a lot of illegal activities... IF YOU N'AM SAYIN'
actually made a lot more than im making with IM lol
actually made a lot more than im making with IM lol
Ways you hustled before this
- Thread starter Dr_Ngo
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I made some good bank on Diablo 2 back in the day, used to own one of the largest online stores and had hackers that exclusively sold items to me. It was pretty good money for a 15 year old (over $2k a week profit).
Selling replicas if you blow up too much better to go offshore in HK, get Chinese citizenship.
I will share too:
5 years old - Found $10 in the play ground. I pocketed it and spent it.
7 years old - Got tired of hustlin so I started stealing shit. Got caught.
11 years old - Sold ROMS & Emulators on floppy drives. Parent and Teachers give me a scare. Profit ends.
18 years old - Took nulled php scripts, recode and sell. Profits but pussies out when some people file disputes.
22 years old - niggahat
My biggest check from Alladvantage was in the $300 range which bought me my first playstation. Had to spam the fuck out of AOL chatrooms for days to get that one
ahhhh the late 90s...I miss em...
I remember running the bots all day....however was pissed off when earning was $50 only. FIFTY FUCKING DOLLARS FOR ALL THAT TIME WASTED.
To anybody who cares:
Sold some illegal stuff that makes you happy, lazy, paranoid, talk too much, etc..You know what the fuck i'm talking about.
Anyways, did that for about 3 years until 3 fuckers invaded my apartment and robbed me at gunpoint. Asked me where the cash was, told them i put it in the bank. They never thought to check inside my fold-able table (The kind that lifts up and has secret compartments). Well, they tried to blow my fucking brains out, but the gun jammed.
Since then, I don't do that shit no more. Learned a lot of business sense, as well as some common sense. Use that in my everyday hustle now (SEO FTW).
Fuck you if you don't believe me, True story.
Sold some illegal stuff that makes you happy, lazy, paranoid, talk too much, etc..You know what the fuck i'm talking about.
Anyways, did that for about 3 years until 3 fuckers invaded my apartment and robbed me at gunpoint. Asked me where the cash was, told them i put it in the bank. They never thought to check inside my fold-able table (The kind that lifts up and has secret compartments). Well, they tried to blow my fucking brains out, but the gun jammed.
Since then, I don't do that shit no more. Learned a lot of business sense, as well as some common sense. Use that in my everyday hustle now (SEO FTW).
Fuck you if you don't believe me, True story.
I used to play a lot, and went to all the big tourneys - regionals, nationals, the Pro Tours, and once to Worlds (where I met my wife). I did okay; but I was mostly known for some famous decks I created.
Hustling-wise, I used to buy Magic collections from people and resell on the newsgroups and then eBay when it came into existence, making huge ROI. I used to also go to all the Magic conventions and do lots of trading and almost always getting the better end of the deal.
Did a lot of the Get Paid to Surf stuff, getting people in my downlines and also selling signups to other people using PPC on Netflip.com.
And a bunch of other stuff I can't remember or one timers, like selling some online characters, baseball cards, and a few not so legal things: changing price tags on merchandise in stores, buying it for cheap, then turning around and returning it for full price, and "trojan horsing" stuff out of stores, where I'd find some merchandise with a big box with lots of room, fill it with smaller, expensive stuff, and then tape the box shut and buy it.
Hustling-wise, I used to buy Magic collections from people and resell on the newsgroups and then eBay when it came into existence, making huge ROI. I used to also go to all the Magic conventions and do lots of trading and almost always getting the better end of the deal.
Did a lot of the Get Paid to Surf stuff, getting people in my downlines and also selling signups to other people using PPC on Netflip.com.
And a bunch of other stuff I can't remember or one timers, like selling some online characters, baseball cards, and a few not so legal things: changing price tags on merchandise in stores, buying it for cheap, then turning around and returning it for full price, and "trojan horsing" stuff out of stores, where I'd find some merchandise with a big box with lots of room, fill it with smaller, expensive stuff, and then tape the box shut and buy it.
