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  1. Jerrari

    Jerrari F1 Veteran

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    In the wake of all of the stupid small businesses that I see people open up around town, I thought it would be funny to think up some of our own bad business ideas. I'll start:
    THE SUN WORSHIPERS OUTLET CENTER
    THE MEAT-N-POTATOES RESTAURANT
    THE PIT BULL PETTING ZOO
    THE OSAMA CONFERENCE CENTER
    THE MICHAEL JACKSON DAYCARE CENTER
    GREAT WHITE PYROTECHNICS
     
  2. darth550

    darth550 Six Time F1 World Champ
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    Dan Quayle will eat there every night.

    DL
     
  3. sjmst

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    Solar powered flashlights
    Inflatable dart boards
     
  4. Cavallino Motors

    Cavallino Motors F1 World Champ
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    Honest Used Car Dealers :)
     
  5. darth550

    darth550 Six Time F1 World Champ
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    Huh, Where?

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  6. Kds

    Kds F1 World Champ

    Dehydrated water
     
  7. ryalex

    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ
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    -Vending machines with hair dye placed in nursing homes.
    "You'll forget your gray like your families have forgotten you"

    -Coin operated TP dispensers for bathrooms

    -Teriyaki and Film processing (especially for Seattle)

    Possibly my best bad idea:
    -Lease-A-Puppy: Show-quality purebred dogs leased from 6 weeks-12mos. Option to buy at lease end and all shots and professional training classes included. If your kids won't take care of it, we'll take it back. Sales of lease returns under market prices, but with the margin on the lease cost it wouldn't matter.
     
  8. Jerrari

    Jerrari F1 Veteran

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    Ryan, those are the best bad ideas yet! You're a great terrible marketer...LOL!!
     
  9. ryalex

    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Thought of this before, but since the Passion has been a hit, I'll release my ultra-spicy hot sauce:

    The Atonement
    "You'll pray for this cup to pass!"

    Marketing classes were among my favorites :).
     
  10. benedict

    benedict Formula Junior

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    Along those lines I always envisioned this commercial:

    Jesus in a tomb raising Lazarus from the dead
    Lazarus hugging Him and weeping, "Thank you my Lord"
    Jesus pulling out a bottle of Scope- "Lazarus, dude, before we go any further,
    Scope it up buddy!"

    Either that or "Paris Hilton Labor Union local 547."
     
  11. ryalex

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    How about combining a cemetary and a golf course? They're both well-manicured green spaces. "Yes, my husband and I were looking to secure plots overlooking the 6th fairway." I'm sure there's plenty of golfers who would love to be buried on a course. Or have their mausoleum in the clubhouse.


    I've always thought that having a conglomerate corporation and owning a fast food chain, a tobacco company and an HMO would be an incredible cycle of cash flow and lifelong clients.

    Or you could start a law firm and just sue all of the above ;-).


    Or how about combining a hospital with subsidiaries like those wheelchairs and scooters bought with Medicare money, or combining it with an estate management law firm, and a funeral home/headstone co/cemetary/golf course.
     
  12. Jerrari

    Jerrari F1 Veteran

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    How about a store selling Rolexes and Nascar goods?
     
  13. Gilles27

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    How about opening up an Atkins-Free restaurant? "We know you miss your carbs...c'mon in and get re-acquainted."
     
  14. wax

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    Kitten dispensers - 5 cents for every cat deposited, 5 dollars for every cat sold, er, recycled.

    Le Cabbage - Nothing but cabbage-based dishes & pay toilets. "Yum" clink *poooooooot*
     
  15. MarkPDX

    MarkPDX F1 World Champ
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    Saw this on another board:

    e-Hooker.com

    First you fill out a questionaire pertaining to sexual tastes, preferences, perversions and deviant tendencies. Submit and be immediately connected with a hooker or escort of your choice. As a service to premium members your profile and requirements would be sent to 6 ladies of the trade and have them bid on your business. It's like Pimpline instead of Priceline.
     
  16. Jerrari

    Jerrari F1 Veteran

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    Watch swapping. You know how you get sick of your watch(es) after a while? Well, simply look at all of the on-line photos of other network member's watches and trade with them for 90 days or so. Come to think of it, this could work for spouses as well. You're responsible for any damages.
     
  17. Schatten

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    One that I came up with some time ago would be: wireless power! however, the remote system would be required to run on batteries to receive the power signal. =)
     
  18. Jerrari

    Jerrari F1 Veteran

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    How about wireless wire?
     
  19. 134282

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    The Yugo Market Letter...?
     
  20. Fastviper

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    invisible underware

    our slogan would be
    "take the worry out of being in a car crash"

    and we would sell millions to the govt. great idea!

    john
     
  21. ryalex

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    I visited Amsterdam with family, and we saw a building that was a 'prostitute union,' and they had these big registry books that were essentially a catalog with photos and stats of all the members. Bad place.
     
  22. ryalex

    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Shower Video Phone. Teleconferencing for the busy person with hygiene priorities.
     
  23. jonesn

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    Vitamin enriched toothpaste :)

    Don't spit, swallow! All of your daily vitamins are laced into a minty toothpaste that saves you time and adds years to your life. Brushing is entirely optional.
     
  24. ryalex

    ryalex Two Time F1 World Champ
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    I got a great one the other day... we've got plenty of fruit flavored vitamins out there, but there's pent up demand for


    VEGETAMINS!

    That's right, 100% of your RDA of over 26 vitamins and minerals in the tasty flavor of nature's finest - classics such as broccoli, asparagus, radish and onion!
     
  25. WJHMH

    WJHMH Two Time F1 World Champ
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    A rotary dialer on a cell phone.
     

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