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loudes13 · 08-12-2009, 08:26 AM

strike while the iron is hot. The Olympics will only last 2 weeks. 2 weeks of rent might be a nice chunk, but renting your kayak or selling t shirts will be tough to recoup your investment unless you devote 100% of your time doing it.

Honestly sounds like more traffic, debt, and inconvenience than it's worth.

GoCUBS1 · 08-12-2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by karlsch

I'm going to do this:

YouTube - How To pickpocket

LOL..... Now I did say "legal" activity....

GoCUBS1 · 08-12-2009, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by loudes13

Honestly sounds like more traffic, debt, and inconvenience than it's worth.

ok...Let's stay positively motivated so we can make some money... Traffic/inconvenience is a big issue for people... Something that tourists may pay money to avoid. I remember, in some countries, it is common for people to pay others to stand in lines for them. How about a business where tourists pay Chicagoans money to stand in long Olympic lines for them?

Oh, another idea... Olympic ticket scalping...

GoCUBS1 · 08-12-2009, 09:01 AM

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Given Chicago's reputation around the country and the world... set up body armor kiosks.

Or, hire out personal body guards? I know some guys at the gym who'd be great for this...

Thought of another one... Invent a new Olympic snack food (a la "Cracker Jacks")

And what about all those Olympic pins everyone collects?

Dport7674 · 08-12-2009, 10:53 AM

find someone to sell you t-shirts that have the date, the olympic rings and the word Chicago on them for $2 each and sell them for $10 each. although 15 other dudes will be doing the same thing on each street corner. sucks being a hustler on a street full of other hustlers.

Edit- Find something that once a kid see's it, they can't live without it. lot's a kids will be in town to feel the electricity of the olympics with their jerk off parents and their souvenier buying, money spending ways. people have gotten rich selling glo-sticks to kids.

Buy those $1 plastic ponchos and cross your fingers and hope to die that it rains. you could sell those ponchos all day for $5

GoCUBS1 · 08-12-2009, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Dport7674

find someone to sell you t-shirts that have the date, the olympic rings and the word Chicago on them for $2 each and sell them for $10 each. although 15 other dudes will be doing the same thing on each street corner. sucks being a hustler on a street full of other hustlers.

Yeh, thought about that... Have to find out about Olympic copyrights and come up with a cool slogan/design that will outsell the other shirts... I'd hire vendors to sell the shirts on commission (maybe out-of-work students?)

Dport7674 · 08-12-2009, 11:13 AM

I was thinking more of buy a few hundred shirts for yourself and hustle them off. copyrights be damned

Venom · 08-12-2009, 11:14 AM

Set up a kissing booth.

GoCUBS1 · 08-12-2009, 11:16 AM

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Set up a kissing booth.

That is the best idea yet! Who would man this booth?

GoCUBS1 · 08-12-2009, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Dport7674

Edit- Find something that once a kid see's it, they can't live without it. lot's a kids will be in town to feel the electricity of the olympics with their jerk off parents and their souvenier buying, money spending ways. people have gotten rich selling glo-sticks to kids.

Buy those $1 plastic ponchos and cross your fingers and hope to die that it rains. you could sell those ponchos all day for $5

I like the way you think.... Capitalize on spoiled kids... I noticed at Six Flags last week the Glo-stick light sabers were selling like hot cakes at $20 each... An "Olympic torch glo-stick light saber" could make me rich....