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cnvrtble98
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 1:19p
hot deal?
quickmonkey
Member
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 1:20p
Pretty unbelievable that they would lose that case, guess it's time for someone to sue McDonald's again because they didn't have enough hot coffee warnings on their cups?
s002cjs
Cranky Member
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 2:27p
Hottest was a while back when they cleared a bunch out for $5 a pack. I picked up a few and have really enjoyed having them on the desk...too bad this played out this way.
suchadealer
Senior Member
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 3:03p
still good
DUDSTER
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 3:14p
cnvrtble98 said: hot deal?
Not a hot deal. Their prices are at retail and shipping is unbelievably slow. My guess is that the fire sale they held ($5 a pack) a number of weeks back was to garner some cash to cover legal expenses. The email I got clearly states that they finally caved to the Government.
alyosha
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 3:23p
I'll guess it is a rare earth metals shortage/raising prices which is probably pricing them out of business, more than anything else.
mcwacko1213
Senior Member
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 4:03p
thats a shame. things that are not intended for children should be able to be purchased by non-children.
these things are awesome.
hotpa2d
Member
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 4:28p
^Agreed. Stupid people ruin it for everyone.
AmishBoy
Thrifty Member
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 5:10p
hotpa2d said: ^Agreed. Stupid people ruin it for everyone. That was sure true in the 2008 presidential election!
coolbreeze
Senior Member - 3K
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 5:11p
Screw those jerks. They wouldn't let me return my $220 order because I ordered using a coupon. I also ordered the $5 deal, ($75 or so) and now I have a millon balls for no good reason. Maybe I'll swallow a few balls and sue them.
quickmonkey said: guess it's time for someone to sue McDonald's again because they didn't have enough hot coffee warnings on their cups?That case is often cited as an example of frivolous lawsuits... I did it, too, until someone convinced me to actually look into it. The jury made the right call. That coffee was far hotter than any reasonable person would expect. She spent over a week in the hospital and required multiple skin grafts. It cooked her legs in a fraction of the time it takes the grill to cook burgers. McDonald's had records showing something similar happening to an average of two people a week going back 10 years and did nothing about it.
shahnm
Serene Member
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 9:04p
These (or a similar knock-off) will inevitably become available from some Chinese site... Yet more American jobs, ingenuity, productivity, and initiative flushed down the toilet of big-brother regulations.
MechanicalMan
Texts w/Favre
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 9:11p
They're expensive, but they're delicious!
OneStepAhead
Senior Member - 1K
posted: Oct. 31, 2012 @ 10:55p
shahnm said: These (or a similar knock-off) will inevitably become available from some Chinese site...
They have been available from China for quite a while, and at 1/2 the price of the "real" Buckyballs. Such as:
Missed out on the $5 deal they did ... :-\ Too bad ... would have been fun to have a few sets for my cubicle at work - but not for $30 or more for one set .. whether they are discontinued or not.
yechii
Shopaholic Member
posted: Nov. 1, 2012 @ 12:13a
Do you think the China ones are any different?
Kort
Member
posted: Nov. 1, 2012 @ 12:53a
yechii said: Do you think the China ones are any different?
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