I was thinking in terms of having the $$$ to pay for whatever crime-fighting gadgets and anti-tracing tech you want to use to protecting your secret ID. And some of the most effective ways to do that are to have a low-profile secret ID and untraceable-as-possible income.
If these high tech gadgets are legitimate you will struggle to buy them with cash.
Not saving $10 on a baseball card, I mean saving $300 on shipping $100 collectibles, plus an undisclosed amount in taxes and tariffs. Shipping and taxes can be as high as 100-400% when shipping stuff from Europe to Latin America.
Well, you asked what I would do.
Depends on the gadget, where it’s being sold, and how easily you can generate cash. Gold is approaching $5k/oz, after all.
I can make literally tens of thousands of dollars in a day selling reselling gems, jewelry & precious metals for cash, without ID, to legitimate buyers in the USA. In 2024, I walked into a “cash 4 gold!” buying event (for a local store) advertised in my local newspaper carrying a shoebox with $50k+ in loose stones.
Plus, the world is your shopping mall. Not all countries have the same maximum amount for cash transactions. And you can always recurr to straw buyers.
Yep.
But is that a honest day’s work? By which I mean, you make that money because you have those gems and jewellery; do you make a profit compared to where you bought them, and if so is it enough to get rich (whatever that means in this case)? Your labour is, of course, finding and buying those pieces and then finding someone who will pay more for them - what’s that as an hourly rate? How much initial cash do you need to make a decent profit? And is it something that our Superman can do (or indeed do better because he’s Superman)?
