Ok. Tell the truth. You know that you've seen something on one of the info-mercials and went ahead and bought it! Fess up!
Have you...Set it and forget it!! ?
Do you have the miracal serum that is an instant face lift?
Are you airbrushing on your face everyday?
Have you Magic Bullet-ed everything you can possiably think of?
Did you get a Pocket Fisherman?
What about that annoying singing fish?

I have to admit that I've bought some things because of the annoying commercials.
I have a Ped-egg. And it really does work well. After 2 weeks my heels are ready for sandals.
I bought the Pancake Puff. But, I haven't had time to use it yet.
We made our decision to buy our Tempur-Pedic bed because of the commercial. ( after seeing a steam roller run over it and it came back I was sold)

I want to buy those super absorbent towels that I've seen. Not the ones that screaming Billy Hays is selling. These are being hawked by some younger guy. And he's NOT YELLING! I think they would be quite handy here at the house and really great for camping.

So now I wanna know....what did you buy? Come on. Fess up!

I didn't buy, but received as a gift one of the knife sets they were hawking.

I must admit the are very good.....so far.

i got the "nathan's of coney island stove top grill/griddle"

i LOVE it. it's non stick and has two sides... one for low fat grilling and one for griddle...

it fits across any two burners on your stove.. both sides have a reservoir where all the fat can drip... i make everything from chicken to pancakes on it, and after it cools you just wash like a regular pan.. no plugs, adapters or anything.. and its only about as thick as two baking sheets so it stores nicely.

:: commercial over!::

i got an "as seen on tv" handy chopper thinger from the "gourmet chef" outlet, and i use it quite often... it tru;y is sharp enough to cut more delicate things neatly... like tomatoes and eggs...

When my daughter was 6 or 7, she insisted on having on of the "talking bass" for her room! So I bought her one of those............6 years and a couple thousand miles later, she STILL likes them!

I just ordered the Eagle One car care kit. i haven't recieved it yet but it was $39.95 + S&H. It's an entire kit from inside to out including the tires. Back last year I bought something close to this but not the same company and it did an awesome job, just no where near the amount of what comes in this kit from Eagle One.

I bought some Allumalloy once to repair a damaged prop on an outboard I had. With the cost of the product, shipping costs, the material I wasted learning how to use it, and the propane I burned, I could have bought a new prop.

please someone order that "mighty putty"! it looks so coooool....

Does anyone remember the Amazing Ginsu knife? I think that was the first infomercial ever made.


I also bought a Chia Pet over the phone as a gag gift about 30 years ago.

Ther have been some good ones over the years!

I LOVE the Ped Egg as well Remember the Ab Energizer Belt Thing? It was all damn lies

Gia Pets and mighty putty, what a hoot.

Talk Soup featured a fun gal from QVC. Any of you catch the gregarious woman on the home shopping network? She is usually in sweats w/ rhinestones and head bands. She is always talking a mile a minute while selling stuff. She is giggling and having a party over on QVC. Her persona has gotten famous. She has been featured on out-takes. She has become an accidental celeb.

That reminds me of a funny story. After hurricane Isabelle destroyed my pier the only thing left was the boatlift, which was about 100 ft from the shore. That Spring a pair of ospreys started making a nest on it and I was told that once they lay their eggs it's against the law to destroy the nest. Since I planned on using the lift that year I would paddle out in a kayak every day and knock the sticks down but the ospreys were persistent and kept bringing more sticks. So before I headed back to Smithsburg for the week I had a great idea. A friend had given me Big-mouth Billy Bass as a joke and I decided to duct tape it to the piling next to where they were trying to make the nest.

When I came back the next weekend they had ripped the plastic skin covering the fish to shreds. All that was left was the skeleton and the birds were still attacking it. They'd fly up with a stick and the fish skeleton would turn it's head and say "don't worry, be happy", and they'd drop the stick and fly off. They'd go sit on another piling and look at it a bit and then every once in a while they'd dive-bomb it trying to pick it up with their talons. I watched them do it for 2 days, it was hilarious.

They finally gave up and built their nest on what was left of one of my neighbors piers.

^ hahahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahahah

country fried home videos would have paid big $ for that one, Id.

Ohhh, you should have gotten that on video. May have won on America's funniest videos!! That's a riot!

Many years ago I bought the set of Ginzu knives. They actually weren't half bad. Stayed sharp and never broke. I don't have them anymore, lost in a divorce settlement. <sigh>

I do watch Jewelry television though with some interest (ok, not a whole lot of interest). Some good buys on hard to find gems like tanzanite.

And like Burn.... someone buy that super putty stuff! I have yet to find an adhesive that actually works. I could never even get Krazy Glue to work properly.

I bought my wife a set of Ginsu from Amazon last year for Christmas. Best knives I've ever owned.

you guys are way too easy to persuade...

Magical Mighty Putty

I got my wife the Eggstractor a few summers ago, but not off TV. It was at Bed, Bath, & Beyond or something. During picnic season, she is the official family deviled egg maker. I thought this would make it easier. I was wrong. It usually ended up just making the hard boiled eggs explode instead of popping them out of the shells.

I have an unsettling fascination with the Kinoki foot pads commercial -- they look like big gauze bandages you stick to the soles of your feet before you go to bed, and while you're sleeping they're supposed to pull the toxins out of your body. You wake up in the morning and remove the newly blackened pads from the bottoms of your feet. Part of me says ICK and part of me says "what's that 800# again"? Have any of you been suckered into buying this product? My husband says I'm insane for being interested in these things. My guess is that they don't even stay adhered to the soles of your feet all night -- chances are I'd wake up in the morning and see one of the cats walking around with it stuck to the side of its (newly detoxified) body...

OMG i want those SO bad! lemmie know if they work!

