I did get a decent hard drive out of a broken video recorder one time. And once there was an ice cream maker. So I guess my entire history of buying the $5 fukos was a net positive.
The ONLY thing I got of value from my ONE IRK (back when they were $5) was the Bag!
Since they No longer sell them for $5 I will not buy one, As I had to Gag gift all the items in IRK box (minus the bag)
Over the years, so, so much fun and some cool stuff has come from IRKs. A lot of crap, too, but there have been some real winners in there.
My favorite: the Marlboro clock that became an Irk art project. I hope it’s still promoting the Cheer Up Sucker at Meh HQ. Building that and then taking it back for Meh’s birthday (and being suspected of being a crazy person) was one of my favorite experiences as part of this crazy community.
@djslack I had forgotten about that until you reposted the thread. Very cool. I do hope they still have it somewhere. So meh employees - is it still on the wall somewhere?
Based on the 3 IRKs I received, definitely $20+. I love the IRK bags, but I don’t have use for women’s clothing and a tractor that (as of this post) may or may not work. Ironically, the second IRK I received had the best stuff, but I forgot to post an unboxing. That one included some drink packets and a grooming set.
The value of my OG fukos and fukus and early IRKs wasn’t too bad, but the more recent IRKS have been rather sucky. Dollar cost averaging probably comes to around 25 bucks. Still hoping for a Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven Air Fryer to up the average. But then I would feel compelled to cook. Hmm
There’ve been only a few less than stellar IRKs in my past, and I consider myself extremely fortunate to have received some amazing things over the years:
Robot vacuum
Food vacuum sealer/packager
Cuisinart food processor (most recent IRK)
Kalorik air fryer (dream come true)
Nespresso Vertuo machine
I’ve had one IRK with exactly zero value…
I’ve had a couple that were close to zero value.
Then I’ve had a couple that had to be worth $80+. Not on things I would buy, but things I have used. (I’ve received two vacuum sealers, which came in handy when the original died).
I never would have bought a vacuum sealer, but I use it since I got one.
I have never successfully purchased an IRK (I’m not counting the Quip consolation pseudo-IRK). And now that it takes $$$ rather than persistence to get one, I guess I’ll never be able to answer this poll question.
The value of the IRKs I have gotten has run the gambit from the practically worthless to a new X box series X gaming system-so from that one alone no matter how many more ones (crappy or not) I get, it will always be a net plus for me.
@Felton10 and the one where I got the box to your Xbox… Not high in monetary value but infinite entertainment value. That was a real rollercoaster ride.
@djslack Yes-we had fun with that one didn’t we-me obviously more than you. Since you got the box before I got the Xbox, the table could have easily been reversed but they weren’t thank god.
The electric scooter project really skews my average, I think retail on it was about $450.
I’ve had some other good ones, like a Cuisinart stainless pot & pan set. Most have been entertaining in one way or another. A couple have been pure garbage, but only a couple.
I bought one IRK and it cost me a lot if I remember. $50 or something. I got some sheets for a full sized bed, which I gave to the only person I know with a bed that size. And I have eight boxes of micro USB cables with car adapters. Maybe 10 years ago they had some value. I’ll never buy another one.
@chienfou Yes, I’ll never buy another IRK. I really just wanted to get the bag, but even that’s useless. The handles are too small and the bag is too wide to carry anything in. Truly instant regret.
Mine have been all over the map. Truly trash (everything broken, parts of something I didn’t own or obsolete) and some decent even if I couldn’t use what I got.
Back in the epic bubble wrap fuko era (at least I think this predated the irk) I did get one with kids toys and they all went to the intended children for christmas. The kids were so thrilled. They loved Santa what santa brought them that year (and it saved their christmas). I do think that someone actually deliberately sent me a specific collection of things (thanks again meh as that was so very needed that year!) and then used bubble wrap due to the ongoing joke with that but then again maybe they wanted to be sure everything arrived in one piece.
Every time I think I’m done, Meh pulls me back in.
I’ve done three Irks counting this one; they were all SideDeal and food related (the first was a three pack of peanut butter cups, the second was corn nuts and a massager, this time it’s meat sticks and flower seeds). The first two combined for maybe thirty bucks worth of (some soggy) stuff (books, twine, ponchos, umbrella, power cables, shammy, headphones), so you can round up and say it was pretty close to twenty bucks an Irk or round down and say ten and a trip to the local Goodwill.
