Stop Buying Crap #3 – Infomerical Products
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It’s been awhile but it’s back and ready for some more craptacular mentions!
Infomercial Products
So I was digging around the house looking for my $50+ Honda service manual that I misplaced (brake job time), and instead of finding the big giant green book, I found a dust-covered “Bagless Stick Shark Vacuum” box.
My digital camera went AWOL so here’s a poor quality picture from the cell phone camera.
Smiling Host Says: Buy me or I’ll be in your dreams!
This reminds me of an event from long ago, when I was watching TV with an old friend of mine.The “Garden Claw” infomercial was on. She got really excited about it and wanted to buy it. It really surprised me because she lived in an apartment without a lawn or a garden.Damn those mesmerizing infomericals.
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August 11th, 2005 at 1:11 pm
“Craptacular.” That’s the perfect way to describe the Shark!
After letting mine sit in the closet for six months or so, I deemed it a POS after two uses. But it seems brick-and-mortar stores are Shark-infested as well: mine was a gift bought from Target.
August 11th, 2005 at 10:41 pm
Good Housekeeping occasionally does reviews of infomercial products. There are a few – A FEW – that are really good.
My mom loves her George Foreman grill, but it’s the huge round one they don’t make anymore.
August 12th, 2005 at 3:44 am
lol. yeah seriously I’ve been seeing it at Target too. ack.
kat: yeah most people I know with the george foreman grill that actually use it, do like it.
the fat just comes right off!
August 13th, 2005 at 4:34 pm
That’s funny, my roomie is like that about paid ads as well. I try to keep the phone near me at ALL times to save her the guilt later
November 13th, 2005 at 5:18 am
super late response, but it’s a real problem I think.
they wouldn’t be running these ads if people aren’t buying them.
June 7th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
“they wouldn’t be running these ads if people aren’t buying them.”
This applies to spam and telemarkers as well.
August 22nd, 2006 at 12:01 pm
The biggest problem with all this crap that we buy is at the time we buy it we really think that we have to have it. I heard one time from a very wealthy person that there is a reason why we buy this stuff. He said to me that it’s called status. Status is when we buy things that we can’t afford with money that we don’t have to impress someone we don’t like. It made a lot of sense to me and I think It’s probably very true. We all work very hard to make a living and it seems to me that it gets harder and harder to make ends meet in todays world. I think if we all would stop step back and say to ourselves before we by that item that we think we need. Think about it, why am I buying this thing? What is the purpose? Do I really need it ? Am I going to use it enough to warrent spending all this money? Can I get along without it? Is It just a fad item or is it really usefull? These are all questions that we need to ask ourselves before making a purchase. Thanks
February 1st, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Hate to admit it but we got sucked into buying th e”Garden claw”too.Used it once on our 30′x60′garden,and decided it might have been ok on a 3′x6′garden.Bought a small rototiller and lived happily ever after.