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10 Albanians reveal the most unusual things they've done to make money

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5 Maj 2025

10 Albanians reveal the most unusual things they've done to make money

From selling used socks online to collecting supermarket bags to sell as "vintage," people are doing everything they can to make a little extra cash these days. The cost of living seems to be rising, and all over the world, there are unusual "jobs" with one goal in mind: getting rich in the simplest way possible. 

Some people even sell the air they breathed, then isolated in a plastic bag, from a pop star's concert, while others have created YouTube channels where they consume the strangest foods, just for an audience, which translates into money.

Given this reality, we asked our followers what was the most risky or unusual thing they've done to make money, and these are the answers.

10 of your answers:

1. I got an apartment on credit and then sold it for a much higher price.

2. I won money gambling, but I would never do it again.

3. I sold drugs for 3 months. I absolutely do not recommend it to anyone.

4. I planted cannabis in my backyard as a teenager because I needed money. I threw away the pots within a few days out of fear.

5. I sell photos of my feet and there are many interested people who buy them at crazy prices.

6. My family married me off for money. It wasn't worth it, my life is hell and I feel bad.

7. A relative offered me money to reveal his wife's Instagram password (she had told me in confidence). I accepted, took the money, and he found out she was cheating on him with his rival. I caused a huge drama.

8. Forex. I hate it, I would never want to do it again in my life.

9. I washed dishes in various restaurants, for just a few more lek during my emigration.

10. I go to a job I don't love for at least 5 years.