@PHRoG Yeah, I blame you for taking all the good irks from everybody else. (although I’m not sure how you managed it all those times before this month…)
One beeeelllion dollars!!
At least 49.99 (less any disposal charges).
But that’s in Chinese Yuan.
I did get a decent hard drive out of a broken video recorder one time. And once there was an ice cream maker. So I guess my entire history of buying the $5 fukos was a net positive.
Eleventy-seven thousand $macker00s.
I got a shark robovac I still use and I love the reusable bags.
The value of the IRK is an inverse formula of the age of Meh.
The only irk I ever got was the pseudo irk from the quip toothbrush saga. The memories I have from that are priceless.
@j37hr0 I regret not buying that.
@j37hr0 That was an emotional roller coaster, and I still love the shirt and coin
@j37hr0 I’ve only ever bought a handful of things from Meh, and I’m very happy that that was one of them!
Cash value of the contents?
Maybe 20 or 30 bucks.
Emotional value of the regret?
One cannot truly assign a number to a dimensionless infinite.
@2many2no
/giphy dimensionless infinite regret
@2many2no @Kidsandliz Wow, that panda is so EXTRA.
@2many2no @ircon96 yeah giphy, for a change, was a win (grin).
I’ve never bought one. I’m too cheap to spend money on something when I don’t know what it is.
The ONLY thing I got of value from my ONE IRK (back when they were $5) was the Bag!
Since they No longer sell them for $5 I will not buy one, As I had to Gag gift all the items in IRK box (minus the bag)
I’ve had some good stuff. Some broken stuff too, and a whole lot of stuff I don’t want or need. But some good stuff.
I’ve had fun with IRKs until recently. Sort of priceless.
@pooflady I think it’s now spelled pricey
@pooflady Yes. I remember fun here. Vaguely.
Over the years, so, so much fun and some cool stuff has come from IRKs. A lot of crap, too, but there have been some real winners in there.
My favorite: the Marlboro clock that became an Irk art project. I hope it’s still promoting the Cheer Up Sucker at Meh HQ. Building that and then taking it back for Meh’s birthday (and being suspected of being a crazy person) was one of my favorite experiences as part of this crazy community.
@djslack Huh? Do you have photos?
That was before my time but it sounds intriguing.
@Kyeh here’s a thread about it: https://meh.com/forum/topics/upcycled-and-regifted-our-awesome-gift-from-djslack
DIPLOMAT! RAT-A-TAT! FAT CAT! AWESOME!
@djslack That is brilliant!
I love it so much!!!
@djslack I had forgotten about that until you reposted the thread. Very cool. I do hope they still have it somewhere. So meh employees - is it still on the wall somewhere?
$4 product
$69 in anticipation entertainment… Similar to my powerball ticket purchase.
Based on the 3 IRKs I received, definitely $20+. I love the IRK bags, but I don’t have use for women’s clothing and a tractor that (as of this post) may or may not work. Ironically, the second IRK I received had the best stuff, but I forgot to post an unboxing. That one included some drink packets and a grooming set.
@JT954 You got a tractor? Like…a John Deere? Or Cub Cadet?
@JT954 Schrödinger’s
The value of my OG fukos and fukus and early IRKs wasn’t too bad, but the more recent IRKS have been rather sucky. Dollar cost averaging probably comes to around 25 bucks. Still hoping for a Cuisinart Convection Toaster Oven Air Fryer to up the average. But then I would feel compelled to cook. Hmm
There’ve been only a few less than stellar IRKs in my past, and I consider myself extremely fortunate to have received some amazing things over the years:
Robot vacuum
Food vacuum sealer/packager
Cuisinart food processor (most recent IRK)
Kalorik air fryer (dream come true)
Nespresso Vertuo machine
@lordbowen WTF? Are you actually banging someone at MEH? I get used granola and you get these sweet deals?
@BelleGunness @lordbowen
I’ve had one IRK with exactly zero value…
I’ve had a couple that were close to zero value.
Then I’ve had a couple that had to be worth $80+. Not on things I would buy, but things I have used. (I’ve received two vacuum sealers, which came in handy when the original died).
I never would have bought a vacuum sealer, but I use it since I got one.
Average:
Median: about $10
Mean: about $20
@OnionSoup
Mode: $0.25
Actually that wouldn’t work mathematically, but it does check out psychologically
I have never successfully purchased an IRK (I’m not counting the Quip consolation pseudo-IRK). And now that it takes $$$ rather than persistence to get one, I guess I’ll never be able to answer this poll question.
