Comments on: ShamWow = ScamWow?

By: Zack BG

Zack BG — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:54:14 +0000

I bought a shamwow kit a few weeks ago … i thought it worked well … but today in a DOLLAR STORE … I realized that in a packaged i’ve seen for years … was the exacte same thing as the Shamwow for 1$ made in germany and everything !! So it true … its a good product … but ou can get it for 1$ a piece .

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:42:53 +0000

This is based on the video by Boycott Watch, http://www.BoycottWatch.com which busted this months before you did. see that video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKojuhtcTZ0

By: Sladebelly

Sladebelly — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 22:26:02 +0000

The bait and switch is definitely in play during this commercial however two things stand out.

1. I have seen these guys work at state fairs and they do the exact same demo right in front of you and the result is pretty much the same. They don’t swap the carpet out. What they do do is use a very rugged piece of carpet that allows the Shammy to soak up the liquid fast. Try it on your regular living room carpet or matted ones and it’s nowhere near as easy.

2. I have used these before and yes they do work much better than paper towels.

So I will live with the stupid commercial.

By: Amy

Amy — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:11:53 +0000

I am bothered when he says “Hey you are going to spend $20 a month on paper towels anyway …”
Who spends $20 a month on paper towels?

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 02:02:22 +0000

I have used ShamWow and it works. Maybe not 100% like in the commercial but 89% like that.

For grins, we purchased the Sham Wow right before Christmas. I figured I would use it all holiday season cleaning the kitchen meal after meal. I put it through all the tests I could think of. It soaks up anything I throw this on.

I used the orange one to clean up a bottle of red wine my dog broke while playing ball. It took 2 cycles of soaking up and wringing out with a final wipe down at the end.

So far, it works better than cotton or micro-fiber kitchen towels.

Just my $0.02. YMMV

By: poor boomer

poor boomer — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 06:48:16 +0000

Craig -

Correction: Real products don’t get sold at normal retail prices via infomercials.

On the other hand, if you take a dollar store $1 product and you sell it at $19.95 via infomercial, you can rip off a vast untapped market of (the majority of) people who don’t shop at dollar stores.

By: Claire at Choyster Cash

Claire at Choyster Cash — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:05:57 +0000

This post made my day!

Seriously, I have seen that commercial twice in the last month and my problem has always been the hideous name of the product…now I know there’s more!!

By: thomas

thomas — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 22:41:18 +0000

I have 27 of these I absolutely love them. They are great for when I’m giving my twins juice glasses or when I have to shower my walls. It really doesn’t get better than this and like he says, it’s made in Germany.

By: Diasdiem

Diasdiem — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 19:31:19 +0000

Now this guy has started hawking a vegetable chopper.

By: projoe1979

projoe1979 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:55:13 +0000

I really enjoy the testimonials at the end by people who are probably getting their sham-wows for the first time.

My wife got me these as a gag gift for Christmas, and they’re not horrible, but definitely not as advertised.

For more of Vince’s great work here’s the slap chop. You’re gonna love his nuts: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUbWjIKxrrs