@Headly Not only it's a unitasker, but you have to go all the way to Japan to get some butter. I guess you could have it shipped, but I don't really trust DHL to keep cool all the way.
Turning it into a square easy butter butter, you can butter filamentous did softly. Butter strange butter softly. With the following differences: butter and usually can be enjoyed. Because it is easy to spread in the mouth than the hard butter, flavor increases, I feel very delicious. Kang also auto softly even in small quantities, and pre-usage is small, it is most suitable to the diet can cut calories.
So I am one of the suckers that bought one of these when it first came out. At the moment it is still in the box and has never been used. It is such an interesting idea but way too much work cleaning it after.
@conandlibrarian But the write-up! It said a selling point was that it's easier to clean than a blender. If we doubt the write up, who - I SAY WHO - could we trust??!
I own the basic model Yonanas, and it is amazing. As long as you like the taste of bananas. You can mix in other frozen fruit and it will still have a creamy texture somewhat like soft serve ice cream as long as you use bananas as the base. You can also use just other fruit for a sorbet like consistency. I'm upgrading to the elite.
@Blaketh My favorite recipe is bananas and Dole Sunshine blend (frozen pineapples, oranges, and strawberries, look in the freezer fruit section)- have her give it a try
@WardF I think all the people from Hoarders work in that warehouse.. it would explain why it takes so long to get purchases in the mail, they have to wait for an intervention.
And then I get this email. I'm feeling a bit burned here. Hmmmmm. Hey hey, Upallnite - Mediocre Labs here, rappin' atcha to let you know that, as a member of the Very Mediocre Person program, you'll soon be receiving something free from us. At first we were thinking MOTORCYCLES FOR ALL!!, but we didn't want to bum you out with a whole big registration/insurance trip. So we had some Mediocre socks made. First, you'll get an email about how your "order" for socks is on its way. Don't freak. Put your money away. They're free. Then, 1-2 weeks later, you'll get some real socks, customized/ruined with some allegedly humorous Mediocre branding. Everybody wears socks, right? As always, you're free to cancel your VMP membership at any time, pay more to ship your Meh orders, and leave any potential future free doodads for the rest of us. It would be insane, but you're free to do it. Mediocre Labs
@hareeshch while you and I slept, during the hours of darkness, Meh made $10 grand on these. I'm so coming back at 11:59 to see what the final tally is.
Oh no. Going out to buy bananas tonight so that I can freeze them and try this tomorrow with my Ninja blender. Then to decide if I like it and if I need an appliance just for this. Meh, quit taking my money!
Ok, so this gadget is lame. Certainly. But, that said, blended frozen bananas are actually pretty amazing. They really do have the texture of soft serve - if you didn't know, you'd have a hard time telling the difference. And mixed with other fruit and stuff, or with vanilla, or whatever, they're even better.
Dear haters, People use their champion juicers for this very purpose. It's delicious with a few frozen strawberries or watermelon added. While y'all are sweating away this summer with your dairy cream-based desserts, all the VB6 types will be cool as cucumbers.
@shawn@unixrab DON'T CLICK THAT LINK! IT'S A TRAP! It'll download ransomware to your computer and you'll have to pay meh a small fortune and you'll be a dork for the rest of your life! :-)
(Oh, and I gave your comments the required stars, shawn and unixrab.)
@unixrab Yes here's your specs.... if you have a blender then use that. Like how often can you even buy frozen bananas? It's just a silly extra step. Plus does that silly goose look like it's easier to clean than your blender?
Like most of the other cool-sounding 'M'-words, Mastication's reality is WAYYY less amusing & entertaining than fantasy implies - and the cleanup is just as messy too.
Mutter, mutter, mutter ...
In the immemorable words of Winston Chesterfield:
"These are the forms of Consumerist Pap, that down with which we shall never get!"
"To the Barramundi's - Fellow Lupenfish - we have nothing to Feh but Feth itself!'
Is there any reason to buy one of these if we already have a Vitamix? I can't think of any reason, but as Mandamm says, the Amazon reviews are stellar.
HAHAHA I think this is exactly the type of product meh should offer sometimes. It's meh. Like the good old(?) days As-Seen-On-TV pancake pans and Rocky Mountain Survival Knife. Totally meh product, will see if a Deal or not.
"WTF - where are the great deals?!" Keep checking and cheer up sucker! Or not.
Oh, and banana mash be good if you add peanut butter, cinnamon, honey, sometimes chocolate. Or ferment it. sickly-hallucinating-mash
All Girl Scout Troops need this, so they can sell you a fruity beverage at the stand outside your local store while you are being buying cookies through guilt.
