Sharper Image finally goes belly-up

www.marketwatch.com ^ | 02/20/2008 | William Spain,

[Red Badger]

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- After years of declining sales, The Sharper Image -- known for creature comforts and gadgets like robotic massage chairs and $170 toothbrushes -- has gone belly-up, declaring bankruptcy Wednesday. In a brief statement, Sharper Image (SHRP:

SHRP 0.41, -1.03, -71.5%) announced it had filed for Chapter 11 protection in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, but that it "intends to continue to conduct business as usual while it devotes renewed efforts to resolve its operational and liquidity problems and develops a reorganization plan."

[Tijeras_Slim]

Brush in some “Just for Men” and merge them into the mustache.

[Red Badger]

I never bought anything from them.

Apparently nobody else did either......

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

I have one of those chairs, it vibrates in different zones, has rollers for back massage, has a stereo in one of the arms. It’s over 15 years old now and everything still works. Better investment than some others we made in those days.

[fml]

Finally, I can get the gorilla suit at a discount

[Bender2]

Gadzooks and General Jackson! Now, where in the world... will I buy my beer and fishing lures?

[NonValueAdded]

Where else will I get my nose hair trimmer?

John Deere..............

DR pro'ly has one too

[Vaquero]

their Ionic Breeze air purifiers are A1

they work.

[Holicheese]

I had never EVER seen anyone ever buy anything at their store. I always wondered if catalog sales were that good...Now I have my answer.

[Red Badger]

We bought a Homedics massaging cushion at Belks that does the same thing with heat for 90 bucks......

[MadelineZapeezda]

LOL

Where else will I get my nose hair trimmer?

Wally World....don't you know they put all the mom & pop stores OOB?

[SengirV]

SkyMall - LOL. I saw a lovely HD-DVD player advertised in there for the low low price of $899 when I flew to Houston on Monday. The format is dead, and there are HD-DVD players to be found for < $150 all over the place now.

Actually had a good time laughing as I walked thru the Sharper Image at the Galleria in Houston yesterday. The asking prices for their items had me in stitches.

[Greg F]

That bogus air-cleaner with all the infomercials did them in. Didn’t work. Even worse it actually put harmful ozone into the room.

[ari-freedom]

what are tired and tense mall shoppers going to do now?

[Billthedrill]

Real men grab and pull.

You can lose a trailer hitch that way. I like to sort of train mine into a very attractive little mustache. Alternatively, braids and beads give it that nice contemporary look.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

That CEO Richard Thayler always seemed like a nice guy with his daughter appearing in those commercials and all . . .

When the billfold gets tight, it's the expensive toys that go first.

[Red Badger]

their Ionic Breeze air purifiers are A1 they work.

Not according to Consumer Reports.........

[Holicheese]

I use a cigar lighter.

[Red Badger]

Consumer Reports rated it dead last in their tests..........

[Zuben Elgenubi]

Brush in some “Just for Men” and merge them into the mustache.

Hahahhaha.

[domenad]

Great. Now where am I going to get my new camping martini shaker and wet-bar from ?