The Curse

Here’s what @pmarin had to say one of the times we sold these:

I tried the poncho; it was not bad. Not super-thin or flimsy. Was a pain to fold and stuff back into included pouch but got it in there. I would much rather have something like this handy, than have nothing. As I mentioned first time these were up, if I had to do something like crawl under my truck, the tent would double as a tarp I could spread on the ground. For the price, worth having.

We share this for two reasons:

1. To thank pmarin for opening up the ponchos so you don’t have to.

And…

2. To illustrate that this sale is essentially a curse.

If you’re seeing this, and you’re reading this, you need to buy this.

Imagine, for a second, you’re in the situation pmarin describes at the end of that comment: you have to crawl under your truck to do some unexpected work when it’s wet and muddy. Or let’s say you’re stranded overnight in some nasty weather.

What do you want to think about in a scenario like that?

The hot cup of coffee you’ll treat yourself to when this is over.

The steamy shower or long warm bath you’ll take.

A big breakfast, a steak dinner, your own bed, curling up on the couch with your kids and/or pets watching a baking show.

In short, you want to be thinking of any number of things that might be pleasant to think about while dealing with something unpleasant.

The thing you don’t want to be thinking: Dammit, Meh offered something that would vastly improve this situation and I arrogantly assumed I didn’t need it.

And now that’s all you’ll be able to think about. Unless you buy these things. Or buy one of them at least.

Here’s what we’ve got: an emergency tent or a couple emergency ponchos for waiting out a bad day or a bad night in the out of doors. As pmarin explains, these things aren’t totally single use. As in: they’re maybe two or three use.

Even so, you’ll be glad to have them if you need them.

And if you don’t need them, you’ll be glad you only spent $5.

In conclusion: this is a good deal.