Retailers, gadgets, gifts, something, somethingstore

Buy "Something" For $10

Picture%2032.png "A boat's a boat, but the mystery box could be anything. IT COULD EVEN BE A BOAT! You know how much we wanted one of those." - Peter Griffin

For $10 with free shipping, you can buy "something" at somethingstore. You won't know what it is until you open it, but it's most probably new, and possibly a gadget or electronic equipment. Then again, the site explains that "you can be a 25-year-old man and your something maybe [sic] a white tank top embroidered with a pink heart." Still, way more fun than a gift card. [somethingstore via neatorama]

1:20 PM on Thu May 15 2008
By Mark Wilson
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Chester_Copperpot at 01:26 PM on 05/15/08
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My PayPal account is AwesomeGuy448. Send me $10, and I'll send you a "something"....it won't be a boat....it WILL be a tank with a pink heart on it.
stryder100 at 01:31 PM on 05/15/08
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I think this is interesting and the customer ratings, according to their website anyway, make it look good. This way when you give a gift and, if the recipient doesn't like it you can blame it on somethingstore. HA ha.
Darrone at 01:36 PM on 05/15/08
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Look! I got a $10 gift certificate to the SomethingStore! hahahaha, the ultimate run around!
P3nnst8r at 01:36 PM on 05/15/08
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In for 2.
Hiphopopotamus at 01:37 PM on 05/15/08
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ripfire at 01:37 PM on 05/15/08
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Does this have anything to do with the Monty Hall problem? Because I get it already.
nutbastard at 01:37 PM on 05/15/08
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Ok. This is consumerism run amok. Period.
dingus at 01:37 PM on 05/15/08
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@Chester_Copperpot: Make it a weighted storage cube with a pink heart on it and you've got yourself a deal.
carmen loves sexist... at 01:39 PM on 05/15/08
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When I was in Chicago I once had a guy telling people to reach into his pocket to pull out a prize... I KNEW someone would steal his idea!
nutbastard at 01:39 PM on 05/15/08
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@Chester_Copperpot:

You know, MOST people leave it up to other people to decide if they're awesome or not.

On the other hand, I admire your assertive.... assertion.
takashimiike 3G edition at 01:40 PM on 05/15/08
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I would buy a life.
$Image of Kaiser-Machead\'s Chips Ahoy!$ Kaiser-Machead's Chips... at 01:41 PM on 05/15/08
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*Prays it's Voodoo Joe's mask*
P3nnst8r at 01:41 PM on 05/15/08
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@Hiphopopotamus: UHF = One of the best movies of all time.

BADGERS?! WE DON'T NEED NO STINKIN' BADGERS!!
xAnarChisTx at 01:42 PM on 05/15/08
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Gimme $10, I'll take a dump in a box, send it to you, and we'll call it even, mmmkay?
Jesustron at 01:42 PM on 05/15/08
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@nutbastard:

I wouldn't worry about it, chester copperpot will just die one day looking for a pirates treasure.
Munch the BanNail at 01:42 PM on 05/15/08
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@carmen89: That was me, and the deal wasn't "pull out a prize," it was "pull on a prize"
ripfire at 01:43 PM on 05/15/08
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@carmen89: Dammit! That guy stole my idea!
ripfire at 01:45 PM on 05/15/08
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Actually, this would be great for White Elephant gift exchange.
Geisrud at 01:49 PM on 05/15/08
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Christmas 2008: done.
strider_mt2k at 01:50 PM on 05/15/08
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This suck worse than that time I chose the mystery box...
shiftyeyedgoat at 01:51 PM on 05/15/08
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Oh God yes.....

The Bag of Crap is now available everyday.
gqcarrick at 01:52 PM on 05/15/08
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This would be good if you had Yankee Swap at Christmas time at your company.
itchytooth at 01:52 PM on 05/15/08
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Give me $10 and I won't send you anything. But I promise you'll like it more than some dumb junk. Come on, I'm simplifying your life here.
Rabid Penguin at 02:00 PM on 05/15/08
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[www.woot.com] does something like this every once in awhile. The stuff you get is probably crappier, but it's cheaper to so it's kind of a trade off.
Monty at 02:08 PM on 05/15/08
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This sums up everything wrong with society in a nice little ten dollar package.
wolfenstein-3d at 02:13 PM on 05/15/08
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I go to woot.com all the time. I always wondered who bought those mystery bags, and what came in them? I figure it'd be like the mystery bag that you put on someones front porch and light on fire.
themediaguy at 02:14 PM on 05/15/08
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dick-in-a-box!
Rabid Penguin at 02:22 PM on 05/15/08
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@wolfenstein-3d:
I had a co-worker actually buy three of them. He got a pair of large, pink, sunglasses; some plastic pieces of eight; a small, crappy, cowboy and indians-esque, plastic gun set; and a bunch of other extremely forgettable trash. But with woot's you have the chance of winning some of their larger items like a bigscreen TV or something. So it's more like a raffle that you get a bunch of crappy stuff for participating.
LiquidGravity at 02:25 PM on 05/15/08
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Man I love their list of things they don't ship.
[www.somethingstore.com]

Body parts
Endangered or regulated species
Government Identification Cards or documents
Weapons

You just gotta read the list. I lol'd and my boss looked over at me.
TendoMentis at 02:36 PM on 05/15/08
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Wow.

