Nothing to with radio, although if you agree with my assessment then you and your listeners might have fun ridiculing this gift, with people encouraged to call in to nominate their own “dumbest” gifts.
FINALIST, STUPIDEST HOLIDAY GIFT OF 2009
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Loved some of the bulleted points which make me want to drop $$ on it:
*Lucky coin holder for your favorite coin that works.
(You mean to tell me it’s the coin you use that makes scratch tickets into winners?)
*Same durable plastic as used for car & truck bumpers.
*Reusable – Have more to show for your lottery dollars.
I’m pretty sure you’d “have more to show for your lottery dollars” if you didn’t spend them.
Wow…now that is pretty stupid…and also funny that you blogged about it the same day I got an email with this link in it:
https://www.pootrapusa.com/
Go ahead…check it out. It could be a contender, too! I have 4 Siberian Huskies and can tell you that I would NEVER do something that demeaning to them.
Happy weekend!
And you can be sure that on a Friday afternoon around 4pm a rep’s going to come in with an order for this product and say:
“I just sold a schedule for this for $300, and it starts Monday. Just get what you need from the website. Oh yeah, the client wants to approve it before it starts so give him a call when it’s done. He leaves at 5:30, and won’t pay for the spot if he doesn’t hear it. Well, I’m out of here!”
🙁
(Nearly based on several true stories.)
Hi, Dan….
When researching the source of traffic to our Lottery Mate website, I came across your blog. It appears that our product has been nominated as a finalist for the stupidest holiday gift of 2009. Between you and Dave Barry of the Miami Herald we have received about as much negative? press as we can handle! Lottery Mate sales are at an all-time high as it seems that with $21 BILLION a year of lottery scratch/instant tickets sales at over 179,000 lottery retailers in the U.S., there is actually a market for the only Scratch Lottery TicketPlayer gadget produced anywhere in the world.
In our defense, many folks, such as myself, enjoy “gambling” with a few bucks worth of scratch-offs. We know we have a better chance of winning at least something with a minimal outlay of cash than with other forms of “gambling” such as casino’s, the lotto, or the stock market. We gamble for the “play” and the chance to win without having to spend more than we can “afford”.
The Lottery Mate is a stupid product only to those who rarely, if ever, play scratch tickets or the lottery. For those of us who enjoy playing with the Lottery Mate, we have seen the benefit of have a dedicated place for our lottery tickets and such. We no longer have to search for a coin, or a hard surface, or have scratch shavings everywhere when we play scratch-offs. We always know where our lottery tickets are, and we have truly found that: ONCE YOU TRY IT YOU’LL NEVER SCRATCH WITHOUT IT ! ! ! Stupid maybe, but practical nonetheless. Apparently only those of us who play “get it”.
Rick Schacht
CEO/President
Wharro, LLC
Home of the Lottery Mate
Wow. Talk about SEO… you actually got the prez of the company to comment on his product’s nomination.
Welcome to the Web 2.0 where you can track down your critics in mere minutes, since with a product that dumb most of your visitors will be critics anyway.
Wow! This product is genius! I don’t know how many times I’ve purchased a stack of scratchers only to waste my afternoon looking for a coin that works. It’s remarkable how many coins issued by the U.S. Mint do not have the abrasive surface required to scratch the consealment surface away. With Lottery Mate I now have a place to keep that coin. Thanks Lottery Mate!
Wow, and I thought scratch offs alone were a waste of money. Then again, for those who firmly believe that purchasing scratch off tickets is a viable plan for long-term financial success, isn't this product precisely targetting the person most likely to buy it? Personally, I'm looking for a pocket-sized Black & Decker "Scratch-Buster – to vacuum up those annoying little silvery shavings left by chronic scratchers. And what about the thumb and wrist pain associated with repeated scratching – carpal tunnel plus blistering? How about a glove with wrist support and a reinforced thumb. It'd be a nice companion to the Lottery Mate – sure to outpace anything Chia this holiday season!
@ TheVoiceGuy: The one with the glove w/reinforced thumb? I believe that comes with Lottery Mate Pro.