Re:Show HN: Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore
by keesj on Monday May 30, 2016 @08:42AM
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Haha yes I've had similar ideas before. The problem with that though is that they can be easily faked (e.g. anyone could design/print a $1,000 t-shirt). – It's also less like to go viral than something online. That said, I like how it brings the idea to the physical world.
Re:Show HN: Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore
by laurencei on Monday May 30, 2016 @08:47AM
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Yeah - that's what I thought when I heard the idea as well - someone just prints the same t-shirt with $1b - and the concept it gone.
But your idea keeps it exclusive...
Good luck! :)
Re:Show HN: Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore
by smt88 on Monday May 30, 2016 @08:38AM
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Shirts are too easy to fake
Re:Show HN: Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore
by ryanlol on Monday May 30, 2016 @08:57AM
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Not necessarily, could use a higher end fabric to make such significantly more expensive.
e.g. http://www.sunspel.com/uk/mens-sea-island-crew-neck-t-shirt-...
Re:Show HN: Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore
by smt88 on Monday May 30, 2016 @09:27AM
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How would someone be able to verify that walking past you on the street?
Re:Show HN: Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore
by ryanlol on Monday May 30, 2016 @09:58AM
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Install a GPS tracker in the shirt and put a huge QR code in the back allowing you to verify the shirts current location on the official website.
Re:Show HN: Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore
by keesj on Monday May 30, 2016 @11:09AM
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smart thinking!
Re:Show HN: Highscore.money – Pay your way into the highscore
by VictorLeboda on Sunday June 05, 2016 @08:42PM
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Hi, you can also use a bubble code http://www.prooftag.net/ which can't be reproduced added with the QR Code in the back ;)
I think I've heard of a similar concept before, but using t-shirts. Setup an "exclusive" t-shirt range, of nice cotton white t-shirts.
The t-shirt would include a picture/logo/design, which was $X - where $X was whatever amount you wanted to pay for the t-shirt.
So you could walk around with a t-shirt that said $100 - or you could walk around with a t-shirt that said $1,000,000 - and people would you know you spent $1m on that t-shirt...