January 2008
Selling it
Your results may vary
After seeing way too many fake before-and-after claims, we had to smile at X-tremegeek's approach to an ad for workout bands. They just taped the "before" guy's head on the "after" guy's body. After calling the photos "genuine unretouched," a footnote adds, "Reader understands that by 'unretouched,' we may mean slightly altered."
After seeing way too many fake before-and-after claims, we had to smile at X-tremegeek's approach to an ad for workout bands. They just taped the "before" guy's head on the "after" guy's body. After calling the photos "genuine unretouched," a footnote adds, "Reader understands that by 'unretouched,' we may mean slightly altered."
Did the West secede?
If this map is any indication, the sales locations for Window Depot are more like nation-narrow.
If this map is any indication, the sales locations for Window Depot are more like nation-narrow.
Yeah, I want the #%* job!
And we thought "swear like a trucker" was just a turn of phrase. (The ad meant "Propane.")
And we thought "swear like a trucker" was just a turn of phrase. (The ad meant "Propane.")
We smell a ...
The label might say Museum Quality Mouse, but that face belongs to a ferret. The reader who bought the package reports that it actually contained a rubber rat.
The label might say Museum Quality Mouse, but that face belongs to a ferret. The reader who bought the package reports that it actually contained a rubber rat.
Maybe you use scissors
Cuisinart's Mini-Prep food processor came with directions to heed before use: To get an even chop, "always cut large pieces of food into smaller pieces of even size--about 1/2 inch."
Cuisinart's Mini-Prep food processor came with directions to heed before use: To get an even chop, "always cut large pieces of food into smaller pieces of even size--about 1/2 inch."
Asterisk alert
This offer, from AARP's life insurance program, led a Selling It reader to a natural conclusion: "People over 80 aren't people."
This offer, from AARP's life insurance program, led a Selling It reader to a natural conclusion: "People over 80 aren't people."
Golden Cocoon Award
Prilosec wins CR's overpackaging prize. This photo from a reader shows enough boxes to cause heartburn, not relieve it.
Prilosec wins CR's overpackaging prize. This photo from a reader shows enough boxes to cause heartburn, not relieve it.
