What products prey on stupid people?

Solomon Pleasant · 03-07-2017 10:26pm

I personally think scratch cards are mainly bought by people with an IQ of below 0.

If it were possible.

lmimmfn · 03-07-2017 10:30pm

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

I personally think scratch cards are mainly bought by people with an IQ of below 0.

If it were possible.

This I agree with, back in the bad times of 2010 when I didn't have a cent I would be stuck behind some older person or some welfare nut getting 20euros worth of scratchies, arrghhh, still happens but it annoys me less now.

CeilingFly · 03-07-2017 10:36pm

Tesco "half price" wine offers.

Always "own label" or specially created labels. Never found anywhere else. ALWAYS on sale except for a couple of weeks before their "half price" offer.

Examples "domaine arnaud" (utter muck) ogio, winemakers reserve and others.

Only suckers get suckered by this ridiculous crap.

Oops69 · 03-07-2017 10:47pm

CeilingFly wrote: »

Tesco "half price" wine offers.

Always "own label" or specially created labels. Never found anywhere else. ALWAYS on sale except for a couple of weeks before their "half price" offer.

Examples "domaine arnaud" (utter muck) ogio, winemakers reserve and others.

Only suckers get suckered by this ridiculous crap.

do tesco have any quality food / drink that doesnt taste of watery cardboard or piss , how do people shop there?, and they're staff look miserable as well ,says a lot for a company.

eeguy · 03-07-2017 10:55pm

CeilingFly wrote: »

Tesco "half price" wine offers.

Always "own label" or specially created labels. Never found anywhere else. ALWAYS on sale except for a couple of weeks before their "half price" offer.

Examples "domaine arnaud" (utter muck) ogio, winemakers reserve and others.

Only suckers get suckered by this ridiculous crap.

It's like when Homebase and the rest sell their "half price" BBQs and garden furniture.

Rest assured it was once at full price. In December, when the stock was in the warehouse and not on the shop floor.

judeboy101 · 03-07-2017 10:56pm

RDM_83 again wrote: »

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.

You do know how much a course of acupuncture costs? Magnets are cheaper quakology than needles .

kurtainsider · 03-07-2017 11:14pm

everlast75 wrote: »

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Have to agree. Minding my own business in Supervalu one day and got too close to the JML telly. TCALSS (to cut a long story short) I bought the Non-Stick Copper Stone Frying Pan. After 3 uses it bellied up in the middle so the oil just ran around the edge. That weekend, after scraping an egg off the "non-stick" surface I took it back for a refund. I'll never look at the JML telly in a shop the same again.:mad:

mick.oleary · 03-07-2017 11:15pm

kurtainsider wrote: »

Have to agree. Minding my own business in Supervalu one day and got too close to the JML telly. TCALSS (to cut a long story short) I bought the Non-Stick Copper Stone Frying Pan. After 3 uses it bellied up in the middle so the oil just ran around the edge. That weekend, after scraping an egg off the "non-stick" surface I took it back for a refund. I'll never look at the JML telly in a shop the same again.:mad:

Did you pour cold water on it after using it?

CPTM · 03-07-2017 11:23pm

Credit cards - people who don't pay it back straight away.

kurtainsider · 03-07-2017 11:25pm

mick.oleary wrote: »

Did you pour cold water on it after using it?

No. Just allowed it to cool down and washed it with warm water in the normal way.

Look at the JML telly next time you're near one. They fry up a pan full of nuts and bolts, scrape it vigorously with a screwdriver, drive a Sherman tank over it (I made that last one up) and then fry an egg in it and the egg is fit to jump out of the pan by itself it's so non-stick.................get the f***ing thing home and the egg sticks to it like s**t to a blanket after 3 uses.

BTW - I hadn't even treated my family to a feed of fried nuts and bolts as the ad had suggested I should.

Junkyard Tom · 03-07-2017 11:29pm

New cars - probably one of the worst financial mistakes people repeat, and thank goodness they do or there'd be no peaches of second hand cars that are at the bottom of the depreciation curve.

mick.oleary · 03-07-2017 11:31pm

kurtainsider wrote: »

No. Just allowed it to cool down and washed it with warm water in the normal way.

Look at the JML telly next time you're near one. They fry up a pan full of nuts and bolts, scrape it vigorously with a screwdriver, drive a Sherman tank over it (I made that last one up) and then fry an egg in it and the egg is fit to jump out of the pan by itself it's so non-stick.................get the f***ing thing home and the egg sticks to it like s**t to a blanket after 3 uses.

BTW - I hadn't even treated my family to a feed of fried nuts and bolts as the ad had suggested I should.

Similar experience with one of their ceramic ones but I did warp it with cold water. The non stick coating though did not last...I assumed it was because I warped it...

eeguy · 03-07-2017 11:33pm

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

New cars - probably one of the worst financial mistakes people repeat, and thank goodness they do or there'd be no peaches of second hand cars that are at the bottom of the depreciation curve.

Can't believe how people are happy their car can lose >5k in a single year.

take everything · 03-07-2017 11:34pm

4000 euro for a marble stand for iMac (or whatever those apple laptops are called).

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/hypebeast.com/2017/6/block-marble-laptop-stand-macbook-accessory%3Famp%3D1

kurtainsider · 03-07-2017 11:44pm

mick.oleary wrote: »

Similar experience with one of their ceramic ones but I did warp it with cold water. The non stick coating though did not last...I assumed it was because I warped it...

No Mick. It was because, in my view, JML bigs up garbage. This gives me no pleasure to say because I always thought that JML could be trusted before the whole Copper Stone Pan affair.

Junkyard Tom · 03-07-2017 11:50pm

eeguy wrote: »

Can't believe how people are happy their car can lose >5k in a single year.

Buying a new car to 'save' money on the motor tax!

ThisRegard · 03-07-2017 11:52pm

CeilingFly wrote: »

Tesco "half price" wine offers.

Always "own label" or specially created labels. Never found anywhere else. ALWAYS on sale except for a couple of weeks before their "half price" offer.

Examples "domaine arnaud" (utter muck) ogio, winemakers reserve and others.

Only suckers get suckered by this ridiculous crap.

Many vineyards sell exclusively to certain distributors or shops, therefore not being available elsewhere. In blind taste tests wine from vineyards exclusive to them or their own branded do quite well, most noticeably their champagne.

Ubbquittious · 03-07-2017 11:56pm

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Buying a new car to 'save' money on the motor tax!

It's always interesting to hear the excuses when you mention the cost savings of keeping the car they have for another year, buying one thats a few years old or converting the car they have to LPG.

spoonerhead · 03-07-2017 11:57pm

One plant for €4:50

Can get 100 seeds for €2

Yourself isit · 04-07-2017 12:02am

RedTie wrote: »

Ok. This one needs further explaining.

Even with your own CCTV wired to your phone, nothing scares off a burglar faster than a really load alarm. Or a really big dog but I digress.

If I was a burglar I'd break into a house where the alarm was already going off. It's not like the police generally turn up.

BorneTobyWilde · 04-07-2017 12:08am

Regrow your hair products, a trillion dollar industry that's booming

CeilingFly · 04-07-2017 12:08am

ThisRegard wrote: »

Many vineyards sell exclusively to certain distributors or shops, therefore not being available elsewhere. In blind taste tests wine from vineyards exclusive to them or their own branded do quite well, most noticeably their champagne.

I know that, but the Tesco sh1te is mass produced muck bottled in huge bottling warehouses and no decent winery would put their name to it.

Not in a million years is "domaine arnaud" or "ogio" worth €17.99, but some suckers believe that and think they are getting a bargain at "half price" when in reality they are probably over paying.

Another trick is to have a known brand create a special exclusive label, mark it up at 17.99 and then magically its half price.

Don't be fooled.

Yourself isit · 04-07-2017 12:11am

CeilingFly wrote: »

I know that, but the Tesco sh1te is mass produced muck bottled in huge bottling warehouses and no decent winery would put their name to it.

Not in a million years is "domaine arnaud" or "ogio" worth €17.99, but some suckers believe that and think they are getting a bargain at "half price" when in reality they are probably over paying.

Another trick is to have a known brand create a special exclusive label, mark it up at 17.99 and then magically its half price.

Don't be fooled.

Legally they have to sell it at full price for some time.

eeguy · 04-07-2017 12:17am

Yourself isit wrote: »

Legally they have to sell it at full price for some time.

It might be officially sold at full price for a month but you won't find it on a shelf.

GT_TDI_150 · 04-07-2017 12:21am

Not sure if mentioned but the handwash where you dont have to touch it to dispense soap....at the point in time where your hands are dirty, just before you are about to clean them... thats when u worry what bacteria might be on your hands?! Really?!

Richard Hillman · 04-07-2017 12:38am

Not gonna have a go specifically at IPhone buyers but I have to call out other expensive phone buyers.

Most people generally use their phones for (apart from the obvious) are browsing, social media and listening to music or the odd video. You are pretty much going to get the exact same performance out of a phone that costs €150.

They are paying 3-4 times the price and are getting the exact same Facebook app, YouTube videos and Whatsapp service.

Even the operating system features are pretty much the same. A few years ago Apple were jizzing themselves over swipe texting on their keyboards. I was using an €80 phone that was doing that 2-3 years before that.

LionelNashe · 04-07-2017 12:41am

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

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.

