@iamdmann Read the fine print. You get a dollar-for-dollar discount on the IRK corresponding to your other purchases today. I just bought the Ninja Foodi grill for $129–free IRK!
@curtw4 thanks for the tip. (kidding…with or without the small print I think it sucks)
but seriously, if they want to change IRKs to thank you gifts for buying stuff, that’s their choice (obviously)…maybe in mehrathons people were only buying IRKs and the rest of the stuff wasn’t moving enough. For me, trying to get an irk was the reason to pay attention to a mehrathon. if I saw other stuff that I happened to like along the way, it was usually discounted a little bit extra and I’d pull the trigger. I don’t like the way they’re doing it now. I can tell you that I’m staying much more engaged during events at the old place where I can fight for a BoC. At $50 they got me twice, but that’s it. In your situation it works out - but did you buy the Ninja for the IRK or did you buy the IRK because of the Ninja? For the longest time the mystery bags (at the old place and here) were a fun prize somewhere between luck and skill…I enjoyed that. I don’t enjoy this. But if I’d been eyeing something for a while that qualified for a “free” IRK…yeah, it works out…but to me it loses the spirit of an IRK.
We love ours, and want to make sure we have a spare.
Spares are necessary because the buttons on the control panel are unreliable.
Can no longer expect to find a spare at Bed, Bath, & Beyond!
Hey, free IRK if I order it today!
So, really, the IRK was an incentive to buy something today that I would have bought, someday and possibly somewhere else. Add that to your two possible reasons, and it all seems like a smart marketing strategy.
@curtw4 Totally…if there were any libratone speakers still kicking around I’d be lining up to order an IRK today, too. and maybe it does help with the distribution of IRKs… Certainly there were those of us who were far more successful in getting them, so maybe for the community it’s a net positive development? If there were regularly-priced IRKs in the mehrathon (even many fewer…which would in some ways make things even more interesting) as well as the rebatable irks I think there would be much less irritation. But in your situation it’s a great bonus…hopefully you get a good IRK!
@curtw4 generally I like them, but they don’t sound anywhere near as good as Sonos. That said, I got multiple libratones for less than one Sonos would cost (still haven’t gotten a Sonos). I’ve done the stereo pairing thing…but in my experience factory resets, sometimes multiple, and then re-adding the speakers in the app to pair will eventually work. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten them to play along on the first try. Battery capable + airplay was killer for me even though I almost never have unplugged mine.
@iamdmann@sammydog01 I have a Libratone 2 sitting here if you want it. I got it in an irk open box. I plugged it in and tried it out then put it back in the box. It is in my pile of stuff to go.
I’m thinking of ending my OG MVP membership. I just don’t see stuff I want or need anymore. Or is it VMP. Whatever. It’s the OG membership. yeah, since Dec 2016. That’s $420… I’m not using it. Argh. This is silly.
@ooglek I am right with you. Been holding off and got the $13 irk and that one stung as well. Then back to this. Guess I can always get a month of regular membership if I buy something.
@KSchweitz I hadn’t looked at casemates… but I was one of the weird ones that actually drank less often during the pandemic, and I’m just generally drinking less. I still love wine and beer and cocktails, but I don’t need a $5/month membership for it.
@Bretterson Yah… maybe I just don’t have the time to sit and wait for an IRK bag anymore. And the IRK bags have gotten more disappointing. Broken electronics, broken mugs, crappy USB batteries.
@Ionocat I didn’t get a pin… damnit. @raccoon81 There hasn’t been ONE THING I wanted in this round. I don’t want $100 worth of stuff I don’t want!
I wonder if I could sell it… sell my account I guess? Anyone want a disappointing monthly membership for stuff that you probably don’t need or want?
@ooglek I tried to get mad that they wouldn’t give me 10% off the daily deals at sidedeal to be the push that I needed to cancel it… but then I didn’t.
@Bretterson I have gotten stuff I have been excited about, but at the same time still don’t need. I am not good at selling stuff, but decent at just giving away.
Giving up my VMP does not mean I will not purchase a $10 IRK if one is ever available, but it is end to paying monthly for no orders.
@raccoon81 Same. I have now canceled my 2016 VMP super special membership. I just don’t get the value out of it. Maybe I once did, but no longer. Goodbye, Super Special VMP. I’ll spend $60 on other things.
