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Winner: best deal that made me guffaw

by Mir at 9:38 am on June 28, 2010 in Hot Hot Hot!, Retail gone wrong

Look, I’m not saying this isn’t a good deal, because it is. It’s arguably a great deal, but… well, see for yourself.

Right now Buy.com has a king-size 10″ luxury memory foam mattress available for $400 shipped. I don’t know this particular brand, but I’m guessing for that price you can hardly go wrong. So, points for a nice deal.

However, I really never got past my initial snickering, which occurred as soon as I saw the “Limit (5) per customer” caveat on the product page. I… uh… well. Too bad, because I totally need six.

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New and improved (?)

by Mir at 8:59 am on May 4, 2010 in Retail gone wrong

Um, is it just me, or is anyone else baffled by the much-anticipated release of… the black Wii console?

Is that supposed to make it… cooler? More aerodynamic? More serious? Oh, wait—I know! It’s slimming.

I’m suddenly having flashbacks to Malibu Stacy’s new hat.

Sorry, I just had to get that off my chest. Carry on.

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Okay, they might be fooling

by Mir at 7:56 am on April 1, 2010 in Retail gone wrong

Heeee. See if you can spot the April Fool’s Day products today at ThinkGeek. I can tell you that at least one of them I desperately wish was real.

(Thanks, Chuck!)

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Raise your hand. . .

by Mir at 9:01 am on March 25, 2010 in Retail gone wrong

… if you either had, or desperately wanted to have, a flowered swim cap when you were a little girl.

(Guys, you’re exempt from this one. Obviously.)

Turns out, everything old is new again, and you can still wear plastic flowers on your head while you swim laps. Oh, wait—excuse me, now the flowers are latex. Which isn’t quite as horrific, but it’s still very close.

The things I find, sometimes… it’s scary out there, people.

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Proof that Amazon is Irish

by Mir at 1:24 pm on March 17, 2010 in Hot Hot Hot!, Retail gone wrong

Pardon me while I giggle—in honor of St. Patrick’s Day, today’s Amazon MP3 Daily Deal is Flogging Molly’s Drunken Lullabies for just $3 to download.

It’s, uh, actually a really good album if you’re a fan of Flogging Molly. But just reading it off like that? Yeah. Giggle city.

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Shoes of unnecessary quotation marks

by Mir at 4:32 pm on March 3, 2010 in Retail gone wrong, What to Wear

Okay, I get that Reef is a hot brand of flip-flops for the cool kids, and that I will probably never understand a beach sandal that’s regularly priced at over $50. All of that aside, I was just cruising the Reefs at 6pm.com (because they’re only around $20, there) and came across this Reef Fanning that has a bottle opener built into the sole.

A bottle opener. In your shoe.

My favorite part is that in the bulleted feature list, it says: Church key to open your “soda” bottle. Uh huh. It’s to open your “sodas,” fellas.

The mind, it boggles.

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New fillings not included

by Mir at 12:59 pm on February 9, 2010 in Groceries, Hot Hot Hot!, Retail gone wrong

I, personally, will not be buying 10 pounds of Sour Patch Kids, because I’m on a diet and I have a kid in braces and even though they’re my family’s favorite candy ever, ten pounds is a lot of Sour Patch Kids, y’all.

But maybe you have ten kids or you’re having a “let’s ruin our teeth” party, in which case 10 pounds of Sour Patch Kids for just $25 shipped is a good deal and a great idea. Just sayin’.

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I now officially want to punch myself

by Mir at 11:09 am on January 27, 2010 in Retail gone wrong

Listen, you know I’m all about the deal; the cheaper the better, natch.

Which is why I have to tell you that I had a terrible moment of cognitive dissonance a minute ago. I saw these skybar wine chill drops and of course thought, “$50 for little thingies to chill your wine??!”

… but on the heels of that I thought, “Whoa. Those are really cool.”

And that’s when I had to put my head down on my desk and take a deep breath and remind myself just because they can make stuff like that, doesn’t mean I have to like it. Much.

Okay, off to try to smack the bourgeois off myself….

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Uhhhhh. . .

by Mir at 9:11 am on December 22, 2009 in Retail gone wrong

So you know how there’s been all of these Amazon markdowns? And I’ve been stalking the price changes, and looking for the best deals? I’ve found some really cool stuff this way.

I’ve also, unfortunately, discovered that someone thought this was a good idea. You know, because the world is experiencing a marked lack of large-breasted robot toys for children.

One of her actions is “blowing kisses.” Because that’s not creepy.

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They just outgrew their britches

by Mir at 6:13 am on October 22, 2009 in Retail gone wrong

Look, you know how much I’ve been enjoying the Target Daily Deals. One-day deals with free shipping is right up my alley.

But today is the day we’ll look back upon, shaking our heads sadly, saying that this, this was the day that Target jumped the shark.

Should you be interested, there’s a pair of $80 rain boots featured today. Yeah, they’re Dr. Martens, but I’m sorry, did you hear me? Target is selling $80 rain boots.

I fear the apocalypse can’t be far behind.

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