quick for $400. But obviously that ties up $300 which to me was a big portion of my overall funds. So, I was forced to keep my spending to between $50 - 150 a phone. Which limited my overall potential profit.

So why don't you do this small scale in addition to what your doing now to make a few hundred extras bucks a month. You should be able to easily do 2 phones a month with just $300 startup funds. Maybe even save some of that and in a few months, you can move up to 4 phones a month. And so on.

It's not as easy as it seems, the work it requires can be pretty daunting especially if you're working a full-time job and going to school. You have to track down these phones and sometimes drive 40 - 50 minutes for the best deal. Constantly have an eye on Online Bidding sites like Ebay. Make sure you are competitively listed on Amazon.

Get all the phones shipped on time.

Handle returns in a timely fashion.

All while making sure you leave enough money for gas in your car and to put food in your stomach.

Yeah, that's what I figured, but that seems to contradict the bold above.

My paychecks are $470. Do you think I have the spare cash laying around to buy a bunch of phones in the $200 - 300 range that I can sell for a quick $50 - 100 profit?

I don't see ANY MONEY until the customer receives the phone and is satisfied. This can take up to a week.

What part of what I suggested involved you needing a bunch of cash. I'm sorry if it might take a year to build up enough cash where you can be doing a dozen phones at a time, but that's how it works. Or you can spending your time typing on a message board.

I am building my credit... I currently have a $3,200 credit limit. Once that number gets larger, I'll probably give the whole cell phone thing a whirl again. I'd rather just wait on it and work a real job in the mean time.

So easily making a few hundred bucks a month tax free to start and eventually a good amount more doesn't appeal to you.

Dude, I already dropped out of College twice, live with my parents, and only make $8.25 an hour. I need to be focused on getting good grades and / or getting a higher paying job.

If I wanted to pad my wallet by a couple hundred bucks a month, I'd just sling weed. But right now, I need to buckle down and pursue things that will substancially improve my life. Like a degree or a job that let's me move out of mom and dad's house.

Now, if a lump sum of $5,000 were to appear. That would probably be appealing enough to straight up quit my job at Walgreens, work the phone game and pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

 

[TheIronSheik]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I disagree. I think he should wait for the lump sum of $5000 to appear. Never give up on your dreams.

 

[Eminence]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

And yet there is this thread.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

No such thing, imo.

 

[Eminence]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I disagree. I think he should wait for the lump sum of $5000 to appear. Never give up on your dreams.

Haha, like I said. I have a pretty decent credit limit that is only going to grow. My only expenses are gas + insurance which equate to about $130 a month. So of the $940 a month I'm grossing, I am saving quite a bit of it.

It's not that I don't have a plan. Just that getting promoted was going to expedite said plan.

 

[Eminence]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

And yet there is this thread.

I'm much happier at Walgreens than I was at Olive Garden. The only thing I miss is 50% off food when you worked. But now I get 15% off everything at Walgreens which over a year is going to add up.

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

Update on Plowing that Pharm Tech?

 

[Notorious T.R.E.]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

1. Buy phones from Walgreen's at 15% discount

2. ?????????

3. Profit

 

[sbonomo]

One time, we got an internet order from this 18 year old girl I knew. She sent in pictures completely naked, graphic.

At least, 30 or so...

first quality thing posted so far...someone sign him up for th:e: other board.

 

[Eminence]

Update on Plowing that Pharm Tech?

She flirts with me and I've put myself in a position to make small-talk with her. I put a big ole' grin on her face. But I'm kind of putting that on the backburner until I get a better job / moved to the Pharmacy.

I see no feasible way for me to plow this girl given the current conditions. I get maybe 1 - 2 chances to talk with her a week and I'm afraid if I were to take her out she's going to see how ####ty of a life position I've put myself in up-to-date.

She's a Certified Pharmacy Tech which pays waaaay better than my current wage. If I could invite her out to hangout, grab a bite to eat, then watch Netflix over at my apartment I'd be all over it. But I live at home.

"Let's come hang out in my bedroom."

 

[TheIronSheik]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

Here's your problem.

Until you've worked in your profession for a couple of years, odds are that the tougher job is always going to pay more. See, they reward you for doing harder work.

 

[Eminence]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

1. Buy phones from Walgreen's at 15% discount

2. ?????????