@ybmuG I came here to say just that. Maybe they have the decimal point in the wrong place to try to create a sense of urgency to waste $100 on meh for things we ordinarily wouldn’t buy anywhere.
@PHRoG@Seeds As popular as these things are (or used to be), I doubt they’ve sold that many on SideDeal. Besides, it now reads “100+”. This happened last time, too.
But it brings up a good question - how many IRKs has Meh (and it’s step sisters) sold? Just exactly how much regret have they dished out over the years?
@phendrick@PHRoG@Seeds I was figuring maybe some lonely bottles where there aren’t 6 left to make up a half case or something like that. Then again with the history of IRKs, we might end up with “used returns”
@anderson4145@Kyeh But one time they did it this way I believe they finally ran out of irks and it was too late for people to cancel their meh purchase when they couldn’t get an irk. So it’s a gamble - although mostly in your favor.
@anderson4145@Kidsandliz Yeah - it’s hard to fathom how they could “run out” of them … maybe they ran out of shipping boxes but I doubt that they ran out of trash!
@anderson4145@Kyeh Thanks for asking and answering this question. Keeps me from either committing to the IRK or waiting on items I know I want and that might sell out.
I’m sorry, I like it. With a limited number, why not get them to the people who actually shop at Meh (for free) instead of going to the bots? That said, my last two were awful (damn you handbag-buyer!), but it’s not like I wasn’t warned.
@stecker But it doesn’t reward you for any purchases already made, only the weird stuff they decide to try to unload the day of the Mehrathon. So if I see something I’m casually tempted to buy on a regular day, I’ll think “well, maybe I should wait to see if it shows up in one.” Probably better for me in the long run, actually.
I definitely don’t like this format. I get trying to fight the bots and being more egalitarian. I do miss the fun of an IRK popping up and pouncing on it. This still doesn’t work for me, though.
Maybe a sort of ‘loyalty’ program where when you spend $100 (or some amount) over time, you get an IRK. Having to spend all of that in one day doesn’t work for me unless there really are items I ‘need’ that add up to that amount (which has probably never happened).
Although on the topic of experimental IRKs, I’d love to see a mehrathon in which they subject the community to The Retail Prisoner’s Dilemma (aka “Don’t IRK us, We’ll IRK you”) where the IRK’s are’t for sale, at least not directly. Instead, it’s set up such that there are X number of IRK’s available and the X number of customers that spend the most during the mehrathon will have one of said IRKs shipped to them free of charge. So, if the community can collude together and collectively give meh the middle finger and not buy anything, then some number of them can get a cheap IRK without having to fight the bots. But if an individual wants to screw the community and buy more to guarantee an IRK for themselves, they’re also free to do so.
Then, to make things more interesting, every item page would link to a live “scoreboard” where people can see WHO the top X spenders are and if they’re currently “on the list.” Not including of amounts spent, of course. That’s for the various community members to share (and/or lie about) amongst themselves as they try to deduce where the cutoff line is at, and whether or not to pull the trigger on just one more item or just goad others into buying more with a bunch of BS.
To make it even more fun: first item for sale is a whole bunch of cheap $1 tchockeys to quickly populate the scoreboard (in case of ties, priority goes to speed of purchase) followed by second item… some reconditioned personal “massage” devices or other embarrassing and/or useless items of non-trivial cost, just to see who is willing to spend money on crap just for a chance to get more crap. Another variation would be to state at the outset that the IRK list will be frozen after Y number of total items are sold through the mehrathon, so there’s no knowing for sure when they’ll “sell out” and you can’t necessarily wait and make a couple big purchases to move up (or onto) the list at the last minute.
Huh. now that I put it in writing, sounds a lot like some of the old ebay auction shenanigans that used to go on, so maybe not a great idea after all. but spent too long typing all that so I’ll post it anyway. maybe someone has a better idea?
@sproinky@Turken Not to mention what you are talking about is essentially the prisoner’s dilemma where usually the one with the “money/power” screws the other person.
@Jsstam Just before the pandemic, I got a Philips 28" 4K monitor. Loose in an extremely oversized box, with no packing materials or power cord. Could easily have had the screen shattered in transit. It works perfectly!
@Jsstam The 1337 IRKs had a decent amount of actually good items. Ice cream makers, bike pedal things, etc. I know it’s not a TV or an iPad, but they’re still worth way more than the price of the IRK.
