In these hard times, how can I make money fast?

Sell your blood.

Try this thread, this one, and this one. They will have ideas.

And somebody’s going to suggest prostitution. Just you wait.

Lol, I’d sell my body if I thought anyone would be interested. Women generally don’t pay for men. It’s usually the other way around.

By thinking of “these hard times” as “these unusual times with unusual opportunities”. Many people are paralyzed and negative thinking of and talking about the economy being bad, instead of looking for opportunities. Low values mean low prices, for example.

But men pay for men. Go get em killer!

Zaku, I have bills which need paying now. The low prices are not helping.

and NO, I would NEVER consider a man ChazMaz,.... NEVER. Not even if my life depended on it.

You can sell plasma. really. as long as you don’t have any blood diseases.

What kind of price do you get for blood? It’s not something you can do everyday though.

google “sell Plasma” and your city

And old women pay for young men. It is called being a gigolo.

And you might consider donating plasma rather than blood – you can do it more often, up to twice a week if you are healthy.

I know that Robert Rodriguez raised funds for his first film by signing up to be a test subject in various medical experiments. They tend to lock you away for a chunk of time so you can’t have another job or have to go to school, and some of the tests are morbidly interested in various body byproducts, but it is money.

And this site, this site , and this one have some suggestions.

But you also need to watch for hoaxes , deals that seem too good to be true, or deals that want you to invest money up front.

@ChazMaz lol

Selling plasma is no good here. They pay £5 per pint!!! If you’re lucky. By the way if you google “sell plasma” and my city, you get a million results for people selling their plasma tv’s . LOL

Well, then, sell other people’s plasma tvs. As long as you don’t get caught you should make good money. And it will be all in cash and so tax-free.

Got any musical instruments you could sell? It’s surprising how much some go for…

check if there’s going to be a census conducted in your area
it pays well to be a part time cencus taker

Simone, good idea. I’ll try and find out.

You could try picking up free furniture or appliances off of Craigslist, restoring/fixing them, and selling them for a profit.
You could also go through your closet and garage and find whatever old miscelaneous crap you no longer have use for and try to sell that.
Also, I’ve heard that there is money to be made in taking online surveys.

take care of the pennies and the dollars will take care of themslves. £5 is better than £0

“I’ve heard that there is money to be made in taking online surveys.”

There is but not very much. They also have all sorts of rules that mean you can’t get it until you have earned a certain amount. You also get spammed by most of them (not all – Nielsen is okay). If you want to try it, check out this listing .

And £5 per pint means £10 per week that you wouldn’t have had otherwise.

Local research studies. Gigs section of craigslist.com. Temp agencies. Saving by getting food from food bank.

My brother made a fairly good living going through the trash and finding lots of items that he could sell at the flea market on weekends, or on street corners during the week.

You can find free stuff on Craigslist to sell, and also on Freecycle UK.