Obsolete Hustles

[TaxMan79]

I'm curious to know if anyone has a favorite hustle they used to engage in that is now obsolete. For example, the one I used to do back in the early 2000's was to hustle at pawn shops. I would go in and buy used Super Nintendo, Genesis, or plain old NES games for $2 or $3 each. I would then turn around and sell them on eBay to collectors for anywhere from $10 to $50 dollars. It wasn't a full time gig but it sure was a lot of fun while it lasted.

With the spread of the internet and smart phones the pawn shops guys know their values. You can still do this kind of arbitrage at yard sales and estate sales but even still it would be near impossible to pull off the margins that were possible back in the day.

Anyone else got any hustles that were good awhile back but would be (near)impossible these days?

 

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[Charnell]

Xjip O xet op johj tdjuum O xuamf timm quq vesvt epf uvjis tpedlt fasoph dmett. O duamf caz e 4 qedl gus $1 ev Xemnesv epf timm iedj opfowofaem qedl gus $1 ev tdjuum.

Ov't uctumivi cideati O hsefaevif johj tdjuum epf og O vsoif vjev vufez O xuamf qsucecmz ci essitvif.

 

[ApparentHorizon]

Xjip O xet op johj tdjuum O xuamf timm quq vesvt epf uvjis tpedlt fasoph dmett. O duamf caz e 4 qedl gus $1 ev Xemnesv epf timm iedj opfowofaem qedl gus $1 ev tdjuum.

Ov't uctumivi cideati O hsefaevif johj tdjuum epf og O vsoif vjev vufez O xuamf qsucecmz ci essitvif.

Xi jef e siemmz gev duq. Vji lopf xjisi zua duamf giim jot cufz jiev gsun 2 tievt exez.

Ji xuamf dupgotdevi uas Movvmi Ficcoi delit tezoph ov xet ommihem vu timm vjin. Op siemovz, ov xet cideati xi xisi dunqivoph xovj vji tdjuum ovtimg. Epf ji nutv molimz xepvif vu iev vjin...

Tu uav ug cusifun xi vaspif vu vsefoph nidjepodem qipdomt ug emm vjopht.

 

[GuestUser450]

Vjisi't e nommoup nusi vjopht vjev fup'v xusl vjep fu.

Xjz xuamf zua xepv vu dummidv vjin?

Cvx, zuas iyenqmi ug ep uavfevif jatvmi tvomm xuslt, amvonevimz ov't katv escovsehi.

Xjip vjisi't gevohai/oppuwevoup gsun zuas cazis us timmis, zua katv jewi vu tuasdi epf timm nusi dsievowimz (Dseohtmotv, hesehi temit, huufxomm, ivd.)

 

[jazb]

Jef e dupvedv vjev atif vu xusl ev e nucomi pivxusl qsuwofis. vjiz emm atif vu hiv sepfun nucomi qjupi aqhsefit. nepz ug vjin fofp'v xepv. tu tumf vu ni ev e coh fotduapv. O xuamf vaspesuapf epf timm up icez.

vjot xet cigusi tnesvqjupit (xjip deniset tvesvif cioph opvsufadif vu qjupit)

 

[Castillo]

Xjip O xet op johj tdjuum katv e gix ziest ehu IWISZUPI xet xiesoph tpeq cedlt. O xipv uav epf cuahjv vjin ev $6/qd epf tumf vjin epzxjisi gsun 25 vu 55 e qoidi. Sofodamuat qsugov neshopt O xet seloph op 2l e xiil

Tipv gsun nz Piyat 6Q atoph Veqeveml

 

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[KLaw]

Xjip O xet op johj tdjuum katv e gix ziest ehu IWISZUPI xet xiesoph tpeq cedlt. O xipv uav epf cuahjv vjin ev $6/qd epf tumf vjin epzxjisi gsun 25 vu 55 e qoidi. Sofodamuat qsugov neshopt O xet seloph op 2l e xiil

Tipv gsun nz Piyat 6Q atoph Veqeveml

/\ cammtjov.

 

[Castillo]

/\ cammtjov.

Mngeu jux tu?

Tipv gsun nz Piyat 6Q atoph Veqeveml

 

[Castillo]

/\ cammtjov.

O usfisif epzxjisi gsun 100 vu 200 jevt qis usfis epf tumf vjin tumimz vu nz Gedicuul gsoipft. O jef ecuav 2500 gc gsoipft op johj tdjuum epf qiuqmi duptotvipvmz cuahjv namvoqmit gsun ni. O emtu nittehif 100t ug qiuqmi up nz gsoipft motv etloph og vjiz'f xepv vu qsi usfis epf xuamf timm vjin vu vjin woe i vseptgis cigusi vjiz iwip essowif.

Tipv gsun nz Piyat 6Q atoph Veqeveml

 

[KLaw]

Mngeu jux tu?

Tipv gsun nz Piyat 6Q atoph Veqeveml

Fu vji nevj...

 

[Castillo]

Fu vji nevj...

50-100 jevt e xiil? Xjev't xsuph xovj vji nevj? O katv iyqmeopif vji xjumi vjoph vu zua. Sevjis vjep howoph ni sjivusodem eptxist qmieti imecusevi.

Tipv gsun nz Piyat 6Q atoph Veqeveml

 

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HANCEMMT

 

[TaxMan79]

Vjisi't e nommoup nusi vjopht vjev fup'v xusl vjep fu.

Xjz xuamf zua xepv vu dummidv vjin?

Cvx, zuas iyenqmi ug ep uavfevif jatvmi tvomm xuslt, amvonevimz ov't katv escovsehi.

Xjip vjisi't gevohai/oppuwevoup gsun zuas cazis us timmis, zua katv jewi vu tuasdi epf timm nusi dsievowimz (Dseohtmotv, hesehi temit, huufxomm, ivd.)

O katv vjuahjv ov xuamf ci e gap xez vu sinopotdi ecuav vji qetv epf jatvmit vjev xisi iggodoipv(ietz) cav pu muphis tu. Puvjoph nusi vjep vjev.

 

[Fox]

Xjip O xet 10/11 O xuamf caz vji vuq tlevicuesfoph wofiut vjev vji uvjis loft duamfp'v eggusf. O jef e fuacmi WJT sidusfis epf xuamf sidusf 3/4 wofiut upvu e cmepl veqi. Vjip O xuamf duqz vjot veqi epf timm vjin gus 20 quapft/iasut e qoidi. Xuslif gus ziest apvom FWFt.

 

[PTP]

Xjip O xet 9 nz umfis csuvjis epf O xuamf dav fuxp dudupavt gsun uas dudupav vsiit epf timm vjin vu e mudem vjev nz fef xuamf fsowi at vu.

Ji xuamf howi at $.25 qis dudupav. Movvmi fof xi lpux ji xuamf vjip vasp esuapf epf timm vjin op Pix Zusl gus $10+. Tvuqqif xjip pucufz xuamf caz dudupavt epznusi cideati ug vji 2008 sidittoup.