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Ideas for Money Making!

benjamin_4
benjamin_4 Posts: 21 Forumite
in Debt-free wannabe
I imagine there has been a thread like this before, but haven't been able to find it.

Could anyone share their (legal!) ideas for making extra cash in addition to a full time job. The obvious ones that spring to mind are part time jobs, ebay/car boot sales, but I wondered if anyone had any more creative ideas?

I actually get a nice long holiday over Xmas, and would like to spend the time earning some serious cash to put towards debt - so will be able to devote full time hours to something for approx 6 weeks :D

Thanks!
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  • skintchick
    skintchick Posts: 15,114 Forumite
    Debt-free and Proud!
    What's your job? Can you do it for someone else during your break? I'm a journalist and do shifts at national newspapers to bring in extra money, for example.

    Get a job at a pub/shop as they always need extra staff over Christmas?

    Babysitting/cleaning/odd jobs - advertise in local paper?

    Rent out your house and live at a mate's? *joke*

    Any of that any good?
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  • tom_and_barbara_good
    tom_and_barbara_good Posts: 240 Forumite
    House sitting? (you will have to be vetted by an agency)
    Post Office - mail sorting?
    Bar /restaurant work?
    If I screw my eyes up tight I can just about see where you're coming from
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
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    Take in a lodger or foreign student?
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  • emma_b_4
    emma_b_4 Posts: 1,292 Forumite
    do the catalogue thingys like kleeneezie?

    sell on ebay?
  • black-saturn
    black-saturn Posts: 13,937 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    If your good at baking you could make celebration cakes, decorate them and sell them?
    2008 Comping Challenge
    Won so far - £3010 Needed - £230
    Debt free since Oct 2004
  • monkeylugs
    monkeylugs Posts: 255 Forumite
    have you read this thread on the budgeting board? http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com...ad.html?t=88679

    Also - why don't you see if your library stocks "A Bit on the Side" by Jasmine Birtles - 500 ways to boost your income.
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  • monkeylugs
    monkeylugs Posts: 255 Forumite
    Why doesn't that link work? Well it's in the Budgeting and Bank account board and it's called "A Bit on the Side" and was posted by MSE Martin
    April 2006 - £9790.26dr. DFD - March 2011
  • $17mma
    $17mma Posts: 2,623 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    cant find the "bit on the side" article..

    can you post the link?
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    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=88679
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  • ag359
    ag359 Posts: 333 Forumite
    do the gambling introductory offers detailed on the relevant board?
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