Sunday, March 8, 2009

Win / Win Situation

  • Trees drop their seeds which the birds happily eat and distribute around in their dropping for the tree.
  • Put an add on craigslist saying that you will pick pragnes from the yard of someone in the area for the oranges for yourself but they get free yardwork done for them. This is also good for charity if you were to give the oranges to a food bank.
  • Bad idea: Scan 10 comics and make a listing on craigslist saying" I scanned 10 comics and will trade them for one scan of one of your comics" so effectively you will be getting them to scan for you for free and 1 scan times 100 people is 100 comics, but they're happy because they get 10 free scans for the price of one. So effectively it's a win/win situation. This also works for trading free downloads like games or music.
  • Get free furniture from the side of the road or the news paper or craigslist or garage sales at the end of the day. They're happy to get rid of it, and you're happy to furnish your apartment cheaply. All the thriftstores get it for free, why can't you?
  • Home grown strawberries are like a weed and practically grow themselves only requiring watering which can be automatically set up. But they're red all the way through and are 20 times more tasty than store bought strawberries that are manufactured for size not flavor. Also they are free to you when grown, but the store prices now are astronomical. And who eats more than a few pounds of them a few months anyway which is easy to grow in a very small area maybe on the railing on your back porch.
  • Buy items at auction price and sell at retail price or any profitable price at a swap meet or at a antique store, or on ebay, or on craigslist at a set price or on ebay at a buy it now after buying it at auction price on craigslist or ebay. This may actually be just a get rich quick scheme like the one red paperclip idea, and not really a win/win situation. If you worked your way up to buying and selling "car like" items at a profit then you could easily get rich, or at least make a living. Maybe do collectible coins or another specialty like rare comics, for comics to sell at a buy it now it needs to be the best of the best for them to pay top dollar.

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