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The Worst Product Flops of All Time
Wall Street 24X7 ^ | 03/04/2014 | By Thomas C. Frohlich

Posted on 03/04/2014 9:13:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind

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To: SeekAndFind

What happened to The Prophet Mohammed Coloring Book?


21 posted on 03/04/2014 9:27:55 AM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Dr. Thorne

Beta Max was successfully adopted outside the USA.


22 posted on 03/04/2014 9:28:06 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: MrB

Actually, I think the goal was to wrestle away from employers their providing health insurance to employees (which was a result of wage & price controls during FDR - untaxable income) so that it could be now be taxed.


23 posted on 03/04/2014 9:28:24 AM PST by nesnah (Liberals - the petulant children of politics)
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To: SeekAndFind

I have a Zune, still use it and like it way more than the apple products.


24 posted on 03/04/2014 9:29:34 AM PST by NativeSon ( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
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To: SeekAndFind
Touch of Yogurt Shampoo

My kid has some shampoo that lists caffeine as an ingredient, Of all things.

25 posted on 03/04/2014 9:29:45 AM PST by DManA
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“What happened to The Prophet Mohammed Coloring Book?”

The publishers lost their heads doing that one!


26 posted on 03/04/2014 9:29:46 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: posterchild

Yeah, New Coke did wonders for the sales of not New Coke, in the long run it was a great marketing move. But it was an accident, if that had actually been the goal it would have been a brilliant move, as it really went down it’s at best an excellent recovery.


27 posted on 03/04/2014 9:31:06 AM PST by discostu (I don't meme well.)
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To: SeekAndFind

I nominate Windows 8.1.


28 posted on 03/04/2014 9:33:15 AM PST by Gen.Blather
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To: mountn man

Exactly. It’s a freakin’ scam designed to bring full blown communism in through the back door. They make the cost so high that nobody can afford it, then they fine the crap out of everyone, then they start in on the liens, the auctions, the possessions, redistribution - Communism 101. All these people who say “Oh but they can’t do that, they can just take the fines from your tax refunds” Do they actually believe that? That’s just one more part of the scam. This thing has been one lie after another and people think they are just coming after your refunds? ha ha ha! Those fines will no doubt be raised through the roof until people end up owing tens of thousands of dollars the the IRS will move in and take everything you own, and all because you merely exist. The state will decide everything about your life. What you own, eat, whether you even live while all the politicos live like Kings.


29 posted on 03/04/2014 9:33:20 AM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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To: AU72

Tru dat brudda! Tru dat in Spades.


30 posted on 03/04/2014 9:35:08 AM PST by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: Tallguy

RE: What about the Iridium satellite phones?

According to Wikipedia:

Iridium Satellite LLC merged with a special purpose acquisition company (GHQ) created by the investment bank Greenhill & Co. (NYSE: GHL) in September 2009 to create Iridium Communications, Inc.

The public company trades on NASDAQ under the symbol “IRDM”. The company had 611,000 subscribers as of the end of December 2012 (compared to 523,000 in December 2011). Revenue for the full year 2012 was US $383.5 million.

The system is being used extensively by the U.S. Department of Defense through the DoD gateway in Hawaii. The service revenue to governments made up 23% of Iridium’s revenues in 2012. An investigation was begun into the DoD contract after a protest by Globalstar, to the U.S. General Accounting Office that no tender was provided. A hold against the contract was lifted at the request of the Department of Defense, which cited national security reasons. This allows the continued use of the network during the investigation.

The commercial gateway in Tempe, Arizona, provides voice, data, and paging services for commercial customers on a global basis. Typical customers include maritime, aviation, government, the petroleum industry, scientists, and frequent world travelers.

Iridium satellites are now an essential component of communications with remote science camps, especially the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. In December 2006, an array of twelve Iridium modems was put online, providing continuous data services to the station for the first time. Total bandwidth is 28.8 kbit/s.


31 posted on 03/04/2014 9:35:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: Jewbacca

“E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial for Atari.
It was so bad it actually caused Atari to go bankrupt.”

And in follow-up to my own post, the failure of Atari is credited with causing the 1980s collapse of the tech industry.


32 posted on 03/04/2014 9:36:14 AM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: SeekAndFind

Number ONE: Obama 1.0
Number TWO: Obama 2.0

No contest whatsoever.


33 posted on 03/04/2014 9:36:43 AM PST by Gaffer (Comprehensive Immigration Reform is just another name for Comprehensive Capitulation)
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To: SeekAndFind
The Edsel. Boy I remember those. I was a little kid, and it was always 'Hey look...an Edsel'. That Grill was something else.

What's not to love.


34 posted on 03/04/2014 9:38:30 AM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie (zerogottago)
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To: nesnah
I forgot about WOW! chips. Tried some, no problems with me gastro-intestinal-wise, but I could eat a battleship and just burp.

i remember these! i never tried them because, well--if i am going to each chips, i am eating the real deal junk food... just like i stay away from all those sugar substitutes... i would rather have a tablespoon of granulated sugar (not many calories, btw) then some brain-swelling sub... anyway, my sister ate WOW chips and boy did she have stomach issues afterward... it was kind of funny...

35 posted on 03/04/2014 9:39:02 AM PST by latina4dubya (when i have money i buy books... if i have anything left, i buy 6-inch heels and a bottle of wine...)
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To: SeekAndFind

36 posted on 03/04/2014 9:39:20 AM PST by Bobalu (Happiness is a fast ISR)
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To: Gen.Blather

Yes, Win 8/8.1 should be on the list, but it isn’t quite dead yet.


37 posted on 03/04/2014 9:40:22 AM PST by Kirkwood (Zombie Hunter)
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To: nesnah

I suspect one of the problems with the WOW! chips was the anal leakage warning on the back of the package.


38 posted on 03/04/2014 9:40:29 AM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Obamacare exceeds Edsel by metes and bounds.


39 posted on 03/04/2014 9:40:46 AM PST by WKUHilltopper (And yet...we continue to tolerate this crap...)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I believe the Vermont Country Store sells those products. vermontcountrystore.com.


40 posted on 03/04/2014 9:41:58 AM PST by Nea Wood (When people get used to preferential treatment, equal treatment seems like discrimination.-Sowell)
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