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Day 20: Money Making Ideas

I have been talking a lot about saving money. How about we talk about making money?

1) Have a garage/yard sale. When we downsized over 1000 sq ft of home we didn't have enough room to put everything! So we had a sale. We made almost $300 in a few hours just getting rid of our old junk.

2) Sell stuff on Ebay or Craigslist. Over the years we have sold a few items on Craigslist and Ebay. The biggest item was Joel's motorcycle. It took a while, but we finally the right buyer.

3) Save your loose change. When I was a kid, there was this thing called a pay phone. You would put your change in and make a call. And on a good day, you might find a quarter in the coin return! And a quarter used to buy a whole candy bar! hahaha, I crack myself up. But seriously, save your change, it can add up quickly. Did you know that the loose change people left behind at airports in security tubs totaled more than $500,000 in one year? Wow!

4) Recycling. Taking your aluminum, plastic and glass to the local recycling center pays. Aluminum cans are $1.85 per pound currently. Our son, Leo keeps them separate and bags them up. We pay him a portion of the money earned. I'd rather our family get the money than the strange Asian lady that goes through the recycle can on trash day!

5) Cash in your gold or silver. We did this a couple of years ago. I dug into my jewelry box and cashed in the items I haven't worn in years. I even found some silver coins that a company I worked for gave us. They were like challenge coins. It had the goal for the company in sales dollars and the year. I had 4 of them. I was surprised how much they were worth!

These are just a few ideas, feel free to share if you have some great ideas too. I would love to hear them!


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Unknown said…
The save your coin is great. We have a coin jar at homeand every so oftem we need the money for something and it always seems to be the right amount. Like yesterday Ray and I Decide that we need to rent some chairs and a couoke tables for Ridges Birthday but we were already at our budget that we made so I counted up the change and It was only 1.20 short of what we needed for the rental. Yay!
February 21, 2014 at 8:35 PM
Jennifer Juanitas said…
That's awesome Debra. Our coins have saved us in a pinch too! I remember my mom had a gigantic coin glass jug and we were always putting our change in it. I also remember rolling it up to turn into the bank. Now that there is Coinstar, if your willing to pay someone else to add up the change and turn it into dollars. p.s. Happy Birthday to Ridge! :-)
February 26, 2014 at 2:12 PM
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