|
05-19-2022, 03:55 PM | #1 | |
UGH Really?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: I lives wheres I lives.
Posts: 6,332
Trader Rating: (4)
Feedback Score: 4 reviews
|
Side Gigs/Work from home
What do you all do?
I would love to freelance write, but...I have never written for any publications before. I am old and have nothing better to do lol.
__________________
My Review Thread Quote:
|
|
Sponsored Links |
05-19-2022, 05:09 PM | #3 |
Post Whore!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SD County SoCal
Age: 38
Posts: 2,555
Trader Rating: (2)
Feedback Score: 2 reviews
|
I make a few hundred bucks here and there buying stuff at antique stores and reselling it but I don't go to antique stores for the purpose of reselling, I go to them for the purpose of furnishing my home office with more mid-century stuff.
Had a side hustle that did $125k in sales in 2019 but didn't pocket a dime. 2020 was on track to switch to third-party distribution and increase sales but COVID killed the biz- if only we'd re-upped inventory... |
05-19-2022, 05:12 PM | #4 | |
Zilvia Junkie
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Florida
Age: 38
Posts: 362
Trader Rating: (6)
Feedback Score: 6 reviews
|
Quote:
|
|
05-19-2022, 05:21 PM | #5 | ||
UGH Really?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: I lives wheres I lives.
Posts: 6,332
Trader Rating: (4)
Feedback Score: 4 reviews
|
Quote:
Orrrr I find something to resell and then sit on it because "it was a good deal" and that is now how I own 13? saddles..... We probably should have kept all the s chassis stuff and wheels....I would be hella rich now lol
__________________
My Review Thread Quote:
|
||
05-19-2022, 05:37 PM | #6 | |
Post Whore!
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sacramento, CA
Age: 35
Posts: 4,694
Trader Rating: (13)
Feedback Score: 13 reviews
|
Quote:
Find something I like for a good price -> put it on the car -> sell if I don't like it/can't see myself ever using it. I usually end up hanging onto stuff, but sell just enough for the cycle to sustain itself haha I've been slowly developing (*cough* OVERTHINKING) a side business idea for the last 3 years and feel like it's finally ready for the next stage. I just wanna launch it already!
__________________
|
|
05-26-2022, 09:06 AM | #7 |
Premium Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: torrance, ca
Age: 42
Posts: 12,685
Trader Rating: (130)
Feedback Score: 130 reviews
|
max no one wants to buy NFTs of your butthole.
|
05-20-2022, 11:04 AM | #9 |
Post Whore!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SD County SoCal
Age: 38
Posts: 2,555
Trader Rating: (2)
Feedback Score: 2 reviews
|
I tried that.
It's part of the reason why I was happy to buy a house with an 825 sq ft shop and a shipping container on the property- I never want to sell anything. I sold my track car's dual projectors and immediately wanted to kick myself in the nuts. I have NOS Silvia fenders and an aero bumper for a car that doesn't exist. I have two engines for my E30 project. Whatever you're working on, make sure it is either profitable as a side hustle or can be scaled rapidly to replace your main income. My brother and I were pulling 13-14 hour days during the week and 7-10 hour days on the weekend to fulfill orders, answer questions, and increase our social media presence and market penetration but our cash burn was such that we couldn't pay ourselves and neither one of us had the savings to quit our job. |
05-20-2022, 02:58 PM | #10 | ||
Post Whore!
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Sacramento, CA
Age: 35
Posts: 4,694
Trader Rating: (13)
Feedback Score: 13 reviews
|
Quote:
Quote:
__________________
|
||
05-20-2022, 04:31 PM | #11 |
Zilvia.net Advertiser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
Posts: 1,524
Trader Rating: (19)
Feedback Score: 19 reviews
|
I think remote work is still viable but a lot of it depends on what you are comfortable with for compensation or what types of work you are willing to do.
I'm back in the tech industry and plenty of companies still have WFH. But a large part of that is dependent on the team manager or type of business, and whether it's labor intensive or more service-oriented. $15/hr in CA vs ID are wildly different things also.
