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  • Re: Okay, another way Mike can become a millionaire

    From JTEM is so reasonable@21:1/5 to JTEM is so reasonable on Sat Sep 2 16:39:01 2023
    JTEM is so reasonable wrote:
    So I'm disgustingly lazy AND the worst salesman to
    have ever lived. If I tried to sell water to a fish during
    a drought, as I've stated in the past, he'd look up at
    me and with his dying breath... "Fuck you!" he'd gasp.

    So Mike buys like 100 of these:

    https://www.google.com/shopping/product/1?client=safari&hl=en&q=ghost+detector&prds=epd:17611356331325315022,eto:17611356331325315022_0,pid:17611356331325315022&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjesqrShI2BAxVKMVkFHUe6A-IQ9pwGCAo

    And this isn't necessarily easy but then he removes
    all the electronics from their case. Then with just
    a jumble of electronics, he makes a new case,
    something way wicked cool, and he installs the now
    loose electronics inside of it. Then he sells it for 5x
    what he paid, plus shipping.

    3D printed plastic can look really cool, but it feels
    incredibly cheap and brittle... not the least bit
    durable.

    So give me a deal -- like 2x cost -- and come up with
    some 3D printed Ostrich shaped ghost/UFO detectors
    and I'll buy them...

    Seems like a big risk to take on one tiny customer
    though. Maybe a UFO or Ghost shaped casing.

    Saw some coffin shaped "Detectors" that somebody
    had whipped up. Have no idea if they did what I'm
    suggesting, it's just a sure fire way of getting it right.

    Assuming you can extricate the electronics from
    their original case, make or find a new case and pass
    it off as a new product.

    Oo!

    Maybe a cube? Simple. Drill some holes to align
    the LEDs? Maybe even save 0.00003 cents by
    leaving the bottom open. You know, for batteries?

    Maybe buy a cheap existing toy or other item, and
    install the electronics in that?

    https://us.shein.com/Table-Lamps-p-19712713-cat-1957.html?src_identifier=st%3D2%60sc%3Dplastic%20UFO%60sr%3D0%60ps%3D1&src_module=search&src_tab_page_id=page_search1693696550736&mallCode=1&imgRatio=1-1

    A robot? Rocket? Ghost? Alien? An eye?

    Anything that might be construed as appropriate.

    Or you can buy something "Expensive," a lamp or
    other item, and insert it into that. It would work but
    would be harder to sell.

    I like the cube idea. Maybe you can get a funky color
    or decorate it with stickers... paint it with stencils...
    buy some cheap gumball machine like figure and
    glue it to the top...

    Gumball Machine prizes? I just found 100 aliens,
    assorted colors, for $24 bucks. That comes out to
    24 cents each.

    I bought these for $6.66 including shipping:

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/704965855140888576

    That's 33.3 cents per unit...

    Too expensive but something like this maybe:

    https://www.montessoriservices.com/small-colored-plastic-boxes

    https://shopee.com.my/product/164761209/13062960853

    Go to Amazon, search on "10 pieces glass dome with Wooden
    base."

    You can hire me when your business grows to large, or
    buy me my Maserati as a reward for gifting you this gold
    mine...

    Sorry, wrong group, but everyone is still free to buy me my
    Maserati...


    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/721628733650485248

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
  • From JTEM is so reasonable@21:1/5 to All on Sat Sep 2 16:37:50 2023
    So I'm disgustingly lazy AND the worst salesman to
    have ever lived. If I tried to sell water to a fish during
    a drought, as I've stated in the past, he'd look up at
    me and with his dying breath... "Fuck you!" he'd gasp.

    So Mike buys like 100 of these:

    https://www.google.com/shopping/product/1?client=safari&hl=en&q=ghost+detector&prds=epd:17611356331325315022,eto:17611356331325315022_0,pid:17611356331325315022&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjesqrShI2BAxVKMVkFHUe6A-IQ9pwGCAo

    And this isn't necessarily easy but then he removes
    all the electronics from their case. Then with just
    a jumble of electronics, he makes a new case,
    something way wicked cool, and he installs the now
    loose electronics inside of it. Then he sells it for 5x
    what he paid, plus shipping.

    3D printed plastic can look really cool, but it feels
    incredibly cheap and brittle... not the least bit
    durable.

    So give me a deal -- like 2x cost -- and come up with
    some 3D printed Ostrich shaped ghost/UFO detectors
    and I'll buy them...

    Seems like a big risk to take on one tiny customer
    though. Maybe a UFO or Ghost shaped casing.

    Saw some coffin shaped "Detectors" that somebody
    had whipped up. Have no idea if they did what I'm
    suggesting, it's just a sure fire way of getting it right.

    Assuming you can extricate the electronics from
    their original case, make or find a new case and pass
    it off as a new product.

    Oo!

    Maybe a cube? Simple. Drill some holes to align
    the LEDs? Maybe even save 0.00003 cents by
    leaving the bottom open. You know, for batteries?

    Maybe buy a cheap existing toy or other item, and
    install the electronics in that?

    https://us.shein.com/Table-Lamps-p-19712713-cat-1957.html?src_identifier=st%3D2%60sc%3Dplastic%20UFO%60sr%3D0%60ps%3D1&src_module=search&src_tab_page_id=page_search1693696550736&mallCode=1&imgRatio=1-1

    A robot? Rocket? Ghost? Alien? An eye?

    Anything that might be construed as appropriate.

    Or you can buy something "Expensive," a lamp or
    other item, and insert it into that. It would work but
    would be harder to sell.

    I like the cube idea. Maybe you can get a funky color
    or decorate it with stickers... paint it with stencils...
    buy some cheap gumball machine like figure and
    glue it to the top...

    Gumball Machine prizes? I just found 100 aliens,
    assorted colors, for $24 bucks. That comes out to
    24 cents each.

    I bought these for $6.66 including shipping:

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/704965855140888576

    That's 33.3 cents per unit...

    Too expensive but something like this maybe:

    https://www.montessoriservices.com/small-colored-plastic-boxes

    https://shopee.com.my/product/164761209/13062960853

    Go to Amazon, search on "10 pieces glass dome with Wooden
    base."

    You can hire me when your business grows to large, or
    buy me my Maserati as a reward for gifting you this gold
    mine...





    -- --

    https://jtem.tumblr.com/post/721628733650485248

    --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
    * Origin: fsxNet Usenet Gateway (21:1/5)
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