Call this number now to get a free widget with your thingamabob?

So we see television infomercials from time to time while watching the news, sitcoms, and what have you. They advertise anything from TV dinner trays, automatic food chopping devices, cell phone straps, mouse pads, and office stationary that cooks bagels for you.

It slices! It dices! It even chops wood! Made of space age material and crafted by the finest Jedi Masters, it’s the revolutionary, non-pollutionary, 100% satisfactory LIGHT SABER!

And then comes the infamous blue screen of marketing:

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CALL 1-800-999-ZOMG! NOW TO GET YOUR SPECIAL OFFER!

ONLY A LOW LOW PRICE OF 12 EASY PAYMENTS OF $9999.99 (plus the cost of S&H). Call now to receive your saber with a limited edition of Mark Hamill’s signature!

ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED!

Yes, we seen them all, and we know how these 2 to 3 minute infomercials make the product seem absolutely flawless and how it’d make our house life much more easier. ^___^

So tell me, have any of you or your parents ever dialed that number and said, SURE SIGN ME UP! For whatever they were buying? When the product came, did it meet their expectations for quality? Did they have any trouble setting whatever it was up for its intended use? Did you find any problems using the product?

Just to note, I’m not intending to get any weird gizmos from TV infomercials any time soon. I just always wanted to ask that when I saw them on TV.

Jam it back in, in the dark.