__________________
Complete list of in stock items here: https://bit.ly/3O5TOU5 Distributor for Nismo, ORC, and discontinued genuine Nissan parts. Authorized dealer for Oakley -- PM me for the best prices! [email protected] |
05-22-2022, 10:37 AM | #12 | |
Post Whore!
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Springfield, VA
Age: 42
Posts: 3,480
Trader Rating: (1)
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
|
Quote:
|
|
05-22-2022, 06:06 PM | #13 | ||
UGH Really?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: I lives wheres I lives.
Posts: 6,332
Trader Rating: (4)
Feedback Score: 4 reviews
|
I be feeling like this lately lol
Quote:
__________________
My Review Thread Quote:
|
||
05-22-2022, 10:11 PM | #14 |
Post Whore!
|
|
05-23-2022, 09:47 AM | #18 | ||
UGH Really?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: I lives wheres I lives.
Posts: 6,332
Trader Rating: (4)
Feedback Score: 4 reviews
|
Quote:
If I knew more about them (bikes) that would be fun. I feel old, been collecting antique cast iron lately But I found one for $6 the other day worth like $200....but getting someone to buy at that price is the issue lol
__________________
My Review Thread Quote:
|
||
05-23-2022, 10:02 AM | #19 |
Post Whore!
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Western Mass.
Posts: 2,607
Trader Rating: (3)
Feedback Score: 3 reviews
|
Its a good time. I race in a series called Masters of Mini. its a real hoot. I'm happy I got into these money pits when I was 15-16. A lot of the companies have disappeared, but the parts still exist. It's like old JDM stufff...if you you know what you're looking for, it can be gold.
|
05-23-2022, 11:35 AM | #20 | ||
Zilvia.net Advertiser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Hacienda Heights, CA 91745
Posts: 1,524
Trader Rating: (19)
Feedback Score: 19 reviews
|
Quote:
Like whatever I make overseas is still subject to US taxation, so it would almost not be worth it. Quote:
there are plenty of things that are available in other countries that the US severely lacks, even if you take the best of every state and merge it into a "super state" things like: actual usable, decent public transportation universal health insurance low/free cost higher education beyond that, there's no perfect place, it's just a set of principles or circumstances that will be a best fit for each person.
__________________
Complete list of in stock items here: https://bit.ly/3O5TOU5 Distributor for Nismo, ORC, and discontinued genuine Nissan parts. Authorized dealer for Oakley -- PM me for the best prices! [email protected] |
||
05-23-2022, 01:08 PM | #21 | |
Post Whore!
|
Quote:
Jesus H Christ. I love my wife's comments all the time - "If they are so worried about health care costs, they why are they all fat. They should take better care of themselves before expecting me to take care of them" As for education, the correct answer is to end higher education as an institution and rethink how people are trained to perform higher level functions. The US Academic system is truly organized crime. Simply making it "free" won't fix any of the problems. That's like chugging whiskey when you cut your palm open on a rusty knife. |
|
05-25-2022, 11:53 AM | #23 |
Post Whore!
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: South Florida
Age: 41
Posts: 4,829
Trader Rating: (17)
Feedback Score: 17 reviews
|
I've got no idea whats going on in the discussion but the comment about college caught my eye, I just want to say that you can work as a TA and get a tuition waiver to goto school, I did my entire MS PHD using TA/RA waiver, it pays you a salary and pays the school fees, you basically get a degree for free and get paid to teach in the process. Just want to point that out for anybody considering college and afraid of the cost. I never had to pay a dime, I'm debt free no student loans and a phd escalates into a post doc which pays even more and you get to work at your own pace, its not a huge pay but the freedom is great.
Side gigs... its not super easy to learn to tune cars well but its definitely a steady source once people know about you. Cut trees, spread mulch, lawn stuff anybody can do it and it keeps you healthy and works your immune system out. Flip cars seems very easy, I accidentally flipped a bunch of cars just looking for the right car, made thousands by accident. Sell collectibles on ebay. My favorite is trading cards, they take up very little space, a small binder can hold 15k of cards. write small software applications people find useful they will send donations. Make useful youtube content for channel members and donations. If you are a mechanically inclined another good one is hit the junkyard and pull small parts from cars that are easy to sell, windows switches and relay panels and such are profitable. I like small things that don't take up much space. Learn to program microcontrollers and design small useful circuits. I'm working on a crankcase pressure monitoring system you can DIY or buy completely made. Also a fan controller design. main idea is have multiple sources of income, and that nobody gets rich from working, money is best made in your sleep |
05-25-2022, 01:08 PM | #24 |
Post Whore!