That's the last straw. Either Meh gives away another few months of FREE VMP before Feb 24th, or I'm outta here. I'm beginning to feel like a dweeb for even wasting my time stopping by to check out the daily offers.
@eyewerks I have made 16 purchases here over the last 2 months. I paid the shipping on the first two ( those ridiculous hand vacuums with the UV lights) thinking they'd arrive by Christmas. I don't think they made it by New Year's.
@eyewerks Continued...... As I was saying, my last 14 purchases were made under the free 2 month VMP membership that was given away for Christmas. It was a shrewd give-away on Meh's part, as I can honestly say I wouldn't have made a single one of those purchases if I had to pay $5 shipping. I also would't pay for VMP, just as I would never pay a "membership" fee to shop in a store ( such as Costco, BJs, Sam's, etc.). I refuse to pay for Amazon Prime and often miss out on Amazon "deals" as I won't make the purchase unless I have $35 worth of crap in my cart and qualify for free shipping. I think the free VMP was a very smart move on the part of Meh, but once it's gone so am I. There's been nothing exceptional offered, and of the 14 purchases I made (not including the freakish hand vacuums which were gifts), I haven't used anything that I bought. That said, my name is Eyewerks and I am a horder. :(.
@eyewerks Right there with you; except I'm not because we all know that's why Meh had us sign on to VMP: we'll never take action to cancel! It's a trap!
@JonT I imagine the little Erlmeiher flask by your name, JonT, means you're affiliated with Meh management (I still don't know what the "K" by names signify). Cute GIF that clearly illustrates how importent repeat customers are to Meh. Rather than post a response that adds to the thread, you're quick to post a give-a-shit reply illustrating the little regard you have for customers. It's a bit like the cocky attitude that Apple had towards its user base of Kool-Aide drunken lemmings - "Get with the program - don't question anything - or get lost!". I feel very appreciated. Thanks.
I think many of you that got free VMP at Christmas would be wise to mark your calendars/planners and make a note to cancel the "service" before February 24th. Save yourselves $5 a month and the temptation to buy shit that you don't need, don't really want, but think might be a "good deal" should you ever find yourself in need of some random, pretty much useless, piece of shit failed product that supposedly costs more elsewhere. Besides, Meh obviously doesn't appreciate you as customers. Just check out the GIF they left me ^^^^. That is all.
Let's touch upon VMP's value for the money. For $60 a year (or $50 this year if you happened to take advantage of the Christmas offer of 2 months free) you get slow-as-snails shipping of whatever random items Meh decides to offer and you choose to purchase. Granted, it's much better than paying $5 per order, but how many of Meh's offerings do you really need, or at least are willing to buy if you had to pay the shipping? I believe Amazon Prime has now gone up to $99 a year, for which you get free 2-day shipping on millions of items that you can purchase whenever you like, and as a bonus you get access to a huge video library, music library, e-book library, and unlimited online photo storage. The bonuses alone may be worth far more than $99 a year to many people. It sort of makes Meh's $5 a month seem like a rip-off. I would suggest that Meh change its business model when it comes to VMP. Don't automatically do recurrent builling for VMP. Instead, each time someone makes a purchase charge $5 for shipping, but offer them FREE shipping for the next 30-day period on anything they buy. Once the 30 days pass, charge shipping on the next purchase and give them another month free. For those that want have recurrent billing, reduce the price to $4 a month, to give folks incentive to fork over buck$ whether or not they buy anything. If Meh had a pool of items that were always offered the recurrant VMP billing might make more sense, but folks really have no idea if they're going to want anything that's up for sale in a month's time.
@eyewerks I purchase all of my groceries for the year on January 1st.
But in all seriousness I’m not sure we’re what you’re looking for. We’re just a humble daily deal site that offers one item a day. We have less than 50 employees. We are not Amazon, we’re not trying to be Amazon, and we will never be Amazon (unless the price is right…jk everyone <3).
@JonT I was just feeling around to see what you just would put up with. If it's okay with you I may still check out what's up for sale, and pay the shipping on each purchase I choose to make,
I love bananas and fruits so I'm very tempted to get one. But I'm worried about the amount of clean up work afterwards...both for the machine and my toilet!
At first glance I said "Meh", however, after reading reviews on Amazon, it looks like something that could be fun to do with the kids. Has anyone tried the Big Boss Swirlio (I just saw it on Amazon when checking out the reviews for this)? Seems similar, but made for all kinds of fruits, not just bananas. Actual reviews appreciated!
