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08-28-2009, 10:49 PM
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I thought this would be a good thread.
One of my ideas was selling cannabis. But I hear there is a lot of competition.
Would also like to hear computer related methods as I'm going to study computer science.
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The question largely depends on where you're "srudying".
Selling pot isn't going to do it for you - as you said, there's already too many sellers in the market. On the other hand, those sellers may be of use to you later on.
Throwing a massive, monthly party is a great way to make money while you're in school. Gather a mailing list (or better still a "text list") of people in your school and tell them to come to "wherever" on whatever night for a HUGE party. Charge $15-20 to get in (girls get in free) and sell drinks and food to cover their own costs (minimal profit on consumables - the money is in the "cover fee").
Such monthly parties can clear $5000 without breaking a sweat.
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Originally Posted by samthehacker  I thought this would be a good thread.
One of my ideas was selling cannabis. But I hear there is a lot of competition.
Would also like to hear computer related methods as I'm going to study computer science.
Oh yeah, fuck getting a part time job. | You're going to college and can't even think of a way to make money? You deserve no help here. |
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A good start would be to shop lift. Like condoms and sell them or you could just shop lift food and keep it |
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Pahaha selling condoms is the worst idea ive ever heard. you must be about 12.
As for weed, you could make a lot of money if you can get good weed. You're looking at spending around 180 per OZ of high grade, put them into 1 gram draws and you will make £280 (£10 per gram). People WILL buy this if its genuinely good weed. But the way you asked about the whole thing, i seriously doubt you will last 5 minutes drug dealing. |
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Originally Posted by tomone Pahaha selling condoms is the worst idea ive ever heard. you must be about 12.
As for weed, you could make a lot of money if you can get good weed. You're looking at spending around 180 per OZ of high grade, put them into 1 gram draws and you will make £280 (£10 per gram). People WILL buy this if its genuinely good weed. But the way you asked about the whole thing, i seriously doubt you will last 5 minutes drug dealing. | Won't I have to weigh them up at 1.4 grams because im sure thats what the majority of dealers weight them up at and i can get an O for 140-160 of B-52. If Im gonna start slangin skunk I'm gonna start carrying CS gas on me in case anything kicks off. Selling dope isnt that troublesome for someone like me. |
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No one sells high grade at 1.4.
you could shot draws at 0.8 if the weeds good and im telling you people WILL buy it.
You won't make hardly anything of shotting a oz you paid 160 for, if a waste of time unless you line won't stop ringing. |
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Fuck selling weed. You're at a university, find some connects and sell more niche shit. LSD, Shrooms and E are far more niche so theres less competition and its easier to hids/store, theres more profit involved too. In my experience significantly fewer people have connects for said substances then pot or blow. |
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Originally Posted by shetlan Throwing a massive, monthly party is a great way to make money while you're in school. Gather a mailing list (or better still a "text list") of people in your school and tell them to come to "wherever" on whatever night for a HUGE party. Charge $15-20 to get in (girls get in free) and sell drinks and food to cover their own costs (minimal profit on consumables - the money is in the "cover fee").
Such monthly parties can clear $5000 without breaking a sweat. | No college student is going to pay $15-20 cover for a party, anywhere. Good luck with that.
And whoever mentioned selling condoms -- that's the worst idea I've seen on this topic. Most colleges give them away for free.
You want to make money at college? Consider your market. You're living amongst a group of people who want to drink and get things cheap. If you can sell ID's and find a way to cover your ass, you're set. It's a very non-competitive market, considering most people need an "in" to get one.
If that's too risky, consider making counterfeit parking passes for your Uni or surrounding apartment complexes. A lot of colleges offer passes based on credits, so you can corner the market for rich underclassmen with cars. The process of making them is relatively simple if you do your research.  |  |
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Originally Posted by seventy7 No college student is going to pay $15-20 cover for a party, anywhere. Good luck with that. | Wow, you havn't spent much time in college then.
$15 for a "good party" is a bargain.
I know a fellow who throws monthly parties in Walnut Creek (small city in Northern CA); he charges a $20 cover, and the place is packed every time. Quote:
Originally Posted by seventy7 If that's too risky, consider making counterfeit parking passes for your Uni or surrounding apartment complexes. A lot of colleges offer passes based on credits, so you can corner the market for rich underclassmen with cars. The process of making them is relatively simple if you do your research. | So, you should make counterfeit parking passes specifically for people who probably have parking passes already? 
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Originally Posted by shetlan Wow, you havn't spent much time in college then.
$15 for a "good party" is a bargain.
