A $100 Hour – Cleaning Out Your Space
Posted on November 18, 2008
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Do you have a hobby? If so, chances are that you have accumulated lots of stuff related to your hobby over the years. How much stuff do you have? If you’re like me, maybe quite a lot. How much of it do you think you don’t need? If you’re like me, maybe you think you still need all of it. I’m a pack rat, and I hate getting rid of stuff I’ve accumulated. However, if you go through your hobby stuff, you may just find that you can in fact find some stuff you’d be willing to part with after all. As it turns out, parting with this stuff can bring in a good amount of cash – $100 or more is easy, depending on your hobby.
For example, one of my hobbies is model railroading. I tend to only buy things I like, so I only get rid of things if I can convince myself I’m never going to use them. Last week I found a brass locomotive part – we’re talking a small piece of cast brass about 1/2 x 3 inches – and managed to sell it on EBay for $71. I’ll admit I was shocked by how much it went for went for. A few other train items I sold the same week easily put me over $100 even after paying the EBay and Paypal fees.
I suppose it could be argued that this isn’t really income, because it doesn’t take into account what I spent on the stuff originally. I disagree. The money spent is money that is long gone, forgotten about, income from an earlier period in my life. The $100 or so in my bank account sure looks like extra income for the month.
What are your hobbies and interests? Look around and see what you have. You just might be surprised at how much stuff you can get rid of, and how much money it might bring in. I’m not talking about monetizing your hobby – that will be a topic for another post – just getting rid of hobby items you no longer have a use for.
Cheers,
Ken
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