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People can sometimes be suspicious of products "as seen on TV," but what makes this genre of commerce so riveting can sometimes be as primitive as the infomercials. And the ShamWow is a great example of this.

The ShamWow is a product which markets itself to be a heavy duty cloth, or chamois (pronounced "SHAM-mee") that cleans spills of all types and sizes. Where the Internet's fascination kicks in is the product's infomercial. The pitchman for the ShamWow is a man who goes by the name Vince Offer, who uses a very abrasive style to communicate to the viewers that it's absolutely a life-or-death situation that they purchase the product.

Getting beyond the spectacle, people want to know if the ShamWow is actually worth buying. Some bloggers think it's worth the 20 bucks, while others aren't that impressed. Not everyone on the Internet agrees! Go figure!

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  • Sham ShamWow. Wow


    Terribly Write — Authority Authority: 120
    Wow. In one brief but skinny paragraph, the writer for Yahoo! Shine  manages to misspell ShamWow, Philipp Plein, and Christian Dior and commit a grammatical gaffe. Wow. Filed under: Misspellings , Subject-Verb Agreement , Verbs Tagged: bad grammar , bad spelling , Christian Dior , editing , grammar , ...
    2 weeks ago

  • How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Approaching.


    PUA Training Blog — Authority Authority: 92
    A Happy New Year to all, and thanks to everyone for supporting me over the last one. Thought I’d start 2012 with a bit of a hot potato. What stops a guy from approaching? The more astute readers will notice that I didn’t categorize it immediately as approach anxiety as I do not believe that [...]
    2 weeks ago

  • The ShamWow Guy Crawls Out From Wherever Hes Been Hiding To Shill His Schticky In New Informercial


    Consumerist — Authority Authority: 737
    Raise your hand if you thought Vince Offer, aka ShamWow guy, was gone from informercials for good after that whole prostitute-punching incident. You were wrong, we all were, as it turns out hes back with a new product perfectly designed for terrible jokes, the Schticky. It looks like a lint roller, it moves like a ...
    2 weeks ago

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