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| * What Have You Bought From Latenight TV?*; Sucked in by commercials late at night? | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 16 2007, 08:04 PM (620 Views) | |
| BEATNUT | Jan 16 2007, 08:04 PM Post #1 |
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Anyone here as stupid and gullible as me? OK, i'll admit it, if you admit it. What are some of the things you bought late at night off commercials or infomercials? It's costing me a fortune, maybe I should just buy sleeping pills! :lol: So far: 1. Stik up lightbulbs for when you have a blackout 6 of them plus the lightup magnifying glass for reading menus in restaurants. 2. Rock & Roll Hits from the 70's and I 'acted now' so they threw in the One- Hit Wonders double CD! (with Greg from the Brady Bunch) 3. Guthy-Renker : Every Dean Martin Variety Show and every Dean Martin Roast 4. Carlton Sheets -No Money Down 5. There's another guy I can't think of his name right now. |
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| modgirl1964 | Jan 16 2007, 08:05 PM Post #2 |
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haha!! Sucker! I thought no one bought that stuff! |
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| BEATNUT | Jan 16 2007, 08:09 PM Post #3 |
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Just got my stik up bulbs today! I'd like to stik em up someone's ass!
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| modgirl1964 | Jan 16 2007, 08:30 PM Post #4 |
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Fine, just not mine! :lol: |
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| tinybubbleca | Jan 16 2007, 09:00 PM Post #5 |
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umm.. only the x - rated stuff.. but i cant post that here
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| BikerLikeAnIcon | Jan 16 2007, 09:00 PM Post #6 |
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Oh my. I bought some "natural" hair remover called "Sweet Simplicity". TGhey advertised that it was so natural, you could eat it. Turned out to be regular ole wax. Still hurt like hell. It was tasty though! |
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| JanaW | Jan 16 2007, 09:18 PM Post #7 |
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Tassy, are you saying you ate it?
You can buy nearly all of the stuff that was listed at discount store. I keep those 'stick up light bulbs' they are actually little battery operated lights I think, in my basement for when we have tornados and the electricity goes out. I purchased them at the discount store. I never buy anything from those commercials, and I never realized anyone else did either. |
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| BEATNUT | Jan 16 2007, 09:20 PM Post #8 |
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See! I'm not all that and a bag o chips!
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| Merry | Jan 16 2007, 09:27 PM Post #9 |
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Sorry BEAT, but I've never fallen for any of those, either. I was hooked on "QVC" for a while there, during their first years, though. I would talk my hubby into letting me order a jewelry item (my favorite), and got to talk to the hosts on the air. I won all their contests and was thrilled to be able to order something like $200 of their merchandise, once. I can't afford to do it anymore, but I will admit to peeking in on HSC, QVC and even The Jewelry Channel, from time to time, just for old times sake! I was just looking at a stick-up light at the store today, but decided against it. I figure running off batteries, they won't last too long. Merry
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| BlueMolly2009 | Jan 16 2007, 09:35 PM Post #10 |
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The only things I've ordered from the tV were the Time-Life sounds of the Seventies and Sounds of the Eighties collections. I've been tempted to get some more Time-Life collections, but right now I have more mp3s that I could make my own CD collections. :lol: |
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| JanaW | Jan 16 2007, 09:40 PM Post #11 |
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Merry, because all of my cameras are digital anymore, and they go with me down to the basement when we have to run!....I have plenty of batteries. I use the rechargable kind and keep probably 30 charged at a time. Those cameras really use up battery power fast. Anyway if you want some of those lights, I do suggest keeping rechargable batteries around for them. I also have one in a cupboard that is quite dark and seldom used. That battery has lasted forever! |
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| BikerLikeAnIcon | Jan 16 2007, 09:40 PM Post #12 |
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Well, the infomercial made such a big deal over it being so natural you could eat it, so I tried it!
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| Merry | Jan 16 2007, 09:44 PM Post #13 |
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Good idea, Diane! I was looking at battery chargers, today too! I may have to break down and buy one of those sometime. It's better than tossing out batteries that go bad so fast! I also had my eye on digital camera's, right now they're out of my price range, but one day I'll get one, then maybe I can start showing some pictures here! BEAT, my son used to worry me, he was hooked on one of those middle of the night TV infomercials where they sold all kinds of swords and knives. Thank heaven he didn't have a credit card! Merry
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| theonlyfab4fan | Jan 16 2007, 09:47 PM Post #14 |
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I bought the one called NADS from australia. They said you could eat that one too but I didn`t try it. It was basically a thick sugary mixture and it did work fairly good but still hurt like hell. I also bought the epilady when it first came out and was only available through tv ads. That was a torture device from hell.
