Weirdest LEGAL thing you did to get cash quick?

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Anonymous wrote:Sex

In Nevada? Amsterdam?

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Bought items at thrift markets and sold them for a profit on Craig's list.

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Medical trials - got monthly Pap smears for $50 a pop (a pap?). Oddly enough, they caught a cancer 6 months in that was treated and never recurred. I'll never know how fast it would have progressed, but it wouldn't have been caught by my regular testing for at least 18 more months. Got to have conservative treatment since it was early and kept my uterus.

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I did online gambling (when it was legal). There were lots of reputable online casinos that would give you $100 if you deposited $100 (or a similar deal), but they would make you bet a minimum amount before withdrawing the money.

I followed a strategy card to play the game with the lowest house odds (blackjack) and kept a spreadsheet to know when it was ok to withdraw the remainder. Start with $200 ($100 of which was mine), withdraw about $180. Paid my rent in grad school for a summer that way.

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Sold plasma once in college. . .

Now airbnb a room in our house.

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Not quick, but I've donated eggs a bunch of times. (although, it was really rewarding to help people, not just because of the money)

I have also donated plasma when short on rent when I was like 18.

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Anonymous wrote:Medical trials - got monthly Pap smears for $50 a pop (a pap?). Oddly enough, they caught a cancer 6 months in that was treated and never recurred. I'll never know how fast it would have progressed, but it wouldn't have been caught by my regular testing for at least 18 more months. Got to have conservative treatment since it was early and kept my uterus.

Wow! I'm so glad it turned out well for you.

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I did a lot of clinical trials when I was in college. I would get $1100 or so.

I sold plasma. It was an extra $60 a week that I really appreciated and I could just study while donating.

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I did one of those online payday loans. And paid it back early. An acquaintance did a porn. I wouldn't recommend that.

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A massive purge of baby/household items on Craigslist and clothing on Poshmark and local consignment = $2000.

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Anonymous wrote:A massive purge of baby/household items on Craigslist and clothing on Poshmark and local consignment = $2000.

That is not weird at all.

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Churning credit card offers. I'm about to get $500 of travel expenses reimbursed.

At one point I churned bank account offers but with they've made that significantly more difficult to do now that it's not really worth it to me. Plus most banks will give you a 1099 for the income.

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Sold individual waters outside sporting events for $2 ($4 inside)...a case of water netted $45, would sell 3-4 cases usually in about an hour.

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Not me, but a friend on FB posted this recently on one of those tell us X number of things that people don't know:

I willingly let five Mosquitos carrying malaria bite my arm for $3000 when I was in college. It was part of a study trying to find a vaccine for malaria - they finally found it 8 years later. Surprise mom. Yea I never told my parents about that one.

For me, the weirdest thing was I used to participate in race-based housing tests. I'm a Asian guy and I would get assignments including background information and I would call to visit rental agencies and sales offices for condos and ask for tours and information to apply to rent/buy. Sometime +/- 3 days of me, a white guy would go to the same place with virtually the same background information. We would both take the tour, talk to the agent, request an application and leave. We would then have a questionnaire and write up about the experience to see if they were appropriately applying the fair housing laws. Out of about 10-12 visits, I think we only found one glaring case of an agent who just didn't like Asians (or non-whites).

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Anonymous wrote:Not me, but a friend on FB posted this recently on one of those tell us X number of things that people don't know:

I willingly let five Mosquitos carrying malaria bite my arm for $3000 when I was in college. It was part of a study trying to find a vaccine for malaria - they finally found it 8 years later. Surprise mom. Yea I never told my parents about that one.

For me, the weirdest thing was I used to participate in race-based housing tests. I'm a Asian guy and I would get assignments including background information and I would call to visit rental agencies and sales offices for condos and ask for tours and information to apply to rent/buy. Sometime +/- 3 days of me, a white guy would go to the same place with virtually the same background information. We would both take the tour, talk to the agent, request an application and leave. We would then have a questionnaire and write up about the experience to see if they were appropriately applying the fair housing laws. Out of about 10-12 visits, I think we only found one glaring case of an agent who just didn't like Asians (or non-whites).

Two of the most interesting anecdotes so far.