I agree. I don't play, because I can't be bothered, but here's my logic:

The odds of winning the jackpot are 11 million to 1.
If I invest €1 and win the jackpot, the return will be far less than €11 million.
Therefore the odds don't justify it. It's a losing proposition.

*HOWEVER* winning even €1 million would be such a change of lifestyle from where I am now, that for me it might as well be €11 million. Therefore the odds don't really matter and I should but a ticket.

RedTie · 04-07-2017 3:16am

take everything wrote: »

4000 euro for a marble stand for iMac (or whatever those apple laptops are called).

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/hypebeast.com/2017/6/block-marble-laptop-stand-macbook-accessory%3Famp%3D1

This reads like a product parody

German company de Dolomieu has released BLOCK, a marble laptop stand specifically designed for Apple MacBooks.

The stand acts as an elegant centerpiece for your workspace, milled from a 14-kilogram, 6-centimeter-thick slab of white marble. Each slab is unique, hand-selected for its characteristic beauty of bold veining and intricate patterns.

Custom designed, BLOCK is a near-seamless extension of an Apple MacBook computer, raising an object of daily use onto a pedestal, marrying metal and stone into aesthetic harmony while matching the design quality and elegance of the computer it holds.

BLOCK’s curves hug the computer’s edges with a smooth surface cool to the touch, warming only slightly from body heat. It is available in three different models for Apple’s range of notebook computers: BLOCK 12” for MacBook (mid-2015 and newer), BLOCK 13” and BLOCK 15” for MacBook Pro (late 2016 and newer).

Each ranges from €3,800-€4,400 EUR (approximately $3,500-$3,700 USD.)

Irish Guitarist · 04-07-2017 5:26am

New jeans that look like they've been dragged along the ground and go for a thee figure sum of money.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dolce-Gabbana-Distressed-Straight-Jeans/dp/B01D57I01A/

Wanderer78 · 04-07-2017 6:19am

RedTie wrote:

What other products prey on stupid people?

Effectively all, all marketing is a form of manipulation, and all humans can be manipulated, some more so than others. In the words of Chomsky, 'uninformed, irrational decisions'!

The J Stands for Jay · 04-07-2017 7:01am

tastyt wrote: »

SKY tv.

Two hundred channels and nothing on

And 190 of them available free to air.

Phonicks · 04-07-2017 7:55am

Low fat milk

and

actimel and other "healthy" yogarts with low fat milk and 3 teapsoonfuls of sugar

Senna · 04-07-2017 8:08am

RedTie wrote: »

This reads like a product parody

"Each ranges from €3,800-€4,400 EUR (approximately $3,500-$3,700 USD.)"

When was that the exchange rates??

hepurilivehear · 04-07-2017 8:24am

endacl wrote: »

Homeopathy.
'Psychic' mediums.
Homeopathy.

I included homeopathy twice, because everybody with a health insurance policy pays for it, as all providers cover it, and some idiots claim for it.

sorry bud but pharma extracts drugs from plants homeos use.

mcdonalds food, didnt see it in the medeea , jamie oliver successfully sued them cos 20% of their meat is real, the rest probly kills ya

well not kill but clog up ur gut, leaving u lazy, moody, poor memory, probly disrupts serotonin product in the gut aswell

CeilingFly · 04-07-2017 8:40am

Yourself isit wrote: »

Legally they have to sell it at full price for some time.

No, not in Ireland. Here you just have to show it was on sale at some stage. The 30 day law is a UK law. In Ireland there is no such legal requirement. Its why Currys also fool people into thinking they are getting a genuine reduction. (check their small print "on sale at €699 11/1/17-18/1/17 etc)

stimpson · 04-07-2017 8:58am

hepurilivehear wrote: »

sorry bud but pharma extracts drugs from plants homeos use.

Sorry bud, but homeopathy dilutes the substances to a level where there may be no molecules of the active substance in the solution. A 13C solution is the equivalent of a third of a drop of the substance mixed with all the water in the world. Many homeopathic remedies are diluted to beyond this. Apparently it's the "memory" of the substance that cures.

It's 100% grade A bull****.

Hector Savage · 04-07-2017 9:15am

Doctor Nick wrote: »

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.

I'm framing and printing this !

Brilliant!

Hector Savage · 04-07-2017 9:16am

stimpson wrote: »

Sorry bud, but homeopathy dilutes the substances to a level where there may be no molecules of the active substance in the solution. A 13C solution is the equivalent of a third of a drop of the substance mixed with all the water in the world. Many homeopathic remedies are diluted to beyond this. Apparently it's the "memory" of the substance that cures.

It's 100% grade A bull****.

niley · 04-07-2017 9:16am

"Precious" stones.

jh79 · 04-07-2017 9:23am

Herbal Remedies and "Organic" food.

razorblunt · 04-07-2017 9:39am

Tippex.

