The Happy Happy Fun Bag.

March 30, 2005 8:04 AM

I picked up 50 digitech guitar pedal bags at the local thrift store, cheap. My wife is laughing at me as I try to get rid of them.

Basically, they are these nylon, padded bags, black, about 8 inches wide and either 22 or 27 inches long. Maybe three inches deep.

I just want help brainstorming what these could be used for, so I can unload them. I don't even need to charge more than two bucks apiece.


Some possible uses (target markets!) include:

• very short rifle case
• guitar pedal bag
• collapsible blowguns

I'm thinking there has to be some arcane item that will fit in these. I was hoping that the garageband midi controller would fit, then I could call them "I-bags" and charge like 30 bucks but they're too small.

Lend me your creative insights, please. I suck as a capitalist/entrepreneur.

p.s. this is not a thinly veiled attempt to sell these via ask.mefi, honest.

posted by mecran01 to work & money (14 comments total)

How thick is the padding?
posted by mischief at 8:58 AM on March 30, 2005

Buy a bunch of collapsible fishing poles from a liquidation outfit, put them in there with some treble hooks and cheese bait, make a sign and go down to the lake on the first hot weekend of summer.
posted by planetkyoto at 9:11 AM on March 30, 2005

One word: eBay.

Two words: Dutch Bid.

Three words: Buy It Now.
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:11 AM on March 30, 2005

About an inch, I'd say. Fairly dense.
posted by mecran01 at 9:59 AM on March 30, 2005

Sounds about right for a keyboard & mouse travel kit for road warriors. Seperate from the laptop bag and checkable if the padding is that thick. Maybe other useful but not common things for someone traveling with a laptop - modem/phone cords, etc. Buy em cheap, bundle em, ebay/craigslist em.
posted by phearlez at 10:21 AM on March 30, 2005

I second phearlez. In fact, I want one! Do you take PayPal? email me!
posted by mischief at 2:22 PM on March 30, 2005

Me too!. @ 2 bills each, I will take 5. email me & I will paypay you the coin.
posted by daddymax at 5:21 PM on March 30, 2005

i'll take TWO as well, e-mail me
posted by loc-dogg at 6:01 PM on March 30, 2005

I'll craigslist them at the Salt Lake City branch, or you can search ebay for the listings. I have to get some tyvek envelopes to ship them in, but they don't weigh much. I don't feel sooper komfortable buying and selling in the Temple of Mathowie.
posted by craniac at 7:04 PM on March 30, 2005

Sounds like they might hold quilters' rulers quite nicely but it's hard to say without seeing a picture.
posted by jacquilynne at 12:24 PM on March 31, 2005

Similar question.
posted by grateful at 12:57 PM on March 31, 2005

Bong cases. Bring 'em down to your local head shop and see if they'll take 'em off your hands.
posted by jtron at 1:25 PM on March 31, 2005

Do they have straps?
posted by interrobang at 7:02 PM on March 31, 2005

Collapsable blowguns ?

Can you get me some of those ?
posted by curtm at 4:19 PM on April 2, 2005