As Seen On TV! Did you buy it? Did it work?

[Fridays Child]

I just saw this product on TV:



and I'm thinking I have to have it. My dog sheds so badly that I can barely stand it. But...

Will it work? The last As Seen On TV item I bought was a total bust: The OneSweep broom. I got it because the commercial made it look like it just about sucks pet hair out of the carpet but it doesn't even come close to performing as shown. I tried it on my tile floors, too, for the squeegee action. But the problem is that, once, you squeegee the water on a floor, you still have to remove it. So the OneSweep only added a step to mopping, in my opinion. Anyway, I gave it to my husband and told him that he could use it to squeegee the garage floor, when he cleans it.

Yeah, right. Like that's ever gonna happen. :eyes:

One As Seen On TV item that I really liked? A long time ago, one of my kids gave me a Ronco Inside-the-Egg-Shell Egg Scrambler, and it really worked. Until it stopped working about two weeks after I got it. Oh, well. It was fun while it lasted.

Who else has been suckered into buying an As Seen On TV item? Did it work for you?

[Fridays Child]

1. Oh, c'mon, nobody here ever got suckered into an As Seen On TV gizmo?

I must be the only one. How embarassing! :blush:

[sakabatou]

6. My mom got a Magic Bullet

and it works pretty well.

[Book Lover]

7. What's it do? (nm)

[Left Is Write]

10. It's essentially a mini food processor/blender.

[sakabatou]

14. And you can't blend for more than 30 seconds at a time

otherwise the motor gets blown.

[BrotherBuzz]

13. Bull, the Clapper won me over.

and it staved off my desire to buy a remote control TV for year until I discovered my border collie learned to turn on the TV when we weren't home by simply barking. That damn Clapper thing was one of the wonders of the world in its time.

[Fridays Child]

65. Clap on...a classic--right up there with the Chia Pet.

Actually, somebody gave my daughter a Chia Pet and it was a hassle and a half to keep green and unmoldy. As soon as she lost interest in it, I tossed it.

The clapper, on the other hand...that's one I've always wanted to try.

[democracyindanger]

2. Around 1990

I bought some German cleaning solution off the TV. Can't remember what it was called, but it came in a tube. Didn't clean a damn thing. But it smelled like Vicks Vaporub. It probably was Vicks Vaporub.

[Left Is Write]

3. Didi 7?

[democracyindanger]

4. Holy crap. That's it.

Good memory!

[Kellanved]

79. Never heard of it

:shrug:

DuDu was some cross of KITT and Herbie in a few movies.

[OrwellwasRight]

23. "It probably was Vicks Vaporub." ROFLMAO!!!

:rofl:

[Book Lover]

5. I've had my Ginsu knives for nearly 15 years

and they're holding up just fine. I started sharpening them on a steel a year or so ago, and have only had to do so maybe three or four times.

[proud2BlibKansan]

8. The Ronco Buttoneer

It really works!!

[qnr]

9. Never, though I've seen some in thrift stores and was tempted to buy

them at $0.29

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

11. I would really like to know if anyone ever bought a Turbo Cooker.

The infomercials for the Turbo Cooker always cracked me up.

[erinlough]

19. bought it, love it, works like they say, good fry pan! n/t

[Left Is Write]

12. I just thought of something...

I use Bare Escentuals/Bare Minerals makeup, which IS sold through infomercials and QVC, but when I first tried it, I bought samples on eBay. It works beautifully.

I stock up at the BE store in Bloomington, MN, when we go home for vacations.

[Pithlet]

15. I didn't know there were infomercials for BE.

I started buying BE through Sephora. I love their stuff.

[Fridays Child]

58. If I wore makeup on a regular basis, that's the stuff I'd try.

It's probably better for the skin than a bunch of pore-clogging goop.

[Texasgal]

16. I still have my

molecular hairsetter! And it still works great!

[Fridays Child]

18. Now, that sounds like a good one!

Molecular hairsetter? How does that work?