That, and L.Casei Immunitas.

Akrasia · 04-07-2017 10:30am

hepurilivehear wrote: »

sorry bud but pharma extracts drugs from plants homeos use.

Wow, so much fail in one little post!

Yes, pharmaceuticals extract drugs from plants (or synthetic versions of them). Pharmaceuticals have an active ingredient that produces a medical effect. Homeopathy might name check plants on the bottles, but all homeopathic preparations are the same. They're all water. The point of homeopathy is that the weaker the solution, the stronger the effect so they end up diluting them so much that there is no active ingredient left. Homeopathy is water. Nothing else. Sometimes it's even de-hydrated water (when in powdered form)

whisky_galore · 04-07-2017 10:41am

Purveyors of "Collectors items", like this one, that sends out junk mail in the hopes of getting a few bites....

https://www.dublinmintoffice.ie/

These days, almost everything sold door-to-door. Just go to a proper trader, shop or online outlet with a guarantee. Usually sold by scammers; factory reject furniture, house alarms, insurance, fire extinguishers, tarmac or building jobs, etc.

sbsquarepants · 04-07-2017 10:42am

Homeopathy products of any description - it's fúcking water, fill up your bath - you've now got a million quids worth of homeopathic snake oil

If you really want to up the anti - grab a few piss in the beds and turbo charge that shít. Not too many though - that weakens it apparently!

Akrasia · 04-07-2017 10:43am

Kinesiology tape

Magic tape that athletes put on their body that they think does something but doesn't

I'm not saying that athletes are stupid, but a lot of them are looking for anything that might give them a performance edge so they buy into all kinds of superstitious nonsense. Psychological boosts can translate into performance boosts, so if your opponent thinks you have an edge because you're covered from head to toe in war paint, and you think you have an edge because you are strapped up in magic tape, then that might be a 1 percent advantage that wins the game.

Fine, that gives some justification for olympic athletes to put the tape on, but for jane Blogs doing the 5k fun run for cancer, spending 20 quid on some cellotape is hilariously silly.

Ice Baths and cryotherepy are another load of nonsense, they don't actually help muscle gain or injury recovery, but they can give a psychological boost by the athlete thinking that because they endured the discomfort of freezing themselves half to death, that they can ride through the burning sensation as their muscles reach their limits towards the end of a race or rugby match.

Solomon Pleasant · 04-07-2017 10:54am

https://www.google.ie/amp/www.dailyedge.ie/plank-of-wood-in-dunnes-2787553-May2016/%3famp=1

That's a link to an article showing Dunnes selling a plank of wood for 60€.

I'm unsure if a person exists that's stupid enough to buy it, but if they do, they're stupid.

Pherekydes · 04-07-2017 10:55am

Has Lourdes been mentioned yet?

Homeopathy.

Yourself isit · 04-07-2017 11:00am

Akrasia wrote: »

Wow, so much fail in one little post!

Yes, pharmaceuticals extract drugs from plants (or synthetic versions of them). Pharmaceuticals have an active ingredient that produces a medical effect. Homeopathy might name check plants on the bottles, but all homeopathic preparations are the same. They're all water. The point of homeopathy is that the weaker the solution, the stronger the effect so they end up diluting them so much that there is no active ingredient left. Homeopathy is water. Nothing else. Sometimes it's even de-hydrated water (when in powdered form)

There must be something in those powders. Dehydrated water is nothing.

04-07-2017 11:03am

Richard Hillman wrote: »

Not gonna have a go specifically at IPhone buyers but I have to call out other expensive phone buyers.

Most people generally use their phones for (apart from the obvious) are browsing, social media and listening to music or the odd video. You are pretty much going to get the exact same performance out of a phone that costs €150.

They are paying 3-4 times the price and are getting the exact same Facebook app, YouTube videos and Whatsapp service.

Even the operating system features are pretty much the same. A few years ago Apple were jizzing themselves over swipe texting on their keyboards. I was using an €80 phone that was doing that 2-3 years before that.

A 150 euro phone will be far inferior compared to a high end iPhone or Android phone. I've used some of them owned by people claiming they are just as good as my iPhone and trust me they are no where near, slow, buggy, lower res, crashing, crap cameras, inferior touch screens the list goes on and on.

Now they do a job no doubt and there is nothing wrong with them if you can't afford or are happy with a cheaper smart phone but you can't compare them to high end ones the same as you can compare a Nissan Micra to a Range Rover. They both get you from a to b but the comparison ends there.

whisky_galore · 04-07-2017 11:03am

"Gourmet", "Artisan" esp. if the food being described is essentially overpriced junk food. i.e. Burgers and chips.

"Hand made" if it's obvious a machine can't possibly make it.

What products prey on stupid people?

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