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Reupholstering old Laz-e-Boy recliners. They're very popular, and the mechanisms are built to last, but the upholstery usually goes first. and nobody ever reupholsters them because you have to disassemble the damn things and reupholster one part at a time. Too labor intensive.... except maybe down in Mexico, where good upholsterers aren't hard to find.
One of the sheltered workshops around here (they don't have to pay market rate) occasionally puts refurbished laz-e-boys out for sale at $250 each, and they're snapped up. (New price: $600+). Only problem would be getting a fairly steady supply of trashed laz-e-boys. But if you could, you could refurb them in Mexico and ship them back to the states; probably not even any farther than southern California. They'd sell.
Anyway, just a thought.
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