There is actually a thread somewhere about how a cheaper but dirtier way of making money for nothing. Though in your case the quickest way would be to go blonde and be willing to give a certain person "IT lessons".
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Plan Z - making and selling tat for fun and profit
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Originally posted by eek View PostNope even the stupidest customer isn't that stupid (and I used to do IT support for secretaries and marketing back in the late 1980's).Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThere is actually a thread somewhere about how a cheaper but dirtier way of making money for nothing. Though in your case the quickest way would be to go blonde and be willing to give a certain person "IT lessons".Comment
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Originally posted by cojak View PostSo I've just taken in a neighbour's parcel for her and she has the name of a previously unknown business in her address, I googled the name and it seems that she's making key rings out of cord and lego-type heads and selling them for a tenner a pop.
I'm not a natural entrepreneur like wot MF is, but there has to something that I can make easily or buy and sell for a healthy profit.
I'm off to do a bit of research now...
I am seeing ex-contractors now almost every day - I still need to generate a product to sell to them all.
My distilled commercial advice is that if you can find you can do and enjoy it and really make a profit from it especially in todays market then ditch the contracts if you can and bloody well do it.
Whatever you do though make sure you have a back up plan to get back to where you if everything does fall apart. Leave via reception and not the fire exit and DO NOT slam the door shut on the way out.
I am actually now so concerned for the contracting marketplace to the effect that I am actually considering withdrawing my own contracting offer (product/service combo) from the market from 31/12/2020.
The more and more I hear and read about trad contracting the more and more disappointed I am about how ****ed up it is. It is now so much more of a massive testicular pain than it used to be . I have questioned whether or not it is worth and the answer came back a resounding NO.Former IPSE member
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Court how are prices/deals holding up in this time of covid19 from your trade list ?
Is it abandon ship time for many?
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Originally posted by cojak View PostSo I've just taken in a neighbour's parcel for her and she has the name of a previously unknown business in her address, I googled the name and it seems that she's making key rings out of cord and lego-type heads and selling them for a tenner a pop.
I'm not a natural entrepreneur like wot MF is, but there has to something that I can make easily or buy and sell for a healthy profit.
I'm off to do a bit of research now...Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostYou made the rookie mistake, you don't make millions selling tat, you make millions telling people how they can sell tat
Try to visualise how much tat you have to shift to keep pace with that contractor meter ticking away quietly at the edge of your desk while you are daydreaming about Plan BsComment
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Originally posted by _V_ View PostI'm always intrigued by the story of someone who found some tat from China and realised he/she could still make a healthy profit by giving it away free, but with a fairly high post and packing. So they did some drop shipping and viral advertising on social media about free stuff and people lapped it up and it made them a millionaire.
I'll bet the said tat didn't come from America..."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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Originally posted by Hanbanthankyoumam View PostYou could always start an onlyfans CojakOriginally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
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