# So help me, I want one of these and I am not a rube. Really. I swear. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 5, 2005, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924 "2005-04-05T21:58:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924/21 "2005-04-06T18:07:48Z")
**Shirley** , my first reaction when I saw the picture was: WTF? They want $229 for an old Star Trek IDIC medallion without the triangle! But that’s just me… ---
**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:** [April 6, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924/22 "2005-04-06T18:39:03Z")
Hey now, don’t get ripped off! $299 for that?? Hell, I own several very attractive necklaces that I’ll sell you for _half_ that price, and I guarantee you they have the same “biofield benefits” as the one in the OP. ---
**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:** [April 6, 2005, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924/23 "2005-04-06T18:41:08Z")
> [@Hal Briston](#): > > $299 for that?? Errr…$229, even. What do we want? _A five-minute edit feature!_ When do we want it? _Now!_ ---
**Author:** ![Yllaria](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yllaria/32/3452_2.png) [@Yllaria](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yllaria)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2005, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924/24 "2005-04-06T19:05:23Z")
Looks like a radiation warning symbol. My advice: if you want your biofield adjusted, hold out for adjustment my massage. Mmmmm. Mmmmassage. Even if the fields thing is hokey, it’s still a massage. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924/25 "2005-04-07T16:45:34Z")
> [@Yllaria](#): > > Looks like a radiation warning symbol. ::::snerk:::: I thought it looked like a submarine window. I am over my crushing need for this thing to save my hazy and dented biofeild. If I suddenly was happy and making progress in my life…it would really give me a reputation that I’d rather not have. (Chipper and focused…:::shudder:::🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2005, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924/26 "2005-04-07T16:55:16Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > [Qlink](http://www.clarus.com/p_silver.shtml) > > It looks like some alien cult members necklace but wait THERE’s MORE! It promises: > > it has loads of endorsement by New Agey peoples and a few big names in sports feilds I’ve never cared about or knew about. I should be repulsed, yet I cannot turn away… > > It’s a good thing I don’t have the cash. ($299 +s/H. Cheaper on Ebay)…anything that promises enhanced mental focus…stamina and more…( I think it’s alluding to sex, don’t you?) is righty-o by me. > Gah. > > I still wants one and I know its wrong. I don’t lose my Doper Membership, do I? Shirley, dear…this not for you. All that focus would totally harsh your creative mellow. We don’t want that. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924/27 "2005-04-08T13:07:35Z")
**Shirley** , if you buy that… thing, for … that price… you will have proved that you have more dollars than sense. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924/28 "2005-04-08T15:29:53Z")
I’ve always wanted to get a set of those [Live Forever Rings](http://www.alexchiu.com/). I dunno why, it just entertains me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-help-me-i-want-one-of-these-and-i-am-not-a-rube-really-i-swear/297924.md?page=1)