We’re not selling this deal anymore, but you can buy it at Amazon

Cheerson CX-10C Video Cam Quadcopter

  • Palm-sized copter with a real video camera mounted on it, somehow
  • Flies for 4-8 minutes on a 15-20 minute charge
  • As cool as it is tiny: our favorite toy this year
  • But if you don’t buy it now, it’ll be more expensive next time
  • Bonus: it’s legal
  • Model: CX-10C
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Buy now or pay more later.

This is not a Cyber Monday doorbuster or some stupid crap like that. This is a test. It’s an attempt to answer the question, what happens when we promise people we’re definitely going to raise the price next time we sell something?

That flips the usual quandary of the savvy Mehtizen, based on the inevitable progression of falling prices. Buy too soon and you might pay more than you would have the next time; but wait too long, and we might sell out. Therein lies the fascinating tension that makes this so much more fun than a regular store, and so much more aggravating.

But what now? Let’s think it through. If you definitely want this, that’s easy: buy it now. And you probably do. It’s awesome. A tiny palm-sized copter with a camera attached? Come on. It’s not too hard to fly, and it’s so light it doesn’t usually do too much damage to itself when it crashes. We called it the toy of the year, and we see no reason to reconsider that judgment. Come on, look at this:

(Take note: our previous sale came with an SD card and card reader. You’ll have to provide your own SD card for this one. Just look in the nearest desk drawer, you’ve probably got one under all those takeout menus.)

On the other hand, if you definitely don’t want this, if you have absolutely no interest in a tiny video drone, the price shouldn’t make any difference. So that’s easy, too.

In between is where the action is. You kinda want it. Looks like fun. Could be cool. Might make a great gift for somebody. Could be really cool.

Then again, maybe you’d get tired of it. Maybe it would just be one more momentary distraction, one more piece of clutter embodying the empty promise of so many other stupid toys. You know that story, right?

Make up your mind now, or it’ll cost you.

The lady or the tiger. The washer-dryer set or Door Number Two. The cheap copter now, the expensive copter later, or the danger of being haunted by the trigger you didn’t pull. Choose wisely. We’re watching.

We could just sell the damn thing like normal people. We could just humbly peddle our wares as honest shopkeepers instead of playing head games with our loyal customers. But where’s the fun in that?

So far today...

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