Ways to make money

[zimma]

As someone who just studied chemistry I am led to believe a lucrative career awaits me...

Seriously though there's very few easy risk free ways to make extra, if it wasn't risky or hard everyone would do it..

 

[Gough]

I romance elderly women in order to swindle them out of their life savings.

 

[dales.girl38]

I always work at elections because the pay is good and the work is super easy.

 

[GOAUS!]

2 words, Chrisco hampers.

 

[Password is Taco]

I have participated in market research, do nothing but talk about whatever it is for an hour and walk away with $70, happy days

 

[Quivorir]

Lite Coins.

 

[Slax]

Begging.

Or get a job.

Begging is actually illegal

 

[Caesar]

If you have any little skills and you want to pick up a bit of cash on the side, try listing on fiverr.com

When I was studying accounting at uni I used to do people up household budget spreadsheets, or fix their broken Excel formulas. Only took 10 or 15 minutes a pop, and five bucks was two schooners at the uni bar.

 

[Drakescoffeecake]

online surveys

 

[Zach Package]

i do freelance graphic design stuff. Mostly for event posters and crap like that.

It's basically a hobby, but it's alright as a side to my regular crust.

Technically I'm also a freelance journalist as i've had all of 2 articles published in the local paper, but that's something I think i'll pursue further post-uni.

juss how's your shoe shining game?

 

[juss]

i do freelance graphic design stuff. Mostly for event posters and crap like that.

It's basically a hobby, but it's alright as a side to my regular crust.

Technically I'm also a freelance journalist as i've had all of 2 articles published in the local paper, but that's something I think i'll pursue further post-uni.

juss how's your shoe shining game?

I do shine a good shoe.

 

[checkraiseulite]

Medical trials. Never done one myself but know people who make some decent ones from doing them regularly.

 

[Smoooothy]

become good at poker. you can't lose!

 

[Jackfrost]

Overtime. I get paid up to $810 on a weekend day to operate a stall at community events to promote my programs and run activities

 

[kickazz]

Yeah I do a bit of umpiring - one night a week. I like it because my day job tends to be more long-term type of work so it is refreshing to be involved in a more immediate task, where you can just stay in the moment. Doesn't take up my weekend either. Plenty of sports you can do - Volleyball, Indoor Cricket, Indoor Soccer, Netball, Basketball. If you have played the sport you can probably umpire. It's harder than it looks but it gets easier with experience and you do get to develop some really good skills, all the while watching sport which is something most of us enjoy. It's a bit of extra cash and also gives me another social outlet so I tend to enjoy going there anyway.

 

[Caesar]

With umpiring/refereeing, I find it gets easier the higher up the chain you get. Before I quit, I was refereeing state league (semi-professional) soccer, which was an absolute dream. The players know the rules, they're skillful enough that accidental fouls are rare, and they're there to play. If you do a decent job they will keep their mouths shut and get on with it.

I tried to go back to refereeing indoor soccer about 12 months ago and it was so horrible I gave it away after a couple of weeks. Just a bunch of talentless nuffies wanting to bitch and moan and kick each other. Have an endless amount of respect for the people who do it on a regular basis.

 

[SugarShane]

i do freelance graphic design stuff. Mostly for event posters and crap like that.

For some reason my town has quite a few "freelance graphic designers," most of whom's work is a complete joke.
One of my friends had one of them sort the stuff for their wedding and it was completely amateur. I personally did all the stuff for my own wedding with photoshop and the help of a few tutorials, and the wife's choice of flash papers and all that, and it looked a lot more polished than her stuff.

I'm not saying you're crap too, just that it seems to be a bit of a trend at the moment. Got photoshop but no idea how to use it properly? You're now a graphic designer. Got an SLR but no idea about photography and all its nuances? You're now a professional wedding/baby photographer.

 

[Taylor]

As someone who just studied chemistry I am led to believe a lucrative career awaits me...

Seriously though there's very few easy risk free ways to make extra, if it wasn't risky or hard everyone would do it..

Cooking meth, morality aside, seems like something that if you did it right would fly entirely under the radar. If you can avoid the pitfalls;

Working with bad/cheap equipment, getting greedy and selling the stuff yourself to the consumer, depositing the money made into bank accounts, spending the money before it's gone through a legitimate filter (such as putting half on black, your business partner putting half on red, praying it doesn't land on green and walking out with 100% gambling winnings).

Can you ever really trust a meth wholesaler? - Very risky.

I make extra money by structuring my finances to be more tax efficient. Working extra hours aren't on the menu yet.

 

[Zach Package]

For some reason my town has quite a few "freelance graphic designers," most of whom's work is a complete joke.
One of my friends had one of them sort the stuff for their wedding and it was completely amateur. I personally did all the stuff for my own wedding with photoshop and the help of a few tutorials, and the wife's choice of flash papers and all that, and it looked a lot more polished than her stuff.

I'm not saying you're crap too, just that it seems to be a bit of a trend at the moment. Got photoshop but no idea how to use it properly? You're now a graphic designer. Got an SLR but no idea about photography and all its nuances? You're now a professional wedding/baby photographer.

there are much better people at it than I, but when all they want is a poster for a crappy club night somewhere it's not that difficult. It's very hard to make those things look bad, you have to go really over the top and gaudy to make those things not work.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Umpire basketball games

 

[zimma]

Cooking meth, morality aside, seems like something that if you did it right would fly entirely under the radar. If you can avoid the pitfalls;

The bigger issue is unless you're already rather shifty finding someone to offload it to safely, second issue is sourcing it all without arousing suspicion, further issue is if you screw up and don't live in the sticks it will likely get the cops or fire brigade called out.

The cooking isn't even hard, to simply make it you don't even need to be a chemist, just have to follow a recipe, quote I got off an ex drug squad cop once was more or less "If you can bake a batch of cookies, you can cook a batch of crystal meth". Of course if the recipe is wrong, or you screw up, potential for a lot of bad bad things to happen.

 

[Scotland]

You can work more, which either means putting in more hours at your job (if possible) or taking on a second job (bar work, nightfill etc.) which is generally not that high paying. If you can tutor, umpire etc. this is a good way to do this.

You can upskill, which means doing additional training, taking on extra responsibility at work (if possible) to try and earn more money for the same amount of time spent working.

You can buy and sell things and try to make money that way. Shares, foreign currencies, knick knacks to sell on Ebay etc. Just remember to factor in the time this might take up. If you can make $100 a week extra with an Ebay business great, but if it's taking up 10 hours of hour time you're better off doing one or two bar shifts instead.

You can turn something you do anyway into a money earner. Walking the dog, mowing the lawn. How much extra effort is it to mow the neighbour's lawn or walk their dog too?

Or you can just steal from others.

 

[Caesar]

I romance elderly women in order to swindle them out of their life savings.

Egad, sir. You are a cad, a rake, a bounder and a scoundrel. Damn your eyes.