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You've heard the claims before: I made $200 doing absolutely nothing.
I've made hundreds of dollars while I slept. I made $200 and there
was no effort on my part, I just...
Well, I'm here to tell you that while you can make $200 a day, it
doesn't happen overnight and it doesn't happen without putting in the
sweat equity. Businesses take time to build and they take time to
maintain. Nothing is as easy as those get-rich-quick schemes say.
And I won't tell you otherwise. But what I will tell you is that you
CAN make $200 in a day and all you have to do is this: SELL YOUR JUNK!
That's right. Go through your house and weed out things you no longer
use, can't fit into, or have outgrown. Box them into categories: DVD
Resale Shop, Used bookstore, Nice As New Clothing Outlet, Pawn Shops,
eBay, Classified Ads, and Garage Sales.
Then take one day and devote it to visiting the "We buy used" shops
around town. You're likely to spend a good hour to two hours in each
shop waiting for them to sort, categorize, and buy your products so
bring a book with you--and maybe a small picnic lunch.
Whatever you can't sell, return home and place in your garage sales
box. Now contact the local paper and buy an ad, get a permit from
city hall, and put out the signs. Then look forward to spending an
entire day waiting negotiating with passersby. The key with garage
sales is this: set things up in categories, place price tags on your
items, have plenty of cash on hand for change, and be willing to
negotiate on the price because people will always talk you down.
After the garage sale is over, sell the bigger ticket items in your
local paper and put up flyers around town. Smaller items that can be
shipped easily can be listed on Ebay or other auction sites.
Finally, what doesn't sell does not go in the trash to fill up our
landfills. It goes in a box marked, "Charity." When you drop your
charitable items off, get a receipt because you'll need it come tax
time. It's a great way to cut down on your income tax due.
Oh, you want to know if the title is misleading?
Actually no! I went through my old books, VHS, and DVDs and visited
three shops in a neighboring town just last month and walked home
with $200 cash. It was a wonderful way to de-clutter my home and do
something good for the environment while earning enough cash to have
a spending spree on the kids.
A few months back we sold our canoe--which had been sitting around
the house for two years without use because we no longer had hauling
capabilities--for over $300. All we did was place a few flyers around
town, an ad in Craigslist.com, and then set the canoe on our front
lawn while we were working in the garage. Someone happened upon it,
asked if we were having a garage sale, and said he wanted to buy the
canoe.
Last year, we placed a few flyers around town and sold a used,
unused, working condition refrigerator for over $300. Of course, it
did take a couple of weeks for an interested party to show himself,
but it took less than an hour to make and place the flyers.
Alyice Edrich is the author of Tid-Bits For Making Money With E-
books. Learn how you can earn $10,000 a year or more selling
information you already possess—from the comfort of your own home.
Visit http://thedabblingmumpress.com to order a copy today!
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