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Post by alabamagal on Sept 5, 2013 8:20:26 GMT -5
I saw this ad 2 times last night - I was up in the middle of the night for various reasons
"Perfect Polly" - it is a fake parakeet, probably made of plastic. It is sitting on a little perch. It must have some motion sensor, because when you walk in a room it tweets, and moves it's tail. The ad showed some older folks and they were petting the thing and treating it like it was a real live bird. The ad says they are the perfect companion. They even showed them in fancy bird cages. They are "perfect" because there is no mess to clean up!
2 for $14.99 plus shipping and handling! Get your orders in early, they may be sold out by the Holidays!
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Post by midjd on Sept 5, 2013 8:45:00 GMT -5
I love that commercial! "The perfect pet... when you're ready to go to bed, just turn her off!" Seriously, who comes up with this crap? Then I think of all the lonely old people who have to buy a fake bird to feel like they have company, and it makes me sad.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2013 8:47:37 GMT -5
Thanks mid! Now I am sad about the lonely old people too. |
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Post by Apple on Sept 5, 2013 10:54:51 GMT -5
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Post by greeniis10 on Sept 5, 2013 11:57:31 GMT -5
I know this thread is about bad infomercial products, but has anyone ever used those mesh curtains for patio doors so that your pets can go in and out freely (when you're home, of course) but keeps the bugs out? They seem interesting, but I'm wondering what the "catch" is?? How are they attached to the patio door?
Yes, I know I can Google, but the board seems so slow I thought I'd just ask here...
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Post by quack on Sept 5, 2013 12:33:56 GMT -5
The screen "doors" attach to the door frame with thumbtacks - we have a couple of them up at a hunting camp, and they work (better than the permanently screened in doors that the dogs just jump through and rip the screen on a regular basis).
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Post by jkapp on Sept 5, 2013 13:08:50 GMT -5
I saw that parakeet informerical once too...I thought it was a spoof of some kind and I kept waiting to see the real commercial start - LOL! I also saw a commercial for some stupid pan that you can flip over for making pancakes...and of course they show someone destroying a pancake trying to flip it over using a regular pan. Seriously? Are people really having that much trouble making pancakes? I've been making pancakes since I was 5, and I didn't have any trouble (even at that age) like what was shown in the commercial. How about letting it COOK a little bit before you try to flip it over?  |
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 5, 2013 17:19:17 GMT -5
I'm loving my hoses that are easy to use and then roll up like shriveling, well, fill in the blanks yourselves.  |
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Post by Virgil Showlion on Sept 5, 2013 17:50:59 GMT -5
I get the IEEE Spectrum Robotics magazine. Plastic pet birds certainly aren't the creepiest of anything roboticists have invented. The Japanese especially seem to have a passion for developing humanoid robots deep inside the uncanny valley. |
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Post by violagirl on Sept 5, 2013 22:53:31 GMT -5
We had one of those mesh doors last year. They last, with 3 dogs coming and going, about one summer. Of course, the cat had a hand in destroying it too, but while it was intact it worked well. Once I showed the dogs how to use it, they didn't get it confused with the screen door. They could tell the difference between the screen they could go through and the screen door.
It was attached around your door frame with sticky tape. The tape gave out in a few spots before the screen did.
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Post by zibazinski on Sept 6, 2013 6:30:51 GMT -5
DF bought one of those dumb shake weight things! I saw it in the attic and had no clue what it was!! Wait til he gets up!!!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 7:19:53 GMT -5
HA! I did a white elephant "as seen on TV" gift a couple of Christmases ago and I had one of those included in there. Unfortunately, I ended up "winning" it myself.  I have a shake weight, foot scrubber thingy and Ambervision glasses for anyone interested! |
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Post by Apple on Sept 6, 2013 11:00:25 GMT -5
My parents have the door screen thing too--works well for them since they like to leave the door open a lot.
Theirs attaches to the frame with velcro and I think it's lasted them two years now and is still in good shape. They have a small dog who pushes the bottom up to go under it, and several cats (I guess I haven't really noticed the cats go in and out with the screen, maybe they wait...?)
It's really cut down on the flies and fruit flies that come into the house.
