# In an effort to try and make some money....

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [June 1, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118 "2004-06-01T19:08:04Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author: ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/1 "2004-06-01T19:08:04Z")

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And also because eBay still haven’t let me sell my soul, I created a modest web-site on which i hope to make money from nothing…

Your opinions would be appreciated 😛

:rolleyes:

_link removed - CF_

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### Author: ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/2 "2004-06-01T19:09:36Z")

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p.s.

I know some people might see this rude spamming or maybe just attention seeking so to those people i say: Yes. I suppose it is a bit of both mixed in with a lot of bordom :smack:

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/3 "2004-06-01T19:14:35Z")

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I swear your website has made my SDMB go pink!

p.s. Has anyone donated yet? I’d imagine a small percentage would donate for the sheer hell of it.

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### Author: ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/4 "2004-06-01T19:16:09Z")

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If i knew how to make 1000 ppl look at my site per day, im sure i’d start getting the od £ or so. ☹

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/5 "2004-06-01T19:18:08Z")

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I know a way. But it would also result in a lot of abuse.

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### Author: ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/6 "2004-06-01T19:23:16Z")

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haha. im listening… 😉

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/7 "2004-06-01T19:29:07Z")

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> [@neoof](#):
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> haha. im listening… 😉

\<looks both ways\>

post your OP at [www.genmay.com](http://www.genmay.com) that will get a s\*\*tload of views.

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### Author: ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/8 "2004-06-01T19:31:23Z")

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Shall i start with “My \*friend \* want to make some money”? 🆒

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### Author: ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/9 "2004-06-01T19:40:58Z")

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hmm… my account doesn’t seem to work yet.

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### Author: ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/10 "2004-06-01T19:46:28Z")

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If I remember correctly you have to wait for someone to activate it.

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### Author: ![P\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@P\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P_T)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/11 "2004-06-01T19:47:42Z")

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You’ve got to check back in with us about this in a couple months. If you get any money off of this I’m putting up 20 of them.

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### Author: ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/12 "2004-06-01T19:51:13Z")

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Basically, if i get £50 out of it in less than half a year, im gonna set up my own business! 😛

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### Author: ![neoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a87d85/32.png) [@neoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neoof)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/13 "2004-06-01T20:07:25Z")

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I’ve uped the price of my ‘big pile of nothing’ to 2 Euros. This is just to cover the cost of first class international postage 😛

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### Author: ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)
#### Post date: [June 1, 2004, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-an-effort-to-try-and-make-some-money/248118/14 "2004-06-01T23:53:33Z")

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The SDMB is not here to compensate your poor budgeting skills, **neoof**. Don’t do this again.