One more thing: the video states the recipe book has "...suggestions on how to add liquor"... Has anyone tried this? Results? Perhaps if that had been experimented with a little more, it might have boosted sales...? **sidenote: I didn't mean making frozen-banana-delights w/liquor with the kids-definitely an adults-only treat!
@grammarsheriff Thanks for the info! Actually, I believe we bought our parents one that looks just like this years ago that is probably in their basement. I didn't know u could make frozen goodies with it-thought only for juicing.... Score!
@wildmomo I've used a good blender and also a Ninja for these purposes many times and they've worked great. Easy cleanup too. Just freeze the fruit and whir away.
@wildmomo We have the 200W version of this and we really like it. we cut up bananas and freeze them for smoothies anyway so we always have them. Its easy to add other fruit and it taste really good to my own surprise. The thing can be a pain to clean. As far as adding liquor goes, if you stir it in afterward then its just a daiquiri and the blender will do the same, you can pour it in with the bananas and other fruit for a more alcoholic ice cream feel if that makes sense? also chocolate chips run through with bananas is awesome.
I call BS on needing an expensive blender for making something similar. Last time I visited my parents my mom was making the exact same thing with a very cheap old food processor she attached to her very cheap old blender.
I bought the non-elite version a couple years ago and used it about every other day for a loooong time. When the Elite was introduced I jumped on it. It's a legitimate improvement over the original, with a stronger motor and better results. I no longer use it every day, but I get it out every week or so at least. I discovered that you can make the dessert in large batches and freeze it.
Also, cleanup is really simple if you do it immediately after you finish using the machine. Don't let it congeal.
I already do this with my Ninja. Can't wait to do it with my new and improved Ninja when it arrives. Just freeze bananas and blend. It tastes like banana ice cream. For a special treat throw in some snickers. Yum.
The beach town where I vacation had a shop that served up banana !icecream (Annie's Banannies). They used high-end juicers to make it and it looked like the staff forcing the frozen bananas through the machines were going to rupture themselves, but the end product was tasty and they had a variety of toppings (chocolate syrup and peanuts, yum).
Am I going to buy a machine of unknown durability JUST for making such things? Not today. But it's not as odd as it sounds.
I love my Yonanas machine. It is a weird unitasker for sure, but it is a nice companion to Weight Watchers and general healthy eating. It's also easy to clean.
People are complaining about the machine being a multi-tasked. If this machine could ONLY make a good knockoff Dole Whip, that alone would justify the $50 for me. It would, however, take away some of the specialness of going to the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland...
Grandma, who's a sucker for all AS SEEN ON TV gadgets, recently got another brand's version of this. My kids call it THE FRUIT POOPER, after watching how it works. Then they wouldn't eat it.
@zhivko it's possible that the snow in Dallas has caused a shipping delay on your product. Do you have a tracking number in your https://meh.com/orders for this order?
@zhivko Well crap. There are major shipping delays in that area - both in the meh/mediocre warehouse and through fedex. They don't ship on the weekend, either. I'd recommend looking for tracking Mon or Tues, and if you don't see a change by then, write in to meh.com/support and see if they can let you know what's up. (They are also behind at the moment and will take a few days to get back to you.)
I got this thing a few weeks ago, but open it and then washed the parts last night. Hopefully I remember to use it tonight, I made frozen fruit two weeks ago.
Specs
Condition: New
Warranty: 3 Years Yonanas
Estimated Delivery: 3/2 - 3/4
Shipping: $5 or free with VMP
What’s in the Box?
1x Yonanas Elite
1x 85-page spiral bound recipe book
1x User manual
Pictures
Red retail box
Black retail box
Red and black
Fruit and stuff
Red unit
Black unit
Family fun
Super appetizing
Gleeeen
Price Check
$129.99 List, $96.99 for black model at Amazon
$129.99 List, $103.32 for red model at Amazon
Warranty
90 days
In for 3!
horrible-fruity-sludge
@molfsontan SRSLY?
@lera freeze-yo-enjoy
@Kerig3 just saw it... I had to sleep on it, I guess. :D
What? This is definitely a test. Of blind meh-loyalty.
I still refuse to believe this isn't some elaborate hoax. This should not exist.
@canneddirt and yet it does.
Asante sana Squash banana
Way to much of a uni-tasker. And a bad uni-tasker at that. how about some japanese butter graters?
@Headly That brings a tear to my eyes
@Headly Not only it's a unitasker, but you have to go all the way to Japan to get some butter. I guess you could have it shipped, but I don't really trust DHL to keep cool all the way.
@Headly But they actually need that machine in Japan, since their butter comes from whale milk.
