As Seen On TV products

United States
May 9, 2007 5:21pm CST
You know the ones...the combination leaf blower/hair styler, the convection oven that cooks an entire thanksgiving turkey in 45 minutes powered your trapped farts (no need for extra flavoring), the multi purpose blender that doubles as a wood chipper....how many of you guys have purchased a product that was advertised on tv and how well or poorly did it work?
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• United States
16 May 07
oh man remember that guy, ron propeel? (I probably spelled that wrong).. way back in the day he had an infomercial for SPRAY ON HAIR! He's the same guy who now does "set it and forget it", I want to know what ever happened to the spray on hair! Great-- unless you walk out into the rain. Then I guess it's a bit obvious, if it wasn't already before.. lol
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• United States
16 May 07
WOW!! I forgot about the spray on hair...I could do with a couple of cans of that right now...only problem is I'd run my fingers through it and end up looking nicotine stained
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• United States
17 May 07
No way! Bald is beautiful :)
@Karmalina (647)
• Australia
10 May 07
I haven't actually buckled and bought anything, but that Magic Bullet infomercial makes me want it sooo bad. I want almost instant salsa. As far as other stuff goes. Proactiv gave someone I know a rash. She was allergic to something in it but they never figured out what. I think you're lucky to get something from television that even works 75% as well as it says.
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@freak369 (5113)
• United States
10 May 07
I got the Rocket Chef thingy and ordered Nad's Hair Removal. If you ever wish to experience hell on earth, Nad's is the product to order. Most of those infomercials are rips offs. Ron Popel is the king of them - spray on hair, cook a turkey in 45 minutes and all his gimicks. Thankfully I have DirectTV so even at 3 in the morning I can find something worth watching.
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@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
10 May 07
Hey, my last T-giving turkey was awesome. Took me eating an entire 5-lb bag of pinto beans, but I managed. *winks and wipes fluid from watering eyes* While I haven't fallen victim to any of the TV offers, my mother sadly fell victim a few years back. She ordered this contraption that was supposedly a chopper for veggies. It purportedly would chop, dice, julienne and do anything to your vegetables but remove the chemicals that cause gas. (how did we get back to gas?!)Anywho, the crappy thing arrived in the mail a week later. And let me tell you, about the only thing that piece of plastic crap was going to cut or dice was some hot butter!
@natalie1981 (1995)
• Singapore
10 May 07
Oh yes, I think my mom was suckered into purchasing some sort of cutting instrument for the kitchen. Have to say that after the first use, we didn't see it again in the kitchen. I wondered why. I was also suckered to buy some sort of pen set because I wanted to use it for my drawings, well, I have to say, it looked so cheap. After a week, several of the pens doesn't even write!
• United States
10 May 07
if i could fart enough to cook a turkey,i'd be looking for the antacid commercials next LOL :)=) once in awhile i'll buy one of these things- but those ginsu knives?my mother got sucked into buying those-the steak knives were laughable. they were so thin,i was afraid of the tip breaking off in food.