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2006-12-21 15:58:26 · 17 answers · asked by Andrea 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Sometimes it helps to break any big job (saving $200) into smaller parts. Think about this: In the next 2 months there are 8 weekends. Each weekend has 2 days. That's 16 days.
If you can earn $18.75 during each of those days, You'll have your $300 in 2 months. Make that your goal. Just avoid the temptation to spend between now and then.
Don't think about making money during the school week. Keep your grades up while you do this, and you will really have accomplished something.
Good luck!
2006-12-21 16:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by John L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you have a friend or neighbor works in an office they may need some odd-jobs done, like filing or shedding documents or copying stuff. If they paid as little as $5 per hour you could get that working 2 hours a day 5 days a week. Better yet, try to get weekend hours.
Also, even though lots of bigger stores won't hire you, some smaller local stores need extra help at x-mas. Maybe you could pick up $50 wrapping presents for people at a specialty store at the local mall. If they don't have gift-wrapping services, bring some paper, bows and tape (and a big x-mas smile will help too) with you and work for tips! You probably won't get all $300 that way, but it's a fast way to make some dough in the next 2-3 days.
Maybe you could offer to babysit over New Year's Eve. Lots of folks want to stay out extra late at a party, so you might be able to make some extra that way too.
2006-12-22 00:12:14 · answer #2 · answered by forty-two 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
WARNING!
Stay away from CashCreate, Treasure Trooper and other survey Web sites.
It is a waste of time and will cause you unhappiness.
If you choose to be suckered in and sign up to take surveys and receive, free trials considered you were warned. The minute you give them your credit card and personal information you have now opened your computer to unwanted cookies on your hard drive, annoying pop-up windows and if you are on a PC you open your computer to viruses that can wipe you out.
A lot of work to collect the "reward payments" that payout is not worth the effort over time. You will need to sign up for many types of offers, most of which require you to use a credit card. You start a week trial service with varies types of businesses or services, such as, an Internet service provider, book club, credit monitoring service, etc. to get your reward. If you don't cancel the trial, you end up being charged for the service and each service has different rules about how and when you can cancel. Very cumbersome!
Since you will need to sign up for at least a dozen offers before you get to $100 in rewards, it's very easy to forget what you have signed up for, or the problems you will have canceling in time to to be charged the full amount. The Cash Create recruiters you see here over exaggerate how much money you can earn because once you've done the high-dollar trials ($8-10 each) once, you are left with small rewards of a dollar or two. The survey business is not an efficient way to make money and you are more than likely to loose in the end.
2006-12-24 21:12:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if you live where it snows. Get your shovel or your parents snow blower and start knocking on doors and doing there drive ways. If you live where it is warm get out the lawn mower. You can make some money there. If you live were you have bottle return go to the park and collect cans 5 cents adds up. OR you can get a baby sitting job. Good Luck.
2006-12-22 00:05:48 · answer #4 · answered by marie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, had his first business at about your age.
He went door-to-door selling garbage bags,
You can babysit, or mow lawns, or throw newspapers...OR
You can think outside of the ordinary and provide a useful service to people need it and who will reward your cleverness.
You could walk dogs for vacationers and shut ins. You could make grocery runs for elderly people who don't get out much. You could sell your old toys in a Yard sale.
You could do something just as original as selling garbage bags door to door.
Good luck.
2006-12-22 00:10:13 · answer #5 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baby-sitting is always a good way to go, help around the house and ask your parents for an allowance, set up somewhere to save your money so that you don't spend it, ask if your parents will match what you make (so you'd only have to make roughly $150.00), go around the neighborhood and see if someone will pay you to do any odd jobs like housework or yardwork...
2006-12-22 00:06:28 · answer #6 · answered by short1_86 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Like the previous poster said, you could babysit, pet sit, house sit, and even do some house cleaning. Also auto-detailing. you might start with mom and dad to see if they'll increase (or give you one if you don't already have one) your allowance if you start doing more chores.
Good luck!
2006-12-22 00:05:34 · answer #7 · answered by tulsasfynestdyme 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babysitting, car washing, shovel snow, ask Mom how much she would pay for you to clean the house or do other jobs around the house.
2006-12-22 06:20:38 · answer #8 · answered by waggy_33 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Babysit, watch pets for people, walk dogs, take care of pets when people go on vacation, wash cars, clean peoples houses or yards.
2006-12-22 00:06:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
baby sit through Christmas, New Years Eve and Valentine's Day.
that should do it
2006-12-22 00:55:21 · answer #10 · answered by MST 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