Comments on: The Happy Happy Fun Bag.

Question: The Happy Happy Fun Bag.

mecran01 — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:04:05 -0800

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.

By: mischief

mischief — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 08:58:49 -0800

How thick is the padding?

By: planetkyoto

planetkyoto — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:11:04 -0800

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.

By: Smart Dalek

Smart Dalek — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:11:06 -0800

One word: eBay.

Two words: Dutch Bid.

Three words: Buy It Now.

By: mecran01

mecran01 — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 09:59:38 -0800

About an inch, I'd say. Fairly dense.

By: phearlez

phearlez — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 10:21:02 -0800

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.

By: mischief

mischief — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 14:22:35 -0800

I second phearlez. In fact, I want one! Do you take PayPal? email me!

By: daddymax

daddymax — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 17:21:22 -0800

Me too!. @ 2 bills each, I will take 5. email me & I will paypay you the coin.

By: loc-dogg

loc-dogg — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 18:01:54 -0800

i'll take TWO as well, e-mail me

By: craniac

craniac — Wed, 30 Mar 2005 19:04:12 -0800

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.

By: jacquilynne

jacquilynne — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:24:46 -0800

Sounds like they might hold quilters' rulers quite nicely but it's hard to say without seeing a picture.

By: grateful

grateful — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:57:36 -0800

By: jtron

jtron — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:25:22 -0800

Bong cases. Bring 'em down to your local head shop and see if they'll take 'em off your hands.

By: interrobang

interrobang — Thu, 31 Mar 2005 19:02:26 -0800

Do they have straps?

By: curtm

curtm — Sat, 02 Apr 2005 16:19:05 -0800

Collapsable blowguns ?

Can you get me some of those ?