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2012-01-20 01:46:04 PM
See a doctor and get rid of it.
 
2012-01-20 01:52:05 PM
Always low prizes
 
2012-01-20 02:54:29 PM
Ummm, don't they already carry everything?
 
2012-01-20 03:04:47 PM
So. If I have this correct. These are the steps.

1. People submit ideas for new products to Walmart.
2. Somewhere in the fine print is something about relinquishing rights to idea to Walmart.
3. Walmart profits!

Of course, I might just be skeptical.
 
2012-01-20 03:43:49 PM
Meh, just more big companies trying to be "interactive" with people to get ideas themselves, instead of going with someone like Quirky or EdisonNation.
 
2012-01-20 03:45:20 PM
As per George Carlin, find two things that have never been nailed together, and nail them together - *BINGO* - instant marketing success
 
2012-01-20 03:53:52 PM
So that's how you spell that word. I'd heard it but never seen it in print.
 
2012-01-20 03:57:00 PM
I'm submitting this.

i.telegraph.co.uk
 
2012-01-20 03:59:05 PM
Subby, I disagree. They don't have enough flair.
 
2012-01-20 04:02:31 PM
Prohibitive favorite:

beyondgrowth.net

/meh, close enough
 
2012-01-20 04:14:23 PM
They tried this back in the early '80s with "Joanie Loves Tchotchkes". It didn't take off then, either.
 
2012-01-20 04:27:22 PM
mavexe: I'm submitting this.

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I'll take 12!!!!!!
 
2012-01-20 04:36:45 PM
I_Am_Weasel: So. If I have this correct. These are the steps.

1. People submit ideas for new products to Walmart.
2. Somewhere in the fine print is something about relinquishing rights to idea to Walmart.
3. Walmart profits!

Of course, I might just be skeptical.


more like it:

1) you submit product idea & win
2) Walmart helps you get funding to begin production
3) fine print says that you have to provide X many units per year or you lose your new factory
4) and further states that your sale price must decrease by 3% per year or Walmart backs out (see item 6)
5) resulting in either Walmart owning your new company or you have to move it to China in order to meet Walmart's demands
6) and if Walmart's sales don't meet quota, the deal is off and your stuck with a butt-load of merchandise you can't sell
7) and still have to pay off the loans
 
2012-01-20 05:00:50 PM
Oh, I had the Tchotchkes once. My doctor told me to drink a warm glass of salty water and it cleared it right up.
 
2012-01-20 05:08:15 PM
I have a great invention for Wal-Mart shoppers. I call it a belt. It's like the extension cord you usually use to hold up your pants.
 
2012-01-20 05:09:57 PM
blogs.impress1.com
 
2012-01-20 05:12:08 PM
I should fill a Wal-Mart with some of the gadgets I've worked on and let the judges pick one.
 
2012-01-20 05:24:31 PM
mavexe: I'm submitting this.

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Jar o' Cat?
 
2012-01-20 05:29:27 PM
America's got a case of the Mondays.
 
2012-01-20 07:04:52 PM
invictus2: [blogs.impress1.com image 200x200]

I haven't seen that in forever. I LOLed.
 
2012-01-20 09:32:19 PM
MaudlinMutantMollusk: Always low prizes

This = Instant millionaire
 
2012-01-20 10:34:01 PM
Which is ironic since most Walmart shoppers would break a shelf if they got on it.
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2012-01-21 12:17:49 AM
Oh, it's going to be internet-voting?

I'd put good money on herbal vaporizers. You know, for herbs. Plain ol' legal herbs. Yup. Nothing to see here.
 
2012-01-21 04:08:56 PM
Has got is redundant.
 
2012-01-23 04:14:46 PM
Peter von Nostrand: Prohibitive favorite:

[beyondgrowth.net image 470x230]

/meh, close enough


what I thought of, too.
 
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