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Russian Slimming Pin

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  • 02-04-2011 9:36am
    #1
    kalina01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭


    Hi,

    Has anyone ever bought or heard anything about the Russian slimming pin? I bought it from Ebay recently. My mum told me, I am a freak. :D Does anyone have experience with this pin? :confused:
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    #2
    Flash86
    Closed Accounts Posts: 128 ✭✭Flash86


    Is it this http://cgi.ebay.ie/Slimming-PIN-Russian-Weight-Loss-Secret-/320677951417#ht_610wt_1141 ?

    It's a safety pin. How is it going to help a person lose weight? It's a scam.


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    Lantus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,027 ✭✭✭Lantus


    €20 for a safety pin!?! I'm in the wrong business.

    Sorry kalina but this is a 'faith' item. Theres no way it coud help you to lose weight.


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    COH
    Registered Users Posts: 7,073 ✭✭✭COH


    If its Russian then it has to work. Everyone knows that.

    You're probably supposed to jam it into your eye everytime you eat sh*t or skip training.


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    El Guapo!
    Registered Users Posts: 12,430 ✭✭✭✭El Guapo!


    There's one born every minute. :rolleyes: :D


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    SanoVitae
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,117 ✭✭✭SanoVitae


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    The Davestator
    Registered Users Posts: 3,403 ✭✭✭The Davestator


    you gotta respect people who have the balls to actually sell this stuff!
    Definitely, thinking outside the box!


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    Desire.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,601 ✭✭✭Desire.


    The Davestator wrote: »
    you gotta respect people who have the balls to actually sell this stuff!
    Definitely, thinking outside the box!

    And feel sorry for the people silly enough to buy this type of stuff.


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    metamorphosis
    Registered Users Posts: 4,991 ✭✭✭metamorphosis


    It still dumbfounds me as the how people think such an item would make them lose weight. As a genuine question, am i missing something?!

    OP - think about it - a pin to make you lose weight? Not at all. sorry.

    Creating an energy deficit will do that. By that i mean consuming less calories than your body needs. Id suggest you read the stickies here at the top of this forum and in the nutrition forum. That should help clear things up for you. there is no magic pill - eating less, moving more and lifting things is the solution.


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    deadlybuzzman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭deadlybuzzman


    Desire. wrote: »
    And feel sorry for the people silly enough to buy this type of stuff.

    not feeling sorry whatsoever for anyone that soft to fall for it.....unless theres something properly wrong with them.
    The same people probably have a 6 second ab machine too


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    Remmy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    deadlybuzzman wrote: »
    not feeling sorry whatsoever for anyone that soft to fall for it.....unless theres something properly wrong with them.
    The same people probably have a 6 second ab machine too

    pah..Next you'l tell me that the perfect pushup machine wont get my upper body jacked like one of those fitness models..:rolleyes:


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    d'Oracle
    Registered Users Posts: 7,025 ✭✭✭d'Oracle


    OP wouldnt be a russian-doll would they?

    By doll I mean troll.


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    #13
    kalina01
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3 ✭kalina01


    Thanks for your responses. I am actually happy with the purchase. It might be scam, but seems to be working for me. At least I eat a lot less the last few days, don't feel that hungry anymore.


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    rubadub
    Registered Users Posts: 32,373 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    COH wrote: »
    You're probably supposed to jam it into your eye everytime you eat sh*t or skip training.
    That would probably work so, just like my smarties diet, eat 8 smarties a day, spaced 1 hour between each one and always an empty stomach.
    metamorphosis wrote: »
    OP - think about it - a pin to make you lose weight? Not at all.
    sure it doesn't even have a hologram on it!

    kalina01 wrote: »
    Thanks for your responses. I am actually happy with the purchase. It might be scam, but seems to be working for me. At least I eat a lot less the last few days, don't feel that hungry anymore.
    There is no doubt placebos can have strong effects on some people.


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    Degsy
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,397 ✭✭✭✭Degsy


    Maybe if you jab the pin in your arse very time you feel like eating it could help you lose weight..or maybe not.


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    #16
    dagdha
    Registered Users Posts: 645 ✭✭✭dagdha


    what?, who?, pin? What? Where?

    I clicked on that ebay link and I could'nt believe what I saw or read! The neck on that seller for selling that but fair play to them aswell making money off it. How could anybody fall for this, it has to be the worst weight loss gimick ever..... although it is invisable when you are wearing it and you will be anonymous when you buy it from ebay so that other users don't know who you are, It's a pretty good selling point.


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    #17
    robodonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 205 ✭✭robodonkey


    Ben goldacre writes about this a lot and in a very accessible way:
    http://www.badscience.net/2009/11/all-bow-before-the-mighty-power-of-the-nocebo-effect/#more-1403

    Basically, it's snake oil (your slimming pin) but it's a snake oil we should try to harness, and here's the kicker....even if we are non-believers it STILL works! :confused:

    Still, I find it offensive that people are allowed to sell "nothing" to people who are at the stage where they are willing to try anything.
    Is this not preying on the desperate and vulnerable (just my opinion)?

    So, OP, keep wearing that pin and feeling less hungry. Even if it's hokum you're eating less :)


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