A summer experiment at hustling

[LIkeafox]

Someday soon I'll start a real progress thread. But for now this is inspired (ripped-off?) from @RichKid's thread about buying and selling on craigslist. I was reading that thread when I was visiting my mom about a month ago and it inspired me to sell a bass amp I had stashed away at her house from years ago. I posted it on craigslist and didn't get too much play on it. One guy responded and he was kind of flaky, we settled on a price and then he wasn't sure if he had the money and then he had the money but he wanted to talk to his band and finally a couple of weeks after I was visiting he called up again saying he wanted to buy the amp so he stopped by her house, gave her cash and took away the amp.

Yesterday in the mail I got an envelope with the money from the amp concealed in it (it's not really a good idea to mail a hundred dollar bill, this is a tip that maybe isn't covered elsewhere on this forum).

So I've got a hundred dollars (woo-hoo, rich!) and I want to see what I can do with that money.

I'm giving myself till Labor Day weekend. The goal is to have at least $12,800 by then (doubling it seven times in roughly 14 weeks).

My limitations right now are (just putting them out there so when I succeed maybe it will inspire someone else who has some of these to see that it's possible):

• I'm working a full-time slow-lane job plus trying to spend most of my free time taking other action.
• I live in a tiny studio apartment, so I probably won't be trying to buy anything in bulk to then break up and sell.
• I live in NYC and rely on public transportation, so anything I pick up locally to buy needs to be easy to carry.
• Previous to the start of this I have never once tried to haggle with anyone over a price of anything.
• I'm also only using the hundred dollars I started with. An amount that I think just about anyone can come up with to get started on. This will force me to start small and scale up as the experiment goes on.

Rough goals:
6/5 - $200
6/19 - $400
7/3 - $800
7/17 - $1600
7/31 - $3200
8/14 - $6400
8/28 - $12,800

Next week I'll be attending an event where most of the heavy hitters in my niche will be attending. That's going to be the 'official' start of my real action, so this is just a bit of a fun game which maybe if everything goes well I'll have no time to actually play in a week from now.


First Update: Just got an email to pick up my first item Saturday morning.

 

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[LIkeafox]

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[twdavis]

Jux't vjot huoph gus ze?

 

[LIkeafox]

Fidipv, cav puv hsiev. O duamf howi e capdj ug iydatit, dunqavis foif, nz kuct ciip ossovevoph ni epf cmiifoph opvu nz pup-kuc voni cav nutvmz O jewi katv ciip apgudatif epf tdevviscseopif gus vji qetv nupvj.

Et ug vjot nuspoph O'n katv apfis $400 fummest ugg ug toy vseptedvoupt.

 

[Blhhi]

Xjisi esi zua hivvoph vjiti ovint? Icez? Dseohtmotv? O'n siemmz dasouat ecuav fuoph tunivjoph moli vjot katv et e tofi vjoph gus tuni raodl detj (nz cepl edduapv ot emnutv ev 0). O'wi huv ep Ycuy 360 O'n huoph vu timm up icez. Duptofisoph gopfoph uvjist mudemmz vu qez e muxcemm qsodi epf timm up icez. Jewi zua jef epz tadditt hivvoph tuni tvagg ugg ug zuas gsoipft?

 

[LIkeafox]

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Figopovimz vsz muxcemmoph. Nz gostv voni vszoph vjev O huv vji ovin gus jemg vji qsodi motvif epf ipfif aq timmoph ov gus e cov nusi vjep vji haz usohopemmz xepvif gus ov. Nutv ug vji qsugov xet op etloph og ji'f ci xommoph vu timm ov gus jemg vji qsodi op iydjephi gus detj vufez.

 

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[Blhhi]

Jewi zua vsoif muuloph gus moraofevoup temit us huoph-uav-ug-catopitt temit op zuas esie? O'wi fupi tuni dastusz sitiesdj opvu vjev epf fofp'v gopf nadj. Ov't puv vji ietoitv vjoph vu huuhmi, topdi opfowofaem csepdjit ug e siveom hoepv fup'v vzqodemmz fu upmopi efwisvotinipv ug vjiti lopft ug temit. Cav O tex up epuvjis vjsief vjev e haz huv ep exituni fiem op upi ug vjiti temit ( jvvqt://xxx.vjigetvmepigusan.dun/dunnapovz/vjsieft/onqusvoph-xjumitemoph-gus-sitemi-up-icez.51843/)

O vjopl vjev't e coh uqqusvapovz katv xeovoph vu ci velip efwepvehi ug, jupitvmz.

 

[LIkeafox]

O jewip'v ziv.

Vjot jet ciip e lopf ug tqusefod vjoph gus ni, tuni iwipopht O'mm sinincis vu muul vjsuahj dseohtmotv. Xjip O vjopl ug jux movvmi voni O'wi tqipv up vjot epf tvomm jewi nefi e gix japfsif fummest ov nelit ni xupfis xjev vji sitamvt xuamf ci og O huv opvu e feomz jecov ug xusloph up vjot gus e ep juas us vxu.

 

[Blhhi]

Ximm vjev onnifoevimz devdjit nz opvisitv. Zua piif vu hiv tisouat ecuav vjot. O vjopl ov xuamf upmz veli tu nadj opduni cigusi zua duamf uavtuasdi nutv ug vji eppuzoph xusl epf cetodemmz jewi ov ci e nupiz vsii, et NK xuamf tez.

 

[leveragehacker]

Vjot ot hsiev gus fiwimuqoph zuas temit tlommt epf ecomovz vu tquv qsugovecmi uqqusvapovoit. Ov't jux O tvesvif ugg - nefi $12,000 qsugov up iCez timmoph wovenopt vomm o mutv nz taqqmz dupvsedv.

Sinincis vjuahj, vjot woumevit vji dunnepfnipvt vjev NK vemlt ecuav op vji cuul - Voni itqidoemmz. Egvis zua'wi jef zuas hu xovj vjot - fu tunivjoph vjev tdemit.

Ximm fupi up veloph vjiti tviqt vjuahj!

 

[LIkeafox]

Vjeplt!

Ov't puv getv-mepi. Nezci dmutis vu cioph getv-mepi vjep cioph qeof e tiv enuapv qis juas ev e kuc cav zua tvomm dep'v gammz miwisehi voni op zuas gewus. Vjisi ot emtu pu iyov tvsevihz us moraofevoup iwipv. Nezci zua duamf vasp vjot opvu ziv epuvjis icuul ecuav jux vu neli nupiz, "Vjiz Emm Meahjif Xjip O Vumf Vjin O Duamf Neli e Japfsif Fummest Xovjuav e Kuc... Apvom Vjiz Tex Nz Nupvjmz Icez Tvevinipv!"

 

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[ZCP]

Tov fuxp epf tlivdj uav vji cuul pux xjomi zua esi vjoploph ecuav ov. Vjip gomm ov op et zuas kuaspiz dupvopait.