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- From: pkrause@triton.unm.edu (Paul Krause CIRT)
- Subject: Re: The Great 1993 $150 Challenge
- Message-ID: <jbzr=rl@lynx.unm.edu>
- Date: Thu, 07 Jan 93 15:07:50 GMT
- Organization: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
- References: <lynx.03rw@surrey.amigans.gen.nz>
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- In article <lynx.03rw@surrey.amigans.gen.nz> lynx@surrey.amigans.gen.nz (Lynsey Gedye) writes:
- > The scenario:
- > A friend of mine, famous for his ability to handle money, has
- > asked me to baby sit $150 for him 'til December. I decided I
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- > The challenge:
- > OK, net.gurus, what's your advice? I figure this is a good
- > exercise to look at with the steady flow of students asking
- > pretty much the same "how can I make some money" question.
- text deleted>
- > So, my fellow entrepreneurs, bankers, lurkers, smirkers, workers,
- > jerkers, wizards and lounge lizards... let's have your proposals -
- >
- > What can you do locally to double your money in ten months?
-
- 1. Visit your local used books stores and see what kind of material they
- stock. Non fiction hardbacks will probably be the most desirable that
- are easy for a novice to identify.
-
- 2. Take the $150 to the next "Friends of the Library" book sale and buy
- books for less than a dollar.
-
- 3. Take the books to two or three used book stores and sell them. You
- should be able to sell a least half of what you bought for twice what
- you paid for all of them.
-
- Paul
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