Anyone making a living out of this?
Mar 14, 2014, 6:03 pm
#3
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Mar 14, 2014, 6:55 pm
#7
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Anyone making a living out of this?
Not a full time living, but there have been more than a few weeks where I have made more cash in 15 minutes of daily MS than I have in a day at work. And I'm a relatively well paid attorney soooo.... Possible yes sustainable who knows.
Mar 14, 2014, 7:02 pm
#8
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There are people pulling in 50K a year. But having a job is important in that you need a certain income to play most games. I'm sure people making 50K now are not using the same tricks they were using a year or two ago, so it's not a "steady" income by any means.
Mar 14, 2014, 7:23 pm
#9
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i think it would be very doable if you had willing accomplices.
if you had your cards, SO, 2 parents and a couple of kids, the ms per person per month would be less than i do now. granted, in my eyes, i would be valuing points/miles along with cash back; as they could be monetized as well (selling award trips via CL or something like that).
i wouldn't want to do it, but it would be a a good income for a stay at home parent who enjoyed the game of it.
if you had your cards, SO, 2 parents and a couple of kids, the ms per person per month would be less than i do now. granted, in my eyes, i would be valuing points/miles along with cash back; as they could be monetized as well (selling award trips via CL or something like that).
i wouldn't want to do it, but it would be a a good income for a stay at home parent who enjoyed the game of it.
Mar 14, 2014, 7:34 pm
#10
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I don't see how that's physically possible. 15 minutes isn't much time swipe a lot of cards, and you'd need a whole lot of purchases to make an average attorney's daily salary at 5%.
Mar 14, 2014, 7:40 pm
#11
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I think if I was desperate and unemployed and had to - I could probably sustain a 50k salary on doing things like what is talked about on here for awhile - but I don't think it would be reliable (given that the high likelihood of getting shut down exists) or much longer than a year.
Mar 14, 2014, 7:40 pm
#12
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