Have you ever bought something from "seen on TV"?

[lost-in-nj]

I have, I bought the


ped-egg :yoiks:

and just now I bought this on line

shoesunder






I have my shoes all on my bedroom floor


so what have you bought????

:hi:


lost

[bigwillq]

1. No, never.

But my Dad has bought a few things.

[tabbycat31]

2. shamwow

j/k.

Seriously I bought the tweezie and ped-egg.

[HopeHoops]

3. The "As Seen on TV" logo translates directly to "Don't Buy This Piece of Shit"

[TreasonousBastard]

4. I got a Magic Bullet, but...

I didn't order it from teevee-- found it in a store at less than half price. It actually works very well, but not as well as in the infomercial (and why am I not surprised?)

I'm thinking of getting that pullup excercise dingus that fits in a doorway, but waiting for it to drop in price or show up in the schlock shop.

Were Debbie Meyer green bags on TV? I got some of those but I ordered them from the website (where they constantly yammered at me to get more stuff) and they don't work that well.

[blue_onyx]

9. I bought a Magic Bullet at Bed Bath and Beyond

as a gift for someone a few weeks ago. The cashier said she had sold quite a few that week. I guess they're popular.

I also have some Space Bags. The smaller ones work well but the biggest ones don't seem to stay sealed.

[lady raven]

10. I bought space bags and a different brand Magic Bullet style blender

The blender has been great. I got it at Walgreen's for $15 and it works just like the MB. The Space Bags were junk and we ended up taking them back to Wal Mart.

My 8 year old wants the pullup thing that goes in the doorway- I forget what they are called. And I'm a little concerned that my 8 year old would WANT to do pullups. Ick.

[yellowdogintexas]

37. was the blender called Back to Basics? I LOVE that thing. I got mine at Target

and it had two large drink mixers, and a couple of smaller jars. I found one in the grocery the other day with only one container, so I know if my motor base dies, I can get another one and keep using it.

I got it originally because I enjoy Weight Watcher smoothies occasionally and it was perfect for them. Bigger beverage container than Bullet too.

There is another knock off that Macy's sells and I played with the demo model; the threads on the jars just didn't want to connect and I decided I would just be angry with it all the time.

My regular large KitchenAid Blender was just too big to drag out for a smoothie.

[WolverineDG]

30. Those green bags work well for me

YMMV, I guess. :shrug:

I also have a ped egg....it works. :)

dg

[TreasonousBastard]

38. They work well on some things, but not all...

the fruits and veggies advertised. (I have an experiment going with some almost rotten apples a few weeks old)

I've had no luck rinsing them and reusing.

[underpants]

5. Eggstractor. Car cooler (didn't work) and my first album

The Very Best of CCR (K-Tel records)

[graywarrior]

6. I bought PediPaws but from Staples

It's awesome!

[Whoa_Nelly]

8. Staples carries PediPaws?

Was just looking at the PetSmart site, and they have it there.
I want one.
Can't afford to take dear ol' Seneca to the groomer anymore.

It really works?
Does your pet really just let you trim the nails without flinching, as seen on TV? :hi:

[graywarrior]

15. Yeah, the Staples in NH does and it was only 19.99

And my cat goes into a trance when I use it on him.

[Maraya1969]

18. Is it loud? I've been afraid to get it because I think the noise will scare the animals away.

[graywarrior]

21. No

It's quieter than a nail clipper. You can barely hear it. It let Kamere sniff it and left it around for him to examine and then turned it on a few times so he could get bored with it. Then I did one nail at a time. Now he just sits there like he's stoned.

[Ptah]

7. Just Slide & Sore? owww

[Ptah]

52. Slide & Sore?

[Ivan Sputnik]

11. I bought some of those sunglasses

that fit over regular glasses, but not from the TV commercial directly. They started selling them at the drugstore. I find that the stuff advertised in those commercials shows up in stores after a while, and you don't have to pay the high shipping charges.

[Heidi]

12. Not BLUE BLOCKERS?????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Png-PC0ews

[no name no slogan]

14. Best sunglasses sold on an informercial EVAR!!!

Not for the sunglasses, but for the kickass rap that one dude does. :thumbsup:

[Heidi]

16. Totally agree.

I didn't buy any blueblockers, but that rap is/was an earworm extraordinaire!

