Posted by NCWayne on May 28, 2014 at 22:28:26 from (173.188.169.54):
Told my wife again tonight I need to find the best kind of tinfoil to line my hat to keep those dastardly "thought steeling rays" out....... I"m joking of course, but this afternoon I discovered yet another idea I had, but didn"t really have the time, or means, to pursue, that was marketed by someone else around the same time I had the idea for myself.
Years ago Dad and I were headed down the interstate and I saw a "No Fear" sticker on a truck for the first time. I made the comment to Dad that they needed one for Rednecks that said something like "I ain"t skeert". About 6 months later I started seeing "Ain"t skeert" stickers on the rear windows of trucks.
Today I got an email from a roll-on bed liner company that I had written to see if they might package their product in anything smaller than a quart can. See, I"ve been using it to coat the toes of my boots since around 2001 or 2002, right after I got my truck. Before I started using it I would routinely get holes in the toes, rendering the boots non-waterproof, long before the rest of the boot was worn out. I started using the bed liner after coating the bed of my truck and seeing how tough it was, and it hasn"t failed me yet. Still, I hate buying a quart of the stuff for $29 when I only need a few ounces to do a pair, or two, of boots....but if it doubles the life of a $200 pair of boots, it"s well worth it.
Anyways, I had emailed the mfg and asked about smaller containers, and made mention that I"d often thought about trying to get set up to package it in smaller containers (if they didn"t) but just didn"t have the resources to do so. In return I got an email from the mfg this afternoon with a link to the site below. They said that even thought their name isn"t mentioned this place has been pretty much doing exactly what I had suggested for years, and the product was pretty much theirs, with different labeling.
I"m not going to mention the name of the stuff when used as a bed liner on here but, believe me when I say, it works. If you wear steel toed boots, or simply work in a position that you routinely wear out the toes on your boots, give this stuff a try. The outfit at the link have it packaged in bottles small enough to do what needs to be done without a lot of waste, and that"s exactly what I was looking for myself.
Funny thing is they started doing it around the same time I started doing it on my own boots.
These are just two things I can think of that I had an idea about because I saw a potential for a profit, but didn"t have the ability to fund.....only to see someone else do it shortly after I had voiced the idea. Almost makes a fellow want to line his hat with some of that really good tinfoil to keep the "thought rays" out.....
So, what ideas have ya"ll had that you couldn"t pursue for whatever reason, and eventually became profit makers for someone else not long after you voiced the idea???? .....Maybe we can experiment and find the best brand tinfoil together.....LOL
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