BoxDog wrote: I don't know Fast Eddie, but growing up THE place to go for electronics was Crazy Eddies, and yes, I LOVED and trusted Crazy Eddie. I'm pretty sure they finally went under a few years ago. The ads all sounded like the whamshammy guy hawking 8 track players for 9.99. I think I recall eve a pimp hat in the ads. So, do we shape the times, or do the times shape us? And those people that get suckered into proposing, and worse accepting a marriage proposal during the holidays, they often wed on Valentines Day. Seven years from now they'll "be served" at work, on their birthday. Holidays are a really bad idea when proposing to someone. I think.
MyCat8it wrote:
Everyone loved and trusted Crazy Eddie (his prices were I-N-S-A-N-E). That is, until he left all his vendors hanging, his shareholders with worthless stock, didn't pay the bills, closed up shop one day and skipped the country. His story is one of the infamous fraudulent schemes of the 20th century.
He fled to Israel or some such place and was extradicted back to the US and served time in jail.
That's easy for you to say. Bet YOU didn't just buy a "magicJack". And now that I have the cute little gadget I find out that "service reps 24/7" defines the hours they are NOT available. So that's whatever happened to crazy eddie...
I don't know Fast Eddie, but growing up THE place to go for electronics was Crazy Eddies, and yes, I LOVED and trusted Crazy Eddie. I'm pretty sure they finally went under a few years ago.
yeah see? this was like best buy and circuit city combined oh and throw in bernies too.
The ads all sounded like the whamshammy guy
i love me some of those whamshammys. they are on my xmas list. i got some samples at the BIG E and they are really awesome for car cleaning. and for sliding doors and mirrors. and you can wash them so they last a long time.
Seven years from now they'll "be served" at work, on their birthday. Holidays are a really bad idea when proposing to someone. I think. indeed, but still better than prom night:)
Everyone loved and trusted Crazy Eddie (his prices were I-N-S-A-N-E). That is, until he left all his vendors hanging, his shareholders with worthless stock, didn't pay the bills, closed up shop one day and skipped the country. His story is one of the infamous fraudulent schemes of the 20th century.
He fled to Israel or some such place and was extradicted back to the US and served time in jail.
i remember hearing this a few years back and i was shocked! that was THE place to buy electronics for years. if i recall the whole thing was weird because he had the basis for a good biz and instead decided to scam everyone. i think i bought a tv from that store once. i remember it as being a very crowded place.
BoxDog wrote: I don't know Fast Eddie, but growing up THE place to go for electronics was Crazy Eddies, and yes, I LOVED and trusted Crazy Eddie. I'm pretty sure they finally went under a few years ago. The ads all sounded like the whamshammy guy hawking 8 track players for 9.99. I think I recall eve a pimp hat in the ads. So, do we shape the times, or do the times shape us? And those people that get suckered into proposing, and worse accepting a marriage proposal during the holidays, they often wed on Valentines Day. Seven years from now they'll "be served" at work, on their birthday. Holidays are a really bad idea when proposing to someone. I think.
Everyone loved and trusted Crazy Eddie (his prices were I-N-S-A-N-E). That is, until he left all his vendors hanging, his shareholders with worthless stock, didn't pay the bills, closed up shop one day and skipped the country. His story is one of the infamous fraudulent schemes of the 20th century.
He fled to Israel or some such place and was extradicted back to the US and served time in jail.
ACK! Once a year, come hell or high water, we have to be subjected to those "for him / for her " ads .
"For him" is typically very cool stuff --computers, tvs, tools, or other electronics, and "for her" is jewelry, soap, or baby stuff. Like ... "I think I wanna have one" baby stuff. Geezopetes. And ditto for the kids. It's one of the last remaining bulwarks of out and out sexist thinking, IMO. arg.
i hadnt thought of this but youre right. this is a pattern. there is a lot of sexism in ads of all sorts. if youre home during the daytime hours turn on the tv and watch the cleaning ads all of the men are helpless and hopeless or at least the butt of the joke. the big ads out now around here that target women or maybe the target is men? is the diamond ads. i guess this must be the time of year a lot of people get engaged or something but aside from the many birthday billboards for the 5 year old the next group of highway ads all seem to target this market. but the saddest holiday ads for me are the pawn shop ads. not only are they sad but they have the creepiest characters in them. in these parts we have "good ole tom" hes a slick looking guy in a cowboy hat who looks like a gold tooth should be a part of the costume. one of the ads goes something like after raymond died i took my old coins to good ole tom and he gave me cash money for them. (is there another kind of money?) i didnt think id get that much. thank you raymond, thank you tom. now the woman in question is about 80, dressed in some purple feathered frock and her hair is bright yellow and shes wearing more makeup than the joker. the whole ad is scary. toms competition is "fast eddie." now i ask you, would you trust your money to someone whose name is fast eddie? i rest my case!
You said target women. I don't know Fast Eddie, but growing up THE place to go for electronics was Crazy Eddies, and yes, I LOVED and trusted Crazy Eddie. I'm pretty sure they finally went under a few years ago. The ads all sounded like the whamshammy guy hawking 8 track players for 9.99. I think I recall eve a pimp hat in the ads. So, do we shape the times, or do the times shape us? And those people that get suckered into proposing, and worse accepting a marriage proposal during the holidays, they often wed on Valentines Day. Seven years from now they'll "be served" at work, on their birthday. Holidays are a really bad idea when proposing to someone. I think.
ACK! Once a year, come hell or high water, we have to be subjected to those "for him / for her " ads .
"For him" is typically very cool stuff --computers, tvs, tools, or other electronics, and "for her" is jewelry, soap, or baby stuff. Like ... "I think I wanna have one" baby stuff. Geezopetes. And ditto for the kids. It's one of the last remaining bulwarks of out and out sexist thinking, IMO. arg.
i hadnt thought of this but youre right. this is a pattern. there is a lot of sexism in ads of all sorts. if youre home during the daytime hours turn on the tv and watch the cleaning ads all of the men are helpless and hopeless or at least the butt of the joke. the big ads out now around here that target women or maybe the target is men? is the diamond ads. i guess this must be the time of year a lot of people get engaged or something but aside from the many birthday billboards for the 5 year old the next group of highway ads all seem to target this market. but the saddest holiday ads for me are the pawn shop ads. not only are they sad but they have the creepiest characters in them. in these parts we have "good ole tom" hes a slick looking guy in a cowboy hat who looks like a gold tooth should be a part of the costume. one of the ads goes something like after raymond died i took my old coins to good ole tom and he gave me cash money for them. (is there another kind of money?) i didnt think id get that much. thank you raymond, thank you tom. now the woman in question is about 80, dressed in some purple feathered frock and her hair is bright yellow and shes wearing more makeup than the joker. the whole ad is scary. toms competition is "fast eddie." now i ask you, would you trust your money to someone whose name is fast eddie? i rest my case!
ACK! Once a year, come hell or high water, we have to be subjected to those "for him / for her " ads .
"For him" is typically very cool stuff --computers, tvs, tools, or other electronics, and "for her" is jewelry, soap, or baby stuff. Like ... "I think I wanna have one" baby stuff. Geezopetes. And ditto for the kids. It's one of the last remaining bulwarks of out and out sexist thinking, IMO. arg.
So that's whatever happened to crazy eddie...