3. Profit

Profit margin would be way too small. You would at best break even. The only perk to this would be cashback on purchases. With the method I use, I make 2% back on every dollar I spend.

If I were to spend $5,000. I'd get a guaranteed $100 in return. So even if I sold every phone for what I purchased it for, I would still be up $100.

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

Here's your problem.

Until you've worked in your profession for a couple of years, odds are that the tougher job is always going to pay more. See, they reward you for doing harder work.

Not tougher but ones that will directly affect the company and its profits.

 

[General Malaise]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

And yet there is this thread.

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

No such thing, imo.

 

[Eminence]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

Here's your problem.

Until you've worked in your profession for a couple of years, odds are that the tougher job is always going to pay more. See, they reward you for doing harder work.

I'm willing to work very hard. Doors don't fly open for guys who have nothing but food on their resume. This Walgreens job was simply a guarantee that I might never have to work in Food again. I'm staying here a minimum of 6 months just so I can pad my resume.

Hopefully I get a job in the Pharmacy by then.

 

[sbonomo]

It's very easy to find $300 phones that you can flip quick for $400. But obviously that ties up $300 which to me was a big portion of my overall funds. So, I was forced to keep my spending to between $50 - 150 a phone. Which limited my overall potential profit.

So why don't you do this small scale in addition to what your doing now to make a few hundred extras bucks a month. You should be able to easily do 2 phones a month with just $300 startup funds. Maybe even save some of that and in a few months, you can move up to 4 phones a month. And so on.

It's not as easy as it seems, the work it requires can be pretty daunting especially if you're working a full-time job and going to school. You have to track down these phones and sometimes drive 40 - 50 minutes for the best deal. Constantly have an eye on Online Bidding sites like Ebay. Make sure you are competitively listed on Amazon.

Get all the phones shipped on time.

Handle returns in a timely fashion.

All while making sure you leave enough money for gas in your car and to put food in your stomach.

Yeah, that's what I figured, but that seems to contradict the bold above.

My paychecks are $470. Do you think I have the spare cash laying around to buy a bunch of phones in the $200 - 300 range that I can sell for a quick $50 - 100 profit?

I don't see ANY MONEY until the customer receives the phone and is satisfied. This can take up to a week.

What part of what I suggested involved you needing a bunch of cash. I'm sorry if it might take a year to build up enough cash where you can be doing a dozen phones at a time, but that's how it works. Or you can spending your time typing on a message board.

I am building my credit... I currently have a $3,200 credit limit. Once that number gets larger, I'll probably give the whole cell phone thing a whirl again. I'd rather just wait on it and work a real job in the mean time.

So now a photo guy at Walgreens is considered a "real job"....you are setting your sights way too low.

 

[dozer]

It's very easy to find $300 phones that you can flip quick for $400. But obviously that ties up $300 which to me was a big portion of my overall funds. So, I was forced to keep my spending to between $50 - 150 a phone. Which limited my overall potential profit.

Hi. It's me again. Sheik. Still waiting to hear an answer back on my bartender or construction worker question.

Thanks. Keep up the good work.

I did try to catch on as Pipefitter at a local Union but they didn't want to offer me an apprenticeship. That was my first option as an easy out. I was a Server at Olive Garden for awhile and was contemplating trying to get trained as a bartender but it was never something I "really" wanted to do. I don't think I'm the perfect fit for that kind of job.

I'd do already at a Sports Bar where I got to talk about Football with the customers, be - it that I actually know what I'm talking about in that respect.

Pipefitter is an excellent trade and a gateway to a six figure income, but if you think that's an easy out you need to work on your self awareness.

 

[Eminence]

It's very easy to find $300 phones that you can flip quick for $400. But obviously that ties up $300 which to me was a big portion of my overall funds. So, I was forced to keep my spending to between $50 - 150 a phone. Which limited my overall potential profit.

So why don't you do this small scale in addition to what your doing now to make a few hundred extras bucks a month. You should be able to easily do 2 phones a month with just $300 startup funds. Maybe even save some of that and in a few months, you can move up to 4 phones a month. And so on.

It's not as easy as it seems, the work it requires can be pretty daunting especially if you're working a full-time job and going to school. You have to track down these phones and sometimes drive 40 - 50 minutes for the best deal. Constantly have an eye on Online Bidding sites like Ebay. Make sure you are competitively listed on Amazon.

Get all the phones shipped on time.

