Making extra cash

JeeperUK

JeeperUK

JeeperUK

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Just wondering what you guys do to make a bit extra cash, if anything?

I've been offered a job distributing Kleeneze catalogues but I'm not sure if there's much money to be made doing that?!!

I'm also considering starting up me own business at home, building and repairin computers but again, I'm not sure if there's enough business doing that these days either. Or how to go about it?!!

Any ideas? :)
 
I'm fairly sure with Kleeneze you need to put money in upfront and then hope you get enough orders back to pay for it all. If you really want more money, why not get another job?
 
I am looking for a job, I've sent my CV off to loads of places but jobs can be hard to come by these days so this was just going to be a gap filler until something better came along :)
 
Most people i know who have done avon/kleeneze etc dont seem to last too long. I'm not 100% but i thought the moneys pretty low. Plus dont you have to buy your own catalogues or something with kleeneze so basically if someone tends to throw them in the bin thats money off of you.
 
I'm quite a laid back, personable chap but I had a Kleeneze bloke shout at me once when I opened the door to him. He was asking for his book back and my mum had chucked it.

I simply told him to '**** off putting his crap through peoples doors then asking for it back' bloody cheek. If I want a new and pointless way to peel potatoes I'll go to a shop thanks.
 
DailyGeek said:
I'm quite a laid back, personable chap but I had a Kleeneze bloke shout at me once when I opened the door to him. He was asking for his book back and my mum had chucked it.

I simply told him to '**** off putting his crap through peoples doors then asking for it back' bloody cheek. If I want a new and pointless way to peel potatoes I'll go to a shop thanks.
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It does strike me as a precariously fragile business model. They must be relying on people to make sufficient sales to make up for oodles of lost catalogues.
 
vonhelmet said:
Pretty sure they're not... It's just direct marketing, isn't it?
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I was a probably a little over harsh on them, but essentially they are.

You go to work for any of the generic catalogue people, you deliver catalogues, you take orders, you process orders, you pass these to your area representative, they take a slice of the sales, you then get a small slice of sales, and this passes up the chain.

This was true when my other half looked at it with Kleeneze. You do the legwork, the person above you gets most of the slice, you then recruit people and you move up the scheme to the next level.
 
I'm always amazed at the lengths some people will go to to increase their income by just a couple of percent. We've got tradesmen at work that will go to incredible lengths to secure a couple of hours overtime, or an extra standby cover in the hope of getting a small amount of time and a half or double time. There are salary upgrades available fairly easily if they would just apply themselves for a couple of months and gain extra authorisations. These upgrades would take their base salaries easily above what they take at the moment including all the manufactured O.T. Confuses the hell out of me :S
 
big_white_dog84 said:
These upgrades would take their base salaries easily above what they take at the moment including all the manufactured O.T. Confuses the hell out of me :S
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While the benefits would be greater, most people aren't willing (or sometimes able) to look far ahead enough to actually see it. From what I can tell, they focus on short term means to secure extra income, which tends to be overtime etc.
 
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