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Start This Business: Reasonable Ticket Fees

Posted by Kevin McKee on July 05, 2011

If you've ever wanted to see a sporting event, concert, or other live show in the last 10 years, you've probably spent an arm and a leg on buying those tickets. Then when you were ready to check out online, a new box popped up and asked you for your eternal soul to cover the processing fee. I don't want to mention any names cough Ticketmaster cough but the extra fees we are charged to buy tickets are absolutely outrageous. And don't even get me started on really popular events. Even if you are happy to pay the outrageous Ticketmaster fees, you might find your show sold out because the jerk

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Start This Business: Video Game Swap

Posted by Kevin McKee on May 11, 2011

Every now and then, I get an idea to start a business. It consumes me for the better part of a day or two. I can't stop thinking about how great it would be and why it's such a good idea. Then I finally start thinking about implementing the idea, and my world comes crashing down. I don't have the money or time to start a new business. Right now I'm building this blog and doing everything I can to make Thousandaire a profitable, sustainable entity. Another business would take time, money, and passion that I don't have for all the ideas that pop in my head. Then it hit me; maybe one of my rea

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