I know a fellow who throws monthly parties in Walnut Creek (small city in Northern CA); he charges a $20 cover, and the place is packed every time.
| Sounds like a lie to me, that other geezers right, who the fuck pays to go to a parties. I'd pay £10 to get into a club (still expensive) and I would only pay that if there was some offer on drinks. If someone put a price on entering their party i would laugh at them a barge straight past them into the house. | | | |
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Originally Posted by tomone Sounds like a lie to me, that other geezers right, who the fuck pays to go to a parties. I'd pay £10 to get into a club (still expensive) and I would only pay that if there was some offer on drinks. | Thank you tomone you've just proven me right. £10 is equivalent to $16 dollars. For that matter, you paid $16 to go to some kid's houseparty. Quote:
Originally Posted by tomone If someone put a price on entering their party i would laugh at them a barge straight past them into the house. | ^ That's the kind of BS I expect from a 12 year old tomone - I expect better from you.
So apparently none of you have ever been to a rave - evidenced by you thinking it's in a house. You're not throwing a house party, like some kid whos parents are out of town or a bunch of clue-less frat boys .
The idea is to assemble a take-down night club - for which you'll need a much larger location than a house.
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Wow, you havn't spent much time in college then.
$15 for a "good party" is a bargain.
I know a fellow who throws monthly parties in Walnut Creek (small city in Northern CA); he charges a $20 cover, and the place is packed every time.
| Funny you should remark about my college education, or apparent lack thereof. I'll be graduating this year. Around here, five dollars is the standard for a cup. Then again, I've never seen any parties where they serve food as part of the "cover". For that kind of money though, I'd expect strippers or something. It just seems outrageous and I've never heard of it happening around here. Good for your buddy, though. Quote: |
So, you should make counterfeit parking passes specifically for people who probably have parking passes already?
| Please go back and read what I said again. I'll recap: many colleges require a certain amount of credits and charge an exorbitant amount of money for on-campus parking. Parking passes, usually in the form of a window decal or rearview mirror hanger, are not hard at all to duplicate. If you sold to underclassmen who aren't allowed cars on campus, you could monopolize the market. You could also just sell to eligible upperclassmen who don't feel like paying the Uni a ton of money for a pass. You could charge half as much as the school and still turn a decent profit, considering the low production costs.
A lot of people also have friends/boyfriends/girlfriends off-campus at apartment complexes. Around here, these places ticket, tow, and sometimes even have a police blockade at the entrance to the complexes (the parties can get out of hand). I'm sure there are people out there who'd want to save themselves the hassle of getting visitor passes or not being able to park somewhere like that. Quote: |
One could try doing some research studies, or some other ideas in Stop Paying for Shit: The College Edition.
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I think this topic has a lot of potential, if people would just bounce real, intelligent ideas around.
Not to pat my own back, but I find my parking pass idea to be pretty solid. Having done it solely for personal use, I can tell you that they are not at all hard to make. I kept it quiet and only made them for a few close friends (for free) a few years ago, but they had people asking how they got them.
A lot of off-campus property owners will charge students ridiculous amounts of money to park if they can't get a pass through the university. Kids will pay it, so I see no reason why my idea wouldn't work. Maybe someone else can chime in with suggestions or hypothetical situations?
I can't think of a better way to make money at a university than selling novelty ID's, but you'd have to have a sophisticated way of doing it with levels of protection. You'd need a middleman and probably a safe, disconnected spot to store the equipment. That being said, I'm sure you could potentially make TONS of fucking money. It's incredibly risky, and it all depends on what you're comfortable doing to make money.
If morals aren't really an issue, you could always steal textbooks, ipods, and other valuable items. Colleges are ripe with commuter and resident parking lots. How about some car shopping?
You could also go entirely legit. I've managed to land a few pretty sweet on campus jobs. I'm talking about the kind of job where you do nothing. If you're gonna sit on your ass and do nothing anyway, why not just get paid for it? Bring your computer, do your homework, etc. Do you have a particular skill? You could also freelance. Fix peoples' computers on campus, set up their access to the university network. People will pay you money to resolve their most retarded IT troubles. If you're a good writer, you could also offer your services as a proofreader. Bilingual? Proofread other languages, translate, or tutor. | | | | |
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Originally Posted by seventy7 Funny you should remark about my college education, or apparent lack thereof. I'll be graduating this year. | I graduated several years back, then went off to Iraq followed by Afganistan. Quote:
Originally Posted by seventy7 Around here, five dollars is the standard for a cup. Then again, I've never seen any parties where they serve food as part of the "cover". | Food isn't part of the cover, not "real food' anyway. Chips, salsa, and the alike would be too cheap to bother charging for whereas drinks would be charged just like they are at any bar or club. Quote:
Originally Posted by seventy7 For that kind of money though, I'd expect strippers or something. It just seems outrageous and I've never heard of it happening around here. Good for your buddy, though. | If you expect strippers for a $20 cover - you're dreaming. The alternative to strippers is the simple "girls get in free" policy. This can be coupled with a "girls drink free" policy to attract larger numbers.
