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Old 18-04-2008, 11:26 AM
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Hi was wandering how can a 13 year old make a bit of money to pay for reptile food my dads said that if i pay for the food and elecy bill i can have what i want aslong as i do my reasearch so was wandering what i could do
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Old 18-04-2008, 11:29 AM
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sell stuff one ebay?

cant you do a paper round at 13 now? or is it still 14?
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Old 18-04-2008, 11:36 AM
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I used to sell stuff in school, used to get my mates dad to go to costco or makro, I'd stock up on cheap sweets and crisp etc, buy em in for 10p an sell em for 20p, did the same with ciggys aswell soon as I realised there was much more money in it, also when I started doin DVD's and stuff I was the only person in my school doin it, so would knock em out with case and labels for £5 each when at cost they were £1.90 or so.

Failin that try getting a paper round, or doing jobs around the house for wages, you could try askin about cuttin grass or washin cars etc aswell.
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Old 18-04-2008, 11:42 AM
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im sure i was only 12 when i 1st started doing paper rounds i had 3 evening ones and 2 morning ones the mornings and weekend ones you tend to get a lil more for or you did when i did them lol but that was a few years ago
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Paper rounds, washing cars, cutting the grass etc

Thats the kind of stuff I used to do
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I used to sell stuff in school, used to get my mates dad to go to costco or makro, I'd stock up on cheap sweets and crisp etc, buy em in for 10p an sell em for 20p, did the same with ciggys aswell soon as I realised there was much more money in it, also when I started doin DVD's and stuff I was the only person in my school doin it, so would knock em out with case and labels for £5 each when at cost they were £1.90 or so.

Failin that try getting a paper round, or doing jobs around the house for wages, you could try askin about cuttin grass or washin cars etc aswell.
agreed that works, i did it and my brother does now. And the only one your likely to get in trouble for is selling cigs & dvds, so im not saying that you should get the cheap ones and sell them seperately for a reasonable profit, because you could get into trouble
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I sold NOS - laughing gas before it went illegal, would cost me 30p to produce a balloon full and sell them for 2quid each,
did it in pubs and would pay the landlord £40 quid but also done it on beaches in summer and festivals,
in a pub i would buy 400 NOS chargers for £80 and sell them for £800 quid minus 40 for the landlord and maybe 8quid for balloons.
was a very profitable business lol
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Old 18-04-2008, 01:17 PM
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Get a BMX bike and a gun and start selling crack round your neighbourhood. pretty soon, you'll have enough money to pay the whole street's leccy bill!!!





(Once again, note to the feeble minded, I am in no way encouraging a 13 yr old to get involved in drugs! This is what is known as humour, a highly developed and somewhat individual concept which appears to be alien to some)
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Get a BMX bike and a gun and start selling crack round your neighbourhood. pretty soon, you'll have enough money to pay the whole street's leccy bill!!!





(Once again, note to the feeble minded, I am in no way encouraging a 13 yr old to get involved in drugs! This is what is known as humour, a highly developed and somewhat individual concept which appears to be alien to some)

Its what the kids round here are doing!

Just try and stay legal in what ever you decide to do! Speak to the local car wash centers, there are loads of places that will employ you as a saturday staff!
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Old 18-04-2008, 06:07 PM
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usually the only thing a 13 year old can do to earn a few bob is a paper round.
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