ASOTV...As Seen On TV. What have you bought? What products have you liked?

I used to watch a commercial of a kind of breakfast cereal. I liked it a lot and finally bought one when I saw a box in the supermarket. It did live up to my expectation luckily. The only thing it missed was that the cereal wasn’t as crunchy as they advertised.

Nothing. They all lie.

Bass-O-Matic

East Anglia

Nothing

I once bought a set of T-Fal off QVC and I was so impressed with it that I bought both my sister and my aunt a set, and it was about $80 in the 80’s.

I bought the magic bullet when it first came out and it was amazing from As seen on tv. It crushed ice faster and better than my blender. My cousin used to to make a bunch of pina coladas and killed the motor. It wasn’t just my magic bullet. He also killed another blender he had borrowed for the party.
But for everyday house hold use it was fantastic. It made great shakes, and chopped things very fine and quickly.
There was another product I bough over 15 years ago to shine a dull car and make it look like new and it removed fine scratches as well. It worked for any color car. I don’t remember the name but it was great.

I think someone must’ve bought the company and got rid of the item because they stopped selling it. I had bought an old second hand car that was dull and scratched up and had tree sap all over it. No one could believe that I didn’t get it painted after using the product. It not only worked well on the car but it worked on the chrome work as well. It was also easier to use than any car wax.

For some reason I am having a hard time editing my response to add the horrible items.
The sofa repair for sagging sofa. Small, thin and cheap. It easily bends without any real weight and isn’t large enough to go from the edge of the wood frame to the next.
The retractable hose also sucks. It breaks at the spout because it is made of a cheap plastic. It will crack right in half after being outside for a few days. The hose will also spring a leak where it attaches to the plastic end, or it will spring a leak along the hose.

Another good product that did come out was furniture gliders and I believe the wall hooks that you can peel away and it doesn’t remove the paint from walls. Used a large one in my work to hang my coat or purse for two ears and when I removed it , it didn’t remove the paint. It did as advertised and didn’t fall down. I’ve also used them for my bathroom doors to hang towels and it has stayed up well. In my last home it was up in the bathroom for 3 years. I removed it and the paint was still intact. I was able to reuse the hook in my new home. No problem. Still hanging on the wall for the last two years.

The hand hammered wok. Actually wasn’t all that bad, but not on an electric stove. :)

I had a chance to get a Magic Bullet for about $10 and didn’t bite because I have no kitchen storage. That alone keeps me from buying the kitchen gadgets.
I’ve seen that car stuff demonstrated at flea markets, @Pandora. Did you own the car long after? I was afraid it was some kind of oil that would wash off with time.
Never seen the sofa repair, and it sounds worthless. I’ve not had as good luck withthe sticky hooks. Mine didn’t damage, but it didn’t stay up, either.

Hand hammer wok on an electric stove. LOL @majorrich.

I just saw an ad for Suzanne Sommers’ “Three Way Poncho”. I have promised myself to never consider dating any woman who would even contemplate buying such article…

We’ve done well with the Pocket Hose, @Pandora. They tell you not to leave it outdoors or in direct sunlight. We don’t have an outdoor spigot with the condo, so that’s not a problem for us. We hook it up under the sink and run it out the kitchen window to hose of the tarp and water the plants. The problem I have with it is that it contracts a bit when the water is running, but that may be due to our water pressure being low. If I had a single-family house and needed a hose more often, I wouldn’t recommend it, but for our rare uses, it suits us well.

@ibstubro if it is the same one at flea markets than buy it. It is a sort of white cream that was easy to rub into the car. It was a long time ago so I don’t recall the name. You would rub it in and let it dry a little and then buff it out. It would last longer than any car wax I have ever used and you needed very little. I had a bottle that actually lasted me over 2 years. I think that is why they pulled it off the market. It worked to well and wouldn’t entice people to buy more of it any time soon. I thought it was another crap order made by my husband but it wasn’t. If I hadn’t seen the transformation on my old car, I wouldn’t have believed it. My bother also used it on his 15 year old car and people thought he had it painted. His car was a royal blue but after 15 years there were faded light blue spots. When he used it, it went away. I also liked that with a little extra elbow grease, it got rid of sap without causing the paint damage. When you would run your hand over it, it felt smooth as butter.

@ibstubro (Once again, Don’t know what is going on with fluther but the edit section isn’t working well for some reason. When, I am done and hit Answer, it says that it is forbidden. I don’t know if it is only on my computer or something to do with fluther. Weird that it lets me post but not edit. )
Oh, as for the sticky hooks you have to make sure it goes on a flat surface that is clean. Make sure after you clean it you use water to take away any soapy residue. The surface should be flat. It doesn’t do well on the bumpy walls. Once you put it up, wait make sure to press it it down on the wall and on the hook part well. I believe it says to wait a few hours before using. I usually give it a day. Also each hook says what is the max weight it can take but I go a little lower than the recommended weight.

It wasn’t lately that I saw the paint refinisher at flea markets, so don’t go searching for it., @Pandora. I just remember guys having dull hoods that they would do a spot of.

As for the hook? I put it on washable, textured wallpaper. Non-conducive to a good ‘stick’. Still and all.

I’ve never bought anything “seen on tv”, but my parents bought the ginsu knives about back in the 70’s (?) and still have some of them.

Are they still slicing tomatoes paper thin, @syz?

“BUT WAIT!”

@ibstubro They suck, but they’re durable. (I do remember various members of th household accidentally cutting themselves with them.)

That bites. They should have at least been cheaply made if they suck.