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Dog plastic surgery, alibis for sale: America's wackiest companies

America is known for its entrepreneurs. The country’s enterprising spirit is what brought us the telephone, the light bulb, the airplane and the personal computer, but it’s also contributed to the creation of some of the wackiest companies in the world. Inc. Magazine’s executive editor, Jon Fine compiled a list of some of these companies and joined Yahoo Finance to discuss the five weirdest businesses in America.

Alibi Network, Chicago

This company runs a website that purports to be a “full service agency providing alibis and excused absences as well as assistance with a variety of sensitive issues.” The Alibi Network provides a virtual hotel service with a 24-hour hotel receptionist, airline, hotel and car rental confirmations, virtual office services and “customized alibis for people involved in discreet relationships.” Complicated alibis range between $750 and $1500. Michael DeMarco, vice president of marketing for Alibi says that about half of the company’s business comes from infidelity and the other from people trying to take time off of work.

I Do Now I Don’t, New York City

I Do Now I Don’t was founded by Josh Opperman after he returned home one day to find his fiancee and all of her things gone, with her diamond ring lying on the coffee table. Opperman attempted to return the $10,000 ring but was offered only $3,500 for it. That’s when he came up with the idea of a website that sells used engagement rings. Sellers post photos and a price for their ring on the site, once a purchase has been made Opperman holds the money in escrow until the ring has been sent to the Accredited Gemological Institute and verified. I Do Now I Don’t takes 15% of the sale price. Nine years after his fiancee left him Opperman is having the last laugh, he told The New York Times that his site generates $3 million in revenue annually.

Neuticles, Oak Grove, Missouri

Neuticles sells testicular implants for dogs who have been neutered. This sounds like a joke but the (graphic) surgical videos on the company’s website prove that it isn’t. The company claims to have sold 500,000 pairs of Neuticles over the past 17 years. A pair of the implants cost between $169 and $399 and doesn’t include the cost of surgery. Kim Kardashian is reportedly a fan.  Neuticles founder Gregg Miller claims she had them inserted in her dog, Rocky. Miller also claims that there’s a real need for his implants. "Of course the dog knows a familiar part of his body is missing.  He misses them," he told The Huffington Post. “With Neuticles, he doesn't know anything has changed. For a male dog, his little things down there are his favorite part of his body. He needs them. Dogs are very smart."

Unclaimed Baggage Center, Scottsboro, Alabama

When a piece of luggage gets lost in transit, airlines typically search for their owners for three months. After that they auction off unclaimed bags to the highest bidder which is often the Unclaimed Baggage Center, a massive store in Alabama that collects 7,000 items of abandoned luggage each day. The store is a major tourist attraction in Alabama and expects around one million visitors per year. They’ve received and sold an assortment of odd unclaimed luggage including: coffins, a live snake, a suit of armor, a 41-carat raw emerald and a missile guidance system for a fighter jet that was immediately returned to the Air Force.

Anger Room, Dallas

If you’ve ever been so angry you could break something, the Anger Room is for you. The company allows you to purchase five to 25 minutes of time alone to totally destruct a room that resembles either an office, kitchen or living room. A client is given a blunt instrument of their choice and told to break whatever they want. The company claims this allows people to express pent-up frustration in a controlled environment with no real-world consequences. The owner of the Anger Room, Donna Alexander, grew up in Chicago’s South Side where she says she saw many friends go to jail over being unable to control their anger in public. She decided to create a safe alternative. Prices range from $25 to $75 per session.

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