Why am I still working for a salary? I made 30k profit in 2 weeks reselling Maryland crabs.. Lol

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My family used to do crabbing and shrimping. It’s a hard life, and very much seasonal work. Def good to do as a side thing though.

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I was hoping the “lol” was bc OP knew it wasn’t sustainable year round but who knows

Even assuming you got lucky, half that is $500k / year. Factor in healthcare costs and income tax withholding and you have a solid business case.

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Short term gains for a few years only - arbitrage like this will never last in the long run

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We're crab people now.

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People in this thread don't know what crabs are?

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It’s a type of Apple

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Maybe I got lucky cause of Covid. But all I did was buy crab in bulk at like 5k a shipment and resold it by the box each 5k each 5k shipment flips for like 8kish revenue

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Can you provide a sample of your crab selling sales script? I wanna know how this goes down.

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Whut?

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This sounds like a play right out of Runescape. Didn’t know you could flip like that IRL.

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Yeet.

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Friend of mine did that for 4-5 years after college and made BANK

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If someone says Maryland crabs then they are talking about actual crabs from the waters surrounding Maryland.

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Can u please teach me more. I want to become a crab person

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You got crabs?

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No, she made 30k giving people crabs.

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Explain!

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You should find ways to make it sustainable and start enjoying your life. This reminds me of 4 hour work week. Highly recommend it!

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Can crabs get Covid?

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Have you factored in seasonality?

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Certain Carbs are good for you! Crabs have good protein.

These are the most useless statements that appeared in my brain and I said it in this chat. You’re welcome.

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Crabs?

Crabs??

Really?

I want in

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