# 101 dumbest business ideas.. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 20, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-dumbest-business-ideas/40558 "2007-12-20T07:24:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![micah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/micah/32/7257_2.png) [@micah](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/micah)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-dumbest-business-ideas/40558/1 "2007-12-20T07:24:05Z")
[http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0712/gallery.101\_dumbest.fortune//index.html](http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/fortune/0712/gallery.101_dumbest.fortune//index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-dumbest-business-ideas/40558/2 "2007-12-20T08:07:20Z")
Nice. Merril Lynch is #4 and #5. EDIT: :lol: OMFG > 1. Electronic voting machines > Election officials in Florida promptly order 5,000 units > Diebold tightens security after it is revealed that a simple virus can hack its electronic voting machines. Months later a hacker uses a picture of a key from the company website to make a real key that can open the company’s machines. They put a picture of the actual key online, so somebody made one. :bloated: > 1. Best Buy > Let the Best Buyer beware > The state of Connecticut sues Best Buy for setting up in-store kiosks set to a website that looks identical to [bestbuy.com](http://bestbuy.com) but lists higher prices than those they would actually find online. That almost fucked me over once. I went home and ordered it online for in store pickup. :hang: > 1. Judge Roy Pearson > … thus making our satisfaction complete > District of Columbia judge Roy Pearson loses a $54 million lawsuit against the owners of a dry-cleaning establishment that he claims misplaced a pair of his pants. Pearson argued that the cleaner committed fraud by failing to live up to the SATISFACTION GUARANTEED sign displayed in the shop. > > Four months later a judicial review committee votes against reappointing him to his post, finding that he failed to demonstrate “appropriate judgment and judicial temperament.” The fuck?: > 1. Johnson & Johnson > And if those guys in Rome don’t stop using our logo, we’ll nail them too > Johnson & Johnson sues the American Red Cross for infringement of its trademarked red cross. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-dumbest-business-ideas/40558/3 "2007-12-20T08:28:41Z")
:lol: > 1. John Griffin > Can’t say he didn’t warn you > John Griffin, CEO of a Livermore, Calif., startup, pockets about $750,000 of seed capital after lying to investors lured by the company’s promise to develop a “dirt eater” to clean toxic soil. After reportedly spending the money on such necessities as a Ferrari, Super Bowl tickets, and steroids, Griffin is sentenced to 30 months in prison. The name of the startup: **VaporTech**. ---
**Author:** ![Johnnylude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@Johnnylude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Johnnylude)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2007, 8:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/101-dumbest-business-ideas/40558/4 "2007-12-20T08:36:34Z")
I like the one where they ripped off the dept. of defense $20 million by overcharging on shipping. It cost $960,000 to ship 2 metal washers. HAHA