# Save $58K on $145K watch on Amazon. Read the feedback. They are priceless! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 1, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410 "2012-03-01T01:24:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/41 "2012-03-14T16:20:35Z")
If you like things that went viral on the web for no particular reason, this [restaurant review](http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/231419/) received a lot of attention recently. It’s about the new Olive Garden restaurant in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and people seemed amused that the 85-year-old reviewer took the restaurant seriously. Her review said, “All in all, it is the largest and most beautiful restaurant now operating in Grand Forks.” ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/42 "2012-03-14T16:20:37Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I was looking for something for my brother-in-law’s birthday, and I noticed Amazon offering this … [thing](http://www.amazon.com/PV-Powered-MV-620kW/dp/B007IAHF9E/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1331676640&sr=1-3) … for $422,350.91. What kills me is that the shipping is $6.99. Dude, [that’s a rip-off](http://king-solarman.com/power-inverters/pv-powered/pv-powered-powervault-mv-620kw-inverter.html). ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/43 "2012-03-14T16:54:43Z")
> [@Pops1963](#): > > What the heck are they shipping the box in that it weighs 13 pounds and the product is 1 pound? Really 12 pounds of shipping material? Or am I missing something here? They pack it with a mixture of 6 lbs. of shredded $100 bills and 6 lbs of _fuck you, I’m richer than you’ll ever be, ya fucking lowlife_. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/44 "2012-03-14T22:42:54Z")
> [@Tom\_Tildrum](#): > > I was looking for something for my brother-in-law’s birthday, and I noticed Amazon offering this … [thing](http://www.amazon.com/PV-Powered-MV-620kW/dp/B007IAHF9E/ref=sr_1_3?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1331676640&sr=1-3) … for $422,350.91. What kills me is that the shipping is $6.99. > > (BTW, this is why I have not turned on one-click ordering). Why does that thing look bigger than a refrigerator but the shipping weight is only 5 pounds? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/45 "2012-03-15T02:08:03Z")
> [@I\_Know\_Nothing](#): > > Why does that thing look bigger than a refrigerator but the shipping weight is only 5 pounds? My guess is that it’s inflatable. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2012, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/46 "2012-03-15T02:14:32Z")
It probably comes with some sort of blackhole or something with negative mass that makes it weigh less than it looks. That is also probably why it’s so damn expensive, you don’t just go around buying blackholes all the time do you\*? \*Probably best if you don’t actually answer that question. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Know\_Nothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f04885/32.png) [@I\_Know\_Nothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Know_Nothing)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2012, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/47 "2012-03-16T06:14:47Z")
You’ll never guess what item was in the personalized Amazon add when I visited the Straight Dope today. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/77aa72/32.png) [@Whammo72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo72)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/48 "2012-03-20T18:03:08Z")
Interestingly enough since clicking the link I am now getting amazon emails offering me up to 35% off luxury watches! Maybe now I can afford it! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/49 "2012-03-20T21:29:10Z")
You better jump on those deals! How else are you going to save enough money to retire on? ---
**Author:** ![dudemanjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/49beb7/32.png) [@dudemanjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dudemanjack)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/50 "2012-03-20T22:21:52Z")
I’ve seen this in the past where it offered a $25 gift certificate if you order 2. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410/51 "2012-03-20T23:36:12Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Dude, [that’s a rip-off](http://king-solarman.com/power-inverters/pv-powered/pv-powered-powervault-mv-620kw-inverter.html). No your machine is the inverter. It undoes what ever that first machine does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/save-58k-on-145k-watch-on-amazon-read-the-feedback-they-are-priceless/614410.md?page=2)