@Headly Great. Now I want that more than anything in the world. Thanks.
@Headly It's even better than I thought:
Happily sticking with my masticating juicer. Meh.
@camille +1 on the masticating juicer! Sooo much more versatile.
i really hoped this was a Desert maker.
@6squarefeet I bet it would only crush sandstone, not the types of rocks one really needs for desert.
This shit is bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
@studerc It's YO-Nanas. Y-O-N-A-N-A-S.
@studerc And afterwards you'll actually shit bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S.
@Kerig3 or not
So I am one of the suckers that bought one of these when it first came out. At the moment it is still in the box and has never been used. It is such an interesting idea but way too much work cleaning it after.
@conandlibrarian, so it is put back in the same place as my "Mastrad TopChips Set".
@conandlibrarian Would it be easier to clean this or a blender?
@michaellindahl Based on my limited knowledge of it, a blender.
@conandlibrarian But the write-up! It said a selling point was that it's easier to clean than a blender. If we doubt the write up, who - I SAY WHO - could we trust??!
@Cagny @conandlibrarian looks like its similar to cleaning a blender
@michaellindahl Cleaning a blendtec is even easier.
hate you meh for so many reasons tonight
I own the basic model Yonanas, and it is amazing. As long as you like the taste of bananas. You can mix in other frozen fruit and it will still have a creamy texture somewhat like soft serve ice cream as long as you use bananas as the base. You can also use just other fruit for a sorbet like consistency. I'm upgrading to the elite.
@sammydog01 youre the only one lol
@sammydog01 glad to hear it. Got one for my mom!
@Blaketh My favorite recipe is bananas and Dole Sunshine blend (frozen pineapples, oranges, and strawberries, look in the freezer fruit section)- have her give it a try
@sammydog01 I have the basic model also. Works awesome and we have a bunch of fruit in the freezer like bananas, kiwi, blueberries, and mango.
@sammydog01 Thanks, I will share the recipe with her!
When I try to envision the logistics behind some of these sales, I mean... the meh.com warehouse must be like every episode of Hoarders at once.
@WardF best comment evar
@WardF I can't wait for meh to start selling some feces-caked cats and bathtubs full of dirty dishes.
@pepsiwine And the coupon section from every Sunday newspaper from 1987 to the present.
@iunfold I call dibs on the whataburger cup full of cigarette butts.
@WardF I think all the people from Hoarders work in that warehouse.. it would explain why it takes so long to get purchases in the mail, they have to wait for an intervention.
@WardF haha - I wonder how big warehouse they have
@lakridserne It's actually just the back of a '76 station wagon. They really, really, really need you to buy some of this shit soon.
Why the fuck why? I'm thinking about giving up the VMP. There hasn't been anything worthwhile in a long time. I think the good ol days are over. Meh.
@Upallnite RENOUNCE!!!!
@Upallnite Do it. You'll make @unixrab feel much better.
@RedOak we save 1 at at time
@Upallnite It's gone downhill ever since they sold out to Amazon.
@DeuceSevin they sold meh.com to Amazon too? I thought just woot got sold years ago?
@Upallnite sometimes people just dont get it. this is one of your times... ;)
@azdarkknight make sense son. You don't have any.
@Upallnite Sorry, forgot this: /s
And then I get this email. I'm feeling a bit burned here. Hmmmmm. Hey hey, Upallnite - Mediocre Labs here, rappin' atcha to let you know that, as a member of the Very Mediocre Person program, you'll soon be receiving something free from us. At first we were thinking MOTORCYCLES FOR ALL!!, but we didn't want to bum you out with a whole big registration/insurance trip. So we had some Mediocre socks made. First, you'll get an email about how your "order" for socks is on its way. Don't freak. Put your money away. They're free. Then, 1-2 weeks later, you'll get some real socks, customized/ruined with some allegedly humorous Mediocre branding. Everybody wears socks, right? As always, you're free to cancel your VMP membership at any time, pay more to ship your Meh orders, and leave any potential future free doodads for the rest of us. It would be insane, but you're free to do it. Mediocre Labs
@Upallnite I backed out February 5th. And my life has changed for the better. Do it!
@msimard8 I don't believe you when you say you have a life. Prove it.
@Upallnite We should ALL drop VMP now and leave them stuck with a truckload of socks
@eyewerks now that would be funny. You think they would film their own reactions?
There's always money in the banana stand.
@Spectracide NO TOUCHING!
@Spectracide.
@Spectracide I have pop-pop in the attack.
who is buying this crap - yeah no one
@hareeshch while you and I slept, during the hours of darkness, Meh made $10 grand on these.
