Money making question

Hello THG.

What can I do to make money with computers?

Porn?

Get a degree in computer science..

http://www.wincycle.org/index.php#mission here ya go. This is a local computer company check out their mission statement. And i don't think any of them are web developers so be easy on the site.......

how much money do you want to make thats the first question? If its just some side spending cash try posting on craigslist that you can build computers. This would do 2 things. For the most part ppl who buy pre built get less for more. So say they buy a Dell for $1000 what they get is the performance of a computer they could have built for $500-600. So if you were to build that $600 computer and charge $800 you would make a $100 and they would save $200 . However this would not make you tons of cash. In order to make more cash this way you would have to get the proper business license make or pay for a decent web page and so forth .

How old are you dogman? I dont mean that condescendingly I am wondering because the business opportunities afforded to a 27 year old professional and a 17 year old kid are two different ball parks.

that site I posted is cool because companies pay thee people to take there equipment recycle it properly and they test and resell all of the old parts and some really really inexpensive white boxes.

I had to replace the HD's on 10 Win 95 Machines (recently, so parts were a pain to get and im not dumping anything new into those pieces O' shite) and I found 20 gb HD's for less than 10$ a pop.

This is a good way to get a catalog of parts and you can help recycle old office equipment. Also if your studying for your A+ you will get so much outdated hardware you wont know what to do with it all.

I do not really give out personal info online, sorry.

I will have to look further on the site. I only saw the statement.

Why would I get outdated hardware with an A+?

Bonded?

What kind of insurance? Would a lawyer help?

So, would I type up as piece of paper stating I am no longer responsible for the use of the computer and that anything that happens is the new owners responsibility?

Sorry, I do not give out personal info online.

Just go to best buy or staples and take a look at their disclaimer.

I'm in!

I'd recommend you go to the library and check out some books about opening your own business. It sounds like you just woke up one day and decided that having your own company is a good idea. You need to do a LOT of research on all the rules, the tax laws alone will be daunting. A business isn't something you can start up overnight.

Let me know how that works out I live in CA so yeah lol. I dont smoke but dont think its bad either. I would guess more ppl die because they drank to much than smoking would ever add up to. If you can really make that much maybe I should look into that lol

Well assuming you didnt spend all the money as soon as it came in most shpping cards will charge the propper ammount of taxed based on what state your in. And things like quick books can help you with accounting. As long as you set aside a proper amount of money taxes would be to outrages.

On the other hand I work for a credit card processor and one thing that could possibly get you later on is charge backs. So you would have to have a site thats very clear on things like return policy and things like that. A customer has 6 months to dispute CC charges and if they say they thought you had a 60 day return policy and its not very clear on your site they will uphold that dispute and you may find yourself with unsellable returns at that point. Thats why doing alot of resarch at the library like SteveGP said is a good idea. And the internet is a very good tool as well.

If your serious a simple but good book is "Small Business Kit for Dummies" I am also looking into opening a small business for extra income. And this book will not be the last one you read but it does talk about things like getting the propper licenses and how to protect your business for various things that could happen. After reading it I found many things to think about that I had not even considered. Also it comes with a CD that has alot of sample forms like disclaimers and contracts you might find useful. I would say for the most part if you have an idea the first thing you have to do is ask yourself how you would make a profit from that idea. So your idea about an online store for computer parts, you would have to think about were your stock is coming from. You can just buy suff from newegg and re sell it. So you would have to find a way to get your product cheep enough to were you could be competitive with places like newegg.

Now if new egg is buying 10000 HDD from brand X per month and you go and order 10 im willing to bet newegg is paying a lot less than you based on volume. So maybe they are paying $20 and selling for $35. Now you call to make your order and the price you get is $30 So you can sell for $33 and be the best buy and still make a small profit BUT big companies like newegg and frys can pay people to search the web for the lowest price then they match or beat that price. So some guy from newegg finds your site and say "hey thats cheeper than us we might loose some business here".... The next mourning neweggs price is $29 they still make $9 and you are out of the game.

So I would say if you want to work for yourself try this approach. Start with things you enjoy doing make the biggest list you can, this would be a compleatly different list for every person who did this. When you cant think of anything else you like to do start scanning the list to see if you think any of the items on that list might make you money in some way. It seems to me that anytime you see a success story about someone starting up a business. It is either some crazy new idea or its something they just enjoy doing like if you like working on cars open up a shop stuff like that. So if you like working with computers maybe you could open up a local repair shop. Im sure you could make a profit AND charge less than say geek squad. They charge $50 to install a GPU LMAO. You can install a GPU in 5mins and they charge $50 you could do it for $25 and make a profit.

So I have this product:

AMD Phenom II 1090t.

Open Box.

How to sell it? I cannot use it right now and will want to get BD.