Friday, January 9, 2009

Cannot-Blow-Out Magical Relighting Candles 2-Pack 18-Candle (Practical Joke) (Deal Extreme)

These are the candles we all know and love, the kind we use when we want to trick the birthday person, you can blow them for as long as you want and they won't go out, but this review is scaring me...

"It does burn to the end, the plastic holder melted and caused probably some toxic gas. Open a window if burning these.
Also, when finished burning, the core will spread the ashes a bit, so don't put these on food, at least without some tin foil around them.
They burn pretty quick!"

Hmmmmm, toxic fumes and ashes...

"The one's i reseaved i could blow them out, but they did relight, so thats is also funny.
You have to burn them for more than 30 seconds before you try to blow them out otherwise they wont work propperly.
They are verry cheap."

Oh, and what's more, they don't even work properly!
And even worse...

"They need to be bunched together, atleast 4 or 5 side by side to ensure they cannot be blown out easily."

I think that wraps up these candles, in a newspaper, and throws them out, I won't be buying these any time soon!

ViewSonic DPX1002WD 10.2" Digital Photo Frame 256MB Internal Memory, View Photo w/ Music Background, Remote Control Included - Retail (NewEgg)

This is one of the MANY MANY digital photo frames to pop up recently, for the most part the reviews are good, but... 

"I bought two of these, both started buzzing loudly after a couple hours of operation. I attempted to contact Viewsonic Customer Service and they did not reply. I will not buy Viewsonic equipment ever again!"

This review isn't very reassuring... Let's go deeper.

"Does not accept SDHC card. Two units failed within 1-day. Started buzzing next day after use. Only way to clear buzzing sound is to unplug unit and replug it back in. Again buzzing starts the next day.
Other Thoughts: Does not appear to be a real wood frame."

This buzzing seems very pervasive, I think I would be frightened if my electronic equipment began to buzz after a day, and I would be extremely disturbed if I had only just bought it.  The apparently fake wood frame tops it off, as one reviewer puts it, "Don't buy this."

Horrible Reviews or Horrible Products?

The eventual goal of this blog is to compile a collection of bad reviews from various websites of products which may be good or bad, some reviews are entirely contrasting and I may toss in a couple stellar reviews to mix it up.