I'm so coming back at 11:59 to see what the final tally is.
@saodell Well, they -sold- $10 grand worth. Their actual profit is significantly less.
@Cinoclav "sold $10 grand worth"? Not so sure. But yes they happily took in $10 grand of other people's money.
It sort of looks like a robotic santa-dog with a uni-breast.
I clicked meh a second after 9 PST when this started and I still didn't get first...
worst glance-over title/description EVER.
Take a bananabath, you lame-o's.
soft swirl poop machine?
And how is eating 6 bananas healthy?
@j8048188 potassium. POTASSIUM. POTASSIUM AHHHGG!
@j8048188 It's healthier than 6 bacons on top of 6 hams, that's how.
@tsm mmmmmm bacon ;P
@j8048188 mmmmmm banana+bacon...I'm getting one!!!
@midcontrast K
@tsm source?
@tsm banana bacon ice cream? Can this machine handle it, this we need to know!
Oh no. Going out to buy bananas tonight so that I can freeze them and try this tomorrow with my Ninja blender. Then to decide if I like it and if I need an appliance just for this. Meh, quit taking my money!
Ok, so this gadget is lame. Certainly. But, that said, blended frozen bananas are actually pretty amazing. They really do have the texture of soft serve - if you didn't know, you'd have a hard time telling the difference. And mixed with other fruit and stuff, or with vanilla, or whatever, they're even better.
So there. (Really, try it sometime.)
@palefire have blender. don't need this
@unixrab yes, agree. This thing is stupid. Just saying that frozen blended bananas are damn good.
@palefire and if you freeze them then dip em in chocolate... that's some good eats.
@palefire "they really do have the texture of soft-serve" is not a good thing.
Dear haters,
People use their champion juicers for this very purpose. It's delicious with a few frozen strawberries or watermelon added. While y'all are sweating away this summer with your dairy cream-based desserts, all the VB6 types will be cool as cucumbers.
@grammarsheriff just say "Dear Everyone"
A watermelon is way too big for that skinny peckerneck!!
@sparkyfarad your comment sent shudders down my spine.
@grammarsheriff Banana cucumbers! Yum!
hmmm..i'm having trouble finding relevant helpful product specs here in this thread... can't anyone do anything about my plight??
@unixrab i can: https://meh.com/forum/topics/yonanas-elite-dessert-maker#54e41c50b53f087003d9229f
@shawn @unixrab DON'T CLICK THAT LINK! IT'S A TRAP! It'll download ransomware to your computer and you'll have to pay meh a small fortune and you'll be a dork for the rest of your life! :-)
(Oh, and I gave your comments the required stars, shawn and unixrab.)
@pepsiwine stars show up in the end
@shawn nice
@unixrab Yes here's your specs.... if you have a blender then use that. Like how often can you even buy frozen bananas? It's just a silly extra step. Plus does that silly goose look like it's easier to clean than your blender?
@unixrab
My end is full of stars.
@unixrab My God, it's full of stars...
@sparkyfarad You buy the spotted bananas for half off at the store and freeze them Duh.
@clyde2801 ....................... I'm sorry @dave
@SSteve
@sammydog01 I tend to avoid anything spotted....
You seriously don't need this machine.
Chop up bananas
put in freezer
use ninja or blender to pulverize
add in other fruits and stuff a needed.
@Emailrob +1 for ninja
Yeah -
Like most of the other cool-sounding 'M'-words, Mastication's reality is WAYYY less amusing & entertaining than fantasy implies - and the cleanup is just as messy too.
Mutter, mutter, mutter ...
In the immemorable words of Winston Chesterfield:
"These are the forms of Consumerist Pap, that down with which we shall never get!"
"To the Barramundi's - Fellow Lupenfish - we have nothing to Feh but Feth itself!'
Cheers - ears ringing, but nobody answers:
Jim
Yo nana's so fat, she started eating cold banana mush instead of dessert, and swears it's almost as good.
Yo nana's so dumb, she gave birth to yo mama, whom we all know is very dumb, despite your maternal grandfather, whose intelligence was about average.
Yo nana's such a slut, she stuck in a cucumber and pulled out a pickle. Which she froze and put in a Yonanas. It wasn't very good.
@njd yo nana jokes are going to become a mainstay in the forum
@njd Yo nana's so old, she got a autographed bible.
I'm so confused about why this exists. Not confused at all, however, about why these ended up in Meh's warehouse.
So... Very Tempted.. The Amazon reviews are quite good for twice the price, and they mention the Elite is Much Quieter...
