Who would have ever thought that a low-budget infomercial touting an egg-shaped device home pedicure device with “100 precision microfiles” might be deceptive in some way? Not, apparently, its actors, two of whom are suing the makers of “PedEgg.” The thespians say they PedEgg told them the commercial would be internets-only. Instead, it’s on the national airways. We don’t care about that part. Rather, we chuckle over the suit’s revelation that PedEgg hired a horror-makeup guy to apply “artificial bumps and discoloration” to their feet to increase the contrast between the “before” and “after” shots. Quelle horreru! Besides their dishonest advertising tactics, someone should also sue PedEgg for the gross-out shot when they dump all the foot shavings in the trash. See the full commercial inside.
PedEgg Accused Of Gross Injustice [The Smoking Gun]
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Still not as gross and scammy as Kinoki footpads.
@AnderBobo: yes! so glad someone else does. I love that i have to say. mmmmmm… foot shavings. was so mad when maryland made foot shavers illegal. good thing there’s pedegg and the district for ammassing gross footpeel piles. heh.
Fish: better than eggs?
…ew.
Coming July ’08: The PedBelt-Sander for those really dry feet.
Pre-order now and get 10 free Foot Dust Masks!
My wife recently ordered one PedEgg from a TV commercial which included an extra one for “free”. When we received the shipment, we noticed they charged S&H TWICE … one for each PedEgg!!!
My wife called them and spent some time on the phone wearing down the CSR until the CSR finally gave in and credited the 2nd S&H (or at least the CSR said it would be credited – I still need to check our credit card bill to verify!)
Afterwards, I went on line to their website where they had a copy of the commercial. Sure enough, there in **tiny, tiny** print was a comment that they would charge S&H for the free one.
@Wormfather is Wormfather:
Har Har. You can wash off the ‘dust’ but you can’t unsee a giant turd. You win.
Rolling those shavings into a Kinoki foot pad makes for a darn fine smoke!
bleh.
@usa_gatekeeper: Actually, when they say the part about getting a second PedEgg and the foot cream, the voiceover says “just pay separate shipping and handling”. Granted, she rushes through it, but they do say it, and with most things sold on TV where they include an “extra bonus additional second” item, you pretty much always pay S&H for it.
Love mine! $10 at Walgreens.
I don’t know if this has been said, but the thing I don’t get is how this thing can cut stuff off your foot and an orange but won’t pop a balloon.
Once upon a time, I recieved a nutmeg shredder that looked suspiciously like a Pedegg, with the exception that it was black and not white. When compared to the PedEgg, I noticed that it was almost the exact same product. Months go by and I come to find out my mom found a PedEgg at my house that was black and she took off with it. I wonder if her feet smell of nutmeg.
@dewrock: It’s magic! Gosh, I wish Billy Mays had made this great product.
@radleyas- you are probably right, the PedEgg probably works better than a Dollar Tree rasp. It works good enough for me but everyone’s foot needs are different.
As far as rasps, I bought a handled Sally Hansen rasp at Walgreen’s that didn’t work at all, it was totally dull and a waste of money.
I’ve never used one of the razor gadgets because I used to be a licensed hairdresser/mani-pedicurist/esthetician. When I was in beauty school 20 years ago, I saw one of those draw blood on a client and the pedicurist kept trying to wipe the blood away so nobody could see it. We saw it!
User error frightens me.
The rasps at Dollar Tree are cheaply made and very sharp, they take my callous right off and quickly.
The is the grossest discussion ever. Worse than the diarrhea talk a few days back.
Actually, I dated a guy with a foot…thing, let’s call it, a while back. Free pedicures, problem solved.
Cheesegraters cost the same. Hell, this one comes with fine grit sandpaper even. how could you not love it?
This thread is made of awesome. I cannot believe how many people have ped-eggs, or that I’ve just typed the word “ped-egg.” Also, that so many people try and keep their feet smooth is hilarious to me!! (I used to get pedicures all the time, and thought I was being frivolous for caring how my feet look.) Good times!
I like mixing the shavings in with the Parmesan at Pizza Hut!
So, even when people like a product infomercials still have to do their crazy thing?
Awesome.
does look like a good thing to get some zest tho….just get two…one for feet, one for zest….just don’t mix ‘em up……
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I’ve got feet like a hobbit, so I picked up a PedEgg last week and it works better than anything I’ve ever tried before. Though don’t turn it right side up after you’ve used it — foot dust all over everything
Eh, my microplane cheese grater works just as well, and I don’t have another gadget cluttering up the house.
I wouldn’t tell my dinner guests, though.
haha did anyone else see the PedEgg mention on the Daily Show? [www.thedailyshow.com]
Now that’s CLASSY.
I could sell that pound of foot to the feinds!
I used to joke with my mother-in-law that I should use my Microplane lemon zester for pedicures. And then they made one!!! I think it’s where the PedEgg was knocked off from, though I got the one with the handle and replaceable blade.
Say what you will, but this thing actually works quite well. Whoever had the idea to adapt carpentry planes into items for personal care & the kitchen was a genius. Sometimes bad advertising makes good things look cheesy.
Is the guy that is recording the commercial getting off at the sight of the feet filings (so gross!) getting dumped in the trash?
That… “Uaaaaaargh…” is so nasty.