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Great review (Reply to this comment)
by caprcorn28
My sentiments exactly! We threw our daughter's away!
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Dec 04 '00
4:52 pm PST
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Awesome review-- (Reply to this comment)
by LeighS
---and you go get 'em!!! I hate companies who prey on children's wants. :(
Leigh
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Sep 08 '00
7:14 pm PDT
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Write more one-dot reviews... (Reply to this comment)
by achoo
This was outstanding!
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Aug 03 '00
12:09 am PDT
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Re: Your 6 year old sounds like my almost 6 yr old son- (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
What are you going to do? I mean, really. You can tell them stuff for "their own good" and protect them, but that doesn't teach them a darn thing.
I hate what happened to Adam here, I hate the loss of innocence and trust...but, like I said, what are you going to do?
Sigh.
Thanks for reading!
Andrea
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Jun 16 '00
5:45 pm PDT
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Re: At least I got away with no shipping charges (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
LOL! Well, at least there was a use for the stylus. Hey, at least you could find the stylus. Ours was lost in the black hole that is our house quite awhile ago.
Thanks for reading, Susan!
Andrea
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Jun 16 '00
5:42 pm PDT
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Your 6 year old sounds like my almost 6 yr old son- (Reply to this comment)
by FSUTrill
he can't conceive of cheaters and deception in the world (ironic with all that's been going on lately). He bought a toy with his own $$ that I could tell wasn't the greatest quality, but would not be swayed. It's fallen apart several times, and almost makes me cry that someone would make something that crappy and then sell it! Great review!
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Jun 15 '00
4:29 pm PDT
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At least I got away with no shipping charges (Reply to this comment)
by susanwhipple
Bought this fool thing in Boston at a little "kiosk". Christmas day, my 11 year old opened it and was so excited. Well, the thrill is gone, but not the "stylus", she used it yesterday as a splint for her finger (she's such a drama queen!) that she thought she might have sprained. I think she's actually disappointed today that it's feeling better. That "stylus" was more useful to her taped to her finger!
Susan
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Jun 02 '00
3:44 pm PDT
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Re: Excellent! (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
My kids are so sweet and so good, it's hard for me to say no when they are intent on something. They aren't greedy grabby kids.
I'm glad that you stuck to your guns with your child. If I had read a review like this to my son Adam, I *might* have been able to get him to understand why it was in his best interests to not spend his money on the stuff.
But, you know, the only way I've ever learned anything in my life is by experience, so I guess this was the best way for him to learn too. I just didn't like watching it.
Thanks!
Andrea
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May 28 '00
9:14 am PDT
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Re: You need to send this to Nickoleodan (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
You know Bridgette, you are right. I think I will.
Thanks,
Andrea
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May 28 '00
9:10 am PDT
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Excellent! (Reply to this comment)
by iowamommy
Thanks for the warning! My 7 year old begs for this when seeing the commercial. I'll steer him away from it. I KNEW there was a reason I kept telling him no!
Darla
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May 27 '00
10:24 am PDT
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You need to send this to Nickoleodan (Reply to this comment)
by jnbmoore
Since they are the ones who run this commercial all the time.
Great review. Glad you got a refund the second time. I was really wondering when I saw the commercials== here they go again.
Bridgette
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May 21 '00
11:39 am PDT
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Re: Don't Mess With My Kids! (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
Thanks! I've got a few evil plots up my sleeve. And thanks for reading, too. --- Andrea
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May 19 '00
6:59 pm PDT
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Re: My son has seen these commercials too. (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
Thanks, you made my day. I'm glad to have foiled The Evil Marvin from making another kid his victim.
Thanks for reading,
Andrea
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May 19 '00
6:57 pm PDT
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Don't Mess With My Kids! (Reply to this comment)
by Hard_To_Please
If I was Marvin, I'd be quaking in my boots and heading for the hills about now!...Mark
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May 17 '00
7:25 pm PDT
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My son has seen these commercials too. (Reply to this comment)
by susiee
And has been really bugging me to buy both of these products. I was close to giving in, since he loves to draw and put on shows, but now I will avoid them like the plague. Thanks for the tips!
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May 17 '00
6:33 pm PDT
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Re: You get 'em! (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
When returning the product, I stapled the return packing slip to a print out of the epinion, and wrote the URL.
Beyond that, I've got some internal channels. Both QVC and my company are members of the DMA (Direct Marketing Association of America), so I have a few ways to embarass them. Plots up my sleeve!
I'll do an editorial or something if my plans pan out.
Thanks for reading (and caring),
Andrea
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May 17 '00
3:29 pm PDT
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Re: Will you be my mother? (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
I am far too young to be your mother.
