tired of your job?, me too!

Kriista · Post by **Kriista** » January 11, 2004, 12:55 am

for the last 8 years or so ive been more or less self employed(a subcontracter for the most part) as a music teacher, starting privately out of home and others homes, then later on in music stores

it was not much work, for ok money, and it worked for a while, i had some shit happen and stopped teaching, altogether
i then tried my hand at 'normal' work, that was this last year, i found i couldnt keep a job for more than 2 months at a time
the concept of working 40+ hours a week(for any amount of money) seems insane to me, considering how short life is
so ive been trying to come up with other ideas around that

i set myself a goal to within 1 year not be working for anyone, this wont be hard, as i dont have many financial ties, and dont need too much money to live(i enjoy the starving musician lifestyle), my goal was to work via a combination of private lessons, ebay, and hopefully electronic contraption design/building/sales, mostly effect pedal type things, to bizzare electronic instruments

well, longer story short, i just quit my last job, and im looking to try jumping into this ebay thing head first, at least for a month or 2 to see if its feasible(right now im trying to save for a powerbook), i have tons of shit around the house i can start selling, and have always loved flea markets/thrift stores
so having some shit to start with(no initial investment) and the desire to find shit isnt a problem

do any of you do any serious amount of ebaying?
if so, any auction management programs you prefer?, how bout managing the fianances from it?,
have any good online strategy/guides for ebaying for a living?
or tips/tricks for finding spots/shit that can resell for good money

any other small business types?(mind you i have no 'startup money' and awful credit)

Karae · Post by **Karae** » January 11, 2004, 3:17 am

Most small business owners work more than 40 hours a week. Don't delude yourself into thinking that owning and operating your own business is the ticket to easy money for little work.

Kriista · Post by **Kriista** » January 11, 2004, 3:28 am

small business was a bad choice of words, my mom owns her own business and when she started she worked 7days a week, i was mostly thinking along the lines of selling something you make, or services online, or locally, nothing hugely 'legit', realistically, hoping to make around 20k a year abouts at most(from a combination of teaching/whatever else)

the 40hours wouldnt scare me too much if its at home on my pc most of the time, since that woudlnt really feel like working

Keverian FireCry · Post by **Keverian FireCry** » January 11, 2004, 3:45 am

Im thinking of starting a cybersex chat service for MMORPG players. We can be digital whores together if you would like to.

Kriista · Post by **Kriista** » January 11, 2004, 5:11 am

/sniff, i thougth no one would ever ask

speaking of which, wasnt there somethign in the news about that a while ago, like an online whore in the sims online or something?, or was it the hitmen, id love to see a research paper on the soliological aspects of the sims online(particularly that one since theres not much 'game', its mostly just interaction) but any online game would be nice

Ennia · Post by **Ennia** » January 11, 2004, 6:47 pm

you can be a virtual girlfriend

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » January 12, 2004, 3:54 pm

Kriista wrote:speaking of which, wasnt there somethign in the news about that a while ago, like an online whore in the sims online or something?

Yes, but then Kyoukan got a job at the Piggly Wiggly cleaning the bathrooms and and stocking the condom/tampon machines.

Tegellan · Post by **Tegellan** » January 12, 2004, 4:00 pm

So Shaerra took that over for you, from the looks of it she won't be forthcoming with info to help you set up a business there though.

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » January 12, 2004, 4:16 pm

Yeah, kiss her ass, Teg. Just wipe the crust off first, you fucking sheep.

Do you hold her cock when she pisses?

Kylere · Post by **Kylere** » January 12, 2004, 4:26 pm

Shaerra, oh nm not even worth it.

Shaerra · Post by **Shaerra** » January 12, 2004, 4:29 pm

Yeah, shut the fuck up, and go make a sandwich, Tubbo.

Dregor Thule · Post by **Dregor Thule** » January 12, 2004, 5:08 pm

*shakes his head*

It's sad. I'd say your father didn't show you enough love when you were little, but we all know it's the exact opposite.

Sylvos · Post by **Sylvos** » January 12, 2004, 5:13 pm

that's just wrong dregor
funny
but wrong.

Marbus · Post by **Marbus** » January 12, 2004, 5:16 pm

Man... talk about a thread derail!