Handle returns in a timely fashion.

All while making sure you leave enough money for gas in your car and to put food in your stomach.

Yeah, that's what I figured, but that seems to contradict the bold above.

My paychecks are $470. Do you think I have the spare cash laying around to buy a bunch of phones in the $200 - 300 range that I can sell for a quick $50 - 100 profit?

I don't see ANY MONEY until the customer receives the phone and is satisfied. This can take up to a week.

What part of what I suggested involved you needing a bunch of cash. I'm sorry if it might take a year to build up enough cash where you can be doing a dozen phones at a time, but that's how it works. Or you can spending your time typing on a message board.

I am building my credit... I currently have a $3,200 credit limit. Once that number gets larger, I'll probably give the whole cell phone thing a whirl again. I'd rather just wait on it and work a real job in the mean time.

So now a photo guy at Walgreens is considered a "real job"....you are setting your sights way too low.

More "real" than buying and selling cell phones without adequate seed money.

 

[sbonomo]

It's very easy to find $300 phones that you can flip quick for $400. But obviously that ties up $300 which to me was a big portion of my overall funds. So, I was forced to keep my spending to between $50 - 150 a phone. Which limited my overall potential profit.

So why don't you do this small scale in addition to what your doing now to make a few hundred extras bucks a month. You should be able to easily do 2 phones a month with just $300 startup funds. Maybe even save some of that and in a few months, you can move up to 4 phones a month. And so on.

It's not as easy as it seems, the work it requires can be pretty daunting especially if you're working a full-time job and going to school. You have to track down these phones and sometimes drive 40 - 50 minutes for the best deal. Constantly have an eye on Online Bidding sites like Ebay. Make sure you are competitively listed on Amazon.

Get all the phones shipped on time.

Handle returns in a timely fashion.

All while making sure you leave enough money for gas in your car and to put food in your stomach.

Yeah, that's what I figured, but that seems to contradict the bold above.

My paychecks are $470. Do you think I have the spare cash laying around to buy a bunch of phones in the $200 - 300 range that I can sell for a quick $50 - 100 profit?

I don't see ANY MONEY until the customer receives the phone and is satisfied. This can take up to a week.

What part of what I suggested involved you needing a bunch of cash. I'm sorry if it might take a year to build up enough cash where you can be doing a dozen phones at a time, but that's how it works. Or you can spending your time typing on a message board.

I am building my credit... I currently have a $3,200 credit limit. Once that number gets larger, I'll probably give the whole cell phone thing a whirl again. I'd rather just wait on it and work a real job in the mean time.

So now a photo guy at Walgreens is considered a "real job"....you are setting your sights way too low.

More "real" than buying and selling cell phones without adequate seed money.

You now owe me a monitor because i just spit my soda all over mine laughing at you....please disregard my earlier suggestion...we need a 20 year long thread with you updating us on your business/personal ventures...this is gold!

 

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

1. Buy phones from Walgreen's at 15% discount

2. ?????????

3. Profit

Profit margin would be way too small. You would at best break even. The only perk to this would be cashback on purchases. With the method I use, I make 2% back on every dollar I spend.

If I were to spend $5,000. I'd get a guaranteed $100 in return. So even if I sold every phone for what I purchased it for, I would still be up $100.

OK that sucks.

Forget cell phones, the market changes to fast and the element of fraud in dealing with unknown people in an online environment is too high.

Get a snow shovel and start offering to shovel driveways for $25 bucks. You can do at least 4 in 1/2 a day and that is $100 in your pocket. Now go to a pawn store and buy a snow blower for $100 - a reliable one. Now offer $25 bucks for the drive way or $50 for the sidewalk also. Now do this for about a month (everyday). Do this for a entire winter and you will have yourself the seed money.

if you want you can buy a snow plow for a truck (You do have a truck- right?) and then start to do entire private roads for $100. I have a BIL who makes nice coin doing that on the side.

 

[TheIronSheik]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

Here's your problem.

Until you've worked in your profession for a couple of years, odds are that the tougher job is always going to pay more. See, they reward you for doing harder work.

I'm willing to work very hard. Doors don't fly open for guys who have nothing but food on their resume. This Walgreens job was simply a guarantee that I might never have to work in Food again. I'm staying here a minimum of 6 months just so I can pad my resume.

Hopefully I get a job in the Pharmacy by then.

