How to make extra cash? (borrow, purchase, sell, dollars)

[sarahkate_m]

Originally Posted by Oildog

^^Isn't that considered theft?

Rite Aid says they have a "try it on us" policy. They started advertising it years ago.

We only return things we bought at the particular location. Haven't you ever bought something to only use it once or twice, then wish you hadn't bought it? Is returning such a thing "theft" ?

Kate

[cardinal2007]

Originally Posted by marylee54

Ok, we're looking for ways to generate some extra $$$ for the upcoming Christmas season.

Here's some:

a penny saved is a penny earned, so I'm doing all I can to cut expenses, coupons, etc

garage sale

sell used books on Amazon

collect coins and take to Coinstar

sell stuff on Ebay

Cha Cha, KGB, when they hire

Take stuff back---I have clothes with the price tags still on, will only get the sale price, but better than nothing, they don't fit, anyways

take back devective stuff especially to Walmart, Costco--I took back 2 pairs of kids watershoes to Costco, they broke apart after a month, didn't have a receipt, they looked it up, gave me $50 back

Also took back some towels to Costco, they kept shedding, got back about $60!

Any more ideas?

Do you mean aside from working more, taking another job, or offering some sort of service on craigslist?

I tutor high school and middle school students in math.

[Oildog]

No I haven't, only if it were broken. I worked retail for a long time. I saw a number of women come in and buy a few outfits, only to return them after they wore them over the weekend with some made up excuse. Yes, I do consider it a form of theft if there is nothing wrong with the product.

[NCyank]

Originally Posted by sarahkate_m

Rite Aid says they have a "try it on us" policy. They started advertising it years ago.

We only return things we bought at the particular location. Haven't you ever bought something to only use it once or twice, then wish you hadn't bought it? Is returning such a thing "theft" ?

Kate

That's not how you initially represented the situation.

When she gets too many lipsticks etc piled up that she doesn't use anymore (when she still has the orig. packing saved) then she takes it back to W.Mart & gets her money back.

You make it sound like she rummages through the drawer for old, used lipstick just to get a refund. That's not how any of the 'try it on us' policies are intended to be used. It isn't intended to be used for buyers remorse either, "Oh, I'm short on cash but I have 27 lipsticks that I don't use anymore...I guess I'll return them for cash."

No, it's not illegal but ethically questionable. Maybe she should find a few lipsticks that she likes and use them up instead of buying multiples, using, then returning them when she gets too many piled up. It's also very wasteful...but that's for another thread I suppose.



Another money making idea....
I know some people donate plasma for cash. I tried it a few times in college but then got a job on campus. It's not bad, about $20 for an hour of time and you are filling a medical need as well.

[ufcrules1]

Originally Posted by Oildog

No I haven't, only if it were broken. I worked retail for a long time. I saw a number of women come in and buy a few outfits, only to return them after they wore them over the weekend with some made up excuse. Yes, I do consider it a form of theft if there is nothing wrong with the product.

Yes, that is tacky on SOOOO many levels. I hate having to return anything. I only return something if its defective and does not work right.

I really don't like people who abuse return policies. My wife and I think long and hard before we buy something to make sure we really want it, and have no intentions of returning it.

[sarahkate_m]

Originally Posted by NCyank

That's not how you initially represented the situation.

True. That's the difference between how it looks to me & how she explains it. When she found out I used her as an example, I was immediately forbidden to use her as an example online ....

I've heard of the people who get dresses & then return them. I've never done that. Luckily, I don't like dresses & I'm not afraid to wear the same thing to every event: the simple black dress. I have 3 variations that I've had for over 10 years. I'm not vain & I don't dress to impress.

I agree that would take the cake (returning a dress from a special event). The returns I was talking about were like $3 purchases that weren't liked after all, that just sit on the shelf: viable returns.

If Rite Aid didn't have the policy they have, it wouldn't even have come up as a thought to return them. W.Mart also has a return policy that allows this. If it weren't policy, it wouldn't be a option.

I never have the money to shop at department stores anymore, so there are never returns for those places & I never did that there anyway. The things I have from those places I use forever, like shoes, purses & my 3 dresses - definitely very careful decisions $$$. All other clothes these days come from thrift stores & even those places have return policies.

I would never suggest something unethhical, intentionally. I'm sorry it did appear so, in my original post. *Please forgive me*

Kate

[user_id]

Because so many people return things under questionable circumstances many retailers have had to change their policies can become much more strict, unfortunately that hurts honest people that simply lost a receipt or perhaps got a gift they would like to exchange. I use to be able to return gifts to Target for store credit, now they have all sorts of restrictions (no more than $20, etc) even if the item is obviously a Target item, unopened, etc.

A relative of my use to return used batteries and say they did not work....

[Fat Freddy]

We save several thousand dollars a year by ignoring commercial consumption driven holidays like Christmas, Valentine's Day, Mother's Day, and Father's Day.

[debtmonger]

There is all kinds of extra cash available beyond cleaning windows. Cutting grass, raking leaves, shoveling snow, cleaning gutters, painting, house cleaning, deliveries etc. Many people don't have the time or ability to do the every day maintenance that houses require.

On the cutting expenses side: Take the bus instead of driving to work, only drink tap water, cut your own hair or have someone in the family do it. Brown bag your lunch instead of going out to eat.

You can also trap and gig along with hunt and fish.

[samnyc]

I don't buy any meals out side, we never go out side to eat. I try to teach the same to my kids but they are very young now. It will take some time.
As for me I eat my breakfast at home, take Lunch from home. For the dinner, we make it every weekend. Also I do all the work around home, lawn, pick up leaves. I don't do great job like others but who cares. it' only outside.