Comments on: $Pet Rocks$

By: Aishwarya Puranam

Aishwarya Puranam — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:53:07 +0000

Woah! $47.99 is a lot for a rock!
I think the way it was marketed made the difference. He was able to sell rocks for a million dollars because of the way it was marketed and that is just amazing!

By: Brad Kalina

Brad Kalina — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:10:47 +0000

how this idea ever took off is beyond me. you can literally go out your front door and pick up a rock and say its a pet.

By: Nathan Lozanoski

Nathan Lozanoski — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:03:23 +0000

I am extremely surprised that people will pay for a rock when they could go out and find one themselves for free.

By: Courtney M. Cronk

Courtney M. Cronk — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:02:30 +0000

Yikes! $47.99!?! Amazing. I need to start taking the “dumb” ideas of mine, and thinking hard on whether or not they could be profitable! I mean making a million dollars in 6 months off of rocks???? Straw and cheap cardboard arent that expensive. I wont lie, some cute little kid came to me wanting me to buy his pet rock for only a dollar, I would do it. Whats a dollar to me? the sale would make the kid happy, and also apparently rich.

By: Casey Piquette

Casey Piquette — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:00:33 +0000

This is pretty funny! Absolutely worthless, and what should be free was turned into a business because people thought it was funny. It is a great idea for a joke gift or a conversation piece. That is quite the entrepreneurial spirit to turn that idea around into a business. It was definitely disruptive, I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a pet rock before!

By: Blake Bronowicki

Blake Bronowicki — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:08:12 +0000

I was also very surprised to hear that people would be paying mass amounts of money to buy rocks? Something about it doesn’t make too much sense for me, but however this man is a very talented entrepreneur even from day one. He has had it in him and one of the biggest talents and abilities any entrepreneur would want is being able to get their product out to a particular market of people. This gy is clearly doing well and it does not really cost much at all at the same time.

By: Meiqi Zhao

Meiqi Zhao — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:54:50 +0000

The story is amazing. Selling rocks are zero cost but 100% profit. I also think of the educational way in US. It is quite different from my country China. I think the parents behavior should encourage in China.

By: Josh Graves

Josh Graves — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:53:58 +0000

the guy made a million dollars! i think its a great idea. you dont have to care or feed it. dont have to worry about it. and it could keep you company at night!

By: Byron Young

Byron Young — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 18:58:46 +0000

This idea is rather ridiculous. It is amazing how people would actually pay for a “pet” rock, which is just a rock. With this age in technology, I am shocked that people actually pay for this product. Although, I have to commend him for a brilliant marketing strategy to sell this product.

By: Mahmood Alrawi

Mahmood Alrawi — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 04:44:00 +0000

the timing for this couldn’t have come at a better time. It just became a hip thing to have a pet rock, its amazing how that works, just like pokemon cards. I think the creative design and just the silliness to the whole “pet rock” made everyone want one just that much more!