marketin
Reader James says he doesn't want all this crap that the teller at
WaMu forced on him earlier today. The Frisbee sucks, he doesn't like caramel corn, and his refrigerator isn't magnetic.
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retail
Over at
MSN Money there's an interesting article about the tyranny of cheap
crap that we, as a people, are accustomed to living under. Why do we buy a coat every year instead of one high quality coat that will last many years? Why do we buy crappy kitchen knives that go dull and become dangerous? Do we enjoy shopping so much that we're content to keep rebuying the same stuff?
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seasonal
If you're one of those people who has more storage space than money (not us, sadly) go out
right now and buy your 2008 holiday crap, while it's 75% off.
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greed
Disney will discontinue their line of painfully embarrassing and awful direct to DVD sequels on the recommendation of Steve Jobs, according to MacWorld. We consider this a coup for parents, because no one older than 8 likes these steaming hunks of crap, yet they are extremely commercially successful.
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infinity razor
Why do people buy things they see on infomercials? We're confused. Anyway, apparently people who write for the paper of record aren't immune to the midnight tv shopping impulse. The pull of the Infinity Razor was too strong. Just to get you up to speed, the Infinity Razor is a razor that never gets dull. Ever! You can use it a thousand times. And they give you two of them, despite the fact that that makes no sense. Anyway:
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save
Unless you have prescription skin care needs, all you really need is cleaner and sunscreen says, Dr. Cook-Bolden, a dermatologist who is part of a back-to-basics movement. From The New York Times:
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crap
We know you're sitting there at your computer looking at a huge pile of Holiday crap. Where will you put it? This week is the best time to get organized. We know it seems impossible, but it's not. Real Simple has some nice tips for storing all your
decorations in a neat organized way. Here are some we like:
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clips
UPDATE: The 807 comments that were on the Dancing Petey video, after the jump.
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free
Here's your free stuff o' the day, thanks to Dewan, you frickin' cheapskates.
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deals
Just a quick reminder that yesterday's
Woot Off—where Woot drops one deal after another until each item is sold—continues apace.
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