What We Have Learned so Far...
Searching for pennies makes you look and act foolish.
"If you're going to do something, then do it 100 percent." People say that, right? Well, that also applies to finding money on the ground. There is no way you will see a lot of success unless you really get into it. We get on our knees and bellies, turn things over and push things around, check every coin return, and ask strangers to move; all for that one little coin. Sure, we feel a little awkward about it, but honestly, who cares? We just tell people what were doing and to check out www.100millioncents.com - somehow it feels like our weirdness is justified.
There is a lot of loose change floating around!
Out first day out was difficult at first because we went out in the morning and then later in the evening. Tip: Searching for money at a store is best in the evening. Coin returns gave us the most money. We found 85 CENTS in 10 machines. That's pretty good in our book. But honestly, how do people leave so much money in those things? While searching the mall we talked to a janitor there and asked him how much change he sweeps up on an average day. We could't believe it was over $6! He admitted to keeping all the "silver", but leaving the pennies behind. So, he makes over $1,300 a year in change people leave on the ground! Crazy!
People are wasteful
It is amazing how many things people throw away thinking that stuff is of no use. The phrase, ‘One man’s trash is another man’s treasure’, is so
very true. So far, we have made $50 of our $80 by literally selling other peoples trash. Sure,
we cleaned the item up a bit, but for minimal effort, and in some cases no effort at
all, we were able to take a discarded something and turn it into pure profit. It
has made these first steps on the project way easier than we thought.
In fact, we expected these first 14 steps to be the hardest of the project but that theory has proven untrue.
This also makes us think twice about throwing our own 'junk' away. The other day Ian had to replace the garage door opener with a whole new unit. He had to replace the old motor, chain, iron door guide, remotes, and sensors. He threw all the old items away but now we wonder how much we could have gotten if we tried to sell all that ‘junk’ instead.
This also makes us think twice about throwing our own 'junk' away. The other day Ian had to replace the garage door opener with a whole new unit. He had to replace the old motor, chain, iron door guide, remotes, and sensors. He threw all the old items away but now we wonder how much we could have gotten if we tried to sell all that ‘junk’ instead.