OK. I'm going to be honest and helpful here.

1. I was in food and beverage from the time I was 16, too. It was pretty much my only job I had before I started my career. Real companies won't care if you worked as a bartender or at a Walgreens.

2. 6 months won't "pad the resume." If I'm hiring someone (and I used to hire a lot of people), seeing that someone worked somewhere for 6 months told me that they really didn't have dedication. That's not an attack on you. But 6 months is nothing.

3. Most jobs won't give you a promotion until after a year has gone by. And most expect to see something extraordinary out of you. Simply putting in hours won't be enough for a promotion.

4. At a job like Walgreens, a manager will almost always choose an older person off the street rather than a 22 year old kid who has worked there 3-6 months. You having potential is a great thing. But having experience is an even better thing.

If you truly want to go to school, work at a restaurant and don't worry about being promoted. Put in your 3 to 4 years getting crappy wages and tips. When you graduate, that's when the money making starts. No one is supposed to be wealthy while they're attending school.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Also,

5. Stop saying "seed money."

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Also,

5. Stop saying "seed money."

Unless you're talking about cash you earned at the sperm bank.

 

[Eminence]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

1. Buy phones from Walgreen's at 15% discount

2. ?????????

3. Profit

Profit margin would be way too small. You would at best break even. The only perk to this would be cashback on purchases. With the method I use, I make 2% back on every dollar I spend.

If I were to spend $5,000. I'd get a guaranteed $100 in return. So even if I sold every phone for what I purchased it for, I would still be up $100.

OK that sucks.

Forget cell phones, the market changes to fast and the element of fraud in dealing with unknown people in an online environment is too high.

Get a snow shovel and start offering to shovel driveways for $25 bucks. You can do at least 4 in 1/2 a day and that is $100 in your pocket. Now go to a pawn store and buy a snow blower for $100 - a reliable one. Now offer $25 bucks for the drive way or $50 for the sidewalk also. Now do this for about a month (everyday). Do this for a entire winter and you will have yourself the seed money.

if you want you can buy a snow plow for a truck (You do have a truck- right?) and then start to do entire private roads for $100. I have a BIL who makes nice coin doing that on the side.

I drive a 94 Cutlass Supreme with only 90,000 miles on it! Totally conned this guy out of it for $2,200 (it had 79,000 miles when I bought it). Drives great, will probably get me 30,000 more miles. Hopefully I'll have a nicer car by then though.

And the above isn't terrible, if I'm spending $5,000. I'm assuming I can at least begin to turn $1,000 profit a month off these cell phones. It's only going to grow exponentially as more seed money is available, too.

Suddenly, I'll be able to buy more phones with a lower profit margin. I'll make more because I'm spending more and will be able to acquire more inventory / sit on it longer.

 

[wazoo11]

It's very easy to find $300 phones that you can flip quick for $400. But obviously that ties up $300 which to me was a big portion of my overall funds. So, I was forced to keep my spending to between $50 - 150 a phone. Which limited my overall potential profit.

Hi. It's me again. Sheik. Still waiting to hear an answer back on my bartender or construction worker question.

Thanks. Keep up the good work.

I did try to catch on as Pipefitter at a local Union but they didn't want to offer me an apprenticeship. That was my first option as an easy out. I was a Server at Olive Garden for awhile and was contemplating trying to get trained as a bartender but it was never something I "really" wanted to do. I don't think I'm the perfect fit for that kind of job.

I'd do already at a Sports Bar where I got to talk about Football with the customers, be - it that I actually know what I'm talking about in that respect.

Stop telling yourself this.

 

[Eminence]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

Here's your problem.

Until you've worked in your profession for a couple of years, odds are that the tougher job is always going to pay more. See, they reward you for doing harder work.

I'm willing to work very hard. Doors don't fly open for guys who have nothing but food on their resume. This Walgreens job was simply a guarantee that I might never have to work in Food again. I'm staying here a minimum of 6 months just so I can pad my resume.

Hopefully I get a job in the Pharmacy by then.

OK. I'm going to be honest and helpful here.

1. I was in food and beverage from the time I was 16, too. It was pretty much my only job I had before I started my career. Real companies won't care if you worked as a bartender or at a Walgreens.

