I don’t know about you, but I hate the thought of landfills ruining our countryside and smelling up our beautiful country. But you know what I hate more? A lack of money. Combining these two hates may just be a great way to make money. You ever notice on your street on garbage pick-up night, all those crazy appliances, bookshelves, and rotten old couches sitting out front? Yeah, ninety percent of the time they ARE old trash, but sometimes people have good stuff that just isn’t worth selling for them. For them, you’ll note I said.
Next time there is a garbage pick-up night, head down to your favorite ritzy side of town and scout out thrown out stuff on the side of the road. It won’t be easy, you might need a spot light, one or two like this will do nicely. Ok, so, you spot a couch or something. What do you do? Hop out and get it!
Oh, you thought it was more difficult than that? It really isn’t. If you need a friend to help, then by all means use one. As a general rule, you probably can’t honestly sell this stuff. Rich people get rich by not throwing away money. The main reason why you are out there is if the item is good, but too big to reasonably ship. If I were you, I’d use Craigslist.com to sell the stuff and leave it in your truck or car so you can deliver it to the person that buys it. Unless, of course, you just want to keep the items for yourself-after a short amount of time, you could have a pretty tricked out apartment or house with some slightly used, slightly abused stuff. What is more bachelor-paddy than that!
Kudos if you are trying to use this method without being a bachelor or bachelorette. I really commend you, but I doubt that if you keep it up (the running around in the middle of the night with a giant searchlight trying to pick up people’s garbage), that your relationship will last that long. But, like I said, kudos for trying.
Ok, so, you’ve pretty much exhausted that outlet, or you want to move on to the next level. Next, you’d want to move on to the corporate level. Any going-out-of-business places, check out back for unwanted equipment, electronics, or employees. You can pick up the first two for free, and the last example you can probably get at a good price. I know you don’t really have any use for strange meat-packing machines or mining machines that can eat bulldozers. This is where the internet will continue to be your friend. Just use www.wotol.com to buy and sell your industrial machines!
I know you don’t believe me now, but honestly, none of these links go to sponsors. I just happen to like buying and selling industrial machines, and I just happen to like www.craigslist.com for buying and selling non-industrial machines and escorts.
But if they ever did want to sponsor me, I would not be against it!