However I agree that a gamble of $100 is just too much.
@tru335 well it’s an air fryer is what I was hinting at. I generally like ninja stuff except for a ridiculous blender they sold a few years back that had six ninja blades that would slice you up if you tried to wash it. I’m sure you’ll be happy, as long as you don’t fill it with oil. If you fill it with oil you’ll probably die in a fire.
@tru335@qazxto What are you talking about? It’s not an air fryer. Here’s the manual. It’s a deep-fryer, you fill it with oil. Whether it’s a good one or not I don’t know, but it’s definitely not an air fryer.
@tru335 I hope you sized up the jeans- you might need some extra room after buying the deep fryer. What are you going to make? Donuts? Please make some donuts? And post some donut photos?
@Kyeh@tru335 pardon me, I thought tru bought the ninja air fryer. You still might die though. According to the national fire protection association deep fryers cause 1,000 fire a year resulting in 5 deaths, 60 injuries, and the destruction of 900 homes a year.
Deep fried pastries though are worth it. Live a little.
@Trenn If you buy this IRK and buy anything in the Meh-rathon, you’ll get that amount (excluding taxes and shipping) refunded off of this IRK, up to $99.99.
@Kyeh hah not really I had been stalking items on side deal for the next time they pulled the crazy irk rebate… $50 IRKs are as bad or worse than $5 ones… meh is consistent
At first I was a bit irked at the new strategy, but so far it seems like the stuff popping up has been more useful than previous mehrathons and price decently. So meh… guess I’m in since I’ve been meaning to pick up a few things that have popped up.
I bought an IRK. Then I bought a whole bunch of stuff. The $250 cover charge is taken care of.
Then I bought a whole bunch of more stuff. Enough to pay for a second. Can I buy a second IRK with the same conditions as the first?
Crappiest IRK ever, couldn’t give this sheet away: $100.00 =1 irk bag, 21 diapers, an incase MacPro hard plastic case ($1.00 or less manufacturing cost), and 6, count em 6 , 7 inch tall solar lights. In a $10. IRK, my hubby got 5 Pyrex dishes with great grip covers; a set of Cuisinart knives; a copper bundt pan, muffin pan and cookie sheet; set of fridge liners- all in one $10. Box. I paid $100. 00 for my crap. Life Rule- let my husband shop meh
LifePro Flexcycle for me, along with more TrackRs, screen protectors for phone sizes we don’t have, and Wall stickers of summer foods (popsicles and fruit). One of the better IRKs I’ve gotten - thanks, Meh!
I am just curious, I know the general way to buy this is to spend $100 on other things so that ideally the IRK is free. That way whatever you get is a bonus.
But, should it be a $100 value?
If I bought nothing else, I should get $100 worth of stuff, right?
I spent over 100 but I bought things that I might use someday. Something that I have not been doing anymore because that someday might be a long way away and it is just money wasted now.
@derek17j No value of any kind is assumed or assured. It’s called an Instant Regret Kit for good reason; some of them contain things that Crazy Dave’s Scratch n Dent Emporium would have dumpstered. The ones I’ve received have varied in value enormously. Most of the time, they have just barely had enough things with value to me in them to have been worth the cost of shipping. A couple of them have had near-wow levels of Good Stuff. It is crucial to understand that the price of an expensive IRK is almost never going to predict the value of the IRK.
@werehatrack I understand, and being a meh shopper for years, I get it. But to an outsider who stumbles upon meh and buys only a $100 IRK, they may be really disappointed if they get items that cover the cost of shipping only.
I looked again at the IRK sale page, and I think meh should better explain that you may not get $100 worth of stuff, and that it is a gamble as to the value.
@Barney@werehatrack I just feel for people who bought it for $100 not realizing that you should buy other things. Maybe they bought a couple things, I don’t know. But then to get diapers, I would be more than complaining. Just saying.
I have been buying from Meh since 2014, so I get it, but a newbie probably would not and would definitely complain.
@Barney@derek17j@werehatrack I get what you’re saying but the refund with purchase part of the description should be a clue. Would they really be giving away a hundred dollars of free stuff with a purchase of heavily discounted items?