Yes! We have no bananas, we have no bananas today!
Is there any reason to buy one of these if we already have a Vitamix? I can't think of any reason, but as Mandamm says, the Amazon reviews are stellar.
My wife says it looks pornographic.....I'm still not going to buy it
@somf69 It turns ALL phallic items to soft serve wink
@midcontrast
@unixrab are you related to /u/unidan?
@DeuceSevin aren't we all eventually related?
@unixrab That did not answer my question.
@unixrab Let me guess. You plan to vote for Hillary Clinton next year.
@DeuceSevin as far as I know I'm only related to / & /root definitely not so far down the tree as /u or any subdirs
@eyewerks lol whatever process you used to arrive at that conclusion... ...scrap it.
Is this actually a product? Yonanas sounds like something that should be in Super Monkey Ball
@midcontrast yes
HAHAHA I think this is exactly the type of product meh should offer sometimes. It's meh. Like the good old(?) days As-Seen-On-TV pancake pans and Rocky Mountain Survival Knife. Totally meh product, will see if a Deal or not.
"WTF - where are the great deals?!"
Keep checking and cheer up sucker! Or not.
Oh, and banana mash be good if you add peanut butter, cinnamon, honey, sometimes chocolate. Or ferment it.
sickly-hallucinating-mash
@mehjohnson
25 + min to load this crap
I'm not falling for the banana in the tail pipe meh
Is this a device from Christian Grey's playroom?
All Girl Scout Troops need this, so they can sell you a fruity beverage at the stand outside your local store while you are being buying cookies through guilt.
@azdarkknight and why do they not have a smore flavored cookie???
Sadly, banana allergies in the house, so I'll have to meh.
@azdarkknight
I, for one, do not want to freeze my banana.
You may go ahead and freeze yours if you want though.
@robson Right....Who on earth tries to own frozen bananas?
@sparkyfarad I heard if you freeze it then it feels like someone elses....
Is YoNana Yo-Yo Ma's grandmother?
That's the last straw.
Either Meh gives away another few months of FREE VMP before Feb 24th, or I'm outta here.
I'm beginning to feel like a dweeb for even wasting my time stopping by to check out the daily offers.
@eyewerks Free VMP? I've been paying for it for the last few months... What did I miss?
@wildmomo Christmas Day it sounds like
@eyewerks I have made 16 purchases here over the last 2 months. I paid the shipping on the first two ( those ridiculous hand vacuums with the UV lights) thinking they'd arrive by Christmas. I don't think they made it by New Year's.
@eyewerks Continued...... As I was saying, my last 14 purchases were made under the free 2 month VMP membership that was given away for Christmas. It was a shrewd give-away on Meh's part, as I can honestly say I wouldn't have made a single one of those purchases if I had to pay $5 shipping. I also would't pay for VMP, just as I would never pay a "membership" fee to shop in a store ( such as Costco, BJs, Sam's, etc.). I refuse to pay for Amazon Prime and often miss out on Amazon "deals" as I won't make the purchase unless I have $35 worth of crap in my cart and qualify for free shipping. I think the free VMP was a very smart move on the part of Meh, but once it's gone so am I. There's been nothing exceptional offered, and of the 14 purchases I made (not including the freakish hand vacuums which were gifts), I haven't used anything that I bought. That said, my name is Eyewerks and I am a horder. :(.
@eyewerks Right there with you; except I'm not because we all know that's why Meh had us sign on to VMP: we'll never take action to cancel! It's a trap!
@eyewerks
@JonT I imagine the little Erlmeiher flask by your name, JonT, means you're affiliated with Meh management (I still don't know what the "K" by names signify). Cute GIF that clearly illustrates how importent repeat customers are to Meh. Rather than post a response that adds to the thread, you're quick to post a give-a-shit reply illustrating the little regard you have for customers. It's a bit like the cocky attitude that Apple had towards its user base of Kool-Aide drunken lemmings - "Get with the program - don't question anything - or get lost!". I feel very appreciated. Thanks.
I think many of you that got free VMP at Christmas would be wise to mark your calendars/planners and make a note to cancel the "service" before February 24th. Save yourselves $5 a month and the temptation to buy shit that you don't need, don't really want, but think might be a "good deal" should you ever find yourself in need of some random, pretty much useless, piece of shit failed product that supposedly costs more elsewhere. Besides, Meh obviously doesn't appreciate you as customers. Just check out the GIF they left me ^^^^. That is all.
