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 Posted 04/08/2010  11:39 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Libertad to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You're in the age when you can still associate with people who play TCGs like Pokemon, Magic the Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh.. If you have any knowledge of these games it's pretty much the same as coins but in game-form. They have rarities and utilities and there's a secondary market with a steady supply and demand. Tap into that market if you still can.

Do trades but gain on each one. Throw in freebies that are worthless but amount to something and sell the rare ones and put the money back into the pot.

Or cans and bottles. Around here it's 10c each, 20c for big honkers like wine bottles and liquor bottles. If you have a college or university around you take a visit on a Saturday morning or Sunday morning and see the recycling pile up with booze containers. It's good money if you can haul a lot and they're not heavy like washers/dryers.
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 Posted 04/08/2010  3:57 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The return of Coincrazed to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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Yu-Gi-Oh
I don't collect or play video games, however I do collect rare limited edition GI Joe action figures. In my opinion, all that Anime is plain stupid. I COULD turn over some action figures. Very nice suggestion. Thanks! - coincrazed
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Anything collectable will work if there's a big enough market. Comic books are a great example of something that worked in the past. Action figures too. Try to get your hands on some Transformers or Hot Wheels or Barbies at garage sales and sell them for a profit.
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 Posted 04/08/2010  4:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add trdhrdr007 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
You mentioned that you are in the 13-16 age group. I don't know what the rules are now but I got my first job at a restaurant when I was 15. I also did odd jobs for people in the neighborhood. I had lots of friends at that age that bagged groceries, cut grass & delivered papers.
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 Posted 04/08/2010  4:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Thehammer77 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Cans and bottles: make a deal with a restaurant to pay half of what you would get (if you get 10 cents for a can then pay them 5 cents). Surprised how much you would make. But make sure the state you live in pays you money for cans & bottles and if there is a monthly limit. They make money, you make money its a win win.
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 Posted 04/08/2010  4:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Thehammer77 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
The advantage to the above method is that they do the collecting, all you gotta do is do the counting and paying.
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 Posted 04/09/2010  1:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The return of Coincrazed to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
There are some very nice replies here. Thanks a LOT! This has helped a lot. I think I'll knock on my neighbor's doors this summer and see if they need help with anything. I'm tough, strong, and I could lift boxes for those old people, or clean out an old person's garage. (I like this idea, because I might see some old coins stashed away that I could offer to buy) Plus I can do weeding and raking, and maybe even washing cars and cleaning rooms. Do you guys think $10 an hour is a fair price, or is that too much? Someone here said that, but I want to know what everyone thinks. Also, I might sell pre-1982 copper cents if dealers will buy them. - coincrazed
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Do you guys think $10 an hour is a fair price, or is that too much?

No, not at all. I had a neighborhood lawn care/snow shoveling business in high school and my rate was $10/hr, that was in the early 1990s in a small rural town.

If you have any elderly people in your neighborhood, offer to be a helper for a day. They may need some furniture rearranged or some heavy items thrown away and are just not physically capable of doing it. Fence painting is another good one(insert Tom Sawyer joke) but can be initially expensive if you have to provide the paint and brushes.
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 Posted 04/11/2010  6:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Thehammer77 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
there's decent money in babysitting, if your into that.
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 Posted 04/11/2010  7:14 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TNG to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
If you lived near me I would have work for you. You sound ambitious. Good luck.
You could place an ad on Craigslist that you are willing to do odd jobs in your neighborhood.
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 Posted 04/11/2010  7:47 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add ichirensha to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Collecting aluminum cans is a good idea. The price of aluminumis climbing again. I called the other day and the recyclers are paying 60 cents a pound for 200 pounds or more. That works out to about 2 cents per can. You could get your family and friends to help you save them or even make friends with someone that works in a restaurant and have them save cans for you. Where I live in Texas there are cans everywhere, on the sides of roads, in dumpsters and trash cans, at parks, etc.
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Don't know where you live but if the houses are mostly 1 story,I made pretty good money cleaning out gutters in the fall.
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 Posted 04/12/2010  10:52 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add just carl to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Don't know where you live but around me you couldn't find to many people to do anything for any price. Many people in my area are elderly and just can't find help. Naturally many older people don't have a lot of money though so can't afford to pay outrageous amounts for some work. Myself and another neighbor cut the grass for one person that is 90 years old and still in his house. In the past he too has tried to hire someone to do some work and just not a lot of people willing to do anything. I too am getting on in age and can't do to much. I tried to hire kids to paint my garage last year and most just laughed at the idea. Pulling weeds, cutting grass, painting, etc. is just for someone else and no amount of money can get kids around me to do even think of working.
About half the neighbors now have those lawn services since they just can't find any kids to do that. I usually have a decent garden but it does need tending. I've tried to hire kids to do anything in the garden and even tying up a tomato plant is out of their abilities or desires.
And shoveling snow. Many neighbors just leave it there.
If you lived around here you would probably get rich if you wanted to work.
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 Posted 04/15/2010  09:22 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Sokol to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I can tell only one - you the good fellow that you have a purpose and you search for ways of its realisation. The patience and is a little good luck which will be wished you by me - and all at you will turn out.
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 Posted 04/16/2010  9:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add The return of Coincrazed to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply

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If you lived near me I would have work for you. You sound ambitious. Good luck.
You could place an ad on Craigslist that you are willing to do odd jobs in your neighborhood.
I appreciate that compliment. Thanks a LOT!
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