Thanks for reading,
Andrea
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May 17 '00
3:26 pm PDT
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Re: On Marvin, Less than Marvelous... (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
Thanks for the compliment. There won't be anymore Marvin purchases, beyond that, yeah, I'll probably get myself suckered again soon.
Thanks for reading,
Andrea
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May 17 '00
3:26 pm PDT
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Re: whaddya know... (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
Yeah, my friend Jen read my review a day or so ago, and she's like -- "So THAT'S what that thing was at your house. I was looking at it, I tried it, and I couldn't get it to work."
What can I say? No more infomercials for me or my kids!
Thanks for reading,
Andrea
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May 17 '00
3:25 pm PDT
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Re: Evil Magic (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
Thanks.
I don't think Marvin cares. I can't be the first one who had this problem.
Thanks for reading,
Andrea
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May 17 '00
3:23 pm PDT
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Re: You get 'em! (Reply to this comment)
by jenni796
I agree with you 100%. I too bought the drawing board and mine tore and the black wax oozed out. Yuck. It tore using the tool that come with it after the first 10 minutes of my 4 yr. old playing with it. What a rip off! Great review.
jenni
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May 16 '00
8:22 am PDT
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You get 'em! (Reply to this comment)
by tbeyer
I am so sick of false advertising and cheesy products! Especially when they make your baby cry!!!! You give 'em all you got and make them cry.
Thanks for the heads-up on this,
Tiffany
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May 15 '00
10:11 pm PDT
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Will you be my mother? (Reply to this comment)
by cowboydj
All parents should be as thoughtful and nurturing as you clearly are. But then, as a therapist, I'd be out of business...
...I could deal with that...
cowboydj
T.
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May 15 '00
1:20 pm PDT
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On Marvin, Less than Marvelous... (Reply to this comment)
by caravan70
What a terrific review! Your tremendous writing really made my morning.
I look forward to reading more of your opinions (although let's hope they're never again the product of such an unfortunate experience...)
Darren
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May 15 '00
10:01 am PDT
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whaddya know... (Reply to this comment)
by CurtisEdmonds
I've actually played with the board, didn't know it had a name. My stepbrother's kid had it out, she couldn't get it to work, and neither could I. It annoyed me no end, and I'm glad that you gave it the review it deserved so I didn't have to.
I shudder to think how much time and energy is spent marketing useless cr@p to kids.
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May 14 '00
9:18 pm PDT
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Evil Magic (Reply to this comment)
by emlin
Marvin should be ashamed of himself for hurting a child's feelings. Thanx for this great review.
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May 14 '00
8:16 pm PDT
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Re: Wow! (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
Thanks. A compliment from you most assuredly carries weight with me. Now if I could just get you to like my beer reviews.....I know, improve!
Thanks for reading,
Andrea
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May 14 '00
7:20 pm PDT
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Re: Wow... (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
Happy Mother's Day to you, too!
I'm done with infomercials for kids, that's for sure. The good news is, this turned out to be a great lesson for Adam. We want to protect our kids from ever being hurt, but when they are, we might as well use it to teach a value or two.
Thanks for reading,
Andrea
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May 14 '00
7:18 pm PDT
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Re: Gee... I'm glad I said 'No' to this (Reply to this comment)
by pluckyduck
Grace,
I'm glad you said "no", too. I just read your review of the Play-Doh Pokemon set and I know I'll say "no" to that.
Thanks for reading,
Andrea
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May 14 '00
7:16 pm PDT
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Gee... I'm glad I said 'No' to this (Reply to this comment)
by gracef
My daughter saw those commercials too (during Pokemon or Discovery Kids). She was really hot for that drawing board thing, and I said "No Way!" I'm SO glad that I refused. She's sensitive enough to cry a river of tears. Thanks for giving me the information that I need to stand firm on this one.
For your part, you should lean on those people until they make it up to your kids. Dirty, rotten money grubbers!
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May 14 '00
6:32 pm PDT
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Wow... (Reply to this comment)
by ChriseyB
I am really sorry your kids had to go through this. Right now, I am so sick of these informercial promising kids this and that with the order and they fail to come through or they charge these astronimical amounts of money for something that will be in stores in a couple of months, i.e. The Magic Pen or that Blo-Pen thing I have seen advertised numerous times.
This is an EXCELLENT Epinion! Good going...=)
Chrisey
BTW, Happy Mother's Day...=)
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May 14 '00
4:03 pm PDT
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Wow! (Reply to this comment)
by caconti
A wonderfully written review and an important consumer warning...well done!!!
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May 14 '00
4:00 pm PDT
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