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You say you want to save humanity but it`s people that you just can`t stand John came to me in a dream and this is what he said. "I had a vision of a man on a flaming pie, and he told me that Betsy with a B not Lisa with a L is the biggest fan of mine". John trumps 'the boss' ! I WAS ROBBED BY THAT DEVIL WOMAN | |
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| modgirl1964 | Jan 16 2007, 09:49 PM Post #15 |
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My mom bought NADS at the drugstore, it never worked. I just made a mess around the bathroom. Needless to say after that, NADS was banned in our house. :lol: |
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| JanaW | Jan 16 2007, 09:55 PM Post #16 |
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Tassy, you crack me up!
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| Merry | Jan 16 2007, 09:56 PM Post #17 |
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OMG, you reminded me of the Epilady...my husband bought me one of those things! They should use those as devices of torture, I still get flashbacks! Merry
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| Rose | Jan 16 2007, 10:35 PM Post #18 |
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Well, here's another clue for you all, the Walrus was Paul...
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:lol: :lol: that's hilarious! |
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| JanaW | Jan 16 2007, 10:39 PM Post #19 |
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Merry, I think they work best if the hair on your legs is under 2 inches long! ....lol (just kiddin
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| BeatleBarb | Jan 16 2007, 10:41 PM Post #20 |
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Jana, I'm peeing my pants here seeing your signature pic....seriously - I'll be back in a min! |
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| Queenbee | Jan 16 2007, 11:20 PM Post #21 |
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Since I had 9 years of only a few hours of sleep at night, i use to watch those shows and bought plenty. And to make the situation worse, I knew my american Express number by heart! ![]() 1. Bought the 60's and 70's cd collection. 2. Bought the, Here's Johnny, collection 3. Bought numerous Christmas wrapping paper x 5. 4. Bought Fiber optic ginger bread houses x 5. 5. Bought Chuck Norris exercise machine. 6. Can't remember the collection, tall, good looking guy with big white teeth, and I think Cathy somebody also on the show selling tapes on how to be somebody important??????? Guess Ididn't listen to the tapes. lol 7. Bought many,many stain glass lamps. 8. Bought Fiber optic Christmas tree. I'm sure I bought other things in the middle of the night but don't want to remember!HAHAHA I sleep much better now. Thank heavens! ((((Beat))) you need sleeping pills or sex.........I'd suggest sex? or hook up with Anna and see what she has. You may want to be up all night then, at least not shopping. |
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| BeatleBarb | Jan 16 2007, 11:23 PM Post #22 |
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Judy, you're too funny! Next time you have the urge to buy something from a man with big teeth, have some hot chocolate or some Jack Daniels and go to sleep!!! |
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| theonlyfab4fan | Jan 16 2007, 11:53 PM Post #23 |
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LMAO!! What if she puts the Jack Daniels in the Hot Choclate. Double whammy, jackpot hit for sure. Was the tall cute guy with big teeth Tony Robbins by any chance. I used to be a severe insomniac too and spent many a night watching infomercials. They used to be pretty entertaining. Or perhaps I was so delirious from lack of sleep anything would have been entertaining. Here is a story of one of my most embarrassing moments. I had been having so much trouble sleeping that I called my Dr. to discuss it. This was when Ambien had just been put on the market so he prescribed it to me. Well who knew that it doesn`t necessarily make you sleep but produces an amnesiac like state. So you could be fully awake and doing bizarred things and have absolutely no clue about it. One night I went downstairs and began playing A Day In The Life full throttle on the piano and woke up the entire household. They told me I did it but I don`t believe them because I don`t remember it, but apparently according to my husband I was also completely naked as well. Apparently one night I went outside and lay down on the deck. But the worst thing was this dream I had while taking that drug. I told my husband that I had dreamed being in talks with a gifted psychic and it went on for a long time but the dream was so blurry I couldn`t remember anything the woman told me. Fast forward 3 weeks and the phone bill arrives. You guessed it right? I had called a one of those hotlines in the middle of the night and ran up a phone call of nearly 500 dollars. From the day that phone bill came I never took another Ambien again. |
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You say you want to save humanity but it`s people that you just can`t stand John came to me in a dream and this is what he said. "I had a vision of a man on a flaming pie, and he told me that Betsy with a B not Lisa with a L is the biggest fan of mine". John trumps 'the boss' ! I WAS ROBBED BY THAT DEVIL WOMAN | |
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| JanaW | Jan 16 2007, 11:58 PM Post #24 |
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Geez! I was flipping channels during the day on Friday....we are freaking iced in here and it's making me nuts. Anyway I stopped on Montel for a second. He had a lady on who was addicted to Ambien...it was horrid! |
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| iscreamer1 | Jan 17 2007, 12:08 AM Post #25 |
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Betsy, very funny but very scarey story. Glad you stopped taking that stuff. Judy you are too funny! I bought those lights and the NADS and a bunch of stuff from QVC. All of it junk, but I do think the lights are a good idea, only not in a box in the back of my closet without any batteries in
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| Deleted User | Jan 17 2007, 12:11 AM Post #26 |
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does the adult channel count. |
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| Jacaranda | Jan 17 2007, 01:12 AM Post #27 |
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OMG Betsy that story is both frightening and hysterically funny. Yikes.