Would not have paid $5 for the junk I received today. Diapers, several of those trackers, a few brush heads for some electric toothbrush, a screen protector for an iphone, and a “snap jacket”…oh, and some stuff that you melt for “dipping” — gaaaah. All this will be donated.
I got a $40 weighted blanket 20 lbs… guess I can workout while watching tv, an irk bag and an umbrella. Are they running out of regretful items. Definitely a meh irk.
I weirdly got one thing that was 100 percent a perfect pairing for something else I already had but kept forgetting to purchase - an ink pad. Died laughing.
A phone grip/stand in gold with a pink background. This suits my aesthetic and the hands I have that have not increased in size since I was 11 years old. This is useful.
Something related to locks.
I also got one of those hooded, faux fur coats. It was a 3XL. I’m 5’2" and 130 lbs. It comes down to my knees. I do know someone who could use it and it’s a good size for them, but I felt like a kid playing dressup and it was hilarious. Like my first adventure in walking around in heels. If I didn’t hate myself, I’d have taken a picture. My roots were showing, so everyone missed out. Sorry!
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/giphy nope
SPEND $250??? SERIOUSLY???
@seraphmonkey no, they Jedi mind tricked ya.
@seraphmonkey
Spent $100 on Meh, and they’ll refund $99.99
The $250 point was just an example.
@FreePasta oh okay. You’d think they would of used another example of “Spend $100, then get $99.99 off” for stupid people like me…
Yeah, that’s pretty dumb, even for meh
This belongs on April 1, not May 4. Totally absurd. WTF is happening around here?
@iamdmann Read the fine print. You get a dollar-for-dollar discount on the IRK corresponding to your other purchases today. I just bought the Ninja Foodi grill for $129–free IRK!
@curtw4 thanks for the tip. (kidding…with or without the small print I think it sucks)
but seriously, if they want to change IRKs to thank you gifts for buying stuff, that’s their choice (obviously)…maybe in mehrathons people were only buying IRKs and the rest of the stuff wasn’t moving enough. For me, trying to get an irk was the reason to pay attention to a mehrathon. if I saw other stuff that I happened to like along the way, it was usually discounted a little bit extra and I’d pull the trigger. I don’t like the way they’re doing it now. I can tell you that I’m staying much more engaged during events at the old place where I can fight for a BoC. At $50 they got me twice, but that’s it. In your situation it works out - but did you buy the Ninja for the IRK or did you buy the IRK because of the Ninja? For the longest time the mystery bags (at the old place and here) were a fun prize somewhere between luck and skill…I enjoyed that. I don’t enjoy this. But if I’d been eyeing something for a while that qualified for a “free” IRK…yeah, it works out…but to me it loses the spirit of an IRK.
@iamdmann I bought the Ninja because:
So, really, the IRK was an incentive to buy something today that I would have bought, someday and possibly somewhere else. Add that to your two possible reasons, and it all seems like a smart marketing strategy.
@curtw4 Totally…if there were any libratone speakers still kicking around I’d be lining up to order an IRK today, too. and maybe it does help with the distribution of IRKs… Certainly there were those of us who were far more successful in getting them, so maybe for the community it’s a net positive development? If there were regularly-priced IRKs in the mehrathon (even many fewer…which would in some ways make things even more interesting) as well as the rebatable irks I think there would be much less irritation. But in your situation it’s a great bonus…hopefully you get a good IRK!
@iamdmann You like the libratones? I was never able to get mine to act as a stereo pair. Very frustrating (iOS).
@curtw4 @iamdmann I use my libratones all the time but never bothered with the stereo thing.
@curtw4 generally I like them, but they don’t sound anywhere near as good as Sonos. That said, I got multiple libratones for less than one Sonos would cost (still haven’t gotten a Sonos). I’ve done the stereo pairing thing…but in my experience factory resets, sometimes multiple, and then re-adding the speakers in the app to pair will eventually work. I don’t think I’ve ever gotten them to play along on the first try. Battery capable + airplay was killer for me even though I almost never have unplugged mine.
@iamdmann @sammydog01 I have a Libratone 2 sitting here if you want it. I got it in an irk open box. I plugged it in and tried it out then put it back in the box. It is in my pile of stuff to go.
WTAF
So more of this bullshit? Everyone needs to stop buying these ransom IRKs so Meh will stop selling them and go back to doing it the right way.
