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tired of your job?, me too!

Posted: January 11, 2004, 12:55 am
by Kriista
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)

Posted: January 11, 2004, 3:17 am
by Karae
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.

Posted: January 11, 2004, 3:28 am
by Kriista
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

Posted: January 11, 2004, 3:45 am
by Keverian FireCry
Im thinking of starting a cybersex chat service for MMORPG players. We can be digital whores together if you would like to.

Posted: January 11, 2004, 5:11 am
by Kriista
/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

Posted: January 11, 2004, 6:47 pm
by Ennia
you can be a virtual girlfriend :oops:

Posted: January 12, 2004, 3:54 pm
by Shaerra
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.

Posted: January 12, 2004, 4:00 pm
by Tegellan
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.

Posted: January 12, 2004, 4:16 pm
by Shaerra
Yeah, kiss her ass, Teg. Just wipe the crust off first, you fucking sheep.

Do you hold her cock when she pisses?

Posted: January 12, 2004, 4:26 pm
by Kylere
Shaerra, oh nm not even worth it.

Posted: January 12, 2004, 4:29 pm
by Shaerra
Yeah, shut the fuck up, and go make a sandwich, Tubbo.

Posted: January 12, 2004, 5:08 pm
by Dregor Thule
*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.

Posted: January 12, 2004, 5:13 pm
by Sylvos
that's just wrong dregor
funny
but wrong.

Posted: January 12, 2004, 5:16 pm
by Marbus
Man... talk about a thread derail!