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Most ridiculous infomercial product?

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I love that knife commercial, with Chef Tony! The Miracle Blade III. :P

 

 

 

Yes, I hate that Doggy Steps one, the Magic Bullet, that one with the Grill that is two half circles that you can cook like omelets in, and all the exercising ones. For God's sake, how many of the people that will actually order that will end up getting six pack abs and huge biceps!? #-o

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The tube that cooks spaghetti, "miraculously" by putting boiling water into a tube with spaghetti.

 

 

 

Why I wouldn't just leave it in the pot....That is beyond me.

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LMAO! I jsut remmebered the worst and most annoying one!

 

 

 

 

 

Ok its called "Head on" this chapstick stuff you put on ur forhead to make migranes go away! thats not all :twisted:

 

 

 

Heres how it goes:

 

 

 

Head on apply directly to the forhead

 

 

 

Head on apply directly to the forhead

 

 

 

Head on apply directly to the forhead

 

 

 

3 times in a row super annoying lol -.- :?

 

 

 

 

 

Sounds as if they are attempting to give you a migrane so you buy their product on the spot...

LMAO! I jsut remmebered the worst and most annoying one!

 

 

 

 

 

Ok its called "Head on" this chapstick stuff you put on ur forhead to make migranes go away! thats not all :twisted:

 

 

 

Heres how it goes:

 

 

 

Head on apply directly to the forhead

 

 

 

Head on apply directly to the forhead

 

 

 

Head on apply directly to the forhead

 

 

 

3 times in a row super annoying lol -.- :?

 

 

 

 

 

Sounds as if they are attempting to give you a migrane so you buy their product on the spot...

 

 

 

That's what I keep saying. I hear that commercial so many times I actually had to keep muting my TV because it was giving me a headache.

 

 

 

The worst is when they play all four of their commercials in a row. Makes me want to kill myself, honestly.

 

 

 

Head-On, then FREEdHEM hemmeroid cream (ugh..) then...some foot thing...Then another one. 12 annoying slogans in a row. I swear...To God...

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The Greatest Vitamin in the World.

 

 

 

Oh how I hate that Don Lupree guy! :-X

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Infomercials dont normally make it onot the mainstream digital channels in the UK, but one that is shown quite often is the Amazing V Food Processor lol. I was even tempted to buy one >.

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i've seen one about a blender that make smoothies, salsa, and a bunch of other crud and im like what the heck is this no one wants to buy this!!!!

 

 

 

and i think the doggy step is a good idea

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That Q Ray bracelet sounds stupid to me... <.<

 

 

 

"Improves you overall sense of wellness" my [wagon]...

 

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The Enrichment Center reminds you that the weighted companion cube will never threaten to stab you and, in fact, cannot speak.

 

In the event that the weighted companion cube does speak, the Enrichment Center urges you to disregard its advice.

So, you hate all advertising basically, right?

 

 

 

No, that is why I chose my words carefully.

 

 

 

I don't hate those for a good cause such as for charities, ones which are promoting road safety or giving useful information, just the ones which are trying to get you line the pockets of someone else because those are the ones which are trying to subject your opinion.

Some people are changed by being a moderator. I wouldn't be.

I remember a weight loss product with commercials on air in 2005. And it showed this doctor guy... and he was talking about how great the product was and how medically beneficial it was and everything, and on the left side of the screen it said, "Dr. (name), 2005 graduate". It made me laugh.

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I hate the one with the interview. Something about natural cures? I've never watched it for more than 30 seconds, but it's on so much!

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There's a section about Head-On in this weeks Swift (The JREF Weekly Newsletter)

 

 

 

Shall we do some Maths about how much "active" ingredient its actually got in it?...

 

 

 

For about $8 you get a "homeopathic remedy" of a .2-ounce (<6 grams!) stick which contains a "12X" concentration of White Bryony as one of the two active ingredients.

 

 

 

This means that the whole Head On stick contains 1 part of active ingredient per 1,000,000,000,000 parts of wax.

 

Alternatively you could say it contains .000,000,000,005,67 grams of "ingredient!"

 

 

 

Since there are some 100 applications in a stick, divide that quantity by 100 to get a picture on how useful this is... ;)

 

 

 

The other ingredient, other than wax, is potassium dichromate at a dilution of 1:1,000,000 per parts of wax. Authough this chemical is intensely red in colour, and is used as a disinfectant and as a stain for furniture, the dilution makes the Head On product quite colourless as well as completely pointless.

 

 

 

Its basicly a stick of wax with nothing in it to make you feel better other than a placebo.

 

 

 

HOMEOPATHIC REMEDIES ARE SCAMS AND FRAUDS, DONT SPEND YOUR MONEY OR LET FAMILY MEMBERS SPEND THEIR MONEY ON THIS TRASH!

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*Scratches head*

 

 

 

Don't we have little wonder pills for headaches still, or did they disappear off the face of the earth?

 

 

 

I hope they sell no units. But some 'tards (my own mother will probably somehow buy one :-#) will manage to get their hands on it. My mom is good...Well, bad, like that.

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- Me!

OH! I just remembered

 

 

 

That guy that sells the books because the FCC has banned him from all other forms of marketing or something like that :P It's about all natural remedies.

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A long time ago there was an infomercial about an abdominal exercises machine, and people that didn't use it would be shown in black and white, almost breaking their backs trying to exercise for real.

 

Not to mention they'd as well have thousands of tapes about exercises completely unororganized in an unreachable cupboard that would fall on them every time they opened it.

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A long time ago there was an infomercial about an abdominal exercises machine, and people that didn't use it would be shown in black and white, almost breaking their backs trying to exercise for real.

 

Not to mention they'd as well have thousands of tapes about exercises completely unororganized in an unreachable cupboard that would fall on them every time they opened it.

Those are some very basic tactics used in Infomercials. People that don't use the product advertised
  • [*:37j6l9g9]Are shown in black and white
     
    [*:37j6l9g9]Are fat and/or ugly
     
    [*:37j6l9g9]NEVER smile
     
    [*:37j6l9g9]Are clumbsy
     
    [*:37j6l9g9]Live in houses that are little more than disorganized death traps
     
    [*:37j6l9g9]Are clearly frustrated by the void in their life that can only be filled by the product, yet are too stupid to actually buy it

People that use the product however, are basically the opposite. Just watch the commercials for fitness tapes or machines. 99% of the time the person demonstrating the machine will already have what viewers are supposed to accept as the perfect body. Morbidly obese people are never shown using the product being sold. Only occasionally you will see someone with a less than perfect body, but only in the role of "oh my god I feel prettier already, where can I get one?".

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