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1160 points kafked | 1 comments | 13 Sep 25 12:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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lucasyvas ◴[13 Sep 25 14:20 UTC] No.45232277[source]▶
You could make money off of this if you are able to pair willing manufacturers to realistic and popular ideas that get generated. It could become a real market place.

Hilarious project.

Edit: I did both Mouthwash Ramen and Time Machine to the Present. I’m now addicted to this, thanks.

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haolez ◴[13 Sep 25 14:22 UTC] No.45232298[source]▶
I know of a company that is huge in laser for physics and started like this in the 80s (through magazine catalogs).

They would list all kinds of lasers. When they got some offers for one of them, they'd sell it and schedule the delivery in 90 days. Then, they started the project from scratch. Crazy stuff and borderline legal :D

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joquarky ◴[13 Sep 25 18:58 UTC] No.45234437[source]▶
Back in the 80s and 90s rhey would advertise products on TV with "6 to 8 weeks for delivery".

Now I wonder if they did this to batch up a manufacturing run once enough orders were received.

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1. james_marks ◴[13 Sep 25 19:24 UTC] No.45234619[source]▶
Totally. You also get batch efficiencies shipping 10k orders in a day vs dribbling them out over weeks, and you can use sub-standard shipping methods that are cheaper because… the carriers themselves are also batching the work.