The something could be anything, but they do have a list of somethings that they will not send. The list includes pornography, cable descramblers, drug test circumvention kits and "unsubstantiated cures, remedies or other items marketed as quick health fixes." What? No kinoki detox foot pads? Deal breaker!
Something Store [via BuzzFeed]
]]>The dollar store comment is right on. After ordering 3 somethings, received items you could find at the 99c store. (Art coloring kit, tool set, cheap junk bracelet). Ugh….
]]>I think its more meant for fun. Of course I could go buy 2 gallons of gas with my $10 and that's NOT fun. It might be fun for someones birthday, as it could turn out to be a real gift or a gag gift.
]]>You sir, win this thread
/winner music
]]>@KarmaChameleon:
No. A thousand times no.
I personally think this idea is cute but my friends all think it's really dumb.
]]>@MayorBee:
Umm, correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a 1x1 pixel image just be a speck of color.
Okay-
All you haters of my paranoia can rest easy. This new toy (somethingstore) will be gone soon. Ebay will buy this POS within a month and fly under their TOS and team of lawyers.
Then…YOU will be free to start your own tool-bag/google checkout machine.
Oh..it will be too late.
In this world you can only make quick money for a month or two.
If you community college slackers would/could create a better Facebook, then you might get some real fame and fortune.
I've ordered from www.silverjewelryclub.com several times and I'm always pleased with my items. It's a great site and they always have new stuff on offer.
]]>LOL!
I think this is very clever.....hoping agains hope for
a real live something or if I get really lucky, something else!!
]]>I think I might do this, just for a laugh. Why not?
]]>Well, I'm not ordering a something if they won't ship me stem cells, weapons, pornography, miracle cures, or batteries containing mercury. BOO!
]]>@SkokieGuy: Well, he does want to pee on your food.
Drip, drip, drip.
]]>@Goutnout: Who pissed in your cereal this morning?
Well I suspect R. Kelly.
]]>They totally got this from DiGi Charat.
]]>Who pissed in your cereal this morning? Just crawl back into your hole we'll call you when its safe to take off the tinfoil hat.
I'm buying one just to spite this guy.
]]>Except when they post some rather nasty pictures on the forum...
]]>@bobfromboston: Actually, aren't "Consumerist readers", by definition, "people who read the Consumerist", and nothing more?
]]>I bought a something as well ... figured it would be fun to do, and if I don't like the something, I can always give it to a friend or pass it along to Goodwill
]]>I was a Wooter before it was cool. Whatever that means. I mean, I was a charter Wooter. I don't order BOCs anymore because they are, really, truly, crap, although I did find uses for most of the stuff.
I did order a Something. It looks like you have a fair chance of not-crap. We'll see, I suppose. It'll either be something I like, or a cheap enough gift for someone else.
]]>I got a flashlight!
I got a leather wallet!
I got a rock...
]]>Of course, most of them sound like they have sticks up their arses as well.
]]>@Bladefist: I think it's generally the chance to throw caution into the wind and do something crazy without worring about horrible concequences.
BTW, you guys gave them some good advertising. You just cant pay for this type of PR, esspecially if the story gets dugg.
]]>People are genuinely nuts.
]]>Cant. Hold. On. Much longer...there, done, one for me and one for the lady. I feel so much better now.
It's good to be stupid sometimes.
]]>SO I assume that they send out VASTLY more items that are worth less than 10 bucks? SOunds like a lottery for suckers!
Yeah, I must be one of those control-freak anxiety ridden types. :(
ps. you also run the risk of getting something you dont want or cant even use.
]]>I'm in for one of the somethings, BTW. I hope I get a case of ipecac.
]]>I prefer these wallets, though. [www.all-ett.com]
They're made of some nylon sailcloth or something. They're much thinner than regular wallets. I won't go back to huge honking wallets after this one.
]]>We have the similar bag of crap in the uk, with a company dumping their warehouse excess
Actually most people seem quite pleased with what they got
]]>Wait...I just looked at the picture of the "duct tape" wallet. Is that a brand or something? I was thinking...ya know...a wallet made of duct tape. Which would actually be pretty cool methinks.
]]>Darn, and I really had my heart set on a new kidney.
]]>Please be a country ham. *crosses fingers*
]]>I ordered a something about two weeks ago. I got a hand-crank flashlight with built-in FM radio.
]]>@SkokieGuy: I know, it's stupid, but I've got my credit card out already...I just cant resist :(
@katra:
I'm a wooter :(
]]>Oh you people are so stuffy. It looks like fun, and I don't even do lotteries. I wonder how many orders they get per day though since judging from their "Something Tracker" they send out 4 good somethings a day, and I'm guessing all the other somethings are junk.
]]>@MayorBee:
If your read through all the Fed, State, local and city laws in the US laws it would take you a several lifetimes. In NYC you can't have a BB gun (without a gun permit). What happens when these guys ship you a box of BBs? I guess you chuck them PDQ. The possibilities of screw ups are endless. I doubt this site is set up to know the rules of each zip code. Get ready in court for your "somethingstore" defense. I don't think the Judge will buy.
When you do it in such a way that x% of the recipients receive total crap and y% receive something good, you can turn a profit because of the small chance that you might get something interesting drives people to buy.
]]>Send me $1 and I promise not to become "a direct negative impact on 99.9% of" your life...
]]>I'm so going to do this instead of my next garage sale.
]]>It is nice just knowing the site is there. If someone sees something in your house (maybe a guilty pleasure that you are embarrased about) like a no talent ass clown a.k.a. Michael Bolton CD you can always say you got it from somethingstore.com.
]]>If you think of it as silly and fun, it's not really that bad a deal.
]]>So, essentially this store is a huge quasi lottery.
]]>Great idea for asshats. Explain to the Law how you got: a how-to book on bomb making, ricin, child porn, etc. Oh, explain to your wife too.
retards.
]]>@Saboth:
BTW, there's a website called silverjewelry.com that everything IS free, (you pay shipping only). And the gimmick is the items change every 15 minutes, so if you don't order quick it's gone
Even better - give your loved ones a GIFT CERTIFICATE to the Something Store. That would let them NOT choose what they are getting.
Does this site have to pay P.T. Barnum royalties?
And they need virtually no customer service, as their terms of sale are:
Return, Exchange or Refund Policy
SomethingStore will not send any damaged or unusable products as something. Because of the unique nature in which SomethingStore.com operates and because of the random merchandising policy, all sales are final; no returns, no exchanges, no refunds. However, if your something becomes damaged or unusable during shipping, we will replace it at no cost to you. SomethingStore reserves the right for item to be returned before a replacement can be sent.
I.E. spend at least $10.00 in shipping costs to us to return the item and we'll consider replacing it with SOMETHING.
]]>Wow - this isn't April Fools, right? Well I'd like to make a special offer to all Consumerist Readers.
Send me $5.00 and I'll send you something. That's 50% off the Something Store's grossly inflated prices.
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