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Great idea for a (slightly odd) new business venture

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  • tomterm8
    tomterm8 Posts: 5,892 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    So I went through with the meeting with my bank to discuss this business idea and a possible loan. Basically the loan advisor had to stifle his laughter on a couple of occasions whilst I was going through the business plan and then at the end told me it probably wouldn’t work. I actually felt quite humiliated

    Needless to say I won’t be taking this one any further for the time being. I do have another business idea brewing though that I definitely think might work.

    Have you considered adapting your peanut suit to becoming a pigeon trap using the Roald Dahl method and selling pigeon pie instead?
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  • rochja
    rochja Posts: 564 Forumite
    edited 21 January 2014 at 12:24PM
    This is more of a living art idea. I can imagine a few zoos paying you to stand in their aviaries and [heavy] petting areas. Or you could really annoy Boris by bringing the pigeons back to Trafalgar square and getting people to pay to attach the nuts.
    Or you could just develop the whole idea as a weekend hobby

    PS What happened to the tie in post one that had disappeared [been eaten?] by post 26? I assume you would not be able to afford it as you would be working for peanuts.
    Life is like a box of chocolates - drop it and the soft centres splash everywhere
  • RichardD1970
    RichardD1970 Posts: 3,796 Forumite
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    KiKi wrote: »
    WHAT???? :eek:

    What just happened to my world?

    Peanuts are legumes, same family as beans, peas, lentils etc.

    Therefore it is not as silly as it sounds having warning of "may contain traces of nut" on the packet.

    Someone with a nut allergy could be perfectly fine eating peanuts and some one with a peanut allergy could be fine eating nuts. ;)
  • lincroft1710
    lincroft1710 Posts: 18,883 Forumite
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    So I went through with the meeting with my bank to discuss this business idea and a possible loan. Basically the loan advisor had to stifle his laughter on a couple of occasions whilst I was going through the business plan and then at the end told me it probably wouldn’t work. I actually felt quite humiliated

    What's the betting your business idea is featured in the bank's in-house staff magazine under the heading "Strangest Loan Requests"!
    If you are querying your Council Tax band would you please state whether you are in England, Scotland or Wales
  • I think your business ideas need far more research before being shared (and I really don't think you should share them on the internet for anyone to steal).

    British Airways no longer serve peanuts on their flights, because of the possibility of peanut dust setting off anaphylaxis. Are you seriously expecting managers to allow clouds of peanut dust on their premises? The slightest business research into peanuts should have elicited this fact............
    Ex board guide. Signature now changed (if you know, you know).
  • I understand now it wasn't the best idea, although I still think it would work quite well.

    Good news is I have moved onwards and upwards and I now have a new business idea! A better business idea...
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