How the hell have you been???? :hug: :*

[no name no slogan]

19. I'm good.

I'm doing alright. A little stressed at work (do more with less money, etc.) but other than that things are okay. Bought a new place in September, and I'm still moving in. Still working on music, too. :-)

How are things for you and CMW? :pals: :D

[Heidi]

22. I'm glad you're keepin' the music alive!

But I'm sorry you're stressed. x( When you're ready to do a CD, send me a PM. The Wiley and Excellent Boy Cat Named Ginger advises me that providing cover art for your next project would be a superb investment of heart. :loveya:

Things here are good. I'm drawing a lot (something I really neglected early in my journey as an artist), hating it and also loving it, if ya know what I mean. :conflicted:

[cboy4]

53. That sombrero is what's blocking out the sun.

:rofl:

[Bluzmann57]

13. I have all my shoes on the bedroom floor too.

Although I only have two pairs of tennies, a pair of dress shoes and some slippers. The work boots are at work in my locker. And I didn't even buy an organizer for them.

[seaker]

17. Yep

Video Professor ...I wanted to learn more about Power Point...Took awhile to get out of what I didn't know I had signed up for. Sigh...Of course it cost me extra $$$, but when doesn't it?:shrug:

[Midlodemocrat]

20. Yup. Several things. You can often find them at Walgreen's.

Ped Egg
Vidalia Onion Chopper
Space Bags

[sasquatch]

40. "Space Bags" They advertise box wine on tv now?

:P






























:hide:

[femmocrat]

23. Yes, some horrid exercise (torture) device.

It's in the garage in its original box. Anyone want it?

[Mollis]

41. Which one?

lol

[Orrex]

24. We bought the Ultimate Chopper from Chef Tony and have found it entirely satisfactory

However, after purchasing it, I was hounded by phone calls from various affiliated telemarketers for months. It only stopped when I changed my phone number.

But the Chopper itself is pretty cool.

[Arugula Latte]

25. Rite Aide and some other stores carry stuff "As Seen On TV!" so you

don't have to order them and can avoid this follow-up horror.

[Orrex]

26. Sure, NOW you tell me

Where were you eight years ago, when I needed you?

[Arugula Latte]

47. I tried to tell you, but you told me to stop stalking you and took out that restraining order on me.

:cry:

[Orrex]

51. Okay, maybe I over-reacted

But you were the one who kept showing up at my workplace in, shall we say, inappropriate attire. I had to take steps!

[lost-in-nj]

27. my ped-egg came from

CVS

but my shoe thing is from the internets




lost

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Space bags and oxy-clean

[Mike 03]

29. No, but I've bought a lot of nutritional supplements based on radio advertising.

There is a company that sells nutritional supplements that used to have a program on the radio, Monday through Friday, that recently stopped the program. But they hooked me. I probably waste two or three hundred dollars a month on these supplements, or worse than that, to be honest.

Because of the recession, they have drastically cut their prices, which just makes it all the more tempting for suckers like me to buy from them.

[Mike 03]

31. P.S. It's really nice to see you posting again, Lost-in-nj. NT

[lost-in-nj]

35. ....

nice to see you around to


:hug:


lost

[flvegan]

32. My tuna is no longer boring!

And I LOVE my nuts!

[rug]

33. This is my homepage.

http://www.asseenontvguys.com/

[pipi_k]

34. Another Shamwow buyer...

I'm pretty happy with them.


Also bought that Buxton organizer bag. What a piece of crap. Should have read some online reviews first. Ended up bringing it back for refund.


Swiffer wet mop. It was great until the sprayer mechanism broke. Buying the pads got expensive too. So what I do now is use a squirt bottle with water and just a bit of cleaner on my ceramic tile floors, and instead of buying the disposable pads, I made some washable ones with some of those terrycloth towel things from the Dollar store. Sewed them up into pads, attached velcro, and they work great.

Mr Pip bought me some of those "Tater mitts". OMG what a joke! They're rubber gloves with very sharp fishtank gravel bonded to them. They don't work as easily as they show on TV. And you have to cook and cool the potatoes first.

Samurai Shark knife sharpener. Pretty decent.

That's just the stuff I can remember...no doubt there's much more I've bought that I've forgotten about

[yellowdogintexas]

36. Green bags, and they did keep the produce longer than regular bags

OxyClean, which really works
KaBoom, which also really works
just bought the vaccuum storage bags also



edited to add: but I bought all these things at either Target, Walgreens, Costco or Albertsons

[rurallib]

39. That little razor sharpener for things like the Fusion razor

My last fusion razor gave me good shaves from July 1, 2008 until Feb. 3, 2009. So it paid for itself. I am now on the 3rd week of a triple blade razor. I expect it to make it to summer. Probably used it 20 times or so so far.

