Comments on: Earn $10 Million by Not Building Model Trains

By: steve

steve — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:10:49 +0000

I have a 37″ flat screen TV I only paid 600 dollars for new. Their projections on just the money savings part is total fantasy for folks in my tax bracket!! Using that criteria we could write articles on “How to make a billion dollars by never sleeping and eating only other peoples food scraps” . You made your point but I think you needed more sarcasm!

By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:11:10 +0000

Bill,

You could definitely do that with a model train blog. But I think it would work for TV as well. As long as you can get traffic, you can make money. And there are probably more people out there who care who is doing what to whom and what they are wearing than there are people who care about the November elections, the economy, foreign policy, etc. My guess is you could probably make some decent money with it. Now are you doing anything to advance society? Maybe not?

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:24:53 +0000

Building model railroads is a hobby that you could fully capitalize on. Develop a blog devoted to the hobby, and then sell advertising space could pay for all the trains and then some. But then again, I suppose you could do the same for television, but TV unlike model trains, is a passive activity that rots your brain, so blogging about it would be unlikely.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:31:59 +0000

Stuart,

To each his own, I suppose. Either way, it’s all in good fun, right?

By: Stuart Smith

Stuart Smith — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:58:58 +0000

thats a nice spin on the article.

Me – I’ve just given up TV and started my model trains hobby.

Its Ying and Yang I suppose.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:46:08 +0000

Mr. Pratt, I love my life.

By: pratt

pratt — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:28:51 +0000

shut up and enjoy life…

By: Mark McGuire

Mark McGuire — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 02:48:25 +0000

Are there TV shows about model trains? That’s one way to NOT build model trains ehh?

By: HO Scale Model Railroading

HO Scale Model Railroading — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 03:22:50 +0000

How to make $10 million by NOT Model Railroading!…

I never realized model railroading could be so expensive! Check out this (slightly tongue in cheek) article on the opportunity costs of TV and model railroading. I’m going to have to stop now, so I can be filthy rich in 30 years.

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By: Patrick

Patrick — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:31:44 +0000

Hi Jeffrey,

No no, I got the point. I just thought the base assumptions were a little high and did not apply to everyone, so I thought I would have a little fun with your article.

I agree that watching 4.5 hours of TV a day can cost you a lot of money, but so can spending that much time on many other hobbies.

Just like everything else, a balance in all things is important for a healthy personal and financial life.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my blog.