[Texasgal]

22. It works with steam and salt

The salt is the key.... these are rollers and you put the roller on the end of the salt steamer and stick it in your hair. The cool thing is, your hair stays in place and does not fall. It's really a great product, I've had it since the early 80's.

[Fridays Child]

28. Interesting. That's one I've never heard of.

The salt doesn't dry out your hair? Actually, I suppose it would be less damaging than hairspray, and probably less stiff, as well.

[Texasgal]

54. You use very small amounts of salt...

It only amounts to a pinch. It really works very well!

[lizziegrace]

17. Sheer Cover makeup

Like Bare Essentials really. I've used both. My daughter has some skin problems and she like it best and she's tried everything. :rolleyes:

I wish I could buy it somewhere other than online, as they're always setting me up on that auto-ship plan!

[mcscajun]

88. Upthread...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4598803&mesg_id=4599811

Sephora has stores in some malls...
http://www.sephora.com/help/stores/index.jhtml

[tuvor]

20. No.

Damn you, Tony Robbins!!!!!



(Actually, he's got some good ideas, but like anything else you have to apply them religiously.)

[Fridays Child]

29. LOL! I've always wondered about that guy...

There has to be more to him meets the eye, I think. His life just seems too perfect.

[tuvor]

32. Well...

...he DID get divorced a few years ago and went after some married woman, IIRC. That's gotta tarnish your "Ultimate Power" message. I guess his methods were too stringent even for him. (And like I said, he had a lot of good ideas.)

Haven't heard anything of him in years, not even any of his in-town appearances for a couple hundred bucks.

[Fridays Child]

36. He surfaced on Larry King Live, not too long ago.

I can't remember the topic but there he was, bigger than life, as usual. I guess he has good ideas and the kind of presence necessary to sell them. Maybe he's not as good at following his own advice, though, huh?

[cynatnite]

21. Remember those goofy little fishing poles?

The fishing line fit inside. I think it was orange and white. A relative bought it because he thought of how convenient it would be. It sucked of course.

[texanwitch]

24. The pocket fishmen, I think it was called.

[texanwitch]

25. The pocket fishmen, I think it was called.

[tuvor]

27. The Pocket Fisherman?

[barb162]

34. I remember that

[Fridays Child]

39. Oh, yes! The Popeil Pocket Fisherman!

One of the few (if the only) Ronco products that went by Ron's last name.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

26. The drugstore across from my place in Portland had an As Seen on TV

department.

I bought some Snap Hooks, and they worked fine--but ONLY on non-porous surfaces like metal or tile.

[Redstone]

30. The Ronco electric rotisserie. THAT works even better than advertised.

Mrs R loves hers.

Redstone

[Fridays Child]

47. Really? Cool! I like anything that makes cooking fun.

:)

[Redstone]

57. Buy one. Now. You won't be sorry that you did.

Redstone

[Fridays Child]

61. I'll tell you what...

I probably shouldn't have started this thread because now I want one of everything! Are the rotisseries very expensive? The recipes they show in the commercial look tasty.

[Redstone]

64. The small one's only about a hundred bucks. But be ready for the

"upsell" phone calls that will follow your order, trying to sell you "spice blends" and other crap.

Resist those calls (or ignore them), and enjoy the rotisseries. It really does work as well as they say it does.

Redstone

[ET Awful]

73. You can now buy the rotisseries other places like Bed, Bath and Beyond

so you can avoid the whole spiel.

[bigwillq]

52. My Dad and boyfriend owe it.

They both love it. The food does come out really good. :hi:

[Redstone]

60. Oh, yes, you can cook the taters on top of the thing

and use the dripping pan to give the gravy some authority.

That thing produces some Good Old American Comfort Food dinners, it does.

Redstone

[China_cat]

71. Yep, I got one, too

and I don't know how I ever got along without it.