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Post by greeniis10 on Sept 6, 2013 13:36:29 GMT -5
The screen "doors" attach to the door frame with thumbtacks - we have a couple of them up at a hunting camp, and they work (better than the permanently screened in doors that the dogs just jump through and rip the screen on a regular basis). Thank you! I appreciate the response and the information! My son has 2 large dogs (an Australian Blue Heeler and a Bull Mastiff) so a doggie-door won't work. I've been looking into these as an option. |
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Post by greeniis10 on Sept 6, 2013 13:43:23 GMT -5
Thank you to all for the info on the mesh doors! The dogs that will be using them are bruts and can knock me down just by running by too quickly, so the doors will need to be sturdy. But the flies in the house from the open patio doors are a nightmare! However, this is DSs problem at HIS house and not mine. I can go home to a cool, fly-free house.
Also, to whomever mentioned the pancake disaster: YES! THAT is my problem with the informercials. It's not the craziness of the actual product but the absurdity at which they display the "normal" way to do something without their product! So annoying...
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Post by midjd on Sept 6, 2013 13:47:09 GMT -5
This is my current favorite infomercial:
A blender for your hair!
(Am I the only one who thinks these girls look like they just took a ride in a convertible when they're finished? I have naturally curly hair and work hard to try to keep it from looking like the end product here...)
And what's with all the "But wait! Call now and you get a second one free!" promotions? Who needs two of these things?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 6, 2013 13:59:36 GMT -5
<P>I love the air curler commerical! I keep waiting for one of the actors to get her hair caught in the dryer as it flies around. </P>
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Sept 6, 2013 14:01:24 GMT -5
I watched the air curler commercial and thought it'd last just long enough to get a picture and then it'd deflate. And I'm sure it comes out all smooth and tangle free too  |
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Post by Apple on Sept 6, 2013 14:29:19 GMT -5
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 6, 2013 18:06:54 GMT -5
Do you remember the "Shake Weight" infomercial? I still don't know how that was a real thing. WARNING! Do not ever, ever watch the South Park episode 'Creme Fraiche'. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 6, 2013 21:06:47 GMT -5
Do you remember the "Shake Weight" infomercial? I still don't know how that was a real thing. WARNING! Do not ever, ever watch the South Park episode 'Creme Fraiche'. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! Best. Episode. Ever!  |
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Post by toomuchreality on Sept 7, 2013 19:00:00 GMT -5
Do you remember the "Shake Weight" infomercial? I still don't know how that was a real thing. WARNING! Do not ever, ever watch the South Park episode 'Creme Fraiche'. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! LOL I watched it, just to see what I was missing! |
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 7, 2013 19:24:27 GMT -5
WARNING! Do not ever, ever watch the South Park episode 'Creme Fraiche'. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! LOL I watched it, just to see what I was missing! Gives the product a whole new meaning.  |
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Sept 7, 2013 19:40:51 GMT -5
Do you remember the "Shake Weight" infomercial? I still don't know how that was a real thing. WARNING! Do not ever, ever watch the South Park episode 'Creme Fraiche'. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED! I was just laughing about that very episode, and wondering if I should post anything about it. It was a wonderful episode. |
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Post by ՏՇԾԵԵʅՏɧ_LԹՏՏʅҼ on Sept 7, 2013 19:59:25 GMT -5
I've seen the Creme Fraiche episode too. That's because they manufacture so much of their latest "must-have" product (it's cheaper to make this stuff by the gross), that they can fool the buying public into believing they're getting a hell of a deal.
Their "But Wait! Order now and receive a second one absolutely FREE - just pay shipping & handling" gimmick is part of their scheme. Of course the seller/distributor is still making a HUGE profit - since it only cost them a few cents on the dollar to get the thing made in the first place.
Why do you think Ron Popeil's sitting in a huge mansion in Beverly Hills now? All the people he suckered into buying his Ronco junk paid for that place - and his facelift.
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Post by motherto2 on Sept 8, 2013 19:20:34 GMT -5
So those little shriveled hoses really work? I'm so tired of hoses laying in the yard because they are too hard to coil up on a reel. Will rethink not getting one.
One of the worst ones I remember was called a flow-be I think. It's the one that trimmed your hair by sucking it inside a tube. I just see all kinds of things going wrong....
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Post by Happy prose on Sept 8, 2013 19:27:47 GMT -5
I wanted to get the flow-be for my cat. |
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