Last week’s leftover goofiness
Posted on | November 28, 2005 | 1 Comment
Take a look at this thing.
There are already people arguing about whether it is as useless as Seth seems to think. For my part, I think it depends on who is buying it.
A woman will look at it and think (as Seth predicted), “Holy cow! It’s cute but it’s gotta be a pain in the ass to clean!”
A man will look at it and think, “Oh, now that’s the perfect gift for my wife, she’ll love it!”
In other words, it looks to me like one of those items that either winds up lovingly cradled in somebody’s arms on the Returns/Exchanges line at the department store or hidden on a back shelf in the pantry somewhere.
On the larger question of whether marketers will save us from the consumerism craziness? Only if somebody combines true creativity and human insight with that lust for profits, and those folks seem to be relatively rare.
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November 28th, 2005 @ 11:14 am
You’re right on target. Such a thing is good looking but useless…but…hmmm…that hasn’t stopped Paris Hilton has it? Humans always love gimmicks (and good looks) – Sharper Image has built a whole company around stuff nobody truly needs.
Aside from the issue of shelf life, marketability of a combo toaster/egg poacher/ham warmer – there’s the practicality. What happens when the poacher breaks? Now, you’ve got a toaster/ham warmer and ashtray???…and it likely would cost more than a new product to repair.