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  • teh ghey
    • Jul 2026
    #1

    How can someone good at building computers make money?

    I was chatting up this guy in Boston and he got into a bad business deal and now he's homeless and living in a shelter for military vets.
    To make money he's been buying people's old used laptops, refurbishing them, and selling them. He does a lot with fixing the hardware too.

    He's a great guy and smart to be able to do this and he's got a lot of work ethic and salesmanship. he's just got a lot of hustle to pull himself out of his situation and I like people who work hard.

    Any ideas on how someone like that can make money?
    I just think he's got a lot of talent and he's ultra motivated to pull himself out of his situation.
    He's a hardware guy, he doesnt make websites. But I can make any website to help him out.
    thanks
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    • spacedog
      Yes that IS me. Bitch.
      • Nov 2001
      • 14149
      #2
      If he's got a car, there's plenty of free computers on craigslist that he can pick up to fix.
      He can sell them on ebay and in his listing make note of his situation, etc and hopefully people would bid more as a result.

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        • Barefootsies
          Choice is an Illusion
          • Feb 2005
          • 42635
          #3
          Originally posted by teh ghey
          How can someone good at building computers make money?
          1. Cheap parts.
          2. Service contracts or warranties.
          3. In home/office service calls.

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            • Marcus Aurelius
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              • Apr 2003
              • 14809
              #4
              Help him learn how to use EBAY. show him how to set up a paypal account. etc.. etc.. maybe help him build a personal ebay store and talk a little bout his situation. drop a line to some smaller local papers to suggest a human interest piece, etc.. he might get a story bout him going and boost his sales and interest in him.

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                • teh ghey
                  #5
                  Originally posted by spacedog
                  If he's got a car, there's plenty of free computers on craigslist that he can pick up to fix.
                  He can sell them on ebay and in his listing make note of his situation, etc and hopefully people would bid more as a result.
                  funny that is exactly what he's been doing, using CL and eBay. He doesnt have a website, I told him Ill make him one. But I dont know what to make that would help him, if it would.

                  Originally posted by Barefootsies
                  1. Cheap parts.
                  2. Service contracts or warranties.
                  3. In home/office service calls.

                  Thanks for the ideas. He's been selling laptops very cheap, for like $80, so I dont know if someone would pay $25/hr or whatever for a service call, but Ill pass the idea to him. thanks
                  Last edited by Guest; 08-30-2009, 07:59 PM.

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                    • Jdoughs
                      Confirmed User
                      • Mar 2004
                      • 5794
                      #6
                      Job.
                      Home.
                      Business.

                      Your actually thinking he should start a business? He has way more important things to tackle right now.

                      If he couldnt pull himself out of the gutter enough to feed and clothes himself, what makes you think a logical step would be to start ANOTHER business.

                      Im not posting to be critical, I'm quite serious in asking about why anyone would prioritize like that.

                      He needs help, not to be set up for another fail.
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                        • BaldBastard
                          Too lazy to set a custom title
                          • Jan 2001
                          • 16816
                          #7
                          Start taking pictures for the rags to riches ebook

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                            • teh ghey
                              #8
                              Originally posted by Jdoughs
                              Job.
                              Home.
                              Business.

                              Your actually thinking he should start a business? He has way more important things to tackle right now.

                              If he couldnt pull himself out of the gutter enough to feed and clothes himself, what makes you think a logical step would be to start ANOTHER business.

                              Im not posting to be critical, I'm quite serious in asking about why anyone would prioritize like that.

                              He needs help, not to be set up for another fail.
                              youre totally right, he should get a job right away.
                              If I was suddently homeless Id be looking for a job and collecting cans in the meantime.
                              But its pretty amazing to me that he has the talent to take barely working computers and fix them up to be functional and then to sell them to make money and he's been making a little bit. I never would have thought of that.

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                                • MrMaxwell
                                  Too lazy to set a custom title
                                  • Jul 2005
                                  • 10057
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by teh ghey
                                  funny that is exactly what he's been doing, using CL and eBay. He doesnt have a website, I told him Ill make him one. But I dont know what to make that would help him, if it would.


                                  Thanks for the ideas. He's been selling laptops very cheap, for like $80, so I dont know if someone would pay $25/hr or whatever for a service call, but Ill pass the idea to him. thanks
                                  He's selling laptops cheap.. so he can't get $25 for service calls... ? ? ?

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                                    • Iron Fist
                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                      • Dec 2006
                                      • 23400
                                      #10
                                      Originally posted by MrBaldBastard
                                      Start taking pictures for the rags to riches ebook
                                      Oh please! Download some blank Google cheque images and make a landing page talking about all the bling your making off your new computer repair biz from adwords!
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                                        • d-null
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                                          • Apr 2007
                                          • 13724
                                          #11
                                          why doesn't he just get a job at Bestbuy or Frys?

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                                            • DonovanTrent
                                              Confirmed User
                                              • Dec 2006
                                              • 968
                                              #12
                                              Originally posted by d-null
                                              why doesn't he just get a job at Bestbuy or Frys?
                                              Sounds like he's overqualified for that one.
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                                                • teh ghey
                                                  #13
                                                  Originally posted by d-null
                                                  why doesn't he just get a job at Bestbuy or Frys?
                                                  we dont have Fry's in Boston. We have a few bestbuy's and a microcenter Ill pass that along to him ty

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                                                    • MrMaxwell
                                                      Too lazy to set a custom title
                                                      • Jul 2005
                                                      • 10057
                                                      #14
                                                      He could do very well with small businesses who will hire independents to save money
                                                      Build a client base he'd be set

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