6 – Buy cheap, resell expensive
Not only do they constitute one of the best unethical life hacks to make money, but “Vintage Goods” are also number 8 in Insider Monkey’s best things to sell on Etsy to make money list. It’s probably one of the easiest life hacks on Earth, and it’s not even that unethical; if people choose to buy expensive old shit, that’s their choice, their problem.
It’s fairly easy to this one among the other best unethical life hacks to make money, you just need to locate the cheapest flea markets in your city, or even shop online, and buy anything that might pass as “distressed”. For example, a piece of furniture with the paint scraped off, or a worn out leather jacket. Then all you need to do is promote it on any online shop: “handcrafted wooden bookshelf from the high mountains” SOLD! “Real vintage biker jacket worn by actual gang members”. SOLD! You get the idea. This person makes around 100 USD every time they flip a piece of furniture.