As Seen ON TV!!!!????

[Retired LTC USAR]

We've all seen items advertiesd on infomercials that do just about anything and everything.

Now, it's time to man-up and confess:

what you have purchased because you saw it on one of those infomercials?

Did it work, or was if just a waste of money?

Adn if you do'nt want to admit to purchasing it, just say your wife did!!!!

 

[bubbiesdad]

We've all seen items advertiesd on infomercials that do just about anything and everything.

Now, it's time to man-up and confess:

what you have purchased because you saw it on one of those infomercials?

Did it work, or was if just a waste of money?

Adn if you do'nt want to admit to purchasing it, just say your wife did!!!!

My parents bought Boxcar Willie and Slim Whitman albums off a TV ad.

 

[Brian41]

I did buy a magic set off one of those shows once. It had some pretty cool tricks in it and my niece was about 5 then and we had great fun with it. I later gave the set to her.

She got pretty good with some of the tricks and would do them for our buddies when they stopped by. Usually they'd start out wanting to amuse my little niece and then demanding how she did it. She and I kept those secrets to ourselves.

 

[RonJ]

Never have. Shipping & handling destroys any supposed value.
"Order now and we'll send a second one free of charge. Just pay separate processing fee."

 

[Rule3]

I don not consider it in the "class" of Ronco, or Sham Wow but I did order a whole music DVD collection late one night from Time Life Music. Actually was a good deal and a lot of the music I like.

A related story. Many years ago when I lived in Minnesota, I lived just a few streets away from K Tel Drive where a lot of those infomercial stuff was distributed.

The Best was Saturday Night Live, "Bass O Matic"

Hulu - Saturday Night Live: Bassomatic

 

[Steve in Vermont]

Remember the "Salad Shooter"?. We have a large garden and put up about 60 quarts of Bread and Butter Pickles. Needless to say slicing the pickles was time consuming and boring. The Salad Shooter worked as advertised, slicing them into just the right size in seconds. I haven't seen them on TV in some time and don't even know if they still make them. Our alternative would be hand slicing on a mandolin.

 

[Capt Steve]

Recently bought a pair of the Walkfit Orthotic inserts which have seriously helped my Plantar faciitis. They try to sell you a whole load of crapola with them but just the inserts were under $20 and worked for me. YMMV

 

[Buck44]

Never had and never will.

 

[LHS]

My parents bought Boxcar Willie and Slim Whitman albums off a TV ad.

My dad did also. GREAT Music!

 

[max]

Years ago Dick Clark was selling a battery charger. I bought one, still have it and use it often. You can recharge alkaline batteries, but it doesn't take them back to new, but close.

 

[Bruce51]

I bought a cool heat soldering tool. Basically it uses an arc to melt the solder. It is hard to use and the batteries have to be new or there is not enough arc to melt the solder.
Don't buy one they suck!

Wagner power painter. Did you ever wonder why they are yelling in the commercial? They are loud, vibrate like crazy and won't spray paint unless it is water thin. Don't even try to clean it when your done. Just throw it in the trash.

Bruce

 

[old bear]

Years ago, the first space bags, the type you seal up then suck the air out them. They work decently, but boy did I pay way to MUCH!!

 

[DeathGrip]

I bought a Micro Trimmer and it worked great until I broke it.
I didn't pay shipping because I bought it at Wal-something.I gotta get me another because my ear hair needs combing now.
It was pretty neat,when I stuck it on my ear and went for a trim it sounded like a wood chipper.

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

Every infomercial I ever saw sold over priced, often utterly useless junk. I never have bought anything off of one of them.
Remember those knife shows late at night? Well, those same knives can be found a heck of a lot cheaper at a swap meet, flea market, neighborhood store, or a dollar store. Probably where the sellers of them got them in the first place.
However, infomercials might serve a useful purpose; show them in a never ending loop to prisoners at Gitmo...after three and a half hours, they'll confess to anything just to make it stop! (Oh, I forgot about humane treatment of prisoners)

 

[seagill]

A buddy of mine got the "Flobie" I think it was called. That hair cutting device you attach to a vacuum cleaner. He loved it! One day he was telling me how he disassembled it to sharpen the blades and wondered aloud if parts could be purchased for it. His wife overheard this and exclaimed "you and your friend Steve were the only 2 people dumb enough to buy those things, why would there be parts?"

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Gold plated coins are the in thing now.Never, I say never buy this junk.

 

[DeathGrip]

Gold plated coins are the in thing now.Never, I say never buy this junk.

With pop up twin towers made from genuine plated silver from ground zero?
No thanks,I don't want blood money.

Sicking.

 

[oldman45]

Never had to order one from the infomercials. CVS Drugstore has them on the shelf.

Bought a Snuggie: Works well when used.
Bought a SaladShooter: Works as advertised and is used.
Bought more that did not work than does.

 

[NCTexan]

Gold plated coins are the in thing now.Never, I say never buy this junk.

Amazingly they brag that the plating contains a full 17 milligrams of pure GOLD!

That is 17/1000 grams of gold or 0.006 ounces. At today's $1,335 rate per ounce... you just got 80 cents worth of gold.

 

[Skeptic 9c]

I got my wife a "Snuggy" and a spare, based on TV ad, BUT I bought it at Walgreen Drugs over the counter. Also an egg shaped callus abrasive at the same place. She likes both!

Geoff
Who suspects sales via Walgreen's has become an important outlet for the TV ads. I like having item in hand.