Why hire women to dance for money when you can get them to dance for free?
The monthly parties in Walnut Creek have become something of a second job for him. He's 28 and has been throwing them since he was a junior. Quote:
Originally Posted by seventy7 Please go back and read what I said again. I'll recap: many colleges require a certain amount of credits and charge an exorbitant amount of money for on-campus parking. Parking passes, usually in the form of a window decal or rearview mirror hanger, are not hard at all to duplicate. If you sold to underclassmen who aren't allowed cars on campus, you could monopolize the market. You could also just sell to eligible upperclassmen who don't feel like paying the Uni a ton of money for a pass. You could charge half as much as the school and still turn a decent profit, considering the low production costs.
A lot of people also have friends/boyfriends/girlfriends off-campus at apartment complexes. Around here, these places ticket, tow, and sometimes even have a police blockade at the entrance to the complexes (the parties can get out of hand). I'm sure there are people out there who'd want to save themselves the hassle of getting visitor passes or not being able to park somewhere like that. | Interesting, but it sounds like a hard sell.
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09-10-2009, 11:32 PM
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If you don't see the "profit" in it...then you've never partied in Cali!! Walnut Creek is not far from where I live, and there are more city colleges and universities in the Bay Area than I could ever list. I've been to "gigs" near SFSU that had 800 to 1000 people that just "showed up" because word got around and the "door" charge was 20 bucks and it came with a free hit of "E"...you do the math 1000 X 20 = $20,000 So, tell me, where is the profit?? Oh....it's RIGHT THERE!!! Hey Shet, PM me, I'd like some info on these parties in Walnut Creek!! |
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Originally Posted by spunone69 the "door" charge was 20 bucks and it came with a free hit of "E"... | That sounds a lot more feasible. Are things that different in Cali that kids are willing to throw down $20 just to party? There's something I'm not seeing here. |
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No, you're not missing anything. Most State Universities/Cali State institutions are extremely expensive. The majority of the students are basically "rich" kids, so spending $20 at the door is nothing to them. If you ever get to SF and try to hit a decent club on Thurs/Fri/Sat, you could pay twice that just to get in unless you "know" somebody. Don't get me wrong, there are some clubs that have cheap or no cover charge, but in essence, you get what you pay for. |
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Originally Posted by shetlan I graduated several years back, then went off to Iraq followed by Afganistan. | How, again, could you, at 22, have "graduated several years ago"? It is four years for a BS--that makes it 18 + 4=22; then "Iraq, Afgahanistan"?
This is chronologically impossible, unless you got an A.S. from a community college (nothing wrong with that  ; then it would be possible--"Several" is "more than two". Now, who is expecting us to be idiots and swallow this whole like some toad? 
I will agree that most universities are full of "rich" kids. The "richer" ones are in Fraternities. When I went, I wouldn't have thought $15-$20 was too bad, even then. |
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On the party idea. Don't target uni students. High school students have much more disposisble income and if you sell beer at the party then all the under 18s will be desperate to get in. You would have to make it a good party though. Put work into the sound and maybe get a strob light, as there are lots of open parties ever thursday, friday and saterday night that are open and free. Here afterball parties are popular and people pay up to $75 (NZ) to get in, so I can see this being popluar. Just get ready to deal with "gangs" and fights.
Also go to the local tinny and say they can sell their stuff at the party if you get a little green (weed or money) out of it
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Originally Posted by bloodlusta Also go to the local tinny and say they can sell their stuff at the party if you get a little green (weed or money) out of it | That's what I meant by "those sellers may be of use to you later on".
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It really depends which clubs...I used to work at the SoundFactory in the 90's and back then it was $10 to $15 for a decent "private" party...the more "upscale" clubs can easily cost you $40 at the door...but the "party" clubs in general have a $10 to $20 cover (21 and up usually)... | | I would | |
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I would sell Fake Id's. First, I would get a contact in a Sorority house. Girls tend to be smarter about these things than guys. Security would be key. I would never communicate over the phone. Only through secure e-mail and in person. Provide her with everything she will need to get going. Digital Camera, paperwork for people to fill out with what ever info they want, and to get the person's sig for the ID. She deals with the customers and the cash. You just make the ID's. You charge her anywhere from $50 to $75 for the ID to be made and she can pocket whatever she sells the ID's for herself.
