Selling it September 2010: Goofs, glitches, gotchas, and howlers

In this report: Overview

Selling it

Last reviewed: September 2010

This article appeared in
September 2010 Consumer Reports Magazine.

Thanks, but ...

Can we skip the last two benefits?

Cellular service from AARP does not allow roaming or long distance to anywhere in the U.S.

Cabin fever

"Keep things tied down quickly and easily with this handy suction tie-down kit," the catalog copy for this device says. The obvious question: How do you get in and out of the car?

Suction tie-down kit keeps luggage on the roof, but how do you get out of the car

A matter of degrees

Um, wouldn't you buy the thermometer so that it can tell you the correct temperature?

Timex instructions on what to do if your thermometer is reading the wrong temperature

Please pass the red meat

The Pet High Chair, sold by Hammacher Schlemmer, "promotes more refined behavior," the website says.

The second-best a man can get

So you've just bought a Gillette Mach3 razor. Big mistake. Who says? Gillette. "Next time, try Gillette Fusion," it says on the back of the Mach3 package.

No cheers here

Brighter than dingy? Cheer is really going out on a limb.

Cheer claims to produce brighter whites and colors with one wash vs. dingy

So you say

This ad was attached to an American Express return envelope. Too bad the bracelet doesn't treat insanity, because if some of those aren't "health or medical claims," someone's nuts.