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| Bill | Jan 17 2007, 04:46 AM Post #28 |
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| theonlyfab4fan | Jan 17 2007, 04:48 AM Post #29 |
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Whew, thank goodness. I thought maybe someone had put a video up on you tube of me playing A Day In The Life in my birthday suit. |
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You say you want to save humanity but it`s people that you just can`t stand John came to me in a dream and this is what he said. "I had a vision of a man on a flaming pie, and he told me that Betsy with a B not Lisa with a L is the biggest fan of mine". John trumps 'the boss' ! I WAS ROBBED BY THAT DEVIL WOMAN | |
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| Deleted User | Jan 17 2007, 04:49 AM Post #30 |
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I love pieces of crap from infomercials! We tried subscribing to receive Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In on DVD but it wasn't a good deal so we ended up cancelling it before we even received the one Ringo was on.
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| Deleted User | Jan 17 2007, 04:57 AM Post #31 |
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No I have never bought anything from one of those infomercials. Though I did buy for $10 the spaghetti pot with the colonder lid in the local Job Lot. Works good but hate teflon pans. Question though, why must they show me all the food ones so late at night. They make me friggin hungry. Damn the Ronco guy! |
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| Bag O' Nails | Jan 17 2007, 05:09 AM Post #32 |
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Glad for the "warning" 'cause I thought about getting them, too!
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| ogoble | Jan 17 2007, 05:24 AM Post #33 |
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She'll eat anything...I've looked through her trash.
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| ogoble | Jan 17 2007, 05:29 AM Post #34 |
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I have a couple of NADS I'll sell real cheap...they're seldom used these days.
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| theonlyfab4fan | Jan 17 2007, 05:32 AM Post #35 |
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HAHAHAHAHA!! I`m not touching that one with a ten foot pole. (no pun intended) :lol: |
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You say you want to save humanity but it`s people that you just can`t stand John came to me in a dream and this is what he said. "I had a vision of a man on a flaming pie, and he told me that Betsy with a B not Lisa with a L is the biggest fan of mine". John trumps 'the boss' ! I WAS ROBBED BY THAT DEVIL WOMAN | |
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| BEATNUT | Jan 17 2007, 05:43 AM Post #36 |
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I was just kidding Bags! I just got them today along with my light up magnifying glass that looks like a credit card.
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| doris mendlovitz | Jan 17 2007, 06:10 AM Post #37 |
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i find if I wait a month or so than those things will be on sale at Big lots or other place like WAlgreens. love doris. |
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| Queenbee | Jan 17 2007, 12:32 PM Post #38 |
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(((Betsy))) I'm with you. I also was on ambien, a sleeping pill. I had very intense dreams, were they feel real. One night I was in the laundry room and I opened a closet door and it squeaked and woke me up. It wasn't so bad that I was sleep walking, but I was naked!!! And the kids were in the dining room, not far from where I was at. Instead of going into the bathroom and grabbing a towel, I ran all the way to the bedroom naked. Another time, I got out of bed to get a glass of milk. I was standing in front of the frig, dead tired and told my self, just go back to bed. Next thing I know I'm standing in front of my stove and cracking an egg to fry in the pan. Mind you, I had the gas on, pan on stove, 1 egg already cracked in pan and when I cracked the 2nd egg, I woke up. back then, they didn't realize people were doing strange things in their sleep. Sweets would disappear over night. And I am not a sweet eater........only at night. I ate a whole ELI chocolate chip cake in the middle of the night. Now mind you, that cake was there all day, and I never touched it. I must have done a lot of eating in my sleep because I gained a huge amount of weight. Oh the stories I could tell, I'd have to start a sleep thread. So ((Betsy)) I hear ya!!! I love the phone call one! lol |
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