Well Played, Meh…. Well played….
21So I opted to purchase an Instant Regret Kit at 2am - ish my time because I knew they would sell out before the day was through….
But I also did a check in with myself and I understood that I would regret NOT buying this at $29 than gambling whether they would sell out at 1000 or 1500 items…
I don’t expect anything exciting or excessive when this kit arrives, BUT I am very hopeful regardless…
For YEARS I was unable to ever participate in buying the fukubukaro and then the Instant Regret Kit… so now I have an opportunity to play in this game without all of the “are you a bot” things and paying attention to the latest hair trigger/timer sales replacement… so ooo
I want to say Thank You! to Meh for making this last year more fun… I was on the verge of cancelling last year when they changed their approach… so NOW… yah… I guess some of you regret not buying 1 of 1000 chances of winning something unexpected and weird and unpredictable… I mean I actually Do Not play the lottery so being able to spend between $19-$35 (with tax) to add something quixotic in my entire life? ? ? Yeah I pulled that lever and I’m writing this enthusiastic trope.
This “prize” won’t arrive for a while - even bettah!!! When it shows up I’ll be like ‘who da heck bought this crapola?’ and then I can open a package with retro-childlike innocence that I don’t possess on a daily basis…
Nonetheless…I guess I’m saying take your fun where and when you can because Meh is still offering that to people like me… thanks salutes and happy retail therapy homage to everyone who has read this… (and Lordie knows what I’m gonna do with the stuff I receive that I don’t need….but so what… who cares???..)
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What to do with it?? Throw it in the trash like 95% of the recent suckers that have fallen victim to this farce of an IRK that used to be a fun thing to get. I balked when they when from $5 to $10 but kept trying to get one. I actually had a consecutive streak of 33 IRK’s going before they went and ruined the challenge. Now that anyone can get one at anytime for a ridiculous price, I no longer participate.
It’s a good thing too! I’ve hardly seen ANY items in recent IRK’s of any value! I used to get Coffee Makers, Waffle Makers; Food Processors; Headphones; Stereos and many other useful items. My last purchase was Oct. 28th of last year. I’ve yet to find anything offered that I can’t do without or get elsewhere cheaper.
So, enjoy your box of trash when it arrives. Do remember to post pics of it though to warn others not to follow your folly. Maybe meh will wise up but they seem to enjoy this charade. (end of rant).
Oops!! “when they went from $5 to $10”
@IndifferentDude Huh. This seems like kinda the opposite of ‘indifferent’.
But definitely dude.
(my IRKs have ranged, but overall, have been pretty positive, and always fun. And the tat IRKs paid for themselves the first one, with a $200 air fryer.)
Not so @IndifferentDude , you totally missed the point. While you had a consecutive streak of 33 IRK’s @shells couldn’t win any. Offering more at a higher price gives more people a chance to play trash or treasure.
No need for you to rant on their positive post, just quietly stop buying them.
@callow
/giphy preach
@IndifferentDude who pissed in your Cheerios? It was impossible for me to ever get a fuku/fuko/irk. And before that a boc.
Despite smashig the button right at midnight and getting past captcha. It never ever went through in time. Sorry your ability to game the system every time went away?
As to the quality of the irks… Hard to gauge. But when they are a dollar with other purchases, and everyone knows they are probably going to get paint/phone chargers/junk. This one is more expensive but. Seriously
You know what bothers me?
/youtube meh.com irk announced departure
Beep beep boop boop. (I assume if you failed CAPTCHA you now understand Robot.)
@unksol Well, if you’re reading this, that means I haven’t departed (although I’m sure some wish I would).
I have, however, refused to participate in the EZ acquisition of IRK’s via the present format. There’s no fun or challenge involved since anyone who wants one can have it for whatever random price meh decides to offer them for (along with a method to lower your purchase price). I’m glad others are happy though so continue having “fun”!!
@IndifferentDude say what you want there was a clear network bias that got some people in faster. That’s just a fact of how networks work. 33 in a row? You had an advantage not skill.
I haven’t seem anyone get a random pallet recently but that was more a woot thing and would be them just buying and shipping a pallet without looking at it for fun.
@IndifferentDude @unksol I can take issue with the idea that a better network is the reason for success.
When the IRKs were random, I got more than 15 in a row, using my iPhone X, with outdated IOS, and usually 1-2 bars of reception and quite often having my data throttled by ATT, since I don’t have cable/home internet, and always casting movies from my iPhone.
@IndifferentDude @lonocat I can’t believe I still have to explain this. It’s the network backbone
@lonocat @unksol Exactly! There were times I barely got 1 when there were only 25 or 50 at a time! I kept trying throughout the day and somehow got one. It was both frustrating and fun! Not anymore. Want an IRK? Buy it straight up. Buy extra junk if you want to “save” money.
@IndifferentDude @unksol I would agree with the network bias. By the time the page loaded for me usually irks were sold out (eg when there were fewer than around 500 of them). And I’d time just how long I’d have to wait after the clock hit zero before I could refresh the page and get the new deal on non irk items so I knew how long to wait to refresh as close as possible in case this time it was an irk. I had a very high latency/ping which I am sure did not help the situation at all. I only got one when the number offered was low if I was very lucky and meh had a glitch. And I missed getting check the streetlights…
@IndifferentDude @Kidsandliz @unksol
Just another data point:
I have never tried to buy an IRK and have been successful every time.
