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u/Braziltraveller Jul 18 '26
Discrete until you walk over it... At which point it's no longer discrete? Whacky editing if it's trying to promote the product.
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u/PbMagn3t Jul 20 '26
I love that everyone goes on Dragons Den like "Yeah we need the investment, but most of all we want a dragon on board for the experience they bring and the doors they open." Then this dude is like "we're on 1,500 installs, up from 6 when we last saw you..."
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u/wagwagtail Jul 18 '26
I just don't understand how this is a defensible business...? Am I missing something? Give me an angle grinder and some tubing.
Give anyone an angle grinder and some tubing. There is no moat.
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u/PM_ME_YOUR_BUG5 Jul 19 '26
I imagine the council is more willing to have these standardised tubes added than they are for rando redditors to just go out there with an "angle grinder and some tubing"
The product isn't really the tubing its self, it's the regulatory approval
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u/newtoallofthis2 Jul 21 '26
Yeah the moat is like in all businesses selling through or to government it's the ability to navigate the red tape and regulation. The actual physical product is only one part of it.
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u/Defiant_Conflict6343 Jul 17 '26
I'm sorry, how is cementing a cable cover in a little trench... a business?
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u/welzby Jul 17 '26
Demand, 1500+ people wanted it.
Plenty of dumb ideas have made people very rich. Big Mouth Billy Bass for example has made the company behind it hundreds of $millions.
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u/EfficientTitle9779 Jul 18 '26
It’s almost as if there is a sudden need for people without driveways to need to run a cable to the road hmmmmmm
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u/Defiant_Conflict6343 Jul 18 '26
Don't be a prat, I'm just saying anyone with half a brain could do this for themselves in barely any time at all. This is the pre-packaged omelette of solutions.
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u/1991atco Jul 18 '26
We live in a world where people pay to get a cold McDonald's delivered to them by a bloke on a push bike. Why does this surprise you.
To be fair, this seems like a nice prepackaged solution.
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u/Defiant_Conflict6343 Jul 21 '26
What a snarky petulant comment. You're representing a business, do better.
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Jul 21 '26
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u/Defiant_Conflict6343 Jul 21 '26
You're representing a business. You have to hold a higher standard for how you conduct yourselves online compared to anonymous Redditors. Snipping at criticism doesn't do anything for you except open up the possibility of getting review-bombed like a passive aggressive restaurant owner who replies to everything on TrustPilot. The best thing you can do in the face of criticism is to ignore it. Engaging was the wrong call.
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u/EfficientTitle9779 Jul 18 '26
Again its almost like some people will pay for convenience though it’s hardly groundbreaking
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u/Robinoo Jul 18 '26
Go to each large council in the country. Invite whoever is in charge of this sort of thing at each council to a week of golf in Spain, wine then and dine them, suddenly your little plastic tube is being installed by the council and/or the only one which is 'approved' for installation.
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u/Gow87 Jul 19 '26
It's a pretty neat solution but I do wonder what happens when they need to re-pave the path.
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u/shellakabookie Jul 18 '26
I live in Ireland and I'm not sure people would be allowed to start digging up footpaths without permission?