Amusements

[owlmoose]

The world's most expensive tape dispenser.

Thanks to anonamys for the link. A typo must be involved somewhere. But it made me giggle anyway.

Also, this is a GIP. I made the icon yesterday. The doctor is: IN.

Comments

[luvmoose.livejournal.com]

Nothing more than was represented by the catalog page. So in this case, a black tape dispenser. I can't expect additional features that aren't listed. I can quibble if the one I receive is grey or putty or rainbow colored, but perhaps not too much because the color wasn't actually listed in the description.

Whether it's worthy of that price is a judgement that each potential purchaser makes. Most will deem it not worthy at that price given the description. But should I decide to make the purchase, I can't expect anything different.

Now, what is problematic about the catalog page is the item description "best tape ever". First, it's not clear from the main entry that the dispenser will come pre-filled (seems to imply "batteries are included", if you will). That issue aside, they don't define what they mean by "best tape ever". I think that's highly subjective. I've never seen tape that could fit such a dispenser that would win in a fight with say duct tape or electrical tape. But I think that would be a case of "buyer beware".

[owlmoose.livejournal.com]

Maybe it's magic tape. Not 3M Magic Tape, but tape with some sort of magical properties. Of course, that does assume the "batteries are included" proposition. Or it could be that the dispenser is magic, and imparts its magical properties to ordinary tape.

Of course, again, I am reading more into the product than is in the description simply based on the price. A dangerous assumption indeed.