Have a premade alibi for you contact. Just someone on the internet. Find a random site selling ID's and if she ever gets pinched. That is where she tells them she got them. Go over the alibi before hand and make sure you are both clear on it.
It would be smart for you to find an off site secure place to actually make the ID's. I would say a storage facility with power. Now making ID's can be challenging so before you start selling make sure you can make a quality ID.
The hardest part is keeping the secret to your self. Most people want to boast of their accomplishments. But if you truly just want to make money you keep your mouth shut. You tell no one but your contact. | | | | |
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Originally Posted by CheBird I would sell Fake Id's. First, I would get a contact in a Sorority house. Girls tend to be smarter about these things than guys. Security would be key. I would never communicate over the phone. Only through secure e-mail and in person. Provide her with everything she will need to get going. Digital Camera, paperwork for people to fill out with what ever info they want, and to get the person's sig for the ID. She deals with the customers and the cash. You just make the ID's. You charge her anywhere from $50 to $75 for the ID to be made and she can pocket whatever she sells the ID's for herself.
Have a premade alibi for you contact. Just someone on the internet. Find a random site selling ID's and if she ever gets pinched. That is where she tells them she got them. Go over the alibi before hand and make sure you are both clear on it.
It would be smart for you to find an off site secure place to actually make the ID's. I would say a storage facility with power. Now making ID's can be challenging so before you start selling make sure you can make a quality ID.
The hardest part is keeping the secret to your self. Most people want to boast of their accomplishments. But if you truly just want to make money you keep your mouth shut. You tell no one but your contact. | 1: The "alibi" is completely unnecessary - it's also not an alibi.
2: Communication via e-mail is far less secure than communication through burn phones.
3: Not dealing with customers yourself is one thing, letting someone else set your prices and pitch your product is quite another.
Other than that, it's not a bad idea, it just isn't going to make all that much money. most people Junior and up don't need a fake ID and the percentage of freshmen and sophmores that buy them from you isn't going to be high enough to make a living.
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Originally Posted by bloodlusta On the party idea. Don't target uni students. High school students have much more disposisble income and if you sell beer at the party then all the under 18s will be desperate to get in. | Remember that the drinking age in the States is 21 though. Income aside, lots of university students can't legally buy beer. Hence fake IDs is big business too.
As for the rave idea, it will be difficult to make people pay if you're doing it in the woods. They'll essentially be doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. The free E is an idea though. I'd build on that. |
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Originally Posted by headcase Remember that the drinking age in the States is 21 though. Income aside, lots of university students can't legally buy beer. Hence fake IDs is big business too.
. | Since When is the drinking age 21? (I don't dare post on the Drinking age in Ireland.) I Know it is 18 in Kansas; possibly a few other states. Google it. Some campuses are dry; like Cal Poly SLO--but, just Some. Not " lots". Some students avoid dry campuses intentionally.
Now, the buying age is 21...but D.A. varies from state to state.
At Cal Poly, some Nazi "Dorm Rep" told me to take down my Miller sign. I called him a pusillanimus puke; there was no rule against it.
Since I was a bit older; I bought beer for the kids I liked, at a small profit to me.
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Originally Posted by headcase Remember that the drinking age in the States is 21 though. Income aside, lots of university students can't legally buy beer. Hence fake IDs is big business too.
As for the rave idea, it will be difficult to make people pay if you're doing it in the woods. They'll essentially be doing it out of the kindness of their hearts. The free E is an idea though. I'd build on that. | I've got to ask - where did "in the woods" come from?
Incidentally, the difference between the drinking age and the buying age doesn't make that much of a difference. Going to a club still requires one to be 21 (as he must be 21 to buy) and most of the states that allow drinking at 18 require that it be in the privacy of one's own home (or similar stipulation).
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Originally Posted by ninefingers Since When is the drinking age 21? (I don't dare post on the Drinking age in Ireland.) I Know it is 18 in Kansas; possibly a few other states. Google it. Some campuses are dry; like Cal Poly SLO--but, just Some. Not "lots". Some students avoid dry campuses intentionally.
Now, the buying age is 21...but D.A. varies from state to state.
At Cal Poly, some Nazi "Dorm Rep" told me to take down my Miller sign. I called him a pusillanimus puke; there was no rule against it.
Since I was a bit older; I bought beer for the kids I liked, at a small profit to me. | It's 21 all across the states. Check your facts. | |
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