Money at 13

[Beginner Bass]

My friend is 13 and has pretty lousy stuff. He's looking to upgrade, but he doesn't want to just mooch off his parents' hard-earned money, so he's looking to find a way at 13 to raise some money, but he's having trouble coming up with ideas. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[your idol]

Cash 4 Gold...now all ya gotta do is find a way to get peoples unwanted or broken jewelry

 

[Justice]

rake leaves, shovel snow, mow lawns, walk dogs, babysit....

 

[bassteban]

Sometimes it's good to want.

 

[bui]

Mow lawns, tutor, build koi ponds.

 

[::::BASSIST::::]

He has two choices. Work his butt off (paper routes etc) OR be satisfied with what he has.

 

[Jimmy Bones]

He's thirteen. Mooch off the parents.

Or make a deal with them. For their part, purchasing this gear and that gear, he'll do this chore for this long per dollar amount, etc.

 

[dave64o]

I made great money starting at 12 by having a paper route and mowing lawns in the summers and shoveling driveways and sidewalks in the winter. I saved a bundle and still always had money for just about anything I wanted.

I did work while I was in college but most of what I spent those four years came from money I made and put away on those jobs in the years before.

 

[monzamess]

Odd jobs. At that age I made money doing yard work for neighbors. I also did computer work (this was back in the late 80s, so there are a LOT more computers out there now).

I also bought stuff cheap, fixed it up if necessary, and sold for a profit (usually).

 

[steveksux]

Cash 4 Gold...now all ya gotta do is find a way to get peoples unwanted or broken jewelry

That's easy, break into houses when people are out...

Probably safer to mow lawns for neighborhood....

Randy

 

[Fontaine]

rob a bank

 

[RWP]

Grandparents!

 

[Stanley Design]

A part time job at McDonalds plus mooching.

 

[Lammchop93]

Sell items on Ebay. (I made $1,000 when I was 14 selling Legos from when I was younger)

 

[wabbit]

Sell blood but not at a blood bank, you need to do it out of the back of a van to make any REAL money. It doesn't even have to be your blood.

 

[WickedPissah]

He could sell blood and semen!

...not mixed together.

 

[Ziltoid]

Become the neighborhood's crack dealer.

 

[Govier966]

13 was the peak in my money making career 4 g in one day. the secret: BAR MITZVAH!

 

[elgecko]

Tell your friend that if his best money-making idea is having his friend (i.e. you ) solicit ideas on an internet message board, then his money-making potential is probably extremely low anyways and he should just make do with his lousy stuff...after all, some people don't even have any stuff. At least he has "lousy stuff"!

 

[CityEscape]

Become the neighborhood's crack dealer.

Make sure to be a nice crack dealer though. Just be like, "Hey, what's up guys? Want some crack?"