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$20 Challenge

January 30th, 2006 at 03:19 pm

DH put up the can crusher this weekend, so things are finally moving. I crushed a month's worth of cans we'd been saving--it was quite a workout! I can tell it's going to help my upper arm and shoulder strength. Wink The bin I have to keep the crushed cans in is about 1/2 full, so I guess I'll have to take them in every 2 months. It won't come to much money each time, but I don't want to get overrun with the things.

I have between $2 and $3 left of the $20 to use on Ebay listing fees, but I'm not quite ready. I need to play around with the digital camera and figure out how to put pictures in a listing. Also, I need to look into free photo hosting services again. I had one lined up (called Y44 or something), but I just got an email from them saying they're going out of business. I've sold on Ebay before, but not things that required photos, so this is why it's a new project for the challenge.

Last time I voted, I signed up to be a (paid) election board worker. They don't often open it to new people, so I jumped on it. But it's a slow process. This week I'm mailing back the card saying I'm still interested and am willing to go to training. Then there will be the training, and waiting for someone to drop out so I'll be called. But once you're in, you can make some decent money for a couple of days' work a year.

Another thing I need to do is change settings on my computer so Fatwallet's cash back feature will work. I found instructions on their site awhile back, but never got around to fixing things.

2 Responses to “$20 Challenge”

  1. frugal_cheap_pants Says:
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    I used to crush all our cans but I didn't have anywhere to keep them. What do you use to hold your crushed cans until recycling? Do you keep them outside? Also, I had a friend who used to rinse the cans out before crushing. This seems like a money waster to me...

    We drink a lot of soda and I"d like to get back to recycling the cans even though it's not a fortune. Just need to get organize with it I guess.

    Thanks for the tips and the inspiration to save my cans again :-)

  2. jorge Says:
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    Oi, that is so frustrating! I was on the comments page and wanted to leave a comment, clicked login from the comments page and was taken to my control panel, so I had to click a bunch of times to get back her. Ah well. Such is progress.
    Anyhow, I was going to tell you that adding a picture is pretty straight forward. When you're on your set-up page on eBay, there'll be a bunch of boxes under "add picture" that have "browse" buttons next to them. I usually have a folder on my desk top that has sale items organized (with cover letters, etc.) and I transfer the images from our camera to the folder for items being sold that month. When you're on the eBay site, click on "browse" and choose your image. I've found that spending the $.25 on a gallery picture is helpful, but it isn't necessary!
    Good luck!

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