# Making money with classified ads **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 30, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917 "2000-05-30T19:00:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917/1 "2000-05-30T19:00:01Z")
Anybody ever tried it? What does it entail. Good or bad results. ---
**Author:** ![Oat\_Willie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/85e7bf/32.png) [@Oat\_Willie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat_Willie)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917/2 "2000-05-30T20:48:16Z")
Yes, I’ve tried it. No, I got zilch for my dough. Had a fair product, too, that sold well at street fairs. ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917/3 "2000-05-30T22:53:10Z")
Thanks Oat Willie I tried it once,on my own and got the same results as you.I was just wondering if anyone else had been successful.Did you buy one of the get rich quick "how to "packages? ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2000, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917/4 "2000-05-30T23:21:11Z")
THe person who makes money is the person who puts out the original ad. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917/5 "2000-05-31T04:38:16Z")
I placed an ad offering my services as a housecleaner. The few people who responded were all cracked in one way or another. ---
**Author:** ![soulsling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@soulsling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulsling)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917/6 "2000-05-31T05:15:58Z")
the one i’ve seen is where you buy a 900 line, and put an ad in papers for it, people are supposed to call the number, and part of the money they’re paying goes to you, so the idea is, the more ads you place, the more money you can make, but i haven’t been willing to try it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917/7 "2000-05-31T05:31:07Z")
I’ve been meaning for decades to start a curse-removal business and advertise it in the back of the Weekly World News. But it would require an investment (PO box, ads, phony mojos) so I never did. Now I’m thinking of going with a website and spam the universe for free. Watch your mailboxes! ---
**Author:** ![BarnStormer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5f8ce5/32.png) [@BarnStormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BarnStormer)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2000, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/making-money-with-classified-ads/20917/8 "2000-05-31T07:39:59Z")
No, the original ad guy didn’t make money either, just the publisher.