What products prey on stupid people?

RedTie · 03-07-2017 5:50pm #1

I just heard an ad for the latest HP printer that will "tell you when your computer is under attack"

Sorry. What? :pac:

Other products that prey on stupid people would be smartphones. If you update yours, spending 700 euros in the process, every year a new model comes out I probably dont want to be your friend.

Also: Cigarettes. How, in 2017, have cigarette companies got new customers?

What other products prey on stupid people?

03-07-2017 5:50pm

Housing

The_Valeyard · 03-07-2017 5:52pm

Lynx deodorant

RedTie · 03-07-2017 5:53pm

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Housing

We already have a winner!

Junkyard Tom · 03-07-2017 5:53pm

It not so much the products as it is marketing and advertising.

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pajor · 03-07-2017 5:53pm

The Lotto.

King George VI · 03-07-2017 5:54pm

Correct grammer book's

Edit: dictionary, the word I was looking for was dictionary.

_Brian · 03-07-2017 5:54pm

Sports drinks, minerals.

All the anti wrinkle crap peddled to middle aged women, if your 50 with a face like the Grand Canyon I can guarentee there is nothing in a small jar for any money that will make any difference to anything but your bank balance.

Fake tan

Doctor Nick · 03-07-2017 5:54pm

Wow I'm thick. Here I am sitting in my house smelling of lynx and smoking a cigarette while checking my lotto numbers so I can buy a new phone.

Are Am Eye · 03-07-2017 5:55pm

King George VI wrote: »

Correct grammer book's

Correct spelling books.

theteal · 03-07-2017 5:55pm

King George VI wrote: »

Correct grammer book's

Not sure if joke. . . .

everlast75 · 03-07-2017 5:56pm

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Doctor Nick · 03-07-2017 5:57pm

everlast75 wrote: »

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Ha yes! Really sh!te products. All of them.

DontThankMe · 03-07-2017 5:57pm

Those "physic mediums" that claim to predict the future or contact the dead.

RDM_83 again · 03-07-2017 5:57pm

Healing magnets.
I don't mind people using stuff thats not medically proven (as long as they do the conventional route too) as the placebo effect is pretty strong but the fact they charge so much for a simple magnetic bracelet is definitely preying on people.

B.A._Baracus · 03-07-2017 5:58pm

To be fair, we're all stupid when it comes to something.

You hear such utter crap from TV adverts... Homemade, natural, Fast acting etc. Pick your marketing vile :pac: but yet we still buy these things.

The Backwards Man · 03-07-2017 6:00pm

When it comes to getting money out of people there's no such things as smart or stupid, just easy or hard.

Samuel T. Cogley · 03-07-2017 6:01pm

RedTie wrote: »

I just heard an ad for the latest HP printer that will "tell you when your computer is under attack"

Sorry. What? :pac:

Other products that prey on stupid people would be smartphones. If you update yours, spending 700 euros in the process, every year a new model comes out I probably dont want to be your friend.

Also: Cigarettes. How, in 2017, have cigarette companies got new customers?

What other products prey on stupid people?

HP have a point at the enterprise level. As for cigarettes, how has Heroin still got customers a hundred years after it ceased as a brand?

bottlebrush · 03-07-2017 6:02pm

_Brian wrote: »

Sports drinks, minerals.

All the anti wrinkle crap peddled to middle aged women, if your 50 with a face like the Grand Canyon I can guarentee there is nothing in a small jar for any money that will make any difference to anything but your bank balance.

Fake tan

Add to that false eye lashes and gel nails

readyletsgo · 03-07-2017 6:03pm

Fidget spinners! I mean, they prob cost 2¢ to make, sell for between €3 to €10 to kids parents (I guess adults too). Surely it's dying out now that Irish stalls and Chinese shops have millions of them in stock.

In fairness, great money 'spinner', but seriously!

I know it all started with a Kickstarter a year or two ago with that fidget cube yoke.

Are Am Eye · 03-07-2017 6:04pm

Printers are devices on a network. They have a bit of local processing as well. An I.T Dept will expect its printers to do a lot, including not be a vulnerability.

RedTie · 03-07-2017 6:06pm

readyletsgo wrote: »

Fidget spinners!

Kids will always latch onto crazy stuff and parents will always have to buy them.

Ever wonder why the "most popular" toy sells out every Christmas? It's all manufactured to happen that way to cause a frenzy.

freshpopcorn · 03-07-2017 6:06pm

A lot of health food products!

RedTie · 03-07-2017 6:08pm

freshpopcorn wrote: »

A lot of health food products!

Seconded.

The majority of protein bars are about as good for you as a Snickers or a Mars bar.

jobeenfitz · 03-07-2017 6:08pm

DontThankMe wrote: »

Those "physic mediums" that claim to predict the future or contact the dead.

I knew you'd say that!

Junkyard Tom · 03-07-2017 6:10pm

pajor wrote: »

The Lotto.

I think there's a lot of pseudo-intellectual sneering at people who do the lotto. I'm sure that most people know the odds of winning are incredibly slim but while they have that ticket they can fantasise about having no money worries, taking exotic holidays, buying a beautiful home, driving an amazing car, looking after their kids' futures and so on.