My Ped Eggs haven't even arrived, but already I'm unhappy. Ordering the Ped Egg was a nightmare. The process began normally enough. Below is part one (I'm still sick and sporting my "flu beard"):
After I'd given my credit card information, things took a turn. This next part is long, so I understand completely if you don't have the patience to make it through:
I didn't crack under the pressure from Ped Egg. And don't worry, I'll be polite once it shows up. But if the product is as obnoxious as the sales job, then all bets are off!
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Posted Feb 11th 2008 1:25AM by Mo Rocca
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Reader Comments ( Page 1 of 3)
1. My dearest Mo,
It looks like you were on a very bad first date.
Andrea at 2:47AM on Feb 11th 2008
2.
No means NO eerie robotic anonymous phone voice!
I don't want the ped egg anymore since they upset you.
However Mo, you are well on your way to muttonchops! keep at it- I have faith in your hair growing abilities~
Andrea at 2:52AM on Feb 11th 2008
3. I think you'd actually have a better time talking to me than the Ped Egg woman. I won't even ask for your credit card information, but I may offer you super special offers and I'll even prioritize your order for free.
Mallory at 3:32AM on Feb 11th 2008
4. SOMEONE TALKED!!! AND TALKED AND TALKED!
the USS MO-isery has been sunk! (loved your poster in the background)
That was PAINFUL to behold!
Doubtless your flu recovery date has been matched with the arrival of your Ped-Egg.
Sending Ralph Nader with tea and sympathy, I asked him not to "spoon" with you as you've "just had about enough dammit", he is so pragmatic and I needed to settle these small details.
My brilliant sister has been known to be seduced by informercials (hey Kiddles)- and like Opus-from Bloom County wonders what to do with a pocket diaper steamer once she gets it.
Thankyou for educating us on the hazzards of ordering over the phone!! ---That voice! couldn't they use Shirley Booth or Gilbert Gottfried's voice or someone else?
feel better handsome!
~kate
ah,Clem at 7:13AM on Feb 11th 2008
5. the second video is hilarious
loring at 8:53AM on Feb 11th 2008
6. Aw Mo (sorry if this posts 2 times)
I said NO! and NO!&NO!&NO!&NO!&NO!
Sounds like you need to be more assertive! Call 1-800-ISAID-NO!
Looks like there won't be any earrings up for grabs!
DameBuddyBoo at 10:36AM on Feb 11th 2008
7. Mo got the "Patch Adams" treatment.
My family's vernacular. ......Making already sick people sicker by subjecting them to your "mirthful" ministrations.
cross check?
I looked and sounded like Mo, after I saw "Patch Adams" in the theater.
ah,Clem at 10:50AM on Feb 11th 2008
8. Aw Mo,
I feel so bad for you. And you have the flu on top of it.
Okay, first order of business: call your credit card company and confirm what charges were posted.
You may want to consider having them re-issue you a new number. This is an inconvenience for a few weeks, but it will save you in the long run.
Also, the shipping time is a scam. Everything I've ever ordered from Amazon on regular shipping has arrived in two days.
As a demonstration of solidarity, I am pulling all my Ped-Egg slogans and I enjoin all the other Roccats to do the same.
And, as a way of saying thank you for your wonderful blog posts, I am making available to you, for a limited time only...A Get Well Soon wish. This is a thirty dollar value, but if you order now...
JG;)
John Giza at 10:52AM on Feb 11th 2008
9. Thanks, JG and everyone else for your support - Purchasing the Ped Egg was supposed to be fun. This has been a trying experience. I'm disappointed in Telebrand.
Mo Rocca at 11:05AM on Feb 11th 2008
10. And I thought that telephone banking was tedious. Thanks for proving me wrong, Mo!
Maybe the anger and agression sustained from that phone call killed your fever - the one that made the Ped Egg look so appealing in the first place. Oh, how things come full circle.
Elizabeth Robichaud at 11:11AM on Feb 11th 2008
11. I'm in kind of a hurry, so I couldn't see all of the second video. (Will check it out later.)
However, I did enjoy the first one.
Thanks for the early Valentine's Day gift, babe!
That "flu beard" is hella sexy!!!
giftedgirl at 11:16AM on Feb 11th 2008
12. I absolutely DETEST voice-response phone systems. That's why they invented the internet.
But, Mo, you sound like you're disciplining an unruly puppy! or a bratty child (why? why? why?)
I should have picked up a couple PedEggs at Bed Bath & Beyond yesterday. I probably could have got them to you faster and with less aggravation and I would have just sent them General Delivery.
"At any time during this call you can dial "0" to talk to a real live idiot."
mo-NEEK-a at 12:09PM on Feb 11th 2008
13. It seems like they respond a lot more quickly to "YES" than "NO".
You're a lot more persistant than I would have been... I would have hung up long ago and the hell with the Ped Eggs!
I'd thought about ordering one, but NO! way after seeing this!
Star Thrower at 11:42AM on Feb 11th 2008
14.
Uh No! It's the dread pirate FLU BEARD!
"Arrrrrrr, fetch me some Theraflugrog or it's the ped egg for ye"
One-eyed Andrea-pirate to the stars! at 1:42PM on Feb 11th 2008
15. I just checked out the Ped Egg on Amazon and they listed it under "Kitchen and Dining". I'd say more, but I'm not sure there's any way to faithfully translate one's gag reflex into the written word.
Erin Briggs at 1:20PM on Feb 11th 2008