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Making extra money

Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
in Home, Law & Money
What can I do to make some extra money? I am temping at the moment whilst I look for a perm job but the money is a bit crap. Anyway I could make some extra cash?

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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    avon? not sure how much money there is in it mind you.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    thought about that but don't people get annoyed if you go round their door?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    all you do i think is post them a catalogue and leave a slip saying when you'll collect it and they can leave it on their doorstep.

    my sis works part time so does it in her spare time with her 14 month old. gets them out of the house.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    If you were to do Avon (Mum does this as well) you could just give the catalogues to people you work with, friends, family, etc.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    The only problem with Avon is that they charge you for the catalogues you hand out- fine if you have a happy regular band of buyers at home or work, but not so good in a new market.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Seting my parents used to do was put leaftlets through peoples' doors.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    ~kaz~ wrote:
    What can I do to make some extra money? I am temping at the moment whilst I look for a perm job but the money is a bit crap. Anyway I could make some extra cash?

    Steff in Hollyoaks did one night's worth of Pole Dancing and made £650 - can't see how anyone could get paid that much though .. :eek2:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Can you do anything? What about workshops or tutorials in somehting that you can do well?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    become a pimp
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    Teh_GerbilTeh_Gerbil Posts: 13,332 Born on Earth, Raised by The Mix
    Sell crack.

    Alternatley, Ebay. Or part time jobs - paper round? Leafleting? Jehova door knocking?
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DiamondGeezer wrote:
    Steff in Hollyoaks did one night's worth of Pole Dancing and made £650 - can't see how anyone could get paid that much though .. :eek2:


    i know i was thinking that!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    DiamondGeezer wrote:
    Steff in Hollyoaks did one night's worth of Pole Dancing and made £650 - can't see how anyone could get paid that much though .. :eek2:
    Trust me, if any of the Hollyoaks girls went into pole-dancing, they'd make far more than £650 a night. :p
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I'm With Stupid wrote:
    Trust me, if any of the Hollyoaks girls went into pole-dancing, they'd make far more than £650 a night. :p


    Yeah but in the TV Programme she's just a normal girl - unless they billed her as the girl that survived that killer and it drew in a lot of extra publicity for the club.

    I just don't get how she could have made £650 (of which Darren nicked £150) in 10 minutes? And i'm pretty sure she kept her clothes on as well.
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    PearlyPearly Posts: 345 The Mix Regular
    I used to do a few focus groups and they pay cash in hand for only a couple of hours work (normally between £20 and £50, maybe more) - and I wouldn't even call it work as some were to watch new tv progs and give your opinion on them! Can't think of a specific group but you could do a search online and register for it...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I made over £200 on ebay by selling a few bits that were lying around the house doing nothing. It's definitely worth the effort. (One mans trash... and all that!)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    yeh but it depends what you've got to sell...!
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Im in an ebay frenzy at the moment, I made near £150 a few weeks ago and I've got another load of stuff on just now.

    I always seem to spend all the money I make before I get the chance to transfer it to my bank account though, oopsie :/
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    http://www.surfjunky.com/?r=jadeeyedgirl

    I made a bunch of money through this site! I didn't even have to put it card numbers or anything! All I did was minimize the page and walk away, and I got paid for it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Kermit wrote:
    The only problem with Avon is that they charge you for the catalogues you hand out- fine if you have a happy regular band of buyers at home or work, but not so good in a new market.
    Thats maybe why the Avon lady got pissed off when our dog demolished the catalouge :chin:
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    theres more ways to make money than you think..
    obviously most require time, but there will be varying differences in the amount of time u need to spend to makedecent $$$ (sorry i don't have pound sign on this weirdo keyboard!)

    some ideas:

    Ebay: buy loads of weird stuff from carboot sales and sell em on ebay, my friend once sold some game console he bought in a carboot sale for 15 quid,. he sold t for 72pounds. (yes, some people are stupid enough to bid so high for it)

    website: make a website, gain loads of traffic, get yourself Google Adsense and start getting clicks.

    sell lemonade in your front yard.

    learn to play online poker and play against drunken american people (you'll have to be up at 7am though)

    alternatively go get a decent job :p
    learn some skills to invest on a good job.

    and not to boast, but visit my website for another idea
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    jadeeyedgirl wrote:
    http://www.surfjunky.com/?r=jadeeyedgirl

    I made a bunch of money through this site! I didn't even have to put it card numbers or anything! All I did was minimize the page and walk away, and I got paid for it.

    be nice for you to use the actual url for the site, rather than a referral link :)
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    how about Mystery Shopping? You get a fee and all of your expenses. I work for a company, so know the ins and outs. PM me if you want anymore info.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I've made about £80 in the last month or so by flogging stuff on ebay. Just sell your old CDs, DVDs, decent clothes, shoes, bags and purses etc. Otherwise, leafleting, freebie papers but theres not much money in it.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    What do you need extra cash for? Just in general? I suppose whilst you're looking for a better job you could try doing some cash in hand work. Winters not as easy, but car washing, babysitting, dog walking all still needs doing. Just some ideas though...
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    I make a few hundred a month using the info provided at fund my degree. read the maths before you slate the idea, it does actually work. very difficult to explain to people who are not willing to accept that it's possible to make money from casinos. but the whole point is that you are not trying to beat the casino, only play a certain amount before receiving a predetermined bonus, which constitutes your profit. completely legal too, I might ad.
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    Former MemberFormer Member Posts: 1,876,323 The Mix Honorary Guru
    Intresting...
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