#### dude, I just want to move out of my parents house.

2. 6 months won't "pad the resume." If I'm hiring someone (and I used to hire a lot of people), seeing that someone worked somewhere for 6 months told me that they really didn't have dedication. That's not an attack on you. But 6 months is nothing.

3. Most jobs won't give you a promotion until after a year has gone by. And most expect to see something extraordinary out of you. Simply putting in hours won't be enough for a promotion.

I'm turning 22, I don't exactly have a year to waste on Walgreens. I need to look for better opportunities at every corner.

4. At a job like Walgreens, a manager will almost always choose an older person off the street rather than a 22 year old kid who has worked there 3-6 months. You having potential is a great thing. But having experience is an even better thing.

If you truly want to go to school, work at a restaurant and don't worry about being promoted. Put in your 3 to 4 years getting crappy wages and tips. When you graduate, that's when the money making starts. No one is supposed to be wealthy while they're attending school.

That's bull####. I already ####ed all that up. I need to move out of my parents house, get a decent paying job, and finish my studies. I can't make less than $10.00 an hour any longer or else I'm not going to get anywhere in life anytime soon. My parents are in their 50's, I'm the youngest kid. I can't be a burden any long.

Someone will pay me $10.00 an hour to do some #### job so I can contently bang chicks in a one bedroom apartment until I finish my Accounting Degree. I probably need to move to the city (Chicago).

 

[Limp Ditka]

I probably need to move to the city (Chicago).

No

 

[Abraham]

pick up a few nights a week at Olive Garden or some comparable Italian Restaurant.

Why don't you just do this now? You can make a lot more than $8.25 an hour waiting tables.

I left Olive Garden to work at Walgreens. Walgreens is like 10x easier. I work with a bunch of old women and an African so the bar is set obnoxiously low.

I worked food since I was 16 years old and just needed to get out. I feel I made the right decision.

Fixed.

 

[FatMax]

I'm turning 22, I don't exactly have a year to waste on Walgreens. I need to look for better opportunities at every corner.

When I was 22, I wasted a hell of a lot more than that on beer and video games. I turned out fine-ish.

 

[Abraham]

Tell me EXACTLY how the cell phone thing works. From start to finish. I'll do it for six months and send you half the profits.

 

[DocHolliday]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG

1. Buy phones from Walgreen's at 15% discount

2. ?????????

3. Profit

Profit margin would be way too small. You would at best break even. The only perk to this would be cashback on purchases. With the method I use, I make 2% back on every dollar I spend.

If I were to spend $5,000. I'd get a guaranteed $100 in return. So even if I sold every phone for what I purchased it for, I would still be up $100.

OK that sucks.

Forget cell phones, the market changes to fast and the element of fraud in dealing with unknown people in an online environment is too high.

Get a snow shovel and start offering to shovel driveways for $25 bucks. You can do at least 4 in 1/2 a day and that is $100 in your pocket. Now go to a pawn store and buy a snow blower for $100 - a reliable one. Now offer $25 bucks for the drive way or $50 for the sidewalk also. Now do this for about a month (everyday). Do this for a entire winter and you will have yourself the seed money.

if you want you can buy a snow plow for a truck (You do have a truck- right?) and then start to do entire private roads for $100. I have a BIL who makes nice coin doing that on the side.

I drive a 94 Cutlass Supreme with only 90,000 miles on it! Totally conned this guy out of it for $2,200 (it had 79,000 miles when I bought it). Drives great, will probably get me 30,000 more miles. Hopefully I'll have a nicer car by then though.

And the above isn't terrible, if I'm spending $5,000. I'm assuming I can at least begin to turn $1,000 profit a month off these cell phones. It's only going to grow exponentially as more seed money is available, too.

Suddenly, I'll be able to buy more phones with a lower profit margin. I'll make more because I'm spending more and will be able to acquire more inventory / sit on it longer.

You got a 94 Cutlass Supreme for $2200.

Sweet ride on top of being a steal.

 

[-fish-]

quit your job, move to California and get a job at in n out.

 

[Nathan R. Jessep]

Tell me EXACTLY how the cell phone thing works. From start to finish. I'll do it for six months and send you half the profits.

1. Buy phones

2. Sell said phones

3. Wallpaper house with money

 

[Abraham]

Tell me EXACTLY how the cell phone thing works. From start to finish. I'll do it for six months and send you half the profits.

1. Buy phones

2. Sell said phones

3. Wallpaper house with money

And the problem he is running in to at the moment is Step 1? Hm. Doesn't seem like a very good plan.