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Springfield, VA
Age: 42
Posts: 3,480
Trader Rating: (1)
Feedback Score: 1 reviews
|
With car stuff it's all about having deep knowledge. It's gotten harder to make money hitting junkyards though - their prices have gone up and a lot more people know how to buy and sell stuff online so the really high margin parts are always gone before you get there.
For that matter the junkyard I go to has gotten smart, if they get something in like a Miata, 240, 4Runner, it goes right to the "reserved" lot where you can only request specific parts, you can't just go buckwild pulling everything of value. I saw a post recently on one of the FB groups where someone who works for a junkyard documented an S13 hitting the lot, people know it was coming, when the yard opened it was like piranhas skeletonizing a cow, haha. |
05-26-2022, 09:05 AM | #25 | |
Premium Member
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: torrance, ca
Age: 42
Posts: 12,685
Trader Rating: (130)
Feedback Score: 130 reviews
|
Quote:
|
|
06-11-2022, 05:10 PM | #26 |
Nissanaholic!
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: San Gabriel, CA
Age: 40
Posts: 1,675
Trader Rating: (5)
Feedback Score: 5 reviews
|
I used to do web dev work.
I started an after-hours tire change service as a side gig, and as I grew more and more tired of what I'd been doing the past 15 years, I decided to turn my side gig into my full time thing in the past year. It's called Goodnight Tire Service, and I help people from 3pm-11pm M-F and on Saturday mornings. Now, I do DJ activities for my side gigs, like weddings, parties, etc. Life is cool sometimes; it's nice to be flexible.
__________________
Drifting is just a compromise between you and your car. |
06-14-2022, 10:47 AM | #27 |
Zilvia Junkie
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Colorado
Age: 35
Posts: 543
Trader Rating: (12)
Feedback Score: 12 reviews
|
I started doing automotive wiring. Been doing it for years for my own projects, helping out friends do installs on stuff, etc etc. COVID really gave me the free time I needed while teleworking. Started making adapter harnesses and that's really taken off to the point where I've been able to float the expenses of R&D on products, materials, build methods for my own learning, build a drift car, and stash a little money away for the next stage. I'm finally making headway towards that doing chassis harnesses now with 3 already done this year, 1 working, and 2 jobs waiting.
I really do enjoy it and have always wanted to move towards making it my full time endeavor. Been a hard proposition to sell to myself but a few things will fall in to place to change that in the next couple months. |
06-19-2022, 09:59 PM | #28 | ||
UGH Really?
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: I lives wheres I lives.
Posts: 6,332
Trader Rating: (4)
Feedback Score: 4 reviews
|
Quote:
Sooo ummm...do you do muscle car wiring?
__________________
My Review Thread Quote:
|
||
06-24-2022, 01:00 PM | #29 |
Zilvia Junkie
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Colorado
Age: 35
Posts: 543
Trader Rating: (12)
Feedback Score: 12 reviews
|
Haven't done one yet but the principles are usually the same regardless of the platform; the only real difference is functionality wanted.
The 800hp e36 drift car I did last season has an analog power system with like 5 relays and 6 fuses. Meanwhile the MK4 I'm working on now has a 17-circuit solid state PDM with full power everything, heated seats, and working HVAC. |
06-14-2022, 11:47 AM | #30 |
Zilvia Addict
|
Day job: Product design engineer
Side gig: automotive mechanical and bodywork, light fabrication projects, and 3d printed parts gig www.garage-emperor.com. Recouperating from covid unemployment has left me less time to work on the parts business (long hours in product design), but we are pushing forward to steel/aluminum products and some more odds and ends. Been thinking of transitioning to some web dev to allow some more flexibility for automotive endeavors.
__________________
|
Bookmarks |
|
|