Apartments as seen on TV

I recommend that real estate agents should compare homes for sale to well-known pop culture homes so that buyers reading the ads have a feel for the place before going to see it. Actually, I was thinking more along the lines of Dynasty, Dallas, and Falcon Crest.....or a Eldon Tyrell's apartment from "Blade Runner" or Anderton's apartment in "Minority Report" ?

Even better idea to rent apartments styled after television shows - shopping for apartments and all the styles that different offerings include are named like "The Ambassador", or "The Wilson". I want to get an apartment that looks like Jerry Seinfelds! Why don't apartment builders style their offerings after diggs on famous shows. Apartment styles could be called, "The Seinfeld", or "The Fraiser"..Or "The Ally Mcbeal" etc.... You get the picture.

This is quite similar to my earlier post idea on the Hollywood Celebrity Business.

How to turn Pennys into Dollar

It seems that a lot of people have change stored up in their house just waiting to exchange it at the bank. But who really has the time to lift those heavy bottles of coins? But once you do lift that lump of change out of your house, you have to take it out just to exchange it at the bank again! Why not just save time and energy and pay someone do it ?

Make an appointment and give an estimate of how much change you have, and the guys will be at your door in less than a week. Once the coins have been counted by a machine tested for great accuracy, you'll get it exchanged for cash in no time. Who can beat the price of a flat rate of $20.00 + 5% of the total amount of change ?

Small businesses/Arcades/Grocery- The second part of this business will be to resell these quarters to small businesses/arcades/groceries or any other business that needs coins. Is there any website that someone can direct me into to find out how much (if people are already doing this) banks are charging to sell coins?

Appliance Testing Rental Business

I've been seeing the commercials lately for vacuum cleaners. They look pretty nice, but I have no way to judge whether what they are saying is true or not. Now this basically applies to vacuum cleaners but I think it would work for most small appliances e.g. blenders, air purifiers, etc.

The main selling points for most products is performance. It it doesn't work right, it's a waste of money. I believe there should be either a business or a branch of each manufacturing company that provides what is basically a rental service with an eye towards you buying their product. If I want to try out Vacuum X, I would call and they would send me the vacuum cleaner. I can use it in my home, spill things and clean them at my leisure, basically test out all the features of the machine in my home, under my home's conditions (my dog's fur, my kids' messes, my messy hobbies).

The company would have arrange for me to buy the item in "2 easy payments" - first payment for the rental period and the second payment to keep it.If I have enjoyed the experience with my vacuum cleaner I will keep it, if I haven't I just send it back or ask for a different vacuum and so on until I find a machine that meets my needs.

This would probably work best for smaller appliances, but I guess it might work with bigger ones. I just don't see many commercials about refridgerators or washer/dryers and how great they are. Not to mention what a hassle it would be to install these for the trial period.

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