This must be some cleverly concealed study to demonstrate just how "must spend now" our society really is...."send us $10 of your hard earned cash, and we will send you something that 9.5 times out of 10 is something you'll simply toss into a landfill".

How 'bout....NO. I'll send that extra $10 to my 401k and demonstrate the minimum amount of concern for my future instead, mmmmkay?
thechansen at 02:37 PM on 05/15/08
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I bought 2 somethings yesterday, actually. I'll let you know how it turns out.
CColdsmoke at 02:44 PM on 05/15/08
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Step 1: Cut a hole in a box...
dingus at 02:53 PM on 05/15/08
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@Jesustron: Yo Professa!
NCLivingBrit at 02:54 PM on 05/15/08
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Next weeks business plan: The Maybe Something Store.

Send us $5 and we -might- send you something cool. Or not.
CColdsmoke at 03:03 PM on 05/15/08
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@TendoMentis: Earthquakes, floods, famines, cyclones! Sure, it would be smarter to put it into a 401k, but we're X number of years away from the Thunderdome due to . My ten dollars can buy me barter goods for the end of the world!

Who wants to trade some food for this lovely clock with no numbers on it? Anyone?

Dammit.
el_bob at 03:07 PM on 05/15/08
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i hope i get the white tanktop with the pink heart on it.
TendoMentis at 03:15 PM on 05/15/08
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@CColdsmoke: I never thought of it that way. There MUST be a mutual fund that I can buy into that specializes in post-apocalyptic technologies (zombie kill'n sawed offs, solar powered helicopters, anti-death body wash, etc).

Or, I'll give you all my Sprint shares for your digit-challenged clock. Deal? Sold.

Hehe, sucker.
dewback51 at 03:15 PM on 05/15/08
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Ooh, maybe I'll get a shiny new gazingus pin!!
thechansen at 03:25 PM on 05/15/08
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Purchased from:
SomethingStore.com
188-A Park Avenue
Amityville NY 11701
UNITED STATES
[www.somethingstore.com]

Amityville, eh? I knew there was something evil about all of this....
garr1s0n at 03:33 PM on 05/15/08
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1) Clean out basement
2) Design e-commerce site
3) ??????
4) Profit!!!
KillerPM at 03:41 PM on 05/15/08
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I just ordered 2 somethings.

I pay a whole lot more for nothing, at least this is something.

I wonder what its going to be.
Vindicoth at 03:51 PM on 05/15/08
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@KillerPM: Probably something.
strider_mt2k at 04:55 PM on 05/15/08
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@KillerPM: or nothing
ethanlechcharles at 05:07 PM on 05/15/08
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I was hoping to get some body parts.. but i guess there are some things somethingstore don't sell!
mr30gZune at 05:28 PM on 05/15/08
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What kinda bullshit is this?
*takes out credit card*
Who would pay 10 good American Dollars for random shit.
*chooses one something and clicks on Google checkout*
Especially with the economy the way it is today, and don't even get me started on the gas prices.
*cant wait for my box to arrive!*

Outrageous!
ideaman2020 at 05:46 PM on 05/15/08
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Hey, Somethingstore, howzabout I send you $10 in Monopoly money and you send me an empty box? K'thnxbuy!
strider_mt2k at 08:12 PM on 05/15/08
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I think I'd be happier WITH the ten dollars.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi at 01:42 AM on 05/16/08
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Ask Bashcraft... he'll tell you how old this idea is.

Akiba stores does stuff like that for a very long time.
Can't remember if it's all year round of if there some sort of special date to it though.

Stores sells closed packages containing random surprizes... which are mostly junk, but you can occasionally get something that surpasses the money you paid for a lot.
srw at 02:13 AM on 05/16/08
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[www.theonion.com]
mastaassmasta at 03:50 AM on 05/16/08
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this reminds me of this

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has to do with digg sorta
Crashproof at 10:58 AM on 05/16/08
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Hey, they have a better catalog search than Amazon.
themediaguy at 12:38 PM on 05/16/08
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at least someone got my joke, fuck