Funny Story

[groundloop]

I was recently forced into retirement - laid off from a manufacturing plant owned by a poorly run company that is sending jobs to Mexico. There's no way in hell anyone is going to hire a 62 year old engineer (despite it being against the law I've found that age discrimination is alive and well) so I opted to file for Social Security and call it quits.

My 401K isn't quite what I wanted it to be before retiring so I've been looking at ideas for earning a little extra income. I decided to try selling used books on eBay - I've been able to find books at thrift stores and yard sales that should earn me a decent profit. I found that books don't sell real well on eBay so decided to sign up to sell on Amazon, I just finished the process at the end up last week.

SO..... This morning I made my very first sale on Amazon........ "Everything Trump Touches Dies".

[sfstaxprep]

1. The Author Won A Noble Prize nt

[groundloop]

2. HA.... THAT'S GOTTA BE A DUZIE

[usaf-vet]

6. Won a Noble Prize? I thought for writings you win a Pullitsir, am I wrong about that?

[MyOwnPeace]

9. Nah, you ain't wrong.......

IQ45 won 'em both!

[usaf-vet]

10. i tried to pay attensun before I gradeatted 8 greyed and got me a jobb in polllowtics.

[MyOwnPeace]

11. 'Ya Done Good!!!!

[usaf-vet]

15. I am old enuff now two be preseedent shoed i run in in novemburr? Pollowtics is my dreem jobb.

[usaf-vet]

16. I all seriousness have a great day. Thanks for playing along.

[MyOwnPeace]

19. Laughter is one of the things that

IQ45 cannot handle (actually, he provides SO much more) and Moscow Mitch cannot take to give to his 1% (they wouldn't know how to use it).

[MyOwnPeace]

17. If your old enuff it all depends.......

(old enuff - "depends" - Git it?)

[usaf-vet]

18. Got it in the 12 pack!

[FreeWheatForever]

21. Spelling is fundamental

Hukt on phonix shur werkt fir me!

[Phoenix61]

3. My niece used to check books in all the

thrift stores looking for collectible ones to sell. She did pretty well.

[DiverDave]

4. Lol, good luck in your

Book selling

[brer cat]

5. Ha!

Good luck selling on Amazon. I have sold books there for a long time and it can be a good source for extra income.

[PaulRevere08]

7. Good luck but I have to tell you

Not to lose hope on the job front. I'm 61 and in high-tech. I was looking several years ago and ran into so many examples of ageism during interviews. But, then things changed for some reason. Got a great job with a large software company, left that for a better job and just turned down another offer. Not sure where things are going to be after this mess if over but I do sense that experience is being appreciated over cost savings in hirings.

[infullview]

14. I think a lot of this can be attributed to supply and demand

Software is one of the fields that has been running low on local talent. Employers are forced to consider hiring from an older age demographic - even though they don't really want to. The fact is that older people bring the average workforce age up which makes group insurance premiums higher. This is what should be outlawed! Universal healthcare would eliminate that problem altogether.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. Right now I think there is a rush to buy books because people are stuck at home

Books rarely sell for me either, though I'm only on eBay. But the past two weeks I sold 5, which is about the total for the last 2.5 years. So people are stuck home, with time to burn, not every title is available at e-libraries, and in many states libraries are closed. So test out the market a little further before loading the wagon with inventory, imo.

[malaise]

12. Love it

Rec

[MLAA]

13. That's a sign! You are in the right place 🙂

[Hekate]

20. Excellent! I hope you are as successful at selling books on Amazon as I've been at buying...

[Karadeniz]

22. There are no coincidences! You've found your calling...congratulations!❤