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AIBU?

AIBU to think you can't 'easily make 2k in 2 weeks' (lighthearted)

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whyhastherumgone · 18/02/2018 21:44

Just to be clear - this is in NO WAY a poor me begging thread, this is about a friend.

Was chatting yesterday about what would be like to win the lottery and how we'd spend it, then Friend says she's doing alright for herself at the moment because alongside her part time job she's making 2k every 2 weeks from her own 'projects'. She assured me these are legal things, but then went all coy about what she's actually doing, only saying it takes little time, and little investment.

Am I right to be afraid that she's going to try and recruit me for one of these MLM schemes?! It seems like the kind of bollocks the deluded bots would claim. Building up the excitement by being coy then selling it as The Dream.

Because for the life of me I can't think of any way you could easily make 2k in 2 weeks alongside another job, with little time and investment. And if friend HAS found this mythical beast, AIBU to be sulky she's not sharing this precious Holy Grail info? Some friend. Huff.

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strawberrysparkle · 18/02/2018 21:45

Is she an escort or webcam girl?

PastaSauceHoarder · 18/02/2018 21:46

Uh-oh, sounds like MLM to me!

NSEA · 18/02/2018 21:46

You’re wrong. I know a really easy way to make 2k without mlm schemes

whyhastherumgone · 18/02/2018 21:46

Forgive my naivety - would that be classed as legal @strawberrysparkle?
In the meantime, I'll be over here, in my sheltered existence

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UpstartCrow · 18/02/2018 21:46

It could be a new MLM recruiting strategy, or she could be doing matched betting. I'd give that a go if I had the faintest chance of understanding how it worked.

MotherOfMinions · 18/02/2018 21:47

Impossible to do in a non dodgy way

steff13 · 18/02/2018 21:47

I bring home a little more than the every two weeks, but that's just my salary, not an extra project.

BarbaraofSevillle · 18/02/2018 21:47

You could do it if you were a high stakes gambler or were playing the stock market, but you'd have to have a lot of money at risk to make that sort of profit and be lucky too. Not reliable at all.

mailfuckoff · 18/02/2018 21:47

My husband made 2k gross before all deductions in 2 weeks but it was a one off, however even after all deductions and taxes it was a nice bonus for something he loved to do.

whyhastherumgone · 18/02/2018 21:48

forgot about matched betting. I've fancied it before but cannot get my head around it, sigh. Not for me, that one.

@NEA I stand corrected. But only if you elaborate . Promise not to steal the idea and do it myself, honest.

I thought of selling things maybe but doesn't seem sustainable.

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whyhastherumgone · 18/02/2018 21:48

Sorry, should have clarified - I meant as not part of a salary, this is on top of her part-time job and not overtime with work or anything.

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pasturesgreen · 18/02/2018 21:49

Escorting services do spring to mind...

strawberrysparkle · 18/02/2018 21:49

Pretty sure both are legal as long as you don't sleep with them!

whyhastherumgone · 18/02/2018 21:51

@strawberrysparkle well well well, you do learn something every day!

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Hotdoggity · 18/02/2018 21:52

I can make two grand a night, but it’s hit and miss. My output has to be good.

64BooLane · 18/02/2018 21:54

Two grand a night?!

I’m really in the wrong job.

whyhastherumgone · 18/02/2018 21:55

@hotdiggity seriously?! Mind = boggled.
Sigh, me too @64boolane me too.

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Hotdoggity · 18/02/2018 22:03

Yeah, but I might get it wrong like, 8/10 times and if I do, I don’t get anything. So not quite as ludicrous. And yeah, I give it a week before you get the Facebook message from your friend!

64BooLane · 18/02/2018 22:04

Please do update us if the message does come, op!

OutyMcOutface · 18/02/2018 22:07

This is not unusual for my husband but he has a PhD and is a qualified solicitor so itall comes from legal work or writing specialist reports for consultancy firms-could your friendbe doingsonething like that?

RebootYourEngine · 18/02/2018 22:10

Two grand a night i am in the wrong job too. What do you do Hotdoggity

Hotdoggity · 18/02/2018 22:14

It’s a bit outing. I write stuff. Short books... And like I say, sometimes it crap and doesn’t sell.

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PinkAvocado · 18/02/2018 22:16

Matched betting could definitely be the answer.

mishfish · 18/02/2018 22:18

Easily achievable webcam modelling (I know from experience)

whyhastherumgone · 18/02/2018 22:24

@hotdiggity oooh intriguing! I'm a writer by trade maybe i need to look into this...

I hope i don't get a message - she's a good pal and i'd hate to lose her to mlm

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