Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?

Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by anotherthro313 on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @04:26AM (#19726567)

I travel a lot, and outside of the United States, countries have import taxes, especially on luxury goods. In some countries and iPhone Xs will cost $800 more than in the USA.

I have to visit the USA about 8 times per year, so every time I do I buy 10 phones in a state with no sales tax (usually Oregon) and make about $5k in profit selling locally (which does eat up a ton of time, but not $5k worth).

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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by NLips on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @05:08AM (#19726750)

So... smuggling?

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Re:Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside pr... by anotherthro313 on Tuesday April 23, 2019 @07:39AM (#19727565)

:shrug*, why not?

It's a very honest business. Could you say the same about Google, Facebook, or Twitter?

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