How do you make money to pay for your cosplays?

[kai-chan]

i sell stuff on ebay and get a summer job. which i usually make 400-1000 the month of the con by working at the state fair.

[Tanuki19]

my family thinks cosplays are a waste of money DX

[Vexenification]

my family thinks cosplays are a waste of money DX

Tell them it's an excuse to use real life math situations outside of the classroom, and that your bargain hunting, and it's experience for when your older...
The math thing worked with my parents ^^*

[Tanuki19]

my family thinks cosplays are a waste of money DX

Tell them it's an excuse to use real life math situations outside of the classroom, and that your bargain hunting, and it's experience for when your older...
The math thing worked with my parents ^^*

my parents know for a FACT that math is my worst subject XD

[Killer_Tofu]

How do I make MY money you ask? Night house-keeper at the local hospital. I clean up blood and gore all night long and have the money deposited directly into my bank account (which is good because the hours I sleep are the hours the bank is open). It's the perfect job for vampires like me, and pays much better than you'd think. But I still have to be some-what miserly.

As for the BF, he works in the ware-house of a major electronics store. Not the best pay, but great employee discount and plenty of free cardboard for props and armor.

[agpgirl]

Well when I first found out about Kumoricon, it was already 6 months away.

What I do is babysit.
Believe it or not, you can get a lot of money from just babysitting. I mean, I
only worked twice in 1 week and I already got my pre-registration covered.

Also, I did yard work. I worked for the whole summer leading up to kumoricon.
I made over $130 and still had about $10 left over.

So really, anywhere that hires work would do! Dairy Queen hires employees at
around 15 years of age.

[kai-chan]

T.T the new people who were in charge of hiring for temp at the fair didnt call me. i have been hired to work at the fair for the last 3 years and this is the first time i didnt get hired. So I had to scrounge around for monnies. I sold a Hot Topic Exclusive Inuyasha Vs. Sesshomaru figure MIB. on ebay for $100. which is going towards what i spent on my cosplay and spending money at the con.

[ElVerde]

It was really hard last year when I didn't have a job. I ended up using left over monies from my Japan trip, then my parents pitched in.

This year my cosplay was bought mostly with money from Christmas/Birthday and also some Holiday Bazaars I worked at to sell my art work. But now I have a nice paying job, and work full time owo

[nikkiolie]

I got to this place where they hold me captive for hours on end and force me to do thing I don't want to. Sometimes I have to get up really early to please the masters and sometimes I have to stay out really late. And on a very rare occasion they force me to stay 11 hours in one day *coughyesterday and todaycough*

[ishpumalibu]

i kind of strip on the side, women pay me to keep my clothes on. 

[moiramctaggart]

*Save pocket change
*Never pay full price for anything. JoAnn's constantly has 40-50% off coupons.
*Shop the clearance racks, Goodwill, etc.
*Save the leftovers
*Work odd jobs for the family
*Beg
*Once I get a job again I'll have enough money to actually make stuff again.

There is always a way.

[soundninja12]

working, mooching, saving, watching your money and smart shopping.

This

[flyinvee11]

I sell legal drugs.

And by that, I mean that I work at Starbucks

[CheshireStray]

Hopefully this year i can get my license, and a job with it, but up until now... I usually do odd jobs, save up change, do a ton of mooching, save up the small amount ($10-15 a week i scratch together) i make that i usually spend on manga during the periods im making/buying/sewing up a particular article throughout the year...
Not that i have a ton of experience, seeing as this is like, my first con, and i've only done two or so cosplays prior to this... XP