More people selling blood, becoming egg donors

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jim695 — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:30:52 GMT

There are always alternative methods of making money, and I found a few that worked for me when I needed them. However, as I mentioned, I would NOT choose to re-live that part of my life, because it was a very difficult adjustment period. There's no question that I learned a great deal from it; that year-long exercise taught me the value of a dollar and how to manage what little money I kept in my pocket after paying my bills. Things became much easier after I landed... [ More ]

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ICNUMBERS — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:31:36 GMT

I admire you Jim bcuz 4 most desperate times certainly do cause 4 desperate measures. I 2 often surprise my self w/honest things that I have done to come up w/money. Once I had a rummage sale of all of my own things and I made $450.00 for the weekend and also I had some left over baby milk which I was going to give away but I noticed at the local corner store just how expensive it was and they bought it from me a $150.00 which I'm not 4 sure if that was illegal or not but me being the person who just loves to give everything away it stunned every1 on the profit I made. Which brings me to the phrase God bless the child who got his own. I've never been the one to want to donate things that I just might need and couldn't easily receive and I'm to skitzo to just have my offsprings running all over the place. But I do commend those who do. I think I did it the harder way I adopted. Which was no peaches and cherries.... [ More ]

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emilyg — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:51:30 GMT

Jim - very creative.

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Tenaj — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:41:44 GMT

Jim695 - I admire people who can "hussle" without breaking the law.

Comment #3

jim695 — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:19:36 GMT

Anyway, the whole thing worked because both of those people were sitting at home waiting for their phones to ring; they don't bother checking the corresponding ads for the item one person wants to sell, or for the item the other person wants to buy. On an average day I could make thirty or forty dollars for an afternoon's work, but even higher profits were not uncommon; people go NUTS for used baby furniture and bunk beds. Here's another trick I learned, although I do... [ More ]

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time*treat — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:10:39 GMT

This is what came to mind when I saw konane's "How to Achieve Wealth from the Inside Out" ;-)

Comment #1

ToadSchmode — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:31:06 GMT

Original Blog Entry: More people selling blood, becoming egg donors

justxploring — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:18:05 GMT

This story was on the 11:00 news tonight.

In these tough economic times, people are turning to alternative ways to make money. The number of women selling their eggs has increased by 30% this year. Some qualified donors are paid as much as $7,000. A more drastic measure is to become a surrogate, which can pay up to $25,000. However, the most common way to use your body to make a quick $20 to $50 (legally) is to sell your blood. One session will fill up your gas tank. Being a test subject for medical research is another way to pay some bills.

Selling a vital organ like a kidney will get you $50,000 but that's not legal.

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