Comments on: Rent a Guest

By: Chinese Queuers Cost $3 an Hour | Daily Libertarian

Chinese Queuers Cost $3 an Hour | Daily Libertarian — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 00:07:47 +0000

[...] bearing your banner or shouting your slogan will set you back 145 euros.” In India you can rent wedding guests. In Nigeria, mourners are for rent as well. And then there’s prostitution, of course. [...]

By: Chinese Queuers Cost $3 an Hour - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine

Chinese Queuers Cost $3 an Hour - Hit & Run : Reason Magazine — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 19:09:48 +0000

[...] Melanie bearing your banner or shouting your slogan will set you back 145 euros." In India you can rent wedding guests. In Nigeria, mourners are for rent as well. And then there's prostitution, of course. [...]

By: northern michigan weddings

northern michigan weddings — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:34:01 +0000

It’s funny I found this blog on a search months later again. Still waiting for my cake. Serously though this is a great thing.

By: jim

jim — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 07:22:33 +0000

this is crazy. With this many people its just to much. i like it a lot. wedding reception ideas

By: Northern Michigan weddings

Northern Michigan weddings — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 16:13:23 +0000

This is just crazy! Where do I signup? Free cake to boot.

By: Tampa Florida Weddings

Tampa Florida Weddings — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:39:50 +0000

I really didn’t know a service like this existed, with a service like this one I guess I can stop making friends. I’m not going to even deny it this is a great idea, great indeed that you for bringing it to light.

By: Alek

Alek — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 03:11:37 +0000

hmmm strange… they say money can’t buy you happiness, but now it can definitely buy you a room full of friends.

By: rags

rags — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:59:47 +0000

It is now a difficult problem for some to assemble large crowds to their weddings. Mr.Syed, found the opportunity here and is "Renting Guests" to these weddings. Mr.Syed sure started this business with the simplest of tools (nothing) and filled a trivial need (vanity) and has the opportunity to make this big if he can turn this into a franchise all over the country. If this business can provide an easy web portal for people to register, classify and offer means to the wedding planners to select individual guests this sure can turn viral. I call this The Curly Tail

By: TechBlog » Who needs friends …

TechBlog » Who needs friends … — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:58:43 +0000

[...] A Curly Tail Case Study: Business based on Simple Things. I saw the blog entry by Shaswati in her blog about a BBC report on “Renting Guests to Indian Weddings”. [...]

By: Amrit Hallan

Amrit Hallan — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 20:38:32 +0000

In India, (I don't know about other countries) one can also get professional mourners if there are few mourners for a death. I haven't seen the film, but in Rudali the leading lady was a professional mourner.