Let's touch upon VMP's value for the money. For $60 a year (or $50 this year if you happened to take advantage of the Christmas offer of 2 months free) you get slow-as-snails shipping of whatever random items Meh decides to offer and you choose to purchase. Granted, it's much better than paying $5 per order, but how many of Meh's offerings do you really need, or at least are willing to buy if you had to pay the shipping? I believe Amazon Prime has now gone up to $99 a year, for which you get free 2-day shipping on millions of items that you can purchase whenever you like, and as a bonus you get access to a huge video library, music library, e-book library, and unlimited online photo storage. The bonuses alone may be worth far more than $99 a year to many people. It sort of makes Meh's $5 a month seem like a rip-off. I would suggest that Meh change its business model when it comes to VMP. Don't automatically do recurrent builling for VMP. Instead, each time someone makes a purchase charge $5 for shipping, but offer them FREE shipping for the next 30-day period on anything they buy. Once the 30 days pass, charge shipping on the next purchase and give them another month free. For those that want have recurrent billing, reduce the price to $4 a month, to give folks incentive to fork over buck$ whether or not they buy anything. If Meh had a pool of items that were always offered the recurrant VMP billing might make more sense, but folks really have no idea if they're going to want anything that's up for sale in a month's time.
@eyewerks tl;dr. Is it possible you might be giving this meh-vironment too much thought? And perhaps taking it too seriously?
@eyewerks Yeah! I hate subscriptions too! I only pay my medical bills in cash.
@eyewerks I paid the entirety of my rent in one lump sum because monthly was too much like subscription.
@eyewerks I purchase all of my groceries for the year on January 1st.
But in all seriousness I’m not sure we’re what you’re looking for. We’re just a humble daily deal site that offers one item a day. We have less than 50 employees. We are not Amazon, we’re not trying to be Amazon, and we will never be Amazon (unless the price is right…jk everyone <3).
@JonT Don't ever try to be Amazon....again!!!!!!!!!
@eyewerks Look at you standing on principal. How's the air up there?
@RedOak absofuckinglutely! ;)
@hart for many years I had a subscription to Playboy and it was great. Subscriptions rock. Memberships suck.
@JonT I was just feeling around to see what you just would put up with. If it's okay with you I may still check out what's up for sale, and pay the shipping on each purchase I choose to make,
@Headly You'd be surprised how thin it is. Standing up for what I believe has more often than not been to my detriment. I just can't help it. :/
@eyewerks feel free to stop by any time! No hard feelings of course.
**Cool, now you can make the paste Robocop eats!
@Kerig3 that looks sort of like what Metamucil does to me.
@eyewerks Waaaaay TMI! =-O
I love bananas and fruits so I'm very tempted to get one.
But I'm worried about the amount of clean up work afterwards...both for the machine and my toilet!
Meh, if this was $20 I'd be all over it, but $50, pass.
@Stallion But the darn Amazon reviews are stellar. We are dieting in the house right now and I'm tempted to buy it now....
Where's Barney?
@pyip001 Somewhere giving purple lovin':)
@pyip001 last i saw barney intended to stay out of the daily product thread.
@march5th00 That's too bad, her daily presence and dedication was appreciated. I guess maybe it got to be boring or too much of a commitment?
@pyip001 @march5th00 @Stallion Barney is still around, but just not active on the deals thread.
At first glance I said "Meh", however, after reading reviews on Amazon, it looks like something that could be fun to do with the kids. Has anyone tried the Big Boss Swirlio (I just saw it on Amazon when checking out the reviews for this)? Seems similar, but made for all kinds of fruits, not just bananas. Actual reviews appreciated!
One more thing: the video states the recipe book has "...suggestions on how to add liquor"... Has anyone tried this? Results? Perhaps if that had been experimented with a little more, it might have boosted sales...?
**sidenote: I didn't mean making frozen-banana-delights w/liquor with the kids-definitely an adults-only treat!
@wildmomo For a multitude of fruits, I recommend a Champion Juicer (normally $250+, but can be found on [ebay][1] for much less). Even though it's a juicer, it makes an amazing sorbet out of frozen fruits. Banana, berries, melons, etc. During the summer, my Champion lives on my kitchen cabinet. It's a little bit of a bear to clean, but all the parts that need cleaning are removable from the main motor unit. [1]: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Champion-Juicer-GS-NG-853S-Heavy-duty-commercial-used-works-/191508923161?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c96d24319
@grammarsheriff Thanks for the info! Actually, I believe we bought our parents one that looks just like this years ago that is probably in their basement. I didn't know u could make frozen goodies with it-thought only for juicing.... Score!
