10 Dumb Ideas That Made a Lot of Money


	10 Dumb Ideas That Made a Lot of Money
eyemandy
4-24-2008 4:32 AM
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4-24-2008 8:52 AM
pittan
This shows that however silly or bizzare an idea you have don't dismiss it without trying it out first. Who knows it might make you millions.
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/46d8dd55-3dc8-4f93-ae75-aa0caa9b5bd3/873E1B31-E3E9-4B6D-BB1E-9848C4643D45/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/" href="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/" style="font-size: 11px;">creditcardpundit.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/">10 Dumb Ideas that Made A Lot of Money</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>1. Pet Rock</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/E6CE3D10-0759-46B5-805F-6407AB18C3B7" alt="pet rock" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><P>This was a simple, million dollar idea. Pick up a rock, throw it in a box with some hay and sell for $4.99. Who knew millions of people would prefer to buy a rock to collect dust in their junk drawers over going out and finding one of their own.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>2. Billy the Big Mouth Bass</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/880F6326-C1B8-4F0B-8613-3EA4B1E70B7D" alt="Billy the Big Mouth Bass" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><P>WalMart couldn’t keep Billy the Big Mouth Bass on the shelves as folks everywhere bought singing fish to adorn their trailers. I don’t know what would posses someone to make a singing fish…or maybe it was the fish that was possessed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>3. Antenna balls</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/6FE4672B-C99D-4AC0-86FF-ED355364DF3D" alt="Antenna Balls" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>4. The Flowbee</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/096FFAF5-1CCB-4322-AC8F-BBEC6DBB012A" alt="flowbee" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>5.  Doggles </H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/669080A4-208A-4172-853E-D67C419B110B" alt="Doggles" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>6. Santa Mail</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/649708AC-F643-48A9-A3EE-08D7201A79F3" alt="SantaMail" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><P>I really dropped the ball with this one. For years I sent notes from Santa to nieces, nephews and friends’ kids. Everyone told me to start a website and I never did. Then someone comes out with <A target="_blank" href="http://santamail.org">SantaMail</A> and is doing great. Who knew?</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>7. The Million Dollar Home Page</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/8F0E0115-2F13-440C-A423-C365C9F0A562" alt="Million_Dollar_Home_Page" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>8. Baby Wigs</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/AB105992-F13A-4BC8-AB2E-25D2BA613886" alt="bqby wig" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>9. Tumbleweed Farm</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/0C5E499F-B092-4804-B434-CBCB7774E993" alt="prairie tumbleweed farm" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><H2>10. Mood Rings</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://creditcardpundit.com/blog/10-dumb-ideas-that-made-a-lot-of-money/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/creditcardpundit.com/img/7E92F4EB-70F4-4A46-811D-E96CBFFBEDA9" alt="Mood ring" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/873E1B31-E3E9-4B6D-BB1E-9848C4643D45/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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