Mail-order ripoffs

[Mullenax]

It's an old scam, but when Mom brought out a "collectable" plate I mail-ordered with a cubic zarconia gem and a wizard, I almost fell over laughing. "Thanks for nothing" Parade section of the Sunday paper, and "way to hang on to stuff" Mom.
<p> <img src="http://www.tias.com/stores/gift/pictures/myles1b.jpg"> <img src="http://www.franklinmint.com/tfmweb/images/13753_sh.jpg" >

[drjoek]

Oh my God where did you get that? Ive been looking for one for years. Do you have any more?

[Ritalin]

My wife's aunt has a house full of that crap, floor to ceiling. The creepiest thing is the Princess Diana tribute doll, about 2 feet tall with those dead smile eyes, that she insists is going to be "worth something". I don't know about that, but I won't be surprised if it comes to life one night, "Trilogy of Terror" style, and kills everyone in the house.

It's like I married Marilyn Munster.

[RhinoinMN]

It's an old scam, but when Mom brought out a "collectable" plate I mail-ordered with a cubic zarconia gem and a wizard, I almost fell over laughing. "Thanks for nothing" Parade section of the Sunday paper, and "way to hang on to stuff" Mom.
<p> <img src="http://www.tias.com/stores/gift/pictures/myles1b.jpg"> <img src="http://www.franklinmint.com/tfmweb/images/13753_sh.jpg" >

Oh my God where did you get that? Ive been looking for one for years. Do you have any more?

Does she have a cocaine straw once used by Darryl Strawberry? I'm in the market.

[topless_mike]

My wife's aunt has a house full of that crap, floor to ceiling. The creepiest thing is the Princess Diana tribute doll, about 2 feet tall with those dead smile eyes, that she insists is going to be "worth something". I don't know about that, but I won't be surprised if it comes to life one night, "Trilogy of Terror" style, and kills everyone in the house.

It's like I married Marilyn Munster.

:lol:
i spit my tea out when i read that.
ha- my grandmother had cases of soda that expired 7 years ago.

[Mullenax]

Ritalin- The creepiest thing is the Princess Diana tribute doll, about 2 feet tall with those dead smile eyes, that she insists is going to be "worth something".
<img src="http://i7.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/d0/8c/cc61_1.JPG"><p>The e-bids on this one are up to $11, and a full mint set of the dragon plates are going for $35. Oh Franklin Mint!

[joethebartender]

My first mail-order lesson...out of a comic book...these came in a 4X2" box and were made of hard plastic so thin that they were almost two dimensional. (I can still feel my disappointment):

http://analogmedium.com/blog/2007/09/toy_soldier_ad-large.jpg

[MadMatt]

I ordered a Batman & Robin patch from the back of a comic book when I was about 6 years old.

The patch wasn't horrible, but WTF was up with 6-8 WEEKS for delivery?!?!?! For a kid that is an eternity.

And it's not like they were hand-stitching the damn patch - it was a mass produced POS.

[SatCam]

I ordered a cheap plastic submarine and something else not important enough to spark my memory from the adveritising section of Boy's Life. I remember by the time it came I forgot I had even ordered it.

[Team_Ramrod]

I order nothing I see on television.

There's nothing that interests me or that is foolish enough to make me giggle at my silly purchase every time I see it.

[topless_mike]

<img src="http://i7.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/d0/8c/cc61_1.JPG"><p>

this gave me wood.

[Chigworthy]

My first mail-order lesson...out of a comic book...these came in a 4X2" box and were made of hard plastic so thin that they were almost two dimensional. (I can still feel my disappointment):

http://analogmedium.com/blog/2007/09/toy_soldier_ad-large.jpg

That pasteboard footlocker was quite a disappointment.