I thought it would be an idea to have a chat about making a bit of extra money.
Times are hard in the recession and Chrimbo is just around the corner.
I've been making a few quid recently by various methods (all legal I may add) so I thought I'd share my triumphs to inspire others and hopefully folks will chip in with a few ideas themselves for making a bit of pocket money or to pay for Chrimbo.
Vintage Ladybird books - I got this idea from money magpie http://www.moneymagpie.com/ Which is a good website with loads of ideas on making and saving money. Try money saving expert too. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
I've been spending time trawling car booters and charity shops for these old books. They go for good money depending on condition, age and issue. I've sold quite a few but my best so far was an old Cinderella ladybird book which I picked up for 50p from a charity shop and sold for £8.00 - £7.50 profit. I've sold loads of vintage ladybird books and always make money on them. Make sure they are old editions.
I've been buying and selling other books and after a while you 'get your eye in' as to what's worth money. Buy from car booters and charity shops (not Oxfam, they have specialists who value the books they have for sale so you won't make much)
School table top sales - Schools are happy just to make a few bob. - I bought 96 books job lot of a 1970's series from Blackwells of Oxford called 'young persons education series' or something like that. They wanted 20p each for each book. I offered them £7 for all 96 books which they bit off my hand for, and sold them online and at a car booter for a total of £82.
Carbooter - I made £300 + at my last car booter. I had a long hard look at what stuff I had, and do I really need it!
I was ruthless and got rid of some old fishing rods and reels which I never use. Excess camping and bushy kit. Lamps and stoves, sleeping bags etc. Over the summer I've made several £100 pounds.
Buy to sell - I bought a digital camera from a car booter for £35 and sold it on ebay for £80
I bought a complete set of inspector Morse books (13 volumes) for £2 - sold for £13 to a local Independant book shop, and made a contact. The guy is interested in the classics and will pay me for any books I bring in. Sherlock Holmes, Dickens, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allen Poe, etc, etc. I've also been boning up a bit on antiques and sold a brass 'Pill box' For £20 which I paid £1 for. I bought an antique wooden match case for £5 and sold it for £30.
I'm doing the old 'red paper clip' syndrome thing at the moment where I sell something and make a profit, re-invest any money I make to buy a bargain and sell that item again for profit, use the profit to buy a more expensive item and again sell for profit etc, etc. I's not overnight riches, but it's interesting to keep a log of what you buy something for and sell it for and re-invest the money to buy and sell.
Anyway that's enough from me. Has anyone got any pocket money making tips. It could go as big as you wish, and is very satisfying when you buy something and make a profit on it. My landlady's son in law makes a living from it, which is where I got the idea in the first place..............It sure beats the daily droll of the office and trapse in traffic or on the bus.........and no annoying work colleagues, bull5hit meetings or deadlines. Sounds good to me, and if my landlady's son in law can do it so can we. He has 3 girls and 1 boy and a mortgage, before anyone mentions responsibilities.
C,mon lets be having you with the ideas. Jobs are for losers.
Times are hard in the recession and Chrimbo is just around the corner.
I've been making a few quid recently by various methods (all legal I may add) so I thought I'd share my triumphs to inspire others and hopefully folks will chip in with a few ideas themselves for making a bit of pocket money or to pay for Chrimbo.
Vintage Ladybird books - I got this idea from money magpie http://www.moneymagpie.com/ Which is a good website with loads of ideas on making and saving money. Try money saving expert too. http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/
I've been spending time trawling car booters and charity shops for these old books. They go for good money depending on condition, age and issue. I've sold quite a few but my best so far was an old Cinderella ladybird book which I picked up for 50p from a charity shop and sold for £8.00 - £7.50 profit. I've sold loads of vintage ladybird books and always make money on them. Make sure they are old editions.
I've been buying and selling other books and after a while you 'get your eye in' as to what's worth money. Buy from car booters and charity shops (not Oxfam, they have specialists who value the books they have for sale so you won't make much)
School table top sales - Schools are happy just to make a few bob. - I bought 96 books job lot of a 1970's series from Blackwells of Oxford called 'young persons education series' or something like that. They wanted 20p each for each book. I offered them £7 for all 96 books which they bit off my hand for, and sold them online and at a car booter for a total of £82.
Carbooter - I made £300 + at my last car booter. I had a long hard look at what stuff I had, and do I really need it!
I was ruthless and got rid of some old fishing rods and reels which I never use. Excess camping and bushy kit. Lamps and stoves, sleeping bags etc. Over the summer I've made several £100 pounds. Buy to sell - I bought a digital camera from a car booter for £35 and sold it on ebay for £80
I bought a complete set of inspector Morse books (13 volumes) for £2 - sold for £13 to a local Independant book shop, and made a contact. The guy is interested in the classics and will pay me for any books I bring in. Sherlock Holmes, Dickens, Agatha Christie, Edgar Allen Poe, etc, etc. I've also been boning up a bit on antiques and sold a brass 'Pill box' For £20 which I paid £1 for. I bought an antique wooden match case for £5 and sold it for £30.
I'm doing the old 'red paper clip' syndrome thing at the moment where I sell something and make a profit, re-invest any money I make to buy a bargain and sell that item again for profit, use the profit to buy a more expensive item and again sell for profit etc, etc. I's not overnight riches, but it's interesting to keep a log of what you buy something for and sell it for and re-invest the money to buy and sell.
Anyway that's enough from me. Has anyone got any pocket money making tips. It could go as big as you wish, and is very satisfying when you buy something and make a profit on it. My landlady's son in law makes a living from it, which is where I got the idea in the first place..............It sure beats the daily droll of the office and trapse in traffic or on the bus.........and no annoying work colleagues, bull5hit meetings or deadlines. Sounds good to me, and if my landlady's son in law can do it so can we. He has 3 girls and 1 boy and a mortgage, before anyone mentions responsibilities.
C,mon lets be having you with the ideas. Jobs are for losers.
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, im a sucker for the old leather bound science & history books.