[Scout]

74. set it and forget it!

we love ours

Showtime Rotisserie, with the vegetable steam tray on top, and the shish kabob skewers, and the two baskets, and the flavor injector.

works great, easy cleanup, even a plain roasted chicken tastes great and has nice crispy skin and moist meat.

[gollygee]

86. I have one of these

made a lovely roast in it last night.

Yum.

I only use it in the winter though because it heats the house up.

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. Lens Magic Eyeglass fixer=doesn't work UrineGone=doesn't work

BUT, the storage system (lazy susan with different size containers with one size fits all lids) works awesomely!!! :hi:

OH! and Handy Stitch works too!

[Fridays Child]

56. The lids work on all of the containers?

I didn't realize that. I'm always losing my Tupperware to my boys, who take home leftovers, every time they come over. I should get a set for each of them to keep in their vehicles. That way, they'd have their own containers and I could hang onto mine. Knowing them, though, their containers would never make it back to their cars, after they washed them, and they'd probably still swipe mine.

Oh well, at least they like my cooking, huh? :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

62. Yes. Same lid...different sized containers. Really takes care of the

mess. I used to be attacked by lids when I opened my tupperware cupboard. It really works. I was down to margarine containers. ;)

[mcscajun]

89. Don't give them your Tupperware. Get some ZIploc or Glad

storage containers. They work great, they're washable and reusable, but if you never see them again or they get thrown out, it's no biggie.

Plus, if the leftovers go bad, you can see inside and know, and throw the whole damned thing out unopened. :)

[Midlodemocrat]

77. I thought the UrineGone worked really well.

The pet stains completely disappeared from my carpet. :shrug:

[LostinVA]

78. Midlodem says UrineGone does work!

[MaggieSwanson]

33. I have a ShedEnder...

It really, really removes a lot of dead hair. Not quite the mountains in the ad, but close. I haven't noticed a big difference in the actual amount of shedding, but it's a really effective brush.

Just don't brush in the wrong direction or you'll shave your pet.

[barb162]

38. Is that what is in the OP's picture. I have no idea what they look

like. Can they be used on cats

[MaggieSwanson]

41. Great for cats!

I got mine at Walgreens for $9.99 a month or so ago. One kitty loves it, the other...well, he hates to be brushed, period.

Seriously, though, it gets rid of a lot of hair.

[barb162]

44. Okay, good, I have 4 cats and this place has more cat hair

than you could shake a stick at or whatever the phrase is. I can never keep up with it.

[MaggieSwanson]

50. Funny thing,

for all the hair it gets off my 2 cats, there is still hair all over the house!

[barb162]

55. I could clean every day, I'll tell you

and in summer, it's unbelievable. Doesn't seem to make a diff how much I brush them. Soemtimes I vacuum the air when I see the hair floating in the sun rays. Not that that makes any diff either. I guess it is one of the joys of cat ownership. A lot of times I will brush the cats on the deck in warm weather and then they go in the house and shed 2 minutes later.

[Fridays Child]

45. Aha! So, contrary to what the ad says, it is actually available in stores.

And it's cheaper, too, if you only paid $9.99. On TV, you have to pay $14.99 plus shipping, I think. Of course you get the cool looking lint brush. But, still...

[MaggieSwanson]

49. Most decidedly available in stores, naughty ad.

But not with the cool lint remover, so that makes it a truthful ad, I suppose!

:shrug:

[Fridays Child]

43. Oh, my! Thanks for the advice!

I guess I'm just a gizmo sucker but I'm really thinking of trying it. My dog sheds badly twice a year--from mid-July to early August and again from late December to mid-January. It literally falls off of her in huge clumps and she's a shepherd-chow mix with lots of fur.

Also, they include that cool looking lint brush which I'd give to my son, since he likes to "de-lint," before going to work.

:)

[China_cat]

72. If she's shedding that bad

and if her hair is dry feeling and dull most of the time, have her thyroid checked. You would not believe the difference a cheap dose of thyroxin twice a day will make.

