Reply to: Making money out of peoples fears and dumbness

[Mich the Tester]

If you're on the bench, contract swine flu immediately.

Once your immune system has killed it off, make this clear to the barrage of agencies that are looking for contingent staff over the next month or so.

Even demand a higher rate as you're unlikely to fall ill from it again.

Turn your phlegm into a highly dissolved homeopathic remedy. That's the great thing with homeopathy; you only need a tiny amount of the original toxin and the less of it you put in the solution the more money you make.

[expat]

I think you are missing the point.

True businessmen are way ahead of you and are manipulating the media so that that they can make money out of pig flu and other media created frenzies.

Al Capone said, "Taxation: now there's a racket I'd like to get into".

ISTM that companies who make and sell things that the government makes you have, have indeed got into that racket: they have got the force of the law to make you give them money.

Don't worry, just drink the Ovaltine.

[CheeseSlice]

Some of these old dodgy campaigns by trusted household-names are excellent examples of corporate greed and playing us for fools in these scary times:

http://timesonline.typepad.com/times...-epidemic.html

"Don’t worry about influenza, drink Ovaltine"

"In view of the immense value of Bovril during an Influenza epidemic, the proprietors of Bovril are making every effort to meet the demand"

"It takes less than three minutes for MILTON to knock out the Influenza germ. We have overwhelming proof of this fact"

The scary thing is, if it wasn't for stronger advertising regulation today, they would still do it...

[TimberWolf]

I think you are missing the point.

True businessmen are way ahead of you and are manipulating the media so that that they can make money out of pig flu and other media created frenzies.

That's out of my league at present, I'm just a small start-up company. From little acorns oaks grow...

[CheeseSlice]

If you're on the bench, contract swine flu immediately.

Once your immune system has killed it off, make this clear to the barrage of agencies that are looking for contingent staff over the next month or so.

Even demand a higher rate as you're unlikely to fall ill from it again.

[suityou01]

True businessmen would be looking at ways of making money out of pig flu and other media created frenzies. Why should the pharma companies and Doctors get all the action?

Anyone got any good business ideas?

E.g.

Selling miracle pig flu cures on eBay
Books on pig flu tulip
Surgical masks
A specialist pig flu website (probably already done)
Self-cure books and videos
Fake Tamiflu tablets
Drive by coughings and other flu related robbings
Information on how to build a pig flu bunker
Courses on how to hunt for Truffles

Does anyone have any more great business ideas like this?

I'd patent Swine Flu Oinkment.

[EternalOptimist]

Carbon taxes, Carbon credits, Carbon offsetting, Carbon trading.....

six different coloured bins

[DimPrawn]

I think you are missing the point.

True businessmen are way ahead of you and are manipulating the media so that that they can make money out of pig flu and other media created frenzies.

Carbon taxes, Carbon credits, Carbon offsetting, Carbon trading.....

[Gonzo]

True businessmen would be looking at ways of making money out of pig flu and other media created frenzies. Why should the pharma companies and Doctors get all the action?

I think you are missing the point.

True businessmen are way ahead of you and are manipulating the media so that that they can make money out of pig flu and other media created frenzies.

[MrMark]

Making money out of peoples fears and dumbness

Prime example: the House Price bubble.

[Andy2]

I don't believe this pig flu nonsense
I have never seen a coughing and sneezing pig

[AlfredJPruffock]

IBM founed a business empire upon FUD

Fear
Uncertainty
Doubt

[TimberWolf]

cured ham

[TimberWolf]

Have you tried the stock markets?

Aside from long term investments, only paper speculation about 5-10 years ago. Got any good pig flu stock tips? Pharmas went up yesterday, but might fall back when the pig flu panic ends.

[EternalOptimist]

Sell people cured ham and tell them that it is an antidote