Making money out of peoples fears and dumbness

**EternalOptimist** · 28 April 2009, 07:55

Originally posted by TimberWolf View Post

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?

How about wrist bands that change colour from green to red when a pig-flu virus lands on it
text service direct to your mobile when a new case is identified within 20 miles
Pig-flu insurance

**Drewster** · 28 April 2009, 07:59

Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

How about wrist bands that change colour from green to red when a pig-flu virus lands on it
text service direct to your mobile when a new case is identified within 20 miles
Pig-flu insurance

2000

**moorfield** · 28 April 2009, 08:07

Making money out of peoples fears and dumbness

Have you tried the stock markets?

**EternalOptimist** · 28 April 2009, 08:09

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

**TimberWolf** · 28 April 2009, 08:10

Originally posted by moorfield View Post

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.

**TimberWolf** · 28 April 2009, 08:10

Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post

cured ham

**AlfredJPruffock** · 28 April 2009, 08:16

IBM founed a business empire upon FUD

Fear
Uncertainty
Doubt

**Andy2** · 28 April 2009, 08:38

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

**MrMark** · 28 April 2009, 09:36

Making money out of peoples fears and dumbness

Prime example: the House Price bubble.

Making money out of peoples fears and dumbness