Unnecessary & Wasteful/Expensive Products

[LoreD]

I keep getting advertisements for fairly expensive products that I don't understand why they are popular:

The UnWipe.



A $30 bathroom product that you fill with water, press on the little screen, and it mildly dampens your toilet paper, so you don't disintegrate your toilet paper. If you will notice, it imprints a turd on the paper.

I had thought about getting a bidet, but left a squeeze (barbecue sauce) bottle next to the toilet; and it seemed to clean back there and wet my toilet paper just fine.

Is there an entire industry of expensive items, which have almost free options.

I saw another item in a local store.

Toilet Bombs

They were $1 apiece, and came in a cute little cloth bag with 10 bombs for $10. You throw them in your toilet, they fizz and bubble, and clean your toilet.

I watched a video of a professional cleaner, and she said these were denture cleaning tabs. They sell a pack of 40 for $4, and they are the same thing.

What expensive useless item have you seen lately?

 

[Col]

Quite a lot really; one very widespread one is the prevalence of animal skin steering wheels and seats in vehicles

 

[VegetableLiker]

That first one, to me, is so stupid! Like, HELLO, just buy wet wipes!? AHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

 

[Lou]

I found baby wipes at the dollar store.. but the can't be flushed or re-used, or recycled.

 

[silva]

I've had a toilet seat bidet for a few years. I tried a spray one, just like a kitchen sink sprayer, but the seat is just sooooo much better. It connects to the same water line. When I was doing the colonoscopy prep I couldn't imagine not having one!

I was looking all over for something and came across so much I hadn't used in ages. My house is small, but lots of storage, esp cabinet in the basement. I don't know if I want to put on the free neighborhood site or donate