What's the weirdest thing you've done for money?
When I saw the post from @trumpman "What's The Weirdest Thing You've Done For Money" I couldn't help but laugh out loud so hard that everyone around me at that time thought I was Mad. :)
You know, what he mentioned in that post is actually what a lot of Nigerian youths over here do, that is called "Yahoo" and I believe @josediccus did mention that in the comment section.
Nevertheless the little trick he discussed as his motive of making money then could never work on Nigerians, so then the Nigerians practicing it, often do it on foreigners rather than the natives of the country.
What's The Weirdest Thing I've Done For Money?
Without applying anymore stress on that, let me quickly share my weirdest money making strategy back then ;)
Ever heard of " Iron Trade" ?
Lol, I am not talking about the iron trade where you have to stake money and predict a price chart.
Am actually referring to a trade where we collect spare parts of things like cars, generations and all, mostly anything that is made of iron, I'd collect them then sell it to people.
You know why this was weird?
Honestly speaking I don't think there's any average living teen in Nigeria that hasn't done this. These spare iron parts are usually junk, so then it is unwanted! But ever since we discovered that some people usually go into bushes and homes to collect these items, we began hiding our junks and then further become explorers of junk because we'd literally go into the "woods" collecting junk n stuff (iron) just so we can exchange them with people that literally look like mad people for money. Hahaha, trust me I never do this exchange in an open field 😂
There you have it :)
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We are sure that you will succeed to do it @espandor! 😉😎
Man, it is well established business in India. Few people collect (the same way you do) and others have well established shop to deal with this stuff(buy and sell). They are known as "scrap dealers".
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Yeah scrap dealers, over in Nigeria it's not really recognized but we the traders know that these buyers makes a ton from it that we do.
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What @trumpman basically did was yahoo and over here, Yahoo is a sort big legalised business. I'm glad you're diving into the engagements, you're doing well
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Yeah thanks :)
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This scrap metal trade is common also around Europe, it provides money to so many families. Thanks for sharing your story.
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Oh wow, in Nigeria here it's also rampant and the average ones dig into the trade to earn some money.:)
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Usually this is a sign of economical distress, sadly. Hope that we will hit an age where this will be done only to improve our environment.
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I have the Aluminum Can Trade program going on in Canada, as an Ecological and Resource stewardship initiative all Soda, beer, juice and water beverage cans and bottles are levied a 10 cent deposit and 2 cent handling with the Deposit returned to the consumer when the container is return to the appropriate facility.
A lot of people don't bother returning them for the deposit and so on the evening prior to curbside Recycling pickup day I go pick out from the Curbside bins as many as I can find. It gets competitive with more people "Binning" for cash to supplement their Incomes.
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Oh, that reminds me that not only iron are traded but also things like plastics and carton. Thanks for stopping by :)
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Gotta do what you gotta do! I have collected iron too!
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Oh wow :)
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this is something that people are doing in my country not only with iron but with recycling parts as well!
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