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Oct 27, 2008 | 01:24 AM

sierraben

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Over hyped gadgets

The Most Overhyped Gadgets - Yahoo! Shopping

Do you have any 'over hyped gadgets' to add to the list?

Oct 27, 2008 | 01:29 AM

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Oxyclean for one

Oct 27, 2008 | 11:16 AM

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Oxyclean for one

or anything else advertised by Billy Mayes.

Oct 27, 2008 | 11:37 AM

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Yeah, the x-ray eyeglasses I ordered. You know...the ones that let you see through women's clothes? What a load of crap! They don't work at all. Those people should be sued. Also I was real disappointed in the sea monkeys, too.

Oct 27, 2008 | 11:59 AM

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'nuff said.

Oct 27, 2008 | 12:22 PM

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and the little orphan annie decoder ( remember to drink your ovaltine) What a load!

Oct 27, 2008 | 12:35 PM

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Wow rockstone...you're slipping. When I was alerted that you had posted in this thread, I was expecting something like "Brown and Gold crushed velvet interiors are seriously over hyped." You disappoint me...you better get back on your game...haha.

Quit stalking me Huggy Bear.

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Oct 27, 2008 | 12:54 PM

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2. Freewheeling hub caps (do you have them in the States?) - Just wrong on soooo many levels.

You mean Dubs? (spinners?) They were cool for a while, now they are sooooo 3 years ago! Probably because it is too expensive to buy new ones every time they come out with a bigger wheel. (24's? 28's? 32's? I can't even keep up)

Oct 27, 2008 | 01:52 PM

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The Most Overhyped Gadgets - Yahoo! Shopping

Do you have any 'over hyped gadgets' to add to the list?

Not really gadgets but Home Equity Loans advertisements are definitely overhyped.

So, in a sense, you can take out a loan to buy gadgets and then pay double or triple for them over 20+ years.

Oct 27, 2008 | 02:07 PM

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Perhaps not overhyped but two gadgets that get right up my nose...

1. Bluetooth ear pieces for mobile phones - Take it out. YOU ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT!!!

They do make some people look like a character out of Star Trek.

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2. Freewheeling hub caps (do you have them in the States?) - Just wrong on soooo many levels.

I 'think' they were invented in Oakland, Ca.