I thought we were finally getting a real Mehrathon again, but here is the dreaded thread. Oh well, lets me go to sleep at least.
/giphy hell no
Y’all have lost your minds
I’m thinking of ending my OG MVP membership. I just don’t see stuff I want or need anymore. Or is it VMP. Whatever. It’s the OG membership. yeah, since Dec 2016. That’s $420… I’m not using it. Argh. This is silly.
@ooglek i kept it only for the wine @ casemates. Good stuff. But not sure how long I can hold out! This stuff sucks.
@ooglek I’ve been a VMP since the Kickstarter days and I feel similarly. There used to be a fun surprise perk from time to time.
@Bretterson @ooglek maybe you’ll get a free birthday pin in July, like last time
@ooglek I am right with you. Been holding off and got the $13 irk and that one stung as well. Then back to this. Guess I can always get a month of regular membership if I buy something.
@KSchweitz I hadn’t looked at casemates… but I was one of the weird ones that actually drank less often during the pandemic, and I’m just generally drinking less. I still love wine and beer and cocktails, but I don’t need a $5/month membership for it.
@Bretterson Yah… maybe I just don’t have the time to sit and wait for an IRK bag anymore. And the IRK bags have gotten more disappointing. Broken electronics, broken mugs, crappy USB batteries.
@Ionocat I didn’t get a pin… damnit.
@raccoon81 There hasn’t been ONE THING I wanted in this round. I don’t want $100 worth of stuff I don’t want!
I wonder if I could sell it… sell my account I guess? Anyone want a disappointing monthly membership for stuff that you probably don’t need or want?
I suck at sales.
@ooglek I tried to get mad that they wouldn’t give me 10% off the daily deals at sidedeal to be the push that I needed to cancel it… but then I didn’t.
@thismyusername hahahaha you have been successful, I am now cheerful
/giphy way to go buddy
@ooglek - I recently dropped VMP. Much trepidation pulling the trigger, since then no regrets.
/image no regerts
@lonocat I received no such pin
@raccoon81 I was actually regretful of my last two or three IRKs, but rather pleased with the $13.37 one. It’s like they knew…
@Bretterson I have gotten stuff I have been excited about, but at the same time still don’t need. I am not good at selling stuff, but decent at just giving away.
Giving up my VMP does not mean I will not purchase a $10 IRK if one is ever available, but it is end to paying monthly for no orders.
@ooglek The deed is done. I am now
@raccoon81 Same. I have now canceled my 2016 VMP super special membership. I just don’t get the value out of it. Maybe I once did, but no longer. Goodbye, Super Special VMP. I’ll spend $60 on other things.
Since I got one of the last $13+ Irks, and it was disappointing not worth it;
Don’t think I’ll be getting one
I don’t want a reason to spend $100 on things I don’t need. I guess it another miss for an irk for me too
Wow. Just no.
Bring it on. Even if I end up not buying anything, the reactions to the deals are priceless.
I’m definitely skipping this one. Last few irks have been very meh. I even recently gave away most of my irk bags to coworkers
/giphy 100-dollars-question
Please, stop selling IRKs like this.
I don’t have two hundred dollars to spend on regretful necessities like gas and groceries
Why??? NO FUN.
This is what “jumping the shark” looks like.
Still… they seem to be popular…
@ybmuG I came here to say just that. Maybe they have the decimal point in the wrong place to try to create a sense of urgency to waste $100 on meh for things we ordinarily wouldn’t buy anywhere.
@ybmuG is that ever?
@Seeds @ybmuG
Unless they change the SKU, the counter on SD is for all time…not per 'thon.
@PHRoG @Seeds As popular as these things are (or used to be), I doubt they’ve sold that many on SideDeal. Besides, it now reads “100+”. This happened last time, too.
But it brings up a good question - how many IRKs has Meh (and it’s step sisters) sold? Just exactly how much regret have they dished out over the years?
/image inquiring minds want to know
@PHRoG @Seeds And can we have a Casemates IRK?
@PHRoG @Seeds @ybmuG
Wouldn’t that be corks and bottle caps and maybe peeled-off labels?
@phendrick @PHRoG @Seeds I was figuring maybe some lonely bottles where there aren’t 6 left to make up a half case or something like that. Then again with the history of IRKs, we might end up with “used returns”
/giphy gross wine
@PHRoG @Seeds @ybmuG They didn’t sell as many this time.
