Comments on: How I Earned Over $600 Hustling Craigslist “Gigs”

By: Nicolas Badillo

Nicolas Badillo — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 21:18:38 +0000

I do plumbing.painting,clean ups of property, gardening,prunning,and all around labor,i will do any kind of work you have abealble, just need to work thank you for your time and help

By: Andrew Lin

Andrew Lin — Sun, 15 Sep 2019 23:02:04 +0000

How did you get so many serious responses and actually begin to work? I find so many gigs I answer are endless time wasters and then they end up going with someone else, sometimes AFTER basically committing and calling my references to make sure I am who I am.

At the end of it with all the other commitments like that I probably average the minimum wage of a 3rd world country.

By: MARC

MARC — Sun, 02 Apr 2017 19:53:53 +0000

In reply to Jeffro @ Jason Coupon King. that's where Latoya saves the day...da..da..da..daaaaaaahhh

By: lynn ling

lynn ling — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 05:35:28 +0000

The modelling gig story makes me laugh. The guy probably have lots of funding for his first startup.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 14:41:35 +0000

In reply to Jack.

This was the first year we’ve ever hired movers to help us, but it turned out to be a nightmare :( Double the expected costs and the movers were lazy!!! I swear I didn’t have as much stuff (esp heavy stuff) though from the way they moved it seemed like it – hah. Next time totally doing it myself w/ friends again :(

By: David @ Thinking Thrifty

David @ Thinking Thrifty — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 09:09:11 +0000

I can sympathise with the moving gig. I once made that same mistake, God knows why when I have moved about so much myself and knew how stressful it was. I thought getting paid for it would take the stress away – WRONG! I honestly don;t know how people do it for a full time living, respect to those guys! It still shows that you are literally willing to anything to get money in for you and your family, so much respect for that my friend!

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 23:38:59 +0000

Fascinating.

I’ve done all sorts of things on Craigslist, but I’ve never looked at the gigs section. I expect you have to be careful about screening to avoid the sketchy ones, but sounds like a great way to pick up some quick money when you have some free time.

Tough luck on that moving gig. Moving is one of the few things I “waste” money on by hiring others to help. Lifting furniture all day is no fun.

By: Fiscally Free

Fiscally Free — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 22:32:56 +0000

In reply to The Green Swan. There's nothing like tax-free, cash payments, however, this seems like a hard way to make $600.

By: Jeffro @ Jason Coupon King

Jeffro @ Jason Coupon King — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 00:15:24 +0000

In reply to Jeff. Traveling was something I was always on the fence about. On one hand, the time spent traveling is something dedicated towards the gig. But on the other hand, I don't include the time traveling to my full time job into my work week. So, I ultimately left out the travel time. But, I wouldn't do any gig that was more than 45 minutes away. My thought was that since I wouldn't commute for a permanent job more than 45 minutes away (unless I was desperate), I wouldn't travel for a gig that far either.

By: Aaron @IncomeHoncho

Aaron @IncomeHoncho — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 13:38:47 +0000

That’s hard hustling right there wow. Was it all worth with the cold hard cash in your hand?:)