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Hello all,

Well where to start. I'm here to try and salvage what's left in my limited range of opportunities.

I'm literally down to my last £8. Bank accounts are all in negative and I'm getting calls from left, right and centre to clear debt. No support, no benefits, just the clothes on my back, a cheap laptop and £5 worth of internet data I'm trying to manage.

I have very little to sell but will sell everything to raise some cash (even £30-£40 would do). Then hopefully buy some small products to resell (or even try to get stuff for free to sell), and try build £100 and then try and create some kind of living from that, even if I'm just making a few hundred pounds a month. It's long but I still have a little bit of hope, I have to!

Anyway, I've been reading and reading this forum and I think I want to take a risk on the £8 I've got to setup a stealth. Beats taking the risk on scratchcards! This could get me a cheap telephone forwarding number which I know is necessary, and I'll have a couple of coins left for posting anything small I sell. The only thing I'm stuck on is the vcc.. I can't afford one.

Entro requires a minimum £10 top up. Everything here costs near the same and there's no other cards around I trust.

Long shot, but has anyone ever managed to setup a Payp and E-bay account without a card. Or with an Entro you haven't loaded any money on?

I really need to do something! Getting a full/part time job is proving impossible.. I wouldnt even be able to afford transport!

A bit of a ramble. but good to get it off my chest whilst trying to get some advice. Thanks.

Re: Newbie - This is My Last Resort (Please Read)
 

Best of luck and I hope your situation gets better. Keep reading the forums, there's loads of valuable information here and I hope you find some ideas you can put into practice

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If things are that bad you should look in to benefits to see what youre entitled to.

To answer your question yes you get set up a paypal without a vcc.

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Hi,

You can set up initially by just using a bank account, I take it as you are going down the stealth route that you have been kicked off ebay before?

A VCC can be added once you have sold some stuff.:violin:

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Also as just Smile advises you need to look at any possible government benefits as realistically unless you have money for stock you can only go so far..

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Hi,

Send me a PM with a contact email address.

I'll supply you an basic ebay and paypal account free of charge. I don't like seeing people in such desperate situations.

Regards

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Donna, welcome to the forum.
To back up the offer from EBOB, pm me as well. I will try my best to walk you thro all the steps needed.

With a bit of support, you might be on the way to a new stealth account.

I 'll hope to hear from you soon.

:welcome;

Re: Newbie - This is My Last Resort (Please Read)
 

When making an entropay account you can choose 5$ which converts into £3.50 or so, which is the minimum, and this is what i did.

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Ebayorbust, Greenbean, I don't know what to say.. Thank you. And thank you everyone else for your responses.

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Welcome to the forums - lots of love has gone out from the members above - all the best as you use the resources well. Hope to see continued contributions.

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Wow, what nice gestures, a real refreshing read. Donna, you're in good knowledgeable hands with the above members - Good luck :)

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Wow, kinda restored my faith in humanity there.

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YEs i am with you


i have learned a ton in the past 48 due to pay pal limiting my btc trade accounts with literally thousands on them

Good luck it will go

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btc accounts meaning bitcoin, right? /clarifying

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Thanks all. Really glad to be part of this community.

Have just managed to purchase more internet data, so I'm ready to go and ready to learn.

Very thankful to you all.

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Always have money on the EP card

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Good luck on your journey and welcome to the family!

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I feel if you only have about £8 left, you need to go get a real job and do a 9-5 and get some funds or there is always the charity shop X

I heard many a sob story in my life but your is a funny one, maybe so stand-up comedy in the street for some lose change and at the end on the week you may have enough to buy a vcc or something X

Good luck X

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I'm getting the tone of sarcasm from you. I don't know if that's because you actually believe that it's not possible for a human to be in a bad situation that isn't defined in your 'norm' or if it is because your are not happy that there were kind people here to help me.

The 'just get a job' phrase I used to hear people say to others really irritates me now as I understand people in those shoes who can't 'just get a job' with a click of a finger, even though they want to.

The process of getting a job, even after having an initial interview nowadays could take months, after that you have to work a month before getting paid. How will someone with no money be able to manage, especially with transport costs, for that full month?

Benefits as well isn't a signup-today-get-paid-tomorrow thing either.

I'm trying to get as far as I can quickly with the tiny I have whilst trying to build back my life. If it means using the little I have now to sell stuff and make £20,£30 or £40.. at least that's enough money to pay for some bus transport, buy something from your stated 'Charity Shop' to resell or try something else whilst I'm trying to get my life together.

You do not no mine, nor anyone else's 'full story'. So please don't insult me.

Again, thank you to those who have supported me without the use of sarcasm. Your initial help made me realise there are some good people in the world, even those we may not have met personally.

D.

Re: Newbie - This is My Last Resort (Please Read)
 

I bet you got a big sky package and a contract phone X

Anyways when I am skint, I go clean toilets etc. and get back on my feet, there is always hope X

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Ignore the obnoxious ones, they've probably never been in those said positions. You'll get there eventually, this is a good community.

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This.

Well done stealth family, its nice to see somebody give a ****.

PM me your address and I'll send you a small parcel of stuff that you can sell, just to get started. I've got few "starter packs" availabe that I use to start my own stealth accounts, so its just generic low risk items, but everything will sell for £2-5.

Hope it helps.

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Very good. I like the spirit of this community.

Btw, what about taking a global picture of the items in your start-kit and post it in here so everyone can have a "visual" idea of what to sell as first items.

This is one of the most asked question in the forum.

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I agree with ovenhotpizza, the sentiment is nice to give this person freebies but UK is not a third world country and nobody just has £8 unless someone else (family/benefits etc) is feeding/housing them.......so charity shops/freecycle are all good tips but better as a sideline to build rather than any sort of main income at this stage......

...not saying OP is like this, dont know either way, but you can get the sort of person that goes through life riding on a sob-story......

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Agreed, but if a person REALLY is in a difficult place in life and that little will get him something more than he currenty has, then I guess its a small price to pay.

I'm all for people trying to figure it out on their own and I'm not the kind of person who hands of free fish, but I'm always willing to teach a person how to fish- And all that jazz.

Give a homeless man a fire, and he will be warm for the night. Light the homeless man on fire, and he will be warm until he dies.

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sorry to hear your situation. But, do a few hours part time first before starting selling. After all with 8 pounds you wont be able to wait for your sold items money to arrive. If you in a city you can step into any 5 star hotel and work there in banqueting for a few hours, they give you an uniform, food and some money end of the day. Or do any other temp job that pays you end of the day will do. Part-time Jobs & Vacancies - reed.co.uk or this website could be a much better start then the forum here.

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It's sometimes refreshing to see those on the forum with a caring heart to actually help others out in need. Newcomers should abuse kindness in the future but I truley believe that what you out there in this would you get back three fold or better. You gave to purely give to receive that's how the universe works. We should be open to offering each other help.

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Not heard anything from the OP, hope you are well.

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Quite a lot of people come and go....happens but you are here :thumb: