The Smart Lidz suck!!!!
 

Well, I had to try them out for myself and I am glad I did.

When they say something is too good to be true, I will believe them from now on. The premise was a good one. You saw my video. It does make a pressurized seal. It really does. BUT THE SEAL DOESN'T LAST.

Oh it lasted for two days. But once you take it off and you see the rippling, you have to hold it under hot water to make it smooth again.(Who wants to keep doing this??).

I wouldn't mind, if the darn thing kept the seal. But I went to the fridge and the seals were just sitting on top of the bowls, NOT DOING WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING. I said to myself: "Oh, fooey" (didn't use the word fooey, believe me).

And the best is the little lid. The infomercial says 'use it on metal, plastics, ceramic bowls."

So I opened up a can of mushrooms. (using my One Touch) which doesn't leave any jagged edges, right??. So I placed the seal on top of the can, pressed down and the whole thing cut the seal right through. I said 'how can they say use it on metal, when the metal cuts right through it.?"

THEN, I took one of the medium seals, and tried to seal a bowl of salad.
I pressed down and instead of hearing the WHOOSH of the pressurized seal, it felt air. That's right, there was a tiny hole.

So I have exactly two lids left. I'll still use them, but today I went to the ninety nine cents store, bought 3 bowls with pressurized lids, and they store my foods just fine.

So don't waste your money.

On to the next gadget!!!

Melody - your enthusiasm for trying new products always gets to me.:)

You should consider starting your own YouTube program with all the various things you try. I bet you would become famous.

I know I would watch from the day you get it and your unbridled joy to your satisfaction/disappointment.

Your posts have so much personality that my hunch is that you would be an instant YouTube phenomenon.

two words ; tin foil

Tin Foil

I hear you!!!!

lol

This cracks me up. I saw the commercial for the first time the other day and remembered seeing a thread from you about buying them - hadn't read the thread though.

My husband hates watching commercials with me because I'm a little sarcastic and very doubtful of miraculous claims. They looked great, but I just couldn't see them working for very long or holding their shape.

AHA - Can't wait to tell him I was right! :p

Thanks for the warning. I agree with the others who say your videos would be a good business for consumer reporting. :cool:

Hi Mel~ If I were you, I'd call the company *or email them* and tell them exactly what you told us. I'd want a refund!

I still say "If it's too good to be true, it usually is".

I gotta say tho, I like your little product investigations. Don't you dare do infomercials!! I'd probably buy everything from you! :eek: :D

here ya go mel. have fun browsing. :D

http://www.asseenontv.com/

added: but i do want this tea set.

http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/tpgiftbl402.html

Mel...
 

You might try returning them to the STORE where you bought them.

That infomercial site I gave you has HUNDREDS of people who could never
contact the seller again...after buying.

But at store level, you might be able to return them. Or at least get an
exchange dollar value wise. Is there any guarantee printed on the packaging?

Beware the infomercials on TV or computer...they scam you big time, and you
can never get the charge removed, fixed, or even the free stuff they often
offer...read that site.

But if you buy in the store, the store may refund you. Enough returns there,
and their buyer may no longer contract for a defective item!

Well, I have the original box. (Don't think I have the original receipt). I bought it in a Rite Aid (not near my home). Can't get back there.

But there is ANOTHER Rite Aid within walking distance of my house. I'll go for one of my walks later on today. I'll take the box, and the seals, and we shall see what happens.

I don't expect any miracles.

Oh, want to hear of a brand new infomercial I saw on tv the other night.

The Turbo Cooker PLUS. Imagine, only two payments of $39.95 for a FRYING PAN WITH A DOMED COVER, AND STEAM RACK!!!

Supposedly you can cook 4 pork chops and on top of the steam rack, you can cook a bunch of veggies or even steam some salmon. And the flavors don't mix with each other BECAUSE OF SOME REASON OR OTHER.

I just watched in amazement as the people were tasting the porkchops and the veggies.

I mean, give me a break. I have a frying pan, ( Don't eat pork so I can't make pork chops), but I spray my PAM, put in my Salmon and in 9 minutes or so, I have my FISH dinner. In another little frying pan, I make my veggies.

This is one item YOU WON'T SEE ME MAKING ANOTHER INFOMERCIAL ON.

But I do like my new title.

PRODUCT INVESTIGATOR.

Has a nice ring to it!!!! lol

Be afraid, be very afraid....Melody, THE PRODUCT INVESTIGATOR will be on the warpath. LOL

It's important to remember why these people are in business and how they actually make their money.

Consider that these products are not immediately available through "traditional" marketing placement. It's because they are of substandard quality and are genuinely NOT meant or made to be lasting, high-quality items. Their value to the seller comes in the form of exorbitant S&H fees. Their secondary value is in generating viable mailing lists that are sorted and sold a hundred different ways and a hundred different times.

The 30-day trial period is typically initiated the day the order ships, not many buyers realize this and will miss the deadline. 50% of dissatisfied customers will never bother or "get around" to returning items that must be shipped. If they do, they then incur the cost of the return shipping and if they actually get a refund, it is only for the actual product price, not the S&H.

The labyrinth of return is complicated and difficult and that is not an accident. They hope like crazy you won't bother them with returns, they got what they wanted and they don't like dealing with dissatisfied customers. They make it part of their system to frustrate and aggravate the dissatisfied in hopes of frustrating them into saying, "Screw it, it's only $20 and it's not worth the headache." Chances are, if you visited one of their fulfillment centers on the return end, you'd find a dumpster full of returned product because it's simply not worth enough to pay people to repackage and restock it!

There is also the novelty factor of the convenience in CALLING NOW! Especially in THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES! because they'll double your order... BUT WAIT! they'll even add this thingamabob WITH a whole set of these Mongolian steak knives and this chammy cloth!!!!!! JUST PAY THE S&H AND THEY'RE ALL YOURS FOR FREE!!!!! AND IF YOU'RE NOT SATISFIED, KEEP THE THINGAMABOB AS OUR GIFT!!!! The objective is to force the unsuspecting sot into acting now.

What do they get? Well, that's a total of 20 items, each with their own, additional S&H fees, a variety of valuable marketing research for absolutely nothing, and a free commodity in having your authenticated personal info. Because now they know for sure that you are a real consumer, a car buff, or a homemaker, or a cook, or a gardener, and they can sell your name & address to dozens of companies who want to target folks with interests like yours.

They don't give a rat's backend WHAT you think of the product, they don't think much of it either, who cares? They are in it for the money, after all.

Think about the brands that have had customer loyalty for decades: Sony, KitchenAid, Whirpool, Maytag, Clairol, Jergens, Clorox, Tide, etc. etc. etc. Have you ever seen Billy Mays within a country mile of any of those? NO WAY! If you did, it would mean the end of those brands!!! The loyalty and sustainable business comes from quality products and satisfied customers.

They reach stores with their As Seen on TV by selling the junk to them at pennies on the dollar and the mark-up is a huge profit for the stores. Everybody wins (except the poor, trusting buyers).

C'mon, people, we're smarter than that!

mel, most of the stores will take stuff back no matter whichone you bought it at.

i have bought items at one cvs and taken it back to another.

now i'm in search of the blossom teas at a cheaper price. :D

ummm cindy...my hubby used to be the king of buying from infomercials. the pit fall of leaving for the club at 4am. he would fall for the order now and we'll double your order! so no all are smarter. :o

i hid his credit cards. :p

I agree with everything that you wrote.

However, the only two products (As Seen On TV), I mean, that I got burned with were the Tater Mitts, and the Smart Lidz.

Everything else I purchased, from the Pedegg, to the One Touch Can Opener, to the Handy Reacher, well I am completely 100% satisfied.

I only buy from local stores that sell these products. Or I buy from Power Sellers on Ebay. I'm an ebay seller myself so I know these people.

I've never been burned, thank goodness.

So I shall continue to buy these gadgets (only if I can use them), not just for the novelty of purchasing them.

I just got my Juiceman Jr, from the internet. Best thing I ever did. I did the research. The reviews on the Jack LaLanne juicer, well they were horrible. Not so with the Juiceman Jr. And I had owned one previously.

$49.99 and it works like a pro. (I only wish I could drink the juice and not just have to give it to Alan). He's not a diabetic. God, the lovely juice I make every morning.

P.S. I wish I was into plants, so I could buy those Globes thingees, that you fill with water, turn them upside down, and you don't have to water your plants anymore. Those things (if they work), are fabulous.

You're taking the best approach, Mel. This business would not have the kind of momentum it has if more consumers used your approach.

It's interesting that some of the stuff delivers on its claims. I took a look at customer reviews of the One Touch Can Opener on Amazon and 50% gave it a very poor review. You must have received one of the good ones, good for you!

I got it at my local CVS for $19.99 (It's so long ago, who remembers??). I use it every single day. It's extremely powerful. You just put it on the can, press down for two seconds, and let go. It walks around the can. I admit, it takes longer to let it "do it's thing", then, let's say, if you had a handy dandy can opener.

My hands hurt too much to be able to do the can opener thing all the time. And the can opener, well I haven't found one, that doesn't put an emphasis on turning a knob or something.

So this gadget was very good for me (with my arthritis and carpal tunnel) for when they act up.

But the key is to wait until it stops walking around the can. Then you just lift it off, the lid separates, and there you go.

THE BAD THING IS WHEN BATTERIES DECIDE TO DIE!!!

I never laughed so hard in my life.

This happened to me about a month ago. I was opening up a can of button mushrooms (to add to my noon day salad). I put the can opener on the top of the can, it starts to walk around the can, and bam it stopped. I had no idea what happened.

I COULD NOT REMOVE THIS OPENER FROM THE CAN. The lid was stuck halfway in the mechanism. Nothing I did worked to free it. I bring it into the living room and I said to Alan. "I'll give you a thousand bucks if you can take this thing off the can".

He tried for 30 minutes. He gave up and said 'here's 20 bucks, go out and buy another one". I said 'Not so fast". I am McGuyver. I find out how to do stuff and how to UN DO STUFF!!

I look at the underneath of this can and tried to wedge it open. Alan had used a knife, a screwdriver and a wrench. YOU COULD NOT UNLOCK THE LID. It was jammed tight in the mechanism. I bent the lid, You can't hurt the can opener itself, because it obviously comes from the Planet Mars where all things indestructible are obviously made!!!! lol

So I said to myself 'There HAS to be a sway to separate the lid from the mechanism when the batteries die".

So I'm looking, and lo and behold, there's a tiny little thing, that when you press it in, the mechanism continues to turn, and the lid pops out.

Only took me a whole hour to figure this out.

I replaced the batteries and the thing worked like brand new. Been using it ever since.

I tell you, this thing was invented on another planet. It's THAT INDESTRUCTIBLE!!!! lol

P.S. I've been using infomercial products ever since there was an infomercial. I bought the first Smart Mop, The first Smart Chopper. The first Roly Kit by Joy Mangano. Never bought the huggable hangers though.

I LIVE for the next gadget (as long as it makes my life a bit easier).

But the best thing that was ever invented was the SWIFFER (next to the Shark Steam Mop).

The Swiffer makes LIFE SO MUCH EASIER.

Mel...
 

RiteAid policy is that with no receipt, you get dollar exchange only.

That means you can have other merchandise at equal value. (Is the RiteAid sticker still on the package? Hope so).
So you may have to buy (get) something else, rather than cash.

Just checked.

Rite Aid Sticker is still on the package.

Dollar Exchange is just fine.

There's ALWAYS something I can get in a drug store.

This is ME!! we're talking about.

The shopping lady!!!

I wonder what other infomercial gadgets they might sell in my local Rite Aid.

Be back later on.

And If I make a video, you'll KNOW I BOUGHT A NEW GADGET!!! lol

Just got back from Rite Aid!!!
 

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So there I am with the original package and all 4 smart lidz. No receipt. I politely ask if I may return it. The lady says "no, only an even exchange". I said: "What do you mean, an even exchange?" She says "I have to give you the same product back" ????????????????????????

So I say (very politely). I DON'T THINK SO!!!! And I whip out the 4 lids, one of which is ripped clear through, and all the rest are stretched beyond recognition. She takes one look and goes "OH!!!", then she says again. "I have to give you an even exchange". I said (again, very politely), I DON'T THINK SO!!!

Then she sighs and says: "I'll get my supervisor but she'll only tell you the same thing I told you". She gets the supervisor who looked at me like I was 100 years old (she was all of 21 or so). And she speaks to me as if I'm deaf and blind and totally incapacitated. She slowly speaks and she says 'OH, YOU WANT TO RETURN THESE?????"

Now I am looking around trying to find out WHO SHE IS YELLING AT, when it dawned on me. It was ME!!!. To her, I'm an old, feeble person. She said (screaming). I'LL GIVE YOU A GIFT CARD, WILL THAT BE ALL RIGHT??"

I looked at her and screamed back "GREAT"!!! Some manager person had to come and sign for it. He was about 40 and looked at me like I was 100. (Believe me I do NOT look like I'm 100), but to these young people I guess anyone over the age of 40 is 100 years old.

So I got a gift card worth $10.83. She looks at me and slowly explains (like I can't hear and I'm completely stupid). YOU CAN USE THIS AT ANY STORE, DO YOU UNDERSTAND...O K A Y???????????????????

I just took the gift card and left.

Good Lord,

I am officially an old lady!!! lol

Glad you got your gift card!

:cool:

I used to do ebay too, so I know what you mean. You get to know how to buy there when you do it a while. i've never been burned either. Bought a lovely ruby ring for $60 bucks. Had it appraised for $360.

:)

I saw those plant watering things too, but I'd need way too many of them.

Wow, you got some deal on that ring!!!

I am actually afraid to buy anything on Ebay that cost more than $20 bucks or so. Never got screwed yet. Thank goodness.

Oh we do. We got our pool heater on ebay. For about half off, plus free shipping!

We paid for it and the pool selling stuff on ebay LOL!


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