nsxt2000
08-06-2008, 01:13 PM
Wondering what airlines will charge you next? Try pillows and blankets.
JetBlue now sells a pillow & blanket set for $7 on flights of two hours or more. The set, which passengers can take home, includes a 10-by-12 inch pillow and a fleece blanket, which fit into a carrying case. The kit also comes with a $5 coupon for Bed Bath & Beyond.
When you think about it, this isn't a bad deal, and in fact I propose a new business model based upon it. Travelers aren't going to lug around this pillow & blanket set after departing the aircraft, so you hire people to stand by the exits offering $5 for the package. The traveler figures then it only cost him a dollar for the pillow and a dollar for the blanket and dosen't feel ripped off.
Now we take all those sets and who won't pay $4 for a pillow and $4 for a blanket? We can also sell the small zipper case for say .50 cents too. On eBay we offer the $5 BB&Y coupon for $2.50. Therefore we have revenues of $11.00 on a $5 investment! Even after factoring in our labor, handling cost, etc. we are still making more percent profit than Home Depot manages!
Sooo, who wants to be my business partner? I am now accepting investments, prefering small unmarked bills, money orders or cashiers checks. If enough money comes in I can be reached at the Regency in Hong Kong...
-Mike S.
JetBlue now sells a pillow & blanket set for $7 on flights of two hours or more. The set, which passengers can take home, includes a 10-by-12 inch pillow and a fleece blanket, which fit into a carrying case. The kit also comes with a $5 coupon for Bed Bath & Beyond.
When you think about it, this isn't a bad deal, and in fact I propose a new business model based upon it. Travelers aren't going to lug around this pillow & blanket set after departing the aircraft, so you hire people to stand by the exits offering $5 for the package. The traveler figures then it only cost him a dollar for the pillow and a dollar for the blanket and dosen't feel ripped off.
Now we take all those sets and who won't pay $4 for a pillow and $4 for a blanket? We can also sell the small zipper case for say .50 cents too. On eBay we offer the $5 BB&Y coupon for $2.50. Therefore we have revenues of $11.00 on a $5 investment! Even after factoring in our labor, handling cost, etc. we are still making more percent profit than Home Depot manages!
Sooo, who wants to be my business partner? I am now accepting investments, prefering small unmarked bills, money orders or cashiers checks. If enough money comes in I can be reached at the Regency in Hong Kong...
-Mike S.