I've seen those ( well maybe simular) pads in the Carol Wright catalog. I've wondered what I have floating in me that needs to be sucked out by those things.

Bed Bath and beyond have a number of the things advertized on TV.
I found my purse organizer there. It works real good. I rarely lose things in those big bags of mine.

CVS is also a gold mine for "As Seen on TV" stuff.

I still want a Popeil Pocket Fisherman

I've got a couple of cats here who might be able to use some detox, and maybe even some rehab!

got the pocket fisherman... i woulda done better with a stick & some string!



so much for THAT christmas gift!

I bought a set of stainless steel silverware with all the extras (I think it was a service for 12) and it was only about 35 dollars. It is the best silverware I've ever had! Real sturdy.

Another time, I bought this super duper bathroom cleaner that was basically a steam gun. On tv, it just steamed off all the junk you could ever find, anywhere! Just what I needed. But, it was too much trouble. The thing had to be refilled so often. (It was about the size of an iron.) And, the cord wasn't long enough and just didn't seem to be the miracle I was looking for. (Anybody got any miracle gadgets that clean bathrooms??? )

After watching the infomercial for "Hip-Hop Abs" a few times, I got suckered in and decided to order it. I found it on eBay and saved a bundle of moolah over what it was selling for on tv. It's a great workout but I lack the motivation to stick with it like I should

I was given one of those LED shake for 30 seconds and use for 15 minute flashlights. It's not bad, fortunately I've never needed it for more than 5 minutes, so I've never tested how long it actually lasts.

Agree. I hear you Checks.

ask peacefrog. froggie gave them as presents one year to her friends and family.

Hopefully they are still friends and Family

I wasn't dissapointed with it was a gift, but if your going to give a flashlight as a gift, give a 4 cell Maglite.

A few years back, my son (who was about 10 at the time) was mesmerized by the infomercial for the GT Express and asked for one for Christmas, so we caved and bought him one.


Used it twice, and it is now residing in the utility closet in the laundry room. I guess it does everything it says it does, but it's just not practical to drag it out every time you want to cook something. But it's great for making solid half-moon-shaped masses of food!

I myself have bought the Firm workout dvds (with CardioWeights!) and use them regularly, and I bought some turquoise earrings from Jewelry Television. I am greatly intrigued by Miracle Putty--hell, that stuff can pull a semi, it must be the shiznit, right? But why oh why must you scream at me, Billy Mays?

http://www.naturalgainplus.com/

Tried it and still not a porn star.

You have one of those closets too? Mine is home to a panini press, a George Foreman grill, a bread maker, and a baby fryer. We've used the panini press 3 times and the others less than that.

I hear you, wildblue (and I REALLY hear YOU, Billy Mays). I'm waiting for the infomercial where he's shilling some of his happy drugs...I imagine that when you buy a bottle of them, you'll get the second for free, and also get free Oxy-clean for life ("just pay shipping and handling!!!")

My closet o'wonders contains a very dusty pizelle maker. And a fondue pot.

One word:


REGIFT



...though I'm not sure that's an option with a used food maker...

I'm sure it is for the "frugal".

One Word:

TACKY..

About 3 years ago, my daughter was completely obsessed with the Chocolate Factory. She had the commercial memorized word for word & recited it about 10 times a day. Needless to say, Santa once again came through and brought the Chocolate Factory. So for $19.95 plus s&h, we basically got a double boiler with some plastic candy molds and sticks. I have no idea where the molds or sticks are, but we still use the double boiler - it actually works great for hollindaise sauce & chocolate covered strawberries!

Oh - and those things for the bottom of your feet... they just look really gross... I do not want to imagine what could come seeping out of my well used 35 year old body in the form of a black tarry like substance!

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A BABY Fryer???!!!???

We bought the TURBO COOKER about 5 years ago, we're still using it about 3-4 nights a week.

Stick a frozen chicken in it with some veggies and a little stock/water, and 45 minutes later, you have dinner, no fuss, no muss. Perfect for a household like mine where mom doesn't cook.

Also broke down and bought those HERCULES HOOKS - another cool little invention that makes our life easier.

I've been checkin' out that MIRACLE PUTTY stuff at Bed, Bath and Beyond...hmmmm, if it stick it to my teen-agers, and then stick THEM to the wall, do you think they'll still be there when I get back?

all i know is if they ever come out with a "make your own dippin dots" thinger, i'll be all over that. even if billy mays is sellin it.

I like this one better... BWHAHAHA!!!!

HowStuffWorks

What? You don't like fried baby?




Hahaha... It's called a Frybaby. I should have been more specific.

I'm guessing you use baby OIL for that BABY fryer!

Sorry, off topic, but kinda sickly humorous.

jonathan swift would have a heyday with this one.

Speaking of the foot toxin remover pads, my grandmother had these light a candle in your ear things that are supposed to clean your ears. You sit there and burn a cone shaped candle in your ear and it is supposed to suck out wax, which you can actually see if you open it. Try burning it without it being in your ear, it still has the same amount of "ear wax" on the inside. RIP OFF! No, it didn't get rid of my ear infection.

Also, what about ice cream makers. For the amount you spend on the ingredients and the little amount of ice cream you get out of them, I think you should just go buy the ice cream in the grocery store. My poor slurpee maker takes 4 big expensive batteries that last for one use!!! BOO!!!

Anybody buy one of Jack Lalaine's Power Juicer? I want a juicer and was wondering if that particular one was any good.

suuuuuure you werent. neither was joanie lauer. bwhahahahahhaa.

::runs::

Be sure to check out "Targets" "As seen on TV" end cap. There are alot of these gadgets there and you can check them out in person. Some cool stuff. Usually located in "Red World" near housewares.