 

[Eminence]

Tell me EXACTLY how the cell phone thing works. From start to finish. I'll do it for six months and send you half the profits.

How much are you willing to spend?

 

[Eminence]

Tell me EXACTLY how the cell phone thing works. From start to finish. I'll do it for six months and send you half the profits.

1. Buy phones

2. Sell said phones

3. Wallpaper house with money

And the problem he is running in to at the moment is Step 1? Hm. Doesn't seem like a very good plan.

Not really, pretty much there are few different networks you can scour where you can buy phones at peak lows and sell them at peak highs. These are used Cell Phones which people do not have an accurate grasp of their 'actual worth'.

Sometimes you can buy a phone for $50 package it with a few accessories and sell it for $120 in a bundle. There's a million little secrets you can use to extend your profit. But if you're trying to be lazy, the low-end you'll make per phone is around $10.

If you want to put in effort, your max profit per phone is about $50 - 100.

 

[Henry Ford]

I also ran an Online Cell Phone business for awhile. If anyone gave me $5,000 I could probably turn it into near double if you gave me the chance.

I had a great business model, just no seed money. I had too many orders, not enough inventory. Had to call it quits.

Another way to think of that is that you have had two businesses which failed so miserably to turn a profit that you're better off working for $8.25 an hour.

Not true, both were quite lucrative.

You prefer to make $8.25 an hour?

$8.25 is guaranteed money and I was only able to afford both businesses because I was living at home.

What happens when I don't make enough for rent and can afford EVEN LESS inventory? It would become a vicious cycle if that was my only income.

But you still live at home.

 

[Eminence]

Again, I'll divulge complete details to someone if they want to invest. Like I said, worst case scenario is that I sell the phone for exactly what I paid for it and I pay you back your money in full.

Even at that, I'm making 1 - 2% back on all my purchases.

 

[Abraham]

Tell me EXACTLY how the cell phone thing works. From start to finish. I'll do it for six months and send you half the profits.

How much are you willing to spend?

What do you care? I'm doing all the work and you are getting free money. If I make $100 a month for six months I'll send you a check for $300 at the beginning of April. If I make $1000 you'll get 3 racks. I'll try your system and give you half if the profit.

 

[-fish-]

Again, I'll divulge complete details to someone if they want to invest. Like I said, worst case scenario is that I sell the phone for exactly what I paid for it and I pay you back your money in full.

Even at that, I'm making 1 - 2% back on all my purchases.

I'm flummoxed.

 

[-fish-]

I'm going to buy as much crap as I can, and resell it at the same price. at 1-2% profit per item, I'll be buying yachts in no time.

 

[phrozen]

Really though, my opportunity to comfortably move out of my parents house just flew out the window.

Annoying.

I'm sure your parents would pay you $100 a month to move out

 

[Eminence]

I also ran an Online Cell Phone business for awhile. If anyone gave me $5,000 I could probably turn it into near double if you gave me the chance.

I had a great business model, just no seed money. I had too many orders, not enough inventory. Had to call it quits.

Another way to think of that is that you have had two businesses which failed so miserably to turn a profit that you're better off working for $8.25 an hour.

Not true, both were quite lucrative.

You prefer to make $8.25 an hour?

$8.25 is guaranteed money and I was only able to afford both businesses because I was living at home.

What happens when I don't make enough for rent and can afford EVEN LESS inventory? It would become a vicious cycle if that was my only income.

But you still live at home.

Exactly,

If I had $10,000 sitting in the bank. I'd find a dumb 1 bedroom apartment for $550 a month, put a deposit and 1st Month's rent down. I'd have $8,950 left. From there, I can scour and find phone deal after phone deal.

Like I said before, every $5,000 I spend is a guaranteed $100 back. So my rent is instantly lowered to $450 a month.

$450 a month = 45 phones at $10 profit per phone.

Phones in this range usually cost between $50 - 100 to acquire. I'd only need to acquire about 12 phones per week. If I get a phone in which I make $60 off of, then I only need to find 6 phones that week to make rent.

I think it's all very do-able, especially when you consider I can also purchase damaged phones, repair them, and sell them for modest profits as-well.

 

[Rick James]

so you're telling me the guy busting balls in the David Wilson thread is a 21-year-old who works at Walgreens?