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Selling it

Last reviewed: December 2009
December 2009 issue cover This article appeared in
December 2009 Consumer Reports Magazine.

And such a balanced meal, too

Hope that's a veggie pizza.

Ad for an entire meal for $10, including soda, pizza and ice cream
 

Fashion victim?

A reader in New York was left flat-footed by these facing magazine pages.

An ad for boots on the left, while on the facing page is a woman having a medical procedure done on her lower leg
 

Cashing in fast

Five days after Sen. Ted Kennedy died, his image joined his brothers' on commemorative limited-edition Kennedy half-dollars from a company not affiliated with the U.S. government. (Fork over $28 for 20 real half-dollars and get the Ted Kennedy portrait coin free.)

A set of coins featuring the John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy
 

Even if your beloved whacks you with the tuner?

After slogging through two pages of installation instructions from Antennas Direct, a Tennessee customer was amused by the final warning.

Warning from an instruction manual from Antennas Direct
 

A grave matter

Yup, a woodworker in North Carolina will give new life to old caskets. No word on any exhumation fee. (If that's not bad enough, picture being fitted for a custom-built model.)

 

Eau de toilette

Just when we were about to take a sip.

Warning to not drink water out of the toilets and/or urinals
 

Risky business

Whatever this bubblehead is paying for auto insurance, it's too little.

Auto insurance ad with a woman sticking her head out the window while driving