[barb162]

35. Some thread somewhere mentioned these things were great

that they get all the undercoat hair out and it really helps with the shedding

[Fleshdancer]

37. I have two things:

The first thing is the flip-fold and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. It's this blue hard plastic thing that lets me fold shirts quickly and perfectly so they're all the same size:



The second is the chopper. It's not bad but not perfect. The blade isn't as sharp as I would like it and it gets stuck some times but overall it works well:

[barb162]

40. that folding thing looks so crazy, how does it make it easier

to fold shirts. Is it really 5 seconds. How much was it

[Fleshdancer]

66. here's the thing though....

when I fold without the flip and fold, the shirts become more wrinkled and oddly shaped so when I stack them in my closet, they're not steady. It doesn't really matter if you put folded clothes in drawers, but if you mainly use closet shelves, it's much easier with this thing.

If it makes you think better of me, it really was a gift. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. I have to admit, my family always laughs at the flip and fold....

I bought a chopper from Pampered Chef and it's among my favorite kitchen tools. :thumbsup:

[barb162]

46. but does the flip/fold thing really take 5 seconds

I am glad to hear about the chopper too. Hey if these things work, they work. I just automatically assume whatever I see on TV doesn't work

[ScreamingMeemie]

48. I don't know. It takes me about that time to fold, and I fold pretty

even and nicely so I never even thought of buying something like that. :hi:

[barb162]

51. Oh I am so sorry, I thought you were the person who has one!

and
:hi:
to you too

[Fridays Child]

53. I wonder if the flip fold thingie folds better than this lady...

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/fold.php

[Fleshdancer]

67. damn her to hell!

I can't do that. :cry: I need the stupid flip and fold damn it!

[Fridays Child]

69. I know. I tried to do it but I failed.

I'm gonna have to buy a flip fold. It does towels, too. I watched a video on the flip fold web site. I'm impressed.

[KitchenWitch]

59. Bare Minerals

I have to go to the actual boutique to buy my winter color though, because the kit did not have the lightest color in it, and I get really fair in the winter months.

[Oeditpus Rex]

63. I bought a TV that was seen on TV

Works fine, except I can't turn it off.

[ariesgem]

68. I just bought on on Ebay for $7.99

with $5.75 shipping.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ShedEnder-deshedding-tool-The-Shed-Ender_W0QQitemZ7738061669QQcategoryZ46305QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

[obxhead]

70. My one sweep works great!!!

[Deja Q]

75. The Magic Bullet has worked great so far... BTW,

That's the kitchen aid, not the marital aid... :rofl:

[Fridays Child]

83. Love the Paul Lynde pic!

:)

[elehhhhna]

76. Have you tried to vaccum the dog with your vac hose/brush attachment?

I use it on our blabbie, Budward, and he LOVES it! He gets a nice brushing, the hair goes in the bag, and voila! He was afraid of the vac as a pup but once I started gently vaccing him , he decided it was great! He comes running now when we vac, and waits patiently for his turn.

[Fridays Child]

82. I need one of those Flowbee thingies. I tried it, using the regular...

...vacuum brush attachment and it didn't pull anything from her coat.

[elehhhhna]

84. have you tried a rubber horse brush?

I had a Norweigian Elkhound with a very thick undercoat and that worked well--

(it's the blue thing in the photo)

[Brewman_Jax]

80. The George Foreman Grill

my brother has one and swears by it. A year and a half later it still works.

[Fridays Child]

81. I've heard the same thing from others who bought it, too.

[bertha katzenengel]

85. I bought the pancake thing -- the little round griddle just for making

one pancake at a time. Sure it worked, but . . . why?!

Seemed like a good idea at the time. :eyes:

BTW, the "Shed Ender" prob'ly won't work any better than any product you can get at your local pet store. Ask your groomer (or a groomer) what's best. Good luck! :hi:

[LaraMN]

87. Eurosealer. It kinda sucks.

It doesn't really seal all that well. You cannot make yourself a water bra with it.:evilfrown: