The "As Seen On TV" Tread!

I have the ped-egg and LOVE it! I bought it from walmart though. You can't expect it to work in a flash; but it does work well without pain. It seems to me the things like that that I've tried that are supposed to work fast hurt! I just use it when I'm watching TV and my feet are in much better shape!

So many years ago I bought the Epilady.........Ouch! Painful, didn't work but 10-20%, and another paid by the consumers scam!

Originally Posted by catlover19

I want to buy the bumpits. We sell them at work and I like them, but everytime I go to buy it we are sold out.

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OMG every time I see those commercials I think to myself, "We did those same hairstyles in the (late 80s)...we just used teasing combs and Aqua Net!" I think we got our "bumps" bigger than those Bumpits things. Rattail combs work well for teasing if they don't still actually make teasing combs.

We tried SpaceBags a couple times and I don't know if we got bad ones every times or what. They never did work for us. They would squish down real good but wouldn't keep the seal.

My Mum bought pedi-paws but she bought it 2nd hand so it was a lot cheaper.

I've only ever been tempted by the Magic Bullet - but they are sold in the as seen on TV stores here - do you have those?

Hey now...all you Snuggie-haters! I was a skeptic like the rest of you, thought it was stoopid. My DH bought me a Snuggie a couple of weeks ago. It's a TOTAL cat magnet. I whip out my Snuggie and I have the cat's fighting over who sits in mommy's lap. Thai is NOT a lap cat...but even he loves to snuggle in my lap when I have my snuggie on!

I just remembered a couple other things that I bought off an infomercial.

Didi 7 or something like that. It was something that you used to remove stains. It stunk like gasoline or turpentine. Also didn't work!!

Some attachment for vacuuming furniture that had one of those resuable lint brush/pads on it. It wasn't very good. The lint pad kept falling off and always needed to be cleaned and it seemed to leave a white film on the furniture.

I've also bought stuff in the local "Showcase" store that sells genuine products sold on TV.

Smooth Away Hair Removal Pads. Those actually do work. I usually sugar my legs, but have been lazy so have been shaving. I decided to try these because they claim to also exfoliate which is something I need because my skin gets so itchy from being dry. http://leicester.gumtree.com/leicester/66/47256566.html

I've also bought "Blue Blocker" sunglasses when they were available in stores. I really liked those.

Home electrolysis kit. I saw it in an infomercial. It didn't work! I used it as directed for nearly 2 months and in that entire time not a single hair was ever removed!!!

I'm sure there have been other things too.

I own a ped-egg and they don't work as well as they claim to work... I would be much better off taking a regular cheese grater to my foot as I think it would be more effective. I didn't buy it though, it was already in the house and my aunt doesn't use it.

I would love to have a pink Snuggie, but Cody thinks they are flat out stupid and refuses to get me one...


The only other made for TV Product that I wanted was a Magic Bullet! But that's because my fiance claimed it is the only blender that could pulverize Morning Glory seeds to refine them. Now that I'm not into that anymore, it's no skin off my back if I don't have a magic bullet.

I can't wait to get a blender though so I can make some awesome fruit smoothies!



Oh! And I also borrowed somebody's Pedi-paws before and it almost ripped Bean Bean's nail out!!! So I'll never recommend that to anyone!

Originally Posted by Natalie_ca

Smooth Away Hair Removal Pads. Those actually do work. I usually sugar my legs, but have been lazy so have been shaving. I decided to try these because they claim to also exfoliate which is something I need because my skin gets so itchy from being dry. http://leicester.gumtree.com/leicester/66/47256566.html

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You just reminded me that that is another product that I've tried. Gosh I feel so silly for buying into all these TV ads!! Now I feel like a sucker...


But could you tell me how you got them to work? They do work on me too, but only on my legs and it takes for ever!! Plus I usually end up with a few good puffy scratches from how the pad isn't smooth to the applicator. I feel like I almost have to take my skin off to get them to work.

Originally Posted by Nekomania

But could you tell me how you got them to work? They do work on me too, but only on my legs and it takes for ever!! Plus I usually end up with a few good puffy scratches from how the pad isn't smooth to the applicator. I feel like I almost have to take my skin off to get them to work.

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I didn't do anything special. Just used the large one. I did find the edges of the pad to be scratchy, so when I had it in my hand I just beveled it a bit so that I didn't rub my skin with the edges of the pad. I just went in circles and the hair came right off. I didn't try it on any other body part other than my legs though. And I don't have a great deal of hair on my legs because I've been body sugaring for years and some of the hair doesn't grow back anymore.

I do find that the pads don't last very long. Pretty much 1 pad per leg and that's it. And the pads are just extra extra fine sandpaper. So when I need refills I'm just going to go to the hardware store and buy some really fine sandpaper.

Does anyone remember NADS???? I wanted that stuff sooooo bad..I wonder if they still sell it and if it really doesnt hurt...LOL..But Im a weirdo and love getting waxed....

Bfs step sister thinks that snuggies are evil..lmao..so we are all going to get her a snuggie for herself for christmas and then get her chaweenie a dog snuggie too..I want to get a dog snuggie for Franklin but thats only because Im a weirdo and want to irritate the BF and get them one for when they are watching tv together!! LMAO!!!

Bumpits...They are a waste of money. They dont stay in your hair really well I had to use bobby pins to try and hold it into place and even then it just irritated me. Ill stick with my teasing and hairspray personally.

I never buy anything straight off the commercial. I'll sometimes buy things like that at Walgreens or Target, which is where they eventually sell much of that stuff. I bought the pedi-egg, which I love, and I think it works fine. I had the mini-chopper, but that was before it was on a commercial, and I believe a different brand, same idea. It was awful. It never fully chopped through stuff, and was hard to clean.

I've never bought the sham wow, but I've heard nothing but terrible things about them.

I have bought (never from the TV, but rather from walgreeens)

The windsheild cleaning thing. It's OK, but not great

The E-Z combs. I had previously purchased a similar product from the H.S.N. so I knew I liked them. I think they are great, but my only complaint would be that the elastic in the E-Z combs is not a durable as the other product I have.

That stuipd thing pad thing that is supposed to replace shaving. Didn't work at all. (luckily my Mom boght it & gave me her free set)

The Strap Perfect. So uncomfortable I think I used it once.

Pedi Paws: I think it would work if the cats weren't trying to bite me to get away from the tool.

Things I wonder about:

The hot iron thing that rotates. I saw it at bed bath & beyond the other day & almost bought it, but decided against it.

The snuggie for dogs, really I wonder if my cats would like one.

The dryer balls, the went black

I don't buy from TV either, but I got at Walgreens that Sonic Scrubber that is like an electric toothbrush. The one for cars works great! Not sold on smooth away either.

Originally Posted by 3CatsN1Dog

Does anyone remember NADS????

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LMAO I do. I also wanted to try it but I never ended up buying the stuff. One of my friends did and she said it didn't work well. I almost asked her to give the rest of it to me..

I have bought Proactiv, from ebay though. I also got my ex to use it too. It's quite good, but obviously not as 'miraculous' as on TV. We have to buy it from US as the European version has different ingredients and it's not as good as the US version.

Originally Posted by Nekomania

Oh! And I also borrowed somebody's Pedi-paws before and it almost ripped Bean Bean's nail out!!! So I'll never recommend that to anyone!

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My Mum bought a rip off Pedi-paws for her dog but the sound was so loud she couldn't get it near the dog.

I thought I'd try it on myself before I tried it on the cats and my skin started burning and bleeding. Needless to say it didn't go anywhere near the cats.

I just bought a dog snuggie yesterday as a joke gift for my brother's dachshund for Christmas.

Its horrible..I really try not to get into those fad type things but man I want one after seeing the box for it!!!! Im half tempted to get one for Franklin today when I go to the store for coffee..lmao

Great idea for a thread.

About 15 years ago, I bought a Flowbee hair cut system.
Loved it...
still use it.

A couple of years ago, I bought a hand steam cleaner...
it works great. Several brands are sold in stores.
It does everything the commercial said it would do.

The SHAM WOW commercial has become a classic.
It is so bad, it's good.

I take after my mother and am what my father calls "A Salesman's Dream". I feel like Lucy in the episode where she buys the chopper and just keeps getting more and more stuff when she tries to return it, . Josh has to keep me away from the "As Seen on TV" aisle in Walgreens.

I have managed to get my hands on the Magic Bullet (fairly impressive, but not great), Smooth Away (a total waste of money that irritated my skin for weeks), ShamWow (good for soaking up spilled things out of the carpet, but only as a first step), and whatever that Australian no heat hair removal stuff was...it was green...and DIDN'T work. I got the worst bruises from that, and still had hair!

Pretty much anything I see on infomercials I want.... Especially kitchen gadgets. My parents have the chopper thing and I like it. Especially since I am completely incapable of cutting an onion. I don't know why I keep buying the stuff. I know it won't work nearly as well as they say, yet my reasoning is always "But the man said it would.....!"

EDIT: I also got the PedEgg, which is okay, but I much prefer my pumus stone and little Dr. Scholl's (sp?) file.