@IndifferentDude @macromeh @unksol Hmmm never tried. You could say, “Failure is not the
falling downfailing to get one, it is thestaying downnot even trying to begin with.”.@macromeh Well Played, @macromeh…. Well played….
@IndifferentDude @Kidsandliz @unksol
Sure, I guess, the same way that I have consistently failed at drinking bleach, poking grizzly bears with a stick and betting everything I own on the lottery.
@IndifferentDude @Kidsandliz @macromeh those are radically different stakes than. “Meh I guess I donate this”
@IndifferentDude @unksol
I want a pallet
@IndifferentDude @Star2236 you might not. There was the whole BATH!!! incident
@IndifferentDude @Star2236 @unksol Do tell!
@IndifferentDude @lisagd @Star2236 @unksol Someone got a bathtub full of neoprene tablet ? cases, took a photo of themselves in the full to the top bathtub with them and posted it.
@IndifferentDude @Kidsandliz @unksol
Maybe, but still similar in the sense that I’m pretty sure I won’t enjoy the outcome.
@IndifferentDude @Kidsandliz @lisagd @Star2236
https://meh.com/forum/topics/bath
The photos were lost when meh changed their upload method I think. Not sure if @BillLehecka is still around. Profile is quiet
@IndifferentDude @Kidsandliz @Star2236 @unksol Clever!
@BillLehecka @IndifferentDude @Kidsandliz @lisagd @Star2236 @unksol The photo lives on in image search! Such a great photo, too.
Well said @shells! I feel the same
. It’s been a weird last 3 years and meh has gotten me thru some stuff with their shenanigans 
. So thank you meh 
.
I got the last one. It had generic diapers in it. May your luck be better than mine.
@arysta That would be worth it for the laugh.
@arysta I mean, at least SOMEONE can use those.
I still need to rehome some MacBook covers (is that the right name? I don’t even know.)
@arysta @brainmist I sent some to my friend when he had his kid. I thought it was funny
@arysta @brainmist I got a pink macbook cover. I’d suspect they don’t fit the current macs (no way to check though as my mac is not a 15’ one).
I’m glad to see a positive take on this current IRK methodology. I thought about pulling the trigger but knew I would not be at the computer to speak of all day so odds of picking up anything to offset the $10 offered was minimal.
@shells Hope your box is filled with lots of sparkles and unicorns!
@chienfou I’m a little sad. Picked up a few items early on in the mehrathon, but $20 is above my “throw-away-on-crap” limit so didn’t go with an IRK.
It is what it is though. They had plenty of demand, even at $20 to sell out long before midnight. They know their customer base, and know they can sell at that price. Sadly, probably means my days of getting IRKs are over… the plus side is, I’ll waste less money this way on IRKs… lol
@chienfou @OnionSoup well the new model of getting an irk with a discount on a marathon has been highly variable. Obviously actually paying $20 for the garbage in the last few… Eh. They may have run out of paint though. I agree $20 for an irk is too much
Yeah, the anticipation can be fun but (as advertised) upon delivery the regret is instant.
@macromeh think of all the anticipation, and sleepiness hours, waiting for an IRK to show up during a Meh-rathon. All the work and stuff you ignored.
Then, there it is! You quickly hit the buy button rapidly as the page is still loading!
Now your adrenaline is flowing! Then you scroll down, click the “I’m not a robot “ button, only to get a captcha! Oh, No!
But it’s an easy one, and you fly right through it. Now you have the green bars flowing, one, two, three, four!
Sold out!
What a roller coaster ride!
Now you have to stay glued till the next one comes up!
So much fun
Or how about when there’s a clue that sends you hunting on Sidedeal for a hidden IRK?
Which item could it be?
Is it in the description?
Or maybe a link on the buy page?
Those were fun
I installed CAPTCHA to save my fellow robots from wasting money on this crap.
@lonocat
I think anyone with a clue would not be hunting for an IRK.
@lonocat @macromeh
@lonocat @macromeh
Those were fun and those were the days.
My first Irk, and still my favorite Irk quest ever:
The adventure story that introduced us to Sidedeal on April Fool’s Day, 2020.
I’ll add, I think the best way to sell the Irk might be the “spend $20 on Meh and get $20 off a $30 IRK”. Yes, people complained (And when it was much more than that, I did too), but I honestly think it’s the best recent way.
The bots don’t get all the irks that way. Your latency to the Meh servers doesn’t matter. It “rewards” people who actually buy something. You’ll only spend $30 on the IRK if you buy something you didn’t want to get the discount- and then that’s your own fault!
People will whine. And no, you won’t get an IRK every time but everyone (who spends) will get an opportunity to win an IRK sometime.
Honestly though, it keeps the price reasonable… might nudge a few people to buy more during a mehrathon, so good for Meh too.
@OnionSoup yeah, probably the best compromise. Still not as fun as the original, but better than the $99 ones with an all-or-nothing refund purchase requirement, and WAY better than the constantly changing rules that always end up confusing people no matter how excruciatingly meticulous the explanations. Frankly, I’d almost rather they drop the whole thing than keep going with the experiment. It was funny for a while. Now I feel like a test subject.