anyone shop at Sharper Image ?

[rh71]

Is their stuff (like Brookstone) more technically advanced or is it a gimmick - could you find similarly adequate stuff at stores like Bed Bath and Beyond ? I'm talking about home stuff like humidifiers, personal fans, etc.

 

[FoBoT]

too expensive for me , i'm a walmart guy

 

[Glitchny]

from what i know its mostly a gimick or its some unique and odd thing that no money concious person would pay for

 

[PaperclipGod]

It's overpriced garbage. I don't say that out of spite, either. It really is garbage. And it really is overpriced. It's as if half the stuff in their catalog is taken from k-mart warehouses and stamped with the sharper image logo.

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: Glitchny
from what i know its mostly a gimick or its some unique and odd thing that no money concious person would pay for

The hierarchy is roughly as follows from midscale to upscale:

Sharper Image < Brookstone < Hammacher Schlemmer

Basically they all have the same variety of the following goods:

1) Standard decorative and/or utility items (i.e. BBQ equipment, pens, etc) at inflated prices.

2) Gimmicky junk that has no place in anyone's home except to be piled, unused, at the bottom of a closet. This includes homeopathic ion-wave hairbrushes, holographic clocks, positronic alpha-wave brain conditioning devices.

3) Marginally useful items claimed to be "exclusive" or "rare" and thusly justified in commandeering a 1000% markup. These include Tempur-pedic mattresses (approx. 10x more expensive than OEM), massagers, etc. Also, Sharper Image sells Chinese Exercise Balls for ~$20 a pair when you can buy them in Chinatown for as little as $1 if you haggle.


Basically, all three stores are for the rich and for the gullible. Anything worth buying there could easily be found elsewhere for a fraction of the price if you bothered to look.

 

[Staples]

I bought a nice Skagen watch there a few months ago. They are really thin but the band has the worst clip on it ever. It falls off everyonce in a while but the face seems to be bery tough so there are no scratches on it yet.

 

[beatmix01]

only time i have bought something is on their auction site

 

[IGBT]

I tried a few of their high end air ionizers...f..ing junk. Dont waist your wampum...

 

[Kadarin]

Technologically advanced and stylish, yet expensive and largely useless. So no, I do not shop there.

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
too expensive for me , i'm a walmart guy

same here
but i hate going to either place just as much

 

[vegetation]

Usually junk stuff that's overpriced. Look on ebay (sharperimage has thousands of auctions going on at any given moment), if you really must have something they sell, often times you can get a refurbished unit for a lot cheaper.

 

[bunker]

The only time I ever bought anything from them is when I got a gift certificate from work. Wayyy overpriced.

 

[Gunbuster]

all the items are now Ionic _____ <--- insert any name

No I do not need an Ionic salad shooter, Ionic nose hair trimmer, or Ionic flashlight