How I Got Things For Free
So I wanted to share with all of you a story that I have. For those of you who know what Skyrim is, well, I wanted it. Now I am not one to go out and buy a game when it firsts comes out. I would rather just wait for a year until the price comes way way down.
Now with that being said, there have been some very few times where I did want to buy a game when it first came out. Skyrim being one of those times. I could have bought it for the $60 that it costs, however I really didn't want to. This is what I did do.
I love Hastings as most of you know. Now Hastings has a buy back program. I have taken my old books, movies, cds, etc. there a lot of times and sold them back to them. So what I did was gather up all my books I didn't want and movies and took them to Hastings, I got a Hastings gift card (because you get more money if you take a gift card rather then cash) and I was able to buy my game and a movie my friend wanted.
It was over $80 I had in stuff I sold back. Now some of you might be saying, "All you did was sell some stuff and then buy what you wanted." And yes, that is what I did, however what I really did was find a different way to get what I wanted.
To expand your resources and your imagination with finances is what a financial education is about. And that is what the college professor shared with his class on my site. (I'll keep you updated on how they liked it)
Another story is that for the past 4 months I have been saving my change. I went to turn it into cash and had over $100. Well I bought a game, and a few chairs I had always wanted but kept putting off. So in a way I got them for "free" because I got the money from a different "source" then just working for the money.
Thinking like this is how you start to think outside the box. Thinking outside the box is how you get out of the rat race. All of us here are thinking outside the box even by being here and wanting to build an online business.
So yes, I did just take my money and have fun with it. But spending it to make yourself financially free is the next step. Taking the money and then putting it to use for you to make more money. For example if you would come up with the extra money, and then buy a vending machine. The vending machine gets used and you make money without "working" at a job.
Coming up with extra money is usually the first step to becoming financially free, and then what you do with that is the next step. Like I said, yes, I did spend it on just junk in the end. But for that instance I am ok with that because I am not doing that in other areas of my life.
So what do you think? Could you come up with a way to create extra money and then use that money to become financially free?
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Like they say, "one man's trash, is another man's treasure"... it's amazing how much value your "old" junk can still have.
Just this weekend, I dusted off some "old" shoes (very lightly used) and put them on ebay - similar pairs are selling for $40... we'll see what happens. Have 5 days to go!
But it's definitely worth a few minutes of research before tossing stuff in the garbage.
Heck yes it is. People throw away even some really good items. Use it once for a particular reason and then don't want it anymore. I have some cool things from the trash!
Great idea! Gee, we'd have a lot of stuff we never really use cluttering up the place.
Hmm, get rid of some stuff and make some money while we're at it! The only bad thing is we've done that a few times before and got too carried away and sold stuff we later wished we hadn't sold, lol. Like pretty much all our furniture when we moved many years ago and had to buy more furniture then. We really kicked ourselves for that one!
Lol, yeah that one would suck. And you could get some old books and movies you don't want and sell them to Hastings. I love doing that! And when I haven't had much money but wanted a book or even sometimes a movie I would do that.
Makes me feel like I'm getting it for free without spending the money I didn't have. Because I got extra money to buy it with.
I think one the main thing to keep investing is ourselves more books about how to become financially free improve the mindset!
Success to me means to aim for perfection in all other areas of our lives , the better we understand how to spend and invest money the more we will keep benefitting from each gain, and using in a way that it will keep growing .
There are many opportunities out there. Buying a vending machine as you said but even something as creative as writing a great book that will sell millions of copies can become a great investment considering that it does not require much more, than a pen and paper and some great ideas.
Stocks and real estate require a lot of experience and some capital funds to start .
I would
Consider all opportunities where you can start with small sums and multiply them in time.
Such as selling ebooks , building a website , a network marketing opportunity.
Investing to get some shares in a company with growth potential.
I had a garage sale and made a few bucks! Taught a computer class to people 70+ and got tons of tips. The class was at the senior center and I taught for free, but these wonderful people wanted me to know they appreciated my time. I did not know a person could embarrass you into accepting money!
Hey Skyhorse, now this is a well written article! And on top of that, you are entitled to have some things you like, you enjoy, you share with friends, etc. You don't have to be defensive because your topic is financial wisdom. What do you have to say about treats for the horses?
And see, I want to talk about that more, because I learned a great savings technique. We all know we should save 10% of our incomes into an account that is purely for savings. (I got board just writing that) HOW boring sometimes though right? Where is the fun?
But then you have people who spend spend spend and they have all the fun, but no money down the road.
Solution? Simple. Do both!
A savings account for savings, and then a savings account where you save and treat yourself to nice things. A dinner out at a nice restaurant. A full spa treatment. Really make yourself feel good. So you are doing both, saving, and then saving to treat yourself.
Treats for the horses? They are good. I don't have any "treats" myself for them, but we give them sweet feed, apples, carrots. My horse named Sky loves McDonalds French fries. Go figure. But we save some for him every once in a while because he has really become the family horse.
And training with them is fine too. You just can't bribe your horse with the treat like so many people try to do.
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You do what all of us do but you do it differently. That makes the difference.
Thank you very much. That makes me happy.