Q&A: Is there any genuine ways of making a bit of money online?

by Chris Devers

Question by Antony M: Is there any genuine ways of making a bit of money online?
I was just wondering if anyone had any ideas for making a bit of small cash while im sitting on the net bored, nothing big just a tenner here or there.

I spend a lot of time online on my days off from college and I’ve read through thousands of these silly ‘make money online’ articles. These schemes tell you how you can make thousands a week, if the author was really onto something to make thousands a week why would they be selling ebooks etc.

I’m also aware of all the gambling tricks to make money on roulette. I’ve gotta say I’ve tried and tested a few and there are some out there that dramatically reduce your odds of loosing, for example betting on red/black and doubling your bet every time you loose so when you eventually do win, you win everything you’ve betted back plus a bit of profit… However i’ve used this method a lot and when I win I’m walking away £20 up after an hour of play and on many occasions I have lost a lot due to seeing some strange runs of the wheel (e.g in 20 spins red coming up 16 times along with 4 zeros when betting on black and doubling every time the red came up). I can safely say that all the casino methods are not reliable at all, however logical they seem the casino will always win.

I’ve also tried and tested a lot of other theorys and its all a waste of time.

Has anyone got any tips that doesnt involve the following that I have tried and tested and proved them to be a waste of time and money…

online casinos,
madbid.com etc,
online paid surveys
get rich quick schemes
selling ebooks

Best answer:

Answer by sarah h
I absolutely agree with you that there is a lot of rubbish available online about how to make money.
The only thing I can think of is selling your stuff on ebay. My neighbor used to buy stuff on ebay to sell back at a profit (usually computer hardware) and she was pretty good at it.
Otherwise you could set up a site offering to tell people how to make millions if they only send you for the materials – you promise many satisfied customers. If you can’t beat them, join them! (Actually don’t do that it’s probably illegal).

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