[Mollis]

42. There's an As Seen on TV store in town

We got a sham-wows from there. lol

[hibbing]

43. No Snuggie fans?

Hi,
I bought a Snuggie at Walgreen's mostly for the giggles, but I have snuggled up in it on the cold winter nights. Not as thick as I anticipated and the sleeves are loooooooooooooooong. Not a practical product to wear at a football game as seen in the advert. I haven't used the booklight that came with it yet. I did enjoy taking pictures of myself in the Snuggie in scenes that resembled the advert. I would recommend this product mostly for the giggles, I have no financial interest in this product.

Peace

[GinaMaria]

44. the Ionic Toothbrush and some electric facial muscle stimulator

That left volts of electricity shooting through my face for three months after I tried it. It did make me look younger though. :P

[RebelOne]

45. Pedi Paws. Don't waste your money.

It's supposed to file down a dog's nails. It took me 15 minutes just to file one nail down on my Rottweiler. And it is too abrasive for my Chihuahua.

[Drunken Girlfriend]

46. Items purchased off of the TV.

Yes I have,quite a few things.

My very first purchase was in the 90's,a George Foreman grill.

If you have never owned a George Foreman grill,then I suggest
you go out and buy one! (Available in stores now)

I have also been purchasing ProActive Skincare for a few yrs,
and highly recommend it.

[Left Is Write]

48. I bought strings of faux pearls from Home Shopping Network...

back when it was the only thing on TV at 4 in the morning when I was feeding my then-infant child.

It was 1987. Faux pearls - especially in unnatural colors - were a big deal then.:D

That's the only time I've ever ordered anything from television.

My father-in-law bought a Time Life 70s collection from TV a couple of years ago, but I think he actually ordered it from the internet rather than calling the 800 number.

[AlCzervik]

49. a pancake thingy, total ripoff and made a huge mess.

[Wapsie B]

50. Yes, Phase 4 Orthotics, and they really really work!

;-)

Best arch supports I've found. I love 'em.

I see they're called Walk Fit now.

http://www.walkfit.com/?src=affiliate&aid=13314&subid=p4

[applegrove]

54. My dad is a pushover for a good commercial. His latest buy? Those fuzzy

things you are supposed to wear while watching TV. You know the ones that are like a hospital gown at the back..all open? But they have sleeves and cover your front. He bought about 5. My mother and brother laughed at him. Now he is embarrassed. I took one just in case. And to make him feel better.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

57. I did see an ad

for that
Looks good for people who want to keep the thermostat down

[applegrove]

58. That is probably what hooked him. The thermostat thing. Even though

he now lives in a retirement residence and doesn't have to pay for heating.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

55. thanks for the suggestion. that sounds like somethign i need!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

56. No, I'm really not

susceptible to teevee adds
I did get Mr 'pede an egg slicer at the supermarket last week 'cause he saw some cooking show person using one

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

59. I have a ped-egg, but I bought it at Harmon's

[Skittles]

60. no but I need that shoes thing

I too have shoes all over my bedroom floor :(

[quiet.american]

61. Bought a steam mop. Have to admit, I LOVE IT.

Also bought the electric broom-type thing -- it's great if you don't have pets. But if you do, the hair gets tangled up in the sweeper brushes and the whole thing stops working after a month or so.

[lost-in-nj]

63. I saw the steam mop at a home show

and was wondering about how it works. My bathroom floor has dimples in it and they are getting hard to clean....


thanks


lost

[Tom Kitten]

62. "Hey, good looking, I'll be back to pick you up later!"

Thank God fo good old Mister Microphone...I swear it never fails...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYEXBTlWf_4&eurl=http://josorangeblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/hey-good-looking-ill-be-back-to-pick.html

[dembotoz]

64. newspaper grill--uses crumpled newpaper to cook burgers etc.

loved it
starts cooking in seconds, cools to "room" temperature in a couple of minutes.

For a couple of years it was our only grill until i got a hand me down propane grill.

Propane grill has finally died
time to break out the newspaper grill again.

[NOW tense]

65. I have bought things that have said "as seen on TV"

but never saw it on TV.