# My wife has no sales resistance(mild) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 16, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884 "2008-02-16T15:21:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/1 "2008-02-16T15:21:03Z")
We have a flo bee,We have a electric shower cleaner that sprays after showers. We have a device that sucks the air out of sweaters for easier packing. We have a device for plastic wrapping and sucking the air out of food before refrigerating. We have a device that plugs into the cigarette lighter to deice your locks. We have a cola machine with syrup and co2 mixers. We use none of them after a couple months. What a waste. ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/2 "2008-02-16T15:29:50Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] We have a cola machine with syrup and co2 mixers. [/QUOTE] Really? How much does one of those suckers cost? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/3 "2008-02-16T15:36:07Z")
If memory serves me right it was 350. ---
**Author:** ![Mongo\_Ponton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Mongo\_Ponton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mongo_Ponton)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/4 "2008-02-16T15:41:45Z")
Does that lock de-icer thing work? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/5 "2008-02-16T15:47:39Z")
My husband is a good one for buying stuff that he gets bored with after a short time. He’s gotten better about it, but occasionally, he’ll come home with something that leaves me all 😕 I’ve found I can be more zen about it since we agreed that he would have a set amount of money each week to use for his gas, lunches, and whatever. So as long as he doesn’t start asking me to transfer our bill-paying money to his account, I just take a deep cleansing breath and let him buy his toys. Because, ya know, I don’t do stuff like that. Nope, not me… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/6 "2008-02-16T15:52:12Z")
[QUOTE=Mongo Ponton] Does that lock de-icer thing work? [/QUOTE] You have to get in the car to use it. It is illogical. It is just a key shaped heater. ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/7 "2008-02-16T15:54:15Z")
Have a Dope Garage Sale. [QUOTE=gonzomax] We have a cola machine with syrup and co2 mixers. [/QUOTE] Oh, and dibs. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/8 "2008-02-16T16:22:27Z")
By the way. The flo bee gives a very good haircut. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/9 "2008-02-17T01:04:07Z")
I met the inventor of the Flo Bee. He cut my hair. It was a good haircut with none of those little hairs down the back of my shirt. IMO It is a fine product and the only problem is that you have stopped using it. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/10 "2008-02-17T01:33:25Z")
No my wife bought a non canister type vacuum cleaner. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/11 "2008-02-17T01:35:38Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] You have to get in the car to use it. It is illogical. It is just a key shaped heater. [/QUOTE] _Really?_ Holy crap, I thought you were joking, like a screen door for a submarine or something. It’s even funnier that you are talking about a real product. ---
**Author:** ![T\_SQUARE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de053/32.png) [@T\_SQUARE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/T_SQUARE)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/12 "2008-02-17T01:36:52Z")
BTW, does the homemade cola taste like the real thing? A guy would have to drink quite a bit of soda to cover the fixed costs though. ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/13 "2008-02-17T01:59:21Z")
I’ll see your wife and raise you a Mom. To date, her stupid purchases include: $600 on various nutritional supplements/diet pills $1500 vacuum $3000 on a computer that is way over powered for what she needs $5000 on music equipment she never uses $8000 mattress ---
**Author:** ![Oregon\_sunshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/50afbb/32.png) [@Oregon\_sunshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oregon_sunshine)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/14 "2008-02-17T02:01:50Z")
Anyone with that much disposable income should be helping poor people IMO. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nikonikosuru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5f8ce5/32.png) [@nikonikosuru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nikonikosuru)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/15 "2008-02-17T02:24:11Z")
I’ve heard good things about the vaccum-packing for food, if you’re a person who cooks a lot. But if you’re not…Dibs? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/16 "2008-02-17T02:33:03Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] You have to get in the car to use it. It is illogical. It is just a key shaped heater. [/QUOTE] Can’t you, like, charge it? Or are you really saying that it has to plug into the cigarette lighter that you can’t get to because the locks are frozen? Incidentally, you can just hold your car key above a (pocket) cigarette lighter or candle to heat it and use that to open the frozen lock. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/17 "2008-02-17T02:37:08Z")
No bragging in the pit! ---
**Author:** ![Pullet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Pullet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pullet)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/18 "2008-02-17T02:39:35Z")
[QUOTE=Oregon sunshine] Anyone with that much disposable income should be helping poor people IMO. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Ah, but that would require planning and discipline. What she does have is poor credit and a squandered inheritance. At least she’s a shining example of what not to do. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Zulema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/db5fbb/32.png) [@Zulema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zulema)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/19 "2008-02-17T03:37:49Z")
Everything I have ever gotten from a TV ad has been excellent but I am fairly picky and I won’t get things that I know I won’t use even if it’s a good product. Flo-Bee, great for squirmy kid haircuts. Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic shower cleaner, the best item ever. The ShamWOW or Zorbee, indispensable for large liquid spills on carpet. That blue color roller mop that the pet fur rinses right off? Oh Yes, the best mop. The Original Ginsu Knives (not the cheap rusting crap they call Ginsu now) The best knives EVER; one for inside, one for outside, Now I’m just waiting for something to break so I can try out my Mighty Putty. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884/20 "2008-02-17T08:22:13Z")
[QUOTE=gonzomax] We have a flo bee,We have a electric shower cleaner that sprays after showers. We have a device that sucks the air out of sweaters for easier packing. We have a device for plastic wrapping and sucking the air out of food before refrigerating. We have a device that plugs into the cigarette lighter to deice your locks. We have a cola machine with syrup and co2 mixers. We use none of them after a couple months. [/QUOTE] Well, that’s what Craigslist is for. I imagine most of those would sell easily (you got some interest here, already) and probably for close to half of what you paid for them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-has-no-sales-resistance-mild/437884.md?page=2)