1001 Ways to Make Money If You Dare (130 page)

808 REPAIR TELEVISIONS.
Now that people are paying thousands of dollars for their LCD flat screens, they're more likely to hire out for a repair when the set goes on the fritz than scrap the one they have and buy a new TV. Just be sure you know what you're doing — otherwise a simple repair could end up in a trip to Best Buy with you footing the bill.

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809 HOOK UP SURROUND SOUND.
Plenty of homes have surround-sound ready television sets. However, people don't have the sound engineering know-how to put their TVs' audio abilities to best use. Take care of setting them up and have them take care of padding your wallet. Be careful though — a couple crossed wires and a blown speaker means your wallet will be singing the blues.

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810 TRANSFER A RECORD COLLECTION TO DIGITAL MUSIC.
From your eight-year-old nephew to your eighty-year-old great aunt, young and old alike are rocking out with ear-buds nowadays. While your nephew doesn't remember a time where the latest tunes weren't digital, Great Aunt Mill's favorite jams are trapped in vinyl. Help her put her music library on her MacBook, and a few bucks in your pocket.

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811 TURN FILMS INTO DVDS.
Everyone has stacks of old home videos. The only problem is everyone doesn't have VCRs anymore. Capitalize on society's switch to discs by bringing other people's memories up to speed with the digital age.

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812 TURN PHOTOGRAPHS INTO DIGITAL PICTURES.
Even Grandpa's got a Facebook page, and now he's looking to post some pics for his grandkids. However, that crazy party he hosted back in '76 was only documented in Kodak five-by-sevens. (Someone forgot their digital camera.) Therefore he needs to transfer all those dusty albums onto a sleek CD.

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813 TOUCH UP DIGITAL PICTURES.
Maybe Gramps has a serious case of red eye (be it from too much flash — or too much gin). For an additional fee, you can go in and reduce red eye, brighten up the faded colors, and crop it correctly. Whether you tack these expenses on to the digitization, or take on a job where the photos are already digital, you better be sure you know what you're doing so you don't screw up people's precious moments.

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814 SELL YOUR PHOTOSHOP SKILLS.
If only your services were available for George in that
Seinfeld
episode where he tried to erase himself from his boss's picture (only to have his boss's face wiped from his family's beach photo). Post your PhotoShop prowess on the services section of craigs-list and see if anyone has a Costanza-style situation from which they need to be cut and pasted.