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What is your side hustle?

Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:46 am
Posted by austin2015
Member since Feb 2015
604 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:46 am
I’ve been saving for a large expense later this year(wedding).

Lately I’ve been getting rid of my personal belongings I no longer use on eBay.

Sometimes I’ll buy and resell clothes I’ve found at thrift shops. I used to bartend weddings in college but I haven’t done that I years. (Loved making straight cash)

Im interested in hearing what others do.
Posted by windshieldman
Member since Nov 2012
12818 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 11:54 am to
Windshields is my side job
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
49833 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 12:18 pm to
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Lately I’ve been getting rid of my personal belongings I no longer use on eBay.

Do a little of this but I need to do it more
Posted by Fat Bastard
2024 NFL pick'em champion
Member since Mar 2009
88776 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 12:19 pm to
ditch digger
Posted by jiffyjohnson
1226 miles from Death Valley
Member since Nov 2011
5727 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 12:33 pm to
thats a good one. do you do it for car dealerships or offer some kind of mobile service?
Posted by windshieldman
Member since Nov 2012
12818 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 12:56 pm to
quote:

thats a good one. do you do it for car dealerships or offer some kind of mobile service?


Mobile service, but I don’t fool around much with dealerships as they don’t want to pay enough.
Posted by JayDeerTay84
Texas
Member since May 2013
9956 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:12 pm to
Pipe layer.
Posted by iAmBatman
The Batcave
Member since Mar 2011
12382 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:13 pm to
quote:

What is your side hustle?


this crazy thing called doing a good job at my full time employer so they compensate me well which affords me the free time to spend doing the things I want as opposed to doing a "side hustle"

I recommend you trying that out
Posted by GatorReb
Dallas GA
Member since Feb 2009
9394 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:20 pm to
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doing the things I want as opposed to doing a "side hustle"


For a lot of people side hustle= doing things people enjoy.

My wife is a teacher. And she has a Cricut and Embroidery machines. She pretty much does anything along those lines for her coworkers. She enjoys it and makes a couple hundred a month doing so.

No need to be a dick.
Posted by iAmBatman
The Batcave
Member since Mar 2011
12382 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:33 pm to
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She enjoys it and makes a couple hundred a month doing so.



let me know when she gets to OT baller money
Posted by TheWiz
Third World, LA
Member since Aug 2007
11865 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:34 pm to
I do some consulting on the side. Pretty easy phone calls that usually last one hour, up to two hours. I get $500/hour or another company pays me $1,500/quarter. It's good 1099 work.
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
7032 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 1:58 pm to
Retail arbitrage. I buy shite on the clearance aisle and it FBA on Amazon.

Scan the upc with the amazon seller app, and it tells you the anticipated net to you. I only buy items where the net is double the cost. I'm thinking of hiring an employee.

I do really well with toys and electronic accessories like phone cases.

All I have to do is package everything and shipping to Amazon.

I only buy fast moving stuff, sonstorage fees are minimal.
Posted by West Monroe
west Monroe, la
Member since Jan 2005
1023 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 2:06 pm to
How hard is it to start selling on Amazaon? I do some ebay stuff now, but I see others killing it on Amazon.
Posted by Major Dutch Schaefer
Location: Classified
Member since Nov 2011
38117 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 2:08 pm to
Officiate high school football and baseball.
Posted by BlackAdam
Member since Jan 2016
7032 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 2:10 pm to
quote:

How hard is it to start selling on Amazaon? I do some ebay stuff now, but I see others killing it on Amazon.


Hard at first. You will be low in search listings until you start having steady sales... which is hard because you are so low in the listings. You have to start with the fastest moving items you can find.

Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 2:11 pm to
Petty as hell, but I hate the term “side hustle”. It’s a second or part time job. Sometimes I hate the internet
Posted by iAmBatman
The Batcave
Member since Mar 2011
12382 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 2:15 pm to
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Petty as hell, but I hate the term “side hustle”.


I agree...it's super cringy...about as bad as a grown man saying "sammich"
Posted by prostyleoffensetime
Mississippi
Member since Aug 2009
12221 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 2:48 pm to
quote:

about as bad as a grown man saying "sammich"



Leave Jesco White out of this.
Posted by hiltacular
NYC
Member since Jan 2011
20111 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 3:12 pm to
quote:

I do some consulting on the side. Pretty easy phone calls that usually last one hour, up to two hours. I get $500/hour or another company pays me $1,500/quarter. It's good 1099 work.


I do the same. It has been a very easy ~$5K for me the last couple years.
Posted by Vandyrone
Nashville, TN
Member since Dec 2012
7819 posts
Posted on 2/13/20 at 3:19 pm to
Online ticket reseller on the side for the last 12 years. Very good money if you know what you're doing.
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