@ahacksaw
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
and yet… you did!
@chienfou But did I? Or did I just comment on it?
@ahacksaw
Actually comments please was the 4th choice…
The value of the IRKs I have gotten has run the gambit from the practically worthless to a new X box series X gaming system-so from that one alone no matter how many more ones (crappy or not) I get, it will always be a net plus for me.
@Felton10 and the one where I got the box to your Xbox… Not high in monetary value but infinite entertainment value. That was a real rollercoaster ride.
@djslack Yes-we had fun with that one didn’t we-me obviously more than you. Since you got the box before I got the Xbox, the table could have easily been reversed but they weren’t thank god.
Worth of zero IRKs purchased: $0
Smug sense of superiority over those who did: Priceless
I’m not sure of the actual value of the several ones I’ve gotten, but when offset by the therapy bills, I’m definitely in the red.
The electric scooter project really skews my average, I think retail on it was about $450.
I’ve had some other good ones, like a Cuisinart stainless pot & pan set. Most have been entertaining in one way or another. A couple have been pure garbage, but only a couple.
I bought one IRK and it cost me a lot if I remember. $50 or something. I got some sheets for a full sized bed, which I gave to the only person I know with a bed that size. And I have eight boxes of micro USB cables with car adapters. Maybe 10 years ago they had some value. I’ll never buy another one.
@Fuzzalini
Why would you if you already have 8 of them… oh wait… you meant another IRK, right?
@chienfou Yes, I’ll never buy another IRK. I really just wanted to get the bag, but even that’s useless. The handles are too small and the bag is too wide to carry anything in. Truly instant regret.
@Fuzzalini
So… Mission accomplished, right?
2 cents
Oops, I forgot the five foot high gumball machine, still with some money and petrified gumballs. Can’t beat that.
Mine have been all over the map. Truly trash (everything broken, parts of something I didn’t own or obsolete) and some decent even if I couldn’t use what I got.
Back in the epic bubble wrap fuko era (at least I think this predated the irk) I did get one with kids toys and they all went to the intended children for christmas. The kids were so thrilled. They loved Santa what santa brought them that year (and it saved their christmas). I do think that someone actually deliberately sent me a specific collection of things (thanks again meh as that was so very needed that year!) and then used bubble wrap due to the ongoing joke with that but then again maybe they wanted to be sure everything arrived in one piece.
Worth every drop of ink stuck in my skin
@mbersiam Has anyone done a cost/reward analysis of IRK ink?
@blaineg my Ink was only $50. And i’ve gotten more than that on vlaie for sure. Plus the easy meh-rathons that don’t stress me out trying to get one.
Every time I think I’m done, Meh pulls me back in.
I’ve done three Irks counting this one; they were all SideDeal and food related (the first was a three pack of peanut butter cups, the second was corn nuts and a massager, this time it’s meat sticks and flower seeds). The first two combined for maybe thirty bucks worth of (some soggy) stuff (books, twine, ponchos, umbrella, power cables, shammy, headphones), so you can round up and say it was pretty close to twenty bucks an Irk or round down and say ten and a trip to the local Goodwill.
I have done well with fuko’s, or irks, whatever you call thrm
Yikes… after reading the thread, apparently, I’ve been lucky!
I’m likely somewhere between a two to three thousand dollars.
/giphy lucky
@PHRoG Yeah, I blame you for taking all the good irks from everybody else. (although I’m not sure how you managed it all those times before this month…)
@PHRoG @xobzoo I think this is a clear message to the staff that PHRoG isn’t getting his fair share of broken useless crap.
@Kyeh @PHRoG @xobzoo
@Kyeh @xobzoo ohhh, I can assure you, I’ve had PLENTY of useless, regrettable crap too
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Once I saved them up for over a year…this isn’t even half! 8ft bed in my truck full went to charity & Goodwill!
@PHRoG @xobzoo Oh, okay.
My best was 2000.00 average seems to be 50.00. couple 1-200, ones and few 15 20 ones
Woot’s BoC still tops Meh for useless/dangerous stuff.
I got several very sharp pieces of a busted shot glass in a BoC. But not all the pieces, so I guess they shared it with someone else.
@blaineg I have gotten broken glass from meh before so it’s not just a woot thing.