@PHRoG @Seeds @ybmuG
You could probably go through the entire history and count up how many sold each time… or beg and plead with @snapster to tell you.
I still have to post a pic of my last irk since it was a good one, but yikes. Maybe if you sell something I buy anyway for 100 bucks.
May the Farce be with you?
/giphy spaceballs
Yeah, I’m definitely not buying this one unless I see something I want on the ‘thon, which so far is a negative.
@mtb002 k
Do you need to buy the IRK first or will you get the refund either way?
@anderson4145
You don’t have to buy it first.
@anderson4145 @Kyeh But one time they did it this way I believe they finally ran out of irks and it was too late for people to cancel their meh purchase when they couldn’t get an irk. So it’s a gamble - although mostly in your favor.
@anderson4145 @Kidsandliz Yeah - it’s hard to fathom how they could “run out” of them … maybe they ran out of shipping boxes but I doubt that they ran out of trash!
@anderson4145 @Kyeh Thanks for asking and answering this question. Keeps me from either committing to the IRK or waiting on items I know I want and that might sell out.
I’m sorry, I like it. With a limited number, why not get them to the people who actually shop at Meh (for free) instead of going to the bots? That said, my last two were awful (damn you handbag-buyer!), but it’s not like I wasn’t warned.
@stecker But it doesn’t reward you for any purchases already made, only the weird stuff they decide to try to unload the day of the Mehrathon. So if I see something I’m casually tempted to buy on a regular day, I’ll think “well, maybe I should wait to see if it shows up in one.” Probably better for me in the long run, actually.
I definitely don’t like this format. I get trying to fight the bots and being more egalitarian. I do miss the fun of an IRK popping up and pouncing on it. This still doesn’t work for me, though.
Maybe a sort of ‘loyalty’ program where when you spend $100 (or some amount) over time, you get an IRK. Having to spend all of that in one day doesn’t work for me unless there really are items I ‘need’ that add up to that amount (which has probably never happened).
@j4yx0r This feels like gouging instead of fun like it used to be.
Yeah. I think I’m going to sit this one out.
Although on the topic of experimental IRKs, I’d love to see a mehrathon in which they subject the community to The Retail Prisoner’s Dilemma (aka “Don’t IRK us, We’ll IRK you”) where the IRK’s are’t for sale, at least not directly. Instead, it’s set up such that there are X number of IRK’s available and the X number of customers that spend the most during the mehrathon will have one of said IRKs shipped to them free of charge. So, if the community can collude together and collectively give meh the middle finger and not buy anything, then some number of them can get a cheap IRK without having to fight the bots. But if an individual wants to screw the community and buy more to guarantee an IRK for themselves, they’re also free to do so.
Then, to make things more interesting, every item page would link to a live “scoreboard” where people can see WHO the top X spenders are and if they’re currently “on the list.” Not including of amounts spent, of course. That’s for the various community members to share (and/or lie about) amongst themselves as they try to deduce where the cutoff line is at, and whether or not to pull the trigger on just one more item or just goad others into buying more with a bunch of BS.
To make it even more fun: first item for sale is a whole bunch of cheap $1 tchockeys to quickly populate the scoreboard (in case of ties, priority goes to speed of purchase) followed by second item… some reconditioned personal “massage” devices or other embarrassing and/or useless items of non-trivial cost, just to see who is willing to spend money on crap just for a chance to get more crap. Another variation would be to state at the outset that the IRK list will be frozen after Y number of total items are sold through the mehrathon, so there’s no knowing for sure when they’ll “sell out” and you can’t necessarily wait and make a couple big purchases to move up (or onto) the list at the last minute.
Huh. now that I put it in writing, sounds a lot like some of the old ebay auction shenanigans that used to go on, so maybe not a great idea after all. but spent too long typing all that so I’ll post it anyway. maybe someone has a better idea?
@Turken don’t give them any more ideas, they’ve proven they’ll try anything including a $100 IRK
@sproinky @Turken Not to mention what you are talking about is essentially the prisoner’s dilemma where usually the one with the “money/power” screws the other person.
Going too far.
Whole point was a way to get rid of old stock to the delight or regret of the purchase - a price so small it didn’t matter to the end user.
When was the last time someone got a TV?
Now its a way to get me to go to a second site, the very thing that killed the one deal a day before.
The last regret kit was truly a huge regret, they used to at least be interesting. Oh and the only thing I wanted to use: an led light - burned out.
@Jsstam Just before the pandemic, I got a Philips 28" 4K monitor. Loose in an extremely oversized box, with no packing materials or power cord. Could easily have had the screen shattered in transit. It works perfectly!
@Jsstam The 1337 IRKs had a decent amount of actually good items. Ice cream makers, bike pedal things, etc. I know it’s not a TV or an iPad, but they’re still worth way more than the price of the IRK.
However I agree that a gamble of $100 is just too much.
Works for me… got the 4qt deep fryer, the jeans 3 pack, and the 2 player soccer game. Already up to $100.
@tru335 boy are you going to be disappointed in that deep fryer.
@qazxto 4.4 stars on AMZN… what do you know that I don’t?
@tru335 well it’s an air fryer is what I was hinting at. I generally like ninja stuff except for a ridiculous blender they sold a few years back that had six ninja blades that would slice you up if you tried to wash it. I’m sure you’ll be happy, as long as you don’t fill it with oil. If you fill it with oil you’ll probably die in a fire.
@tru335 @qazxto What are you talking about? It’s not an air fryer. Here’s the manual. It’s a deep-fryer, you fill it with oil. Whether it’s a good one or not I don’t know, but it’s definitely not an air fryer.
https://www.cuisinart.com/globalassets/catalog/appliances/deep-fryers/4-quart-deep-fryer/cdf-200.pdf
@tru335 I hope you sized up the jeans- you might need some extra room after buying the deep fryer. What are you going to make? Donuts? Please make some donuts? And post some donut photos?
@sammydog01 maybe one day, as a cheat… have to right? otherwise, fried wings, fried chicken (paleo / keto batter), other mostly healthy shit…
@Kyeh @tru335 pardon me, I thought tru bought the ninja air fryer. You still might die though. According to the national fire protection association deep fryers cause 1,000 fire a year resulting in 5 deaths, 60 injuries, and the destruction of 900 homes a year.
Deep fried pastries though are worth it. Live a little.
@Kyeh @qazxto I’m going to print off these comments and deep fry them as my first test…
Shite, this place became Temu.
Except at least Temu wouldn’t charge $15 for a cheap plasticky avocado fidget popper or cheap as gift bagged power bars.
Do you still get the refund on the IRK even if you buy things from that day that aren’t actively sold in the 20 minute mehrathon window?
@Trenn If you buy this IRK and buy anything in the Meh-rathon, you’ll get that amount (excluding taxes and shipping) refunded off of this IRK, up to $99.99.
Just got a boc from the push notice from the old site!
The Force is strong in this one!
@lonocat Me too!
@lonocat @sammydog01 Whaaaaaa…?
@tru335 woot! they are talking bout woot!
@thismyusername holy shit… Holy Shit… HOLY SHIT!!!
@thismyusername
@tru335 Did you get one?!
@Kyeh I did not… I am still paying off the $50 IRK.
@thismyusername
Bummer.
@Kyeh hah not really I had been stalking items on side deal for the next time they pulled the crazy irk rebate… $50 IRKs are as bad or worse than $5 ones… meh is consistent
@thismyusername So this was a $50 one from several months ago?
At first I was a bit irked at the new strategy, but so far it seems like the stuff popping up has been more useful than previous mehrathons and price decently. So meh… guess I’m in since I’ve been meaning to pick up a few things that have popped up.
I bought an IRK. Then I bought a whole bunch of stuff. The $250 cover charge is taken care of.
Then I bought a whole bunch of more stuff. Enough to pay for a second. Can I buy a second IRK with the same conditions as the first?
@macdaddy1 Unfortunately not:
@Kyeh @macdaddy1 You only had to spend $100 to get it free.
How does the refund process work? Is there a form to fill out or something?
@salcedo
It’s manually done automatically.
Yeah, I remembered to actually order enough stuff!
Mine showed up. It was cotton diapers, women’s rain boots, an ugly purse, and some oversized cargo shorts. Definitely a regret.
SunJoe Power Washer for me
A leg massager for me.
Crappiest IRK ever, couldn’t give this sheet away: $100.00 =1 irk bag, 21 diapers, an incase MacPro hard plastic case ($1.00 or less manufacturing cost), and 6, count em 6 , 7 inch tall solar lights. In a $10. IRK, my hubby got 5 Pyrex dishes with great grip covers; a set of Cuisinart knives; a copper bundt pan, muffin pan and cookie sheet; set of fridge liners- all in one $10. Box. I paid $100. 00 for my crap. Life Rule- let my husband shop meh
Worst irk ever, $100.00 for a $5.00 box of disappointment. Yep, it’s gonna cost me $5.00 to my garbage collector
@Arnette1 If you bought it without getting a refund you did it wrong.
LifePro Flexcycle for me, along with more TrackRs, screen protectors for phone sizes we don’t have, and Wall stickers of summer foods (popsicles and fruit). One of the better IRKs I’ve gotten - thanks, Meh!
$50 comfortor, a childrens book, dryer sheets, and a poster. IRKed to say the least.
I am just curious, I know the general way to buy this is to spend $100 on other things so that ideally the IRK is free. That way whatever you get is a bonus.
But, should it be a $100 value?
If I bought nothing else, I should get $100 worth of stuff, right?
I spent over 100 but I bought things that I might use someday. Something that I have not been doing anymore because that someday might be a long way away and it is just money wasted now.
@derek17j No value of any kind is assumed or assured. It’s called an Instant Regret Kit for good reason; some of them contain things that Crazy Dave’s Scratch n Dent Emporium would have dumpstered. The ones I’ve received have varied in value enormously. Most of the time, they have just barely had enough things with value to me in them to have been worth the cost of shipping. A couple of them have had near-wow levels of Good Stuff. It is crucial to understand that the price of an expensive IRK is almost never going to predict the value of the IRK.
@werehatrack I understand, and being a meh shopper for years, I get it. But to an outsider who stumbles upon meh and buys only a $100 IRK, they may be really disappointed if they get items that cover the cost of shipping only.
I looked again at the IRK sale page, and I think meh should better explain that you may not get $100 worth of stuff, and that it is a gamble as to the value.
@derek17j @werehatrack
So instead of calling it an IRK, it should be called,
“You Will Regret This Purchase And Will Never Be Happy With What It Is Worth Even If We Told You It’s Real Value Before You Buy It” box?
People would still complain.
@Barney @werehatrack I just feel for people who bought it for $100 not realizing that you should buy other things. Maybe they bought a couple things, I don’t know. But then to get diapers, I would be more than complaining. Just saying.
I have been buying from Meh since 2014, so I get it, but a newbie probably would not and would definitely complain.
@Barney @derek17j @werehatrack I get what you’re saying but the refund with purchase part of the description should be a clue. Would they really be giving away a hundred dollars of free stuff with a purchase of heavily discounted items?
@derek17j If you want to spend $100 on a mystery box titled Instant Regret Kit and you aren’t happy then you very much got what you paid for.
Would not have paid $5 for the junk I received today. Diapers, several of those trackers, a few brush heads for some electric toothbrush, a screen protector for an iphone, and a “snap jacket”…oh, and some stuff that you melt for “dipping” — gaaaah. All this will be donated.
I got a $40 weighted blanket 20 lbs… guess I can workout while watching tv, an irk bag and an umbrella. Are they running out of regretful items. Definitely a meh irk.
Not too IRKed at all…
haven’t actually looked inside the mixer box, but seems legit.
@walarney does it actually work? I got a projector that was a DOA return
@caffeineguy looks unopened to me. We won’t know for sure until after Christmas when I give it to one of the nieces or nephews.
I weirdly got one thing that was 100 percent a perfect pairing for something else I already had but kept forgetting to purchase - an ink pad. Died laughing.
A phone grip/stand in gold with a pink background. This suits my aesthetic and the hands I have that have not increased in size since I was 11 years old. This is useful.
Something related to locks.
I also got one of those hooded, faux fur coats. It was a 3XL. I’m 5’2" and 130 lbs. It comes down to my knees. I do know someone who could use it and it’s a good size for them, but I felt like a kid playing dressup and it was hilarious. Like my first adventure in walking around in heels. If I didn’t hate myself, I’d have taken a picture. My roots were showing, so everyone missed out. Sorry!
Hilarious box though. Not unhappy at all.