@wildmomo I've used a good blender and also a Ninja for these purposes many times and they've worked great. Easy cleanup too. Just freeze the fruit and whir away.
@wildmomo We have the 200W version of this and we really like it. we cut up bananas and freeze them for smoothies anyway so we always have them. Its easy to add other fruit and it taste really good to my own surprise. The thing can be a pain to clean. As far as adding liquor goes, if you stir it in afterward then its just a daiquiri and the blender will do the same, you can pour it in with the bananas and other fruit for a more alcoholic ice cream feel if that makes sense? also chocolate chips run through with bananas is awesome.
@wildmomo A Big Boss Swirlio sounds like something that happens in prison that you dont want to know...
@azdarkknight holy crap! I just read this and LMAO! Thank you for my daily laugh!
@jseay65 What if I don't have a blender at all? Just a food processor.
@patti
@jseay65 "Yonana, america's first-world solution for over-ripened bananas".
I call BS on needing an expensive blender for making something similar. Last time I visited my parents my mom was making the exact same thing with a very cheap old food processor she attached to her very cheap old blender.
ALIVE-BUTTONED-TEQUILA
I must be drunk.
I bought the non-elite version a couple years ago and used it about every other day for a loooong time. When the Elite was introduced I jumped on it. It's a legitimate improvement over the original, with a stronger motor and better results. I no longer use it every day, but I get it out every week or so at least. I discovered that you can make the dessert in large batches and freeze it.
Also, cleanup is really simple if you do it immediately after you finish using the machine. Don't let it congeal.
I already do this with my Ninja. Can't wait to do it with my new and improved Ninja when it arrives. Just freeze bananas and blend. It tastes like banana ice cream. For a special treat throw in some snickers. Yum.
@LadyLeela you are a genius.
I like the part in the description where you put the spotted/mushy/going-bad bananas in...
The beach town where I vacation had a shop that served up banana !icecream (Annie's Banannies). They used high-end juicers to make it and it looked like the staff forcing the frozen bananas through the machines were going to rupture themselves, but the end product was tasty and they had a variety of toppings (chocolate syrup and peanuts, yum).
Am I going to buy a machine of unknown durability JUST for making such things? Not today. But it's not as odd as it sounds.
It's National Battery Day today, and this is what we get!?!? :(
@DurtyByrd Woot! has your shitty batteries today. 100 for $28
I love how the Yonanas logo is fun, while the "elite" is in a classy font. So, this dumb shit is classy, but fun.
I love my Yonanas machine. It is a weird unitasker for sure, but it is a nice companion to Weight Watchers and general healthy eating. It's also easy to clean.
Link to Yonanas http://yonanas.com/recipe_categories/recipes-of-the-month/ Recipe of the Month. Special this month is pecan and something else that looks chocolaty.
People are complaining about the machine being a multi-tasked. If this machine could ONLY make a good knockoff Dole Whip, that alone would justify the $50 for me. It would, however, take away some of the specialness of going to the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland...
Grandma, who's a sucker for all AS SEEN ON TV gadgets, recently got another brand's version of this. My kids call it THE FRUIT POOPER, after watching how it works. Then they wouldn't eat it.
@Relleluck "The Fruit Pooper" will defintely be my next online alias!
All I have to say is roflcopter banana treat!
Also...gross...
a friend of mine brought his Yonanas to work about a month ago. Thing is awesome! I wish I would've seen this in time to buy it. he paid $100 for his.
I prefer strawberries. Wake me up when you get a Yoberryberry on here
I still waiting for my Dessert Maker not shipped yet WHY
@zhivko it's possible that the snow in Dallas has caused a shipping delay on your product. Do you have a tracking number in your https://meh.com/orders for this order?
@Thumperchick.
No status placed
@zhivko Well crap. There are major shipping delays in that area - both in the meh/mediocre warehouse and through fedex. They don't ship on the weekend, either. I'd recommend looking for tracking Mon or Tues, and if you don't see a change by then, write in to meh.com/support and see if they can let you know what's up. (They are also behind at the moment and will take a few days to get back to you.)
@Thumperchick
They send me socks but not that i order
@zhivko The socks went out weeks ago - every VMP member got them.
@zhivko you can put frozen bananas in the socks and mash them up.
@Ignorant yeah good idea
@zhivko the rest of these should ship today. Sorry for the delay, we'll make sure yours is pre-loaded with some frozen bananas.
@JonT Haha, thank you
I got this thing a few weeks ago, but open it and then washed the parts last night. Hopefully I remember to use it tonight, I made frozen fruit two weeks ago.
Guess what I saw in sams club today????
You guessed it...