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Ever buy anything from an infomercial?

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  • 18-02-2016 5:33am
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    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭


    You know the cr@p over enthusiastic poor actors and failed celebs plug on late night tv

    I haven't - but wondering if anyone else has and was it cr@p?


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    Firefox11
    Registered Users Posts: 1,515 ✭✭✭Firefox11


    WANT!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eJhAR5tQg0


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Always vastly overpriced.
    The jewellery looks like something you'd win as a fairground prize.


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    #4
    Shenshen
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,453 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shenshen


    I've been tempted once or twice - but then I went online and read the reviews, that usually got me down to earth instantly.


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    Buona Fortuna
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,507 ✭✭✭Buona Fortuna


    Firefox11 wrote: »
    WANT!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eJhAR5tQg0

    How to get a sweaty crotch without the effort :D


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    Canis Lupus
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    #7
    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Canis Lupus wrote: »


    Aw yeah.

    That's the morning horn sorted.


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    Fallschirmjager
    Registered Users Posts: 3,341 ✭✭✭Fallschirmjager


    any time i am sick and cant sleep i wind up watching that crap in the wee hours. fantastic stuff, you APPARENTLY can get a 25 carat diamond gold ring for 4 installments of 99.99..sterling mind...not that crap euro stuff tho.

    i mean short of going to the ivory coast and digging it yourself, wont get cheaper than that...

    so to summarise...no, i have not...except in one case

    there was a car polish that i saw. then saw it in B&Q and said WTF...why not...to be fair its actually pretty good. i use it on our cars and windows at home ...for the life of me i cant recall the name....oh and those high speed kitchen things, the magic bullet, they first made an appearance on those channels as i recall.


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    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    I am a fierce online shopper, but I buy from infomercials only every few years and/or when I'm loopy from pain medication in the hospital ;) They're good products about a third of the time, lol. I started 30 years ago with the "Hand Hammered Wok of China", which was a decent piece of kit. Since the rise of Internet reviews and Amazon reviews specifically, I am warned off a lot of things.


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    MacTiarnain
    Registered Users Posts: 20 ✭MacTiarnain


    My mother bought a Nutribullet once. Works well.


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    #11
    mansize
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,521 ✭✭✭✭mansize


    I always thought nutribullet was a kind of vibrator- fruitinvag so to speak...


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    #12
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    I wanted a H2O mop. I was totally convinced I need one. That thing was going to change my goddamn life.

    Bought a Vax version in Harvey Norman instead. Effort of it.


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    mansize
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    It cleans! With just steam!


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    kneemos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,410 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    mansize wrote: »
    It cleans! With just steam!


    Heard they were good for taps,and grout and nooks and grannies.


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    mariaalice
    Registered Users Posts: 12,378 ✭✭✭✭mariaalice


    JML products they just sound so compelling in fairness anything I have purchased form them has been good.


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    OU812
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    Was fascinated with the magic bullet when they first appeared about ten years ago (that long?).

    Wife bought me one for my birthday that year. Wasn't cheap, but still going & used regular ally to this day. There's a good after market for blades etc on eBay. Most recent discovery was an ice crushing blade so margaritas all round !!


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    jack presley
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,687 ✭✭✭✭jack presley


    Back in the 80's when Cablelink first added the Sky and Super channels there used to be an infomercial for a thing called a Gut-Buster which was a yolk for making sit-ups easier. We wouldn't have seen many infomercials before that and I think we were sucked in by the ad and ended up buying one.


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭OU812


    Know someone who got one of these & swears by it

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEtxjMKSRjU


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    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    OU812 wrote: »
    Know someone who got one of these & swears by it

    (chokes) Thirty dollars?


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    OU812
    Registered Users Posts: 6,035 ✭✭✭OU812


    Speedwell wrote: »
    (chokes) Thirty dollars?

    Nah, he said he got it for $20 in some store


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    Wossack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Wossack


    Speedwell wrote: »
    (chokes) Thirty dollars?

    But wait!

    Order now, and we'll include not one, but four additional Rollie brand products that nobody bought either


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    JustShon
    Registered Users Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭JustShon


    Someone bought me one of those JML pens with the supposedly titanium tip years ago. I was a teenager and had an obsession with fancy pens.

    Of course I'd seen the ads and immediately decided to test the integrity of this apparently weapons-grade fountain pen. Nope.


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    maudgonner
    Registered Users Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    Wossack wrote: »
    But wait!

    Order now, and we'll include not one, but four additional Rollie brand products that nobody bought either


    Ah here - the secret is Vertical Cooking Technology. Sure that's better than nuclear fusion, easily worth $39.95.

    And it's perfect for the office - did you not see yer wan with it sat on her desk, happy as Larry with her Rollie egg popsicle thingy? I'm sure her colleagues love it just as much, what with the cooking smells and all.


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    SEPT 23 1989
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    "I'm impressed" were the two most used words in every selling sketch

    also i believe the audience were given ecstasy before filming began because nobody should get that excited about a mop


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    Wossack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,002 ✭✭✭Wossack


    maudgonner wrote: »
    Ah here - the secret is Vertical Cooking Technology. Sure that's better than nuclear fusion, easily worth $39.95.

    And it's perfect for the office - did you not see yer wan with it sat on her desk, happy as Larry with her Rollie egg popsicle thingy? I'm sure her colleagues love it just as much, what with the cooking smells and all.

    particularly like how easy it was to clean up

    on one hand you've got some troglodyte who made eggs the old fashioned way = sink full of dishes and pans (though pretty accurate to how my mrs seems to cook; USE ALL THE DISHES!!)..
    and on the other, the magic Rollie, who only needs an ole rub off a dry cloth :rolleyes:


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    Tazio
    Registered Users Posts: 698 ✭✭✭Tazio


    Bought a "TV license" once from one of those adverts .. seemed like a good deal.. never again.. :(


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    #27
    whiskeyman
    Registered Users Posts: 12,564 ✭✭✭✭whiskeyman


    The original nutri-bullet:
    The Juice Tiger!
    On Amazing Discoveries!


    Then I really wanted the Europainter... even though I was only 10
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGG1Esk1bTM


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    Sky King
    Registered Users Posts: 4,431 ✭✭✭Sky King


    I found that my 20c disposable Bic biro wouldn't stab drinks cans or lodge in a dart board so I bought Penalli the wonder pen.

    Would recommend


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    #29
    Speedwell
    Registered Users Posts: 3,809 ✭✭✭Speedwell


    Wait, does Kickstarter count? I think Kickstarter should count.


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    #30
    ...And Justice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,283 ✭✭✭...And Justice


    I bought the "ab blaster" when I was young thinking I could have a six pack in 3 days, it just shocked the life out of you. Only 120 punts.

    Also bought the titanium 2 knife set. It was made out of some sort of titanium covered crackerbread.

    Never bought anything after that. I see young lads in work paying hundreds for these nutribullshìt blenders, madness.....


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    #31
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Tazio wrote: »
    Bought a "TV license" once from one of those adverts .. seemed like a good deal.. never again.. :(

    But you can now legally drive a TV so at least there's that.


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