@thechilipepper0 there were two random versions, one with crappy, rare, an useless CR1220 cells (those spinners were unreliable) and one with much more useful and common CR2025 cells. I “lucked out” with 100% CR2025 version.
@OnionSoup True…they already colorful enough. hang em from tree branches with string, tuck them under rocks, etc…
At community egg hunts, just toss a bunch in the field.
@ELUNO@RiotDemon more specifically, you ust by 4 packs of 40 = 160 total spinners
Price depends on if you get any of the dead LED ones. (I’d recommend against it)
@jml326 I’ve given out fidget spinners two years in a row. First year, they were a hit and at least a couple of kids came by multiple times. Last year it was cold and rainy. I had a total of like 12 kids. I have many fidget spinners left for next year.
@gt0163c I have a young child who still goes out with me. So I was reverse trick or treating. aka walking around with 400 spinners, stopping on the corners, and handing them out.
The batteries WILL be depleted — I bought this deal before and only 35 out of 160 fidget spinners lights worked ! I bought these and donated them to a classroom of special needs students and discovered only 35 of them lite up !
DON’T DO IT!! For the light up ones, at least. As of last halloween, only abut 1 in 4 lit up, and most of those very dimly. My kids actually did sit on the floor and do a build your own exercise to (literally) get these out the door. On the flip side, the normal ones actually work quite well. In my second year of trick or treat meh-xperminets, fidget spinners still win out 3:1 over normal candy bars, only loosing in the teenage girl category (who prefer plain hershey’s chocolate). And yes, I do have spreadsheets!
@DaveKnowsAll - So you’re saying you’re an engineer? Cause I’m an engineer and the idea of tracking trick-or-treat treat picks as a function of age and gender sounds like it would yield some very interesting data.
Specs
What’s in the Box?
160x Fidget Spinners
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, July 13th - Monday, July 20th
I can’t sit still for this deal!
EPIC SO MEH
No. Still have a box of spinners from the first time they were sold. And at least with those, I can occasionally harvest button batteries…
@RedOak
What model battery did they hold?
@thechilipepper0 there were two random versions, one with crappy, rare, an useless CR1220 cells (those spinners were unreliable) and one with much more useful and common CR2025 cells. I “lucked out” with 100% CR2025 version.
I have cases of these things under the bed. I hope we get a lot of kids at Halloween.
@sammydog01 You really want your house egged, don’t you?
Will these fit in the larger easter eggs? Will they come in time for easter?
@medz that’s actually a great idea. Instead of Easter egg hunt … A fidget spinner hunt.
@OnionSoup True…they already colorful enough. hang em from tree branches with string, tuck them under rocks, etc…
At community egg hunts, just toss a bunch in the field.
This meh-RATHON Is starting to spin out of control!
This offering is a perfect example of why you don’t sit on excess inventory.
@swechsler they’ve been trying to get rid of this crap for years. And every time I’m ever so slightly tempted.
@OnionSoup @swechsler well beware as I bought this deal previously and out of 160 fidget spinners only the lights in 35 of them worked !
Buy now, hold for 20 years, wait until kids today are mid 30s, sell at nostalgic price. Profit.
I don’t understand how many I am getting and for how much
@ELUNO depends on which you buy. It’s 160 spinners. You have to choose 4 packs.
@RiotDemon But I can just buy one right? So confusing! I’m tapping out!
@ELUNO @RiotDemon more specifically, you ust by 4 packs of 40 = 160 total spinners
Price depends on if you get any of the dead LED ones. (I’d recommend against it)
@ELUNO @RiotDemon
When I clicked buy, it let me select just one 40-pack and at the bottom, it had the price for just one jar
@ELUNO you have to buy at least four (total qty of 160)
@ELUNO @thechilipepper0 you have to keep adding another until you get a total of 160 spinners. That way you choose which four you want.
@thechilipepper0 If you try to click pay with only 1 specified you’ll get an error. You must add 4 of whatever type you desire.
@medz @thechilipepper0 No deal then!
I’ve been very popular amongst the inner city kids at Halloween. But I’m tired of being mobbed.
@jml326 I’ve given out fidget spinners two years in a row. First year, they were a hit and at least a couple of kids came by multiple times. Last year it was cold and rainy. I had a total of like 12 kids. I have many fidget spinners left for next year.
@gt0163c I have a young child who still goes out with me. So I was reverse trick or treating. aka walking around with 400 spinners, stopping on the corners, and handing them out.
I’m officially out of spinners. Not sure I want 160, though…I would buy 40 for $5 to give to kid’s classroom for “prizes”.
@medz
Try it. I think you can just get 40
@thechilipepper0 Already did. You can’t.
Spinning right round now baby
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The batteries WILL be depleted — I bought this deal before and only 35 out of 160 fidget spinners lights worked ! I bought these and donated them to a classroom of special needs students and discovered only 35 of them lite up !
DON’T DO IT!! For the light up ones, at least. As of last halloween, only abut 1 in 4 lit up, and most of those very dimly. My kids actually did sit on the floor and do a build your own exercise to (literally) get these out the door. On the flip side, the normal ones actually work quite well. In my second year of trick or treat meh-xperminets, fidget spinners still win out 3:1 over normal candy bars, only loosing in the teenage girl category (who prefer plain hershey’s chocolate). And yes, I do have spreadsheets!
@DaveKnowsAll Agreed. Normal ones are much better quality.
@DaveKnowsAll - So you’re saying you’re an engineer? Cause I’m an engineer and the idea of tracking trick-or-treat treat picks as a function of age and gender sounds like it would yield some very interesting data.
@gt0163c You got me
Welp, I guess I’ve giving these out for Halloween again this year. At ~12 cents a piece I could afford to throw in some chocolate with it!
I don’t know why
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/giphy venomous-reasonable-drum
It’s not a Meh-rathon without a bunch of fidget spinners