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September 28, 2014
What A Bargain! - [Niedermeyer's Dead Horse]
A couple of weeks ago I spotted a $5 cell phone holder which attaches to a car's air conditioning vent. Yesterday I finally got around to opening the package and installing it in the car. It took approximately .5 seconds for me to decide that it had to come out. So, 5 minutes later, pliers in hand, I broke off the clips and tossed the entire device. $5 down the drain.
Marketeers (yes. I call them marketeers) know that there is a break-point at which a customer will make the effort to return a bad product and, for many people, $5 ain't it.
So, think about it. How much money do you suppose you have wasted buying bad products? How's your luck with As-Seen-On-TV products?
Is there anything you've purchased which exceeded your expectations?
Just a curiosity.
Some of my favorite purchases of the non-infomercial variety include, well, besides my handbags and shoes, a 4' scaffold for about $80 and a coffee table I picked up from a thrift store for $25.
What are some of your favorites?
Open thread.
posted by Open Blogger at
07:07 PM
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