# "As seen  on TV" products reviews

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-products-reviews/169156>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 16, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-products-reviews/169156 "2003-04-16T20:18:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![drmark2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@drmark2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drmark2000)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-products-reviews/169156/1 "2003-04-16T20:18:56Z")

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Does anyone know of any sites devoted to reviewing, and analyzing the actual effectiveness of, all of those miraculous “As seen on TV” products and infomercials? I already know about Consumer Reports. I’m looking for other sources, preferably free.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-products-reviews/169156/2 "2003-04-16T20:26:17Z")

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Not any official, but in IMHO there are a few “endorsement” threads. A recent one was called I think, “products that really work” or something similar, you might like to search for it. It touched on a lot of TV products.

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**Author:** ![Padeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@Padeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Padeye)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/as-seen-on-tv-products-reviews/169156/3 "2003-04-16T20:43:26Z")

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Well, a recent issue of _Reader’s Digest_ had a review of several as-seen-on-TV items. I’ll find which issue it was if you want to look for it.