Go to garage sales. (aka "Yard Sales", sometimes) LOTS of them.
Thats what I do. Every Saturday, and sometimes Thursday and Friday if I have no school.
You probably wont find jack crap the first week or two, but eventually you'll find something you can sell on ebay for a 40-50 dollar profit. I make ALL my money like that (14 bucks allowance every month gets me started hahahahaha....)
I bought a Shizload of memory for 15 bucks. sold 80% of it at one time, for 480 bucks. Got an old 486 laptop, sold it for 100 square. I own and use a 266mhz laptop that i got for a buck with no accesories but battery and floppy - a CDROM and new base unit later, and I have a nice (slow...) laptop. I usually keep my eye out for copies of Windows (even a floppy win95 copy, in good condition can get you 50 bucks) and especially MS Office.
People sell things and they dont know what the price should be, so they mark it low. Win98se Upgrade, no box, bought for 5 sold for 60. I got my copy of Windows 2000 that I keep for a dollar. (OEM) I got a Dell XPS 650 (the one i'm using right now) for 2 dollars. (no drives, or PSU) I got the case on my good rig for the same price. 24x lite on black drive - $7.50.
Although ive made a LOT of money doing this, I cant spend it all. A bunch of it went into my car/college account.
Plus, the chances of you getting a good deal are pretty low. I've went to thousands of garage sales in my life, and all that stuff was in the past year or two.
You might try it. Go to sales listed in your local newspaper, and especially ones that list computers or electronics of any sort.
Good luck.
Thats what I do. Every Saturday, and sometimes Thursday and Friday if I have no school.
You probably wont find jack crap the first week or two, but eventually you'll find something you can sell on ebay for a 40-50 dollar profit. I make ALL my money like that (14 bucks allowance every month gets me started hahahahaha....)
I bought a Shizload of memory for 15 bucks. sold 80% of it at one time, for 480 bucks. Got an old 486 laptop, sold it for 100 square. I own and use a 266mhz laptop that i got for a buck with no accesories but battery and floppy - a CDROM and new base unit later, and I have a nice (slow...) laptop. I usually keep my eye out for copies of Windows (even a floppy win95 copy, in good condition can get you 50 bucks) and especially MS Office.
People sell things and they dont know what the price should be, so they mark it low. Win98se Upgrade, no box, bought for 5 sold for 60. I got my copy of Windows 2000 that I keep for a dollar. (OEM) I got a Dell XPS 650 (the one i'm using right now) for 2 dollars. (no drives, or PSU) I got the case on my good rig for the same price. 24x lite on black drive - $7.50.
Although ive made a LOT of money doing this, I cant spend it all. A bunch of it went into my car/college account.
Plus, the chances of you getting a good deal are pretty low. I've went to thousands of garage sales in my life, and all that stuff was in the past year or two.
You might try it. Go to sales listed in your local newspaper, and especially ones that list computers or electronics of any sort.
Good luck.