Infomercials

[Bubblegum *sugarless*]

So right now Mr. Cunningham (Richie and Joanie's dad) is telling me how I can become a self-made millionaire. So now I have to wonder, if he knew this, why didn't he and Mrs. C dump the hardware store and move on up?

Has any infomercial drawn you in? Have you felt compelled to call right away and get the slicer, dicer or self-help video that will change your life? Why do once popular sitcom and music stars (Cher ) stoop to this level?

I have to admit, I did order the pocket fisherman. *shrug*

(since I can't find the remote, I'm going to actually *gasp* get up and change the channel)

 

[Weevil]

The George Foreman grill is in my kitchen.

 

[p_p_man]

When I was going through my meat free phase...

I used to buy Linda Mcartney's products....

Then it was discovered they weren't meat free after all...

I thought they tasted better than I expected.

 

[teresafannin]

There are two 24 hour infomercial channels on my cable system. I haven't ever ordered anything from the tv, but I bought the Hairagami thingies at Target & have had a blast doing my hair with them. Next I want the soft roller things so I can have curls.

 

[Siren]

What I want to know is.........

 

[teresafannin]

I love my hairagami's-how bizarre is that? If you have hair that is really long & thick, they don't work too well. My hair is down to the middle of my back & it almost too long to put up, but I am getting about 3" of it cut next week. So, how is eveyone doing this morning? I just got home & I'm kind of drunk & can't get to sleep. What do people do at 2 am?

 

[Mensa]

Next, we wax

The one that always amused me was Ron Popeil's spray paint in a can for thinning and balding heads. The thought of someone actually believing they could fool people with folllicular Tremclad is just too hilarious!

 

[LadyDarkFire]

I have only bought 2 things from infomercials. The George Forman Grill, and Epil Stop Plus. The first, I love and use alot. The second gave me hives, and I descovered that in that wonderful mix of citrus and moisterizing vitamin e, there was actually plenty of LYE. I now wait after seeing an infomercial, either visit the website or get it in a store, and I ALWAYS read the product information.

 

[Bubblegum *sugarless*]

Ron Popeil is a GENIUS!

I've been thinking of trying the hairigami too. My hair might be too long though, and I'd prolly never get the cute heart shaped one to work.

One I refuse to try is NADS. The name just turns me off.

 

[PL~Shadow Lover]

The one infomercial that has me is....

Those pads you place on your body that help build muscles. It comes with somewhere between 6-8 different shaped pads you place in certain areas to work different muscle groups, then you plug in the machine and they induce electric shocks to work the muscles.

It's basically the same thing the body does when using the muscle, but the shock comes externally instead of internally. They used to have a problem with it frying nerve ends so that you couldn't feel anymore where you had placed the pad, but they've since fixed it. My question is that if you keep using it wouldn't you have to keep upping the level of current to get the same kind of work out?

Either way I keep telling myself when the infomercial comes on "Just wait till the price drops just a little more...". I mean if Bruce Lee used it when he was alive it must be good. Right?

 

[GuyJD]

As I've always seen it, if the products were so damn good they would be in the stores where we shop. Why pay $20 plus shipping and handling and anxiously wait for the item to show up on your door steps?

Secondly, have you ever noticed that the people who you see on these informercials and "psycic hotlines" are often out of work actors/performers? You know a performer has lost their popularity when:
1) They're doing informercials.
2) Some "fly by night" mail order company is selling their greatest hits on late night TV commercial.
3) You never hear of them in concert or recording any more music because they are performing in Vegas for a living.

I'm glad to say that I've never wasted my hard earned bucks on informercial crap. I prefer to wait until it hit the stores at a cheaper price and become "AS SEEN ON TV" products.