Theoretical Profits from Reusing Old Supplies
Something good you can say about making things out of stuff that other people throw out–if you can find a way to sell it, you have almost no materials expense, which means you get nearly 100% profit.
For instance, there’s a couple of places I know of that allow you to come to their property, find a car like yours, remove the part you need/want for your own car, take it to the front desk–and then charge you for the privilege. Talk about a great money-making idea! You pay someone $50 for their car that hasn’t got an engine and then make back the $75 when you sell the alternator and the clutch to another guy who needs them. (Great idea, assuming you have a couple of acres you don’t mind paving over and putting a bunch of cars on…)
Also, I once got a book the library had discarded (yes, from the dumpster–I don’t just pull them off the shelves and neither should you! I put new endpapers in and reglued the spine (took approximately 45 minutes, plus overnight to dry) and whited-out the library information. After that, I sold it on Amazon.com for a little over $15. The paper I used was from an old brown grocery sack, and the cost of glue was pretty negligible.
I’d love to hear stories like these from entrepreneurially minded junk creators like you!
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