Nice. How do you check whether it's really gold?
What was the ebay glitch, out of interest? Assuming they've closed it?
Same, in year 8, (minus the rollerskates) until on my first trip, I refused to sell a £20 figure to someone because they were being a piece of shit, the little shit told on me. End of that. And I would have got £400 for that one trip if it wasn't for that. How did you do it? I went in on one of those play days, where you bring your stuff, I put my stuff in a big ikea bag. Over the course of the day, bundled everything into that. Easy, since all the staff were retards, and there was only one security cam (pointing at the £1 tins of PAINT!) and no security barriers.
Anyways, apart from that,
year 5, age ~10, bought loads of toxic wastes (this really sour sweet thing) each day from a local newsagents, £1 each. Sold them at school, normally 20-30 a day, £2 each. Easy money, never got in trouble
year 8, age 13, warhammer, as above.
year 11, age 16, took textbooks from school classrooms, got my old ones, stole a couple (but not many) and listed on amazon with a friend. £400 in a few weeks, with barely any effort. I got expelled for growing weed shortly after though, and some retards who knew about it asked teachers if that was why I was expelled. Had to pay school back.
I'm now 17 in a weeks time, still hustling
Youngster:
lemonade stand with brownie upsell.
High school:
Traded accounts for the best zero day shit. Burned and resold at school.
Learned how to do piercings from my father.
Woodstock 99:
Bought cases of beer and ice by the truckful. Resold for 2/$5 all day long.
Also pierced.
College:
Rickshaw with cigarette and weed upsells.
Sold "travel certificates" for $5, with $5 on the backend when used.
lemonade stand with brownie upsell.
High school:
Traded accounts for the best zero day shit. Burned and resold at school.
Learned how to do piercings from my father.
Woodstock 99:
Bought cases of beer and ice by the truckful. Resold for 2/$5 all day long.
Also pierced.
College:
Rickshaw with cigarette and weed upsells.
Sold "travel certificates" for $5, with $5 on the backend when used.
Not yet, I still need to get up there. I've been to most of the other berto's around though (filibertos, polibertos, humbertos etc). I was eating federicos like 5x a week at one point, shit is so tasty.
Holy shit, shaved down dreidels. You are in another league Jon.
When I was a kid I pretty much did legit stuff (mowing lawns, walking dogs, raking leaves, etc.) Damn New Jersey Jewish / Midwestern Protestant Farmer parents taught me to work hard I guess. Did pretty well though in the burbs.
In the early 80s a friend got a modem and we ran up a $1200 phone bill dialing into BBSs, trying to see what we could find, scam, etc. Too much watching "war games" I guess. He got grounded when the bill came, so we started using stolen calling card numbers, and somehow that was ok (parents decided on don't ask, don't tell as long as there were no more big bills).
Skipped years of bad fast food jobs by lying about knowing how to use QuarkXpress at age 17 and getting a graphics job. Had to figure that shit out fast, been in the computer industry ever since...
Started working for an ISP in 1995, did plenty well but lots of stupid missed opportunities too. At least the Internet is never boring.
this thread brings back memories when i was around 10-13, my mom would also bring me to sams club or costco and i'd get candy, gum, etc. our school had a snack bar thing, i would buy the same candy sold at this shop and sell it for less. still made huge profits, though. bought the PS1 and a 27'' tube tv with earnings. eventually the school found out and told me not to sell it anymore. had to go underground with it.
when i got my first job, i would lend at-the-age (16 or so) large amounts of money to friends that needed it, and would charge maybe 15 bucks interest on 300 bucks. undercut payday loan places, helping out friends. always got paid.
when i got my first job, i would lend at-the-age (16 or so) large amounts of money to friends that needed it, and would charge maybe 15 bucks interest on 300 bucks. undercut payday loan places, helping out friends. always got paid.
My friend had this happen to him, and fell for it. Now owns $300 worth of WORTHLESS speakers. Poor guy.