# Hammacher Schlemmer - more money than sense? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2009, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458 "2009-11-21T21:49:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/41 "2010-11-16T07:33:22Z")
Wow, I didn’t even realize until I clicked on a link and got a generic search page instead that this was a zombie… ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/42 "2010-11-16T11:21:45Z")
But it’s a zombie that has risen just in time for Christmas! Actually, I’ve been surprised by the number of people who say, ‘yeah, some of it is silly, but I got X from them, and it was the best’, so…ignorance fought. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/59ef9b/32.png) [@FlyingRat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRat)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/43 "2010-11-16T16:08:03Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > That’s the Stephen Fry version, and therefore worth every penny. I was about to add this-- the “Dear Sir” alarm clock is awesome. However, I got my husband’s at ThinkGeek and it was a good deal cheaper (like $69.95 instead of almost $100). ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/44 "2010-11-16T16:24:34Z")
> [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](#): > > But it’s a zombie that has risen just in time for Christmas! This is what I was going to say! ::blesses thread:: Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/45 "2010-11-16T16:27:01Z")
My favorite in the last catalog we had in the bathroom was the [Brobdingnagian Sports Chair.](http://www.hammacher.com/Product/78609?promo=search) It’s like one of those collapsible chairs, only huge. Why? Fuck you, that’s why! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/46 "2010-11-16T16:29:07Z")
Hammacher’s has been around for over 100 years. They are the original gadget catalog. They must be doing something right. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/47 "2010-11-16T16:29:21Z")
> [@iamthewalrus\_3](#): > > But where do [the potatoes go?](http://thebreakfastclubclan.org/graphics/cartoons/cartoons_calvin_and_hobbes_mystery_bread(1000x324x256).gif) The turtles eat them, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/48 "2010-11-16T16:53:33Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > Ten bucks cheaper direct from the National Geographic site. 😃 > > (I’m considering this as a Yule present.) And 20 bucks cheaper at Costco (just saw it this morning). mmm ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458/49 "2010-11-16T16:59:45Z")
Another one of those things you want but don’t really want: [Voodoo knife block](http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/knife-block/index.html?utm_medium=ppc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=artemis8&utm_content=) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hammacher-schlemmer-more-money-than-sense/518458.md?page=2)