Author Topic: The Cult of the Snuggie (Read 683 times)

nectarsis · « **on:** January 29, 2009, 09:35:48 AM »

http://www.usatoday.com/life/lifestyle/2009-01-27-snuggie_N.htm?se=yahoorefer

A cult sin, and chop can get behind

Necromancer · « **Reply #1 on:** January 29, 2009, 09:45:41 AM »

Quote from: Jay Leno

Lard-ass quilt was the original name! Why not just put your robe on backwards?

4 million sold?!? A sucka born every minute.

esteban · « **Reply #2 on:** January 29, 2009, 09:52:36 AM »

I'm so out-of-the-loop: I've never heard of Snuggie before. Now I want to watch the infomercial. I want to be part of the Snuggie movement.

For once in my life, I want to be happy.

Tatsujin · « **Reply #3 on:** January 29, 2009, 08:59:14 PM »

race driver snuggie

ceti alpha · « **Reply #4 on:** January 30, 2009, 12:01:02 AM »

4 million?!

*tries to put that into perspective...*

That's the city of Toronto all wearing snuggies. Good lord.

Sinistron · « **Reply #5 on:** January 30, 2009, 02:29:48 AM »

My Snuggie story-

The fiance (Sue) kept telling me "I want a snuggie", "I want a snuggie", blah blah so on and so forth. Finally saw the commercial- looked pretty riotous- told her "Sure I'll get you one- eventually". Christmas rolled around- I did the bulk of my shopping- all that was left was a gift to get my parents and one more thing for Sue- so I decided on Snuggie. Figured it'd be good for my parents- my father is always cold- shivering in his chair watching TV no matter how warm it is- and my mother likes to sprawl out on the couch after a rough day at the office and to watch TV or read a book- Snuggie- perfect- or at least one of those amusing gifts that would give them a good laugh.

So on December 9th I placed an order on the offical webpage for four snuggies (by now I wanted one too (a red one) because it was so damn amusing- also wanted the neighbors to think I was a druid). This is where the problems begin. The site advertises a snuggie with a free book light for 19.95 with a FREE snuggie and booklight included. Great. It also advertizes a percentage off of the NEXT snuggie and booklight (with an additional free snuggie and booklight) for buying the first set. Even better- by now I'm thinking I'm going to get a deal- one much better than if I found snuggie in stores. So I order the first set- first problem is that there's pictures of snuggie colors that they don't even sell. Ok- prototype snuggies. Second problem is that you can't pick the color of the free snuggies- they have to be the same color as the set that allows you the free one- that kind of blows as I wanted me and Sue to both have burgundy ones and I wanted a green one and a blue one for my parents- so I wind up ordering my parents green ones. Whatever. So after buying the snuggies- then comes a whopper- "Would you like to buy double thick snuggies WITH POCKETS for only 5$ more a snuggie?". This has me thinking for at least a good fifteen minutes. I'm thinking- Gee my parents and Sue would sure appreciate double thick snuggies- WITH POCKETS!!! Then I'm pissed that it's not mentioned in the commercial. Then I'm feeling that I'd be a sucker if I went for it. Then I'm wondering just how ratty and THIN the regular snuggies are. Then I'm wondering if I went with the regular snuggies if I'd be wishing that mine had pockets. Then I'm wondering if maybe the double thick snuggies are too warm (I don't like to be sweating- certainly isn't relaxing). Then I'm wondering if Sue would peg me for cheap for not going double thick WITH POCKETS! on her snuggie. Finally I decide against the double thick WITH POCKETS- deciding I've already been suckered into this- I wouldn't be suckered further. Now comes the whopper WHOPPER. The tax and shipping. The cost of the snuggies themselves was 34.90 for four snuggies and four booklights- DEAL (I think)! Then I see that sales tax is 5.50- and that shipping and handling is THIRTY ONE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS. In other words the tax plus shipping is more than the actual price of the snuggies. Total comes to $72.20. I feel like a royal ass- but decide to live with myself. Christmas shopping is done.

Flash forward to mid January- no f*cking snuggies. They never come. Trying to log onto their site to see my order status- my order number doesn't seem to work. Thankfully there's an option to login with my e-mail address- which works. BACKORDERED. Hmmm. Great. USELESS INFORMATION now. I could have used it when I first went to their site to buy f*ckING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. So- It was a snuggie-less Christmas- I showed up at my parents' house empty handed and told them they had snuggies on the way. They laughed a little- but the mark of disappointment was clear as day as they bought me all this shit and I'm looking like a guy who is either full of it or who decided to shop online at the last minute. Now- back to mid January- I start snooping around online- which I should have done before ordering. Turns out that the bulk of people who ordered online either A) have been waiting since November or earlier and still haven't received shit, B) call the offices and cannot come into contact with a live human being, C) have had their credit cards OVERCHARGED without receiving anything- or all of the above. I'm flipping out now- calling the number on the site which doesn't do jack shit- no human- just an automated voice saying due to the high volume of holiday orders snuggies are backordered. I FINALLY find e-mail addresses to the parent company- FOSDICKCORP- I send a flood of e-mails to them- and finally get my order cancelled- however -- strangely enough my status on the webpage is still listed as backordered- I inquire on this and get no answer.

ANYWAY- I owed presents. I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and lo and behold- there's snuggie. There's only one color in the stores- BLUE. So I buy four- 15 bucks each- comes out to sixty- which is obviously lower than buying 4 online with all of the super deals bullshit. The booklights are shit- a pinpoint of light- nothing wide enough to cover the whole book page. The snuggies are NOT the size that you can easily wrap around your whole body- they also are not something that you can walk around easily in like in the commercial- they're not wide enough to wrap around your whole body and they're too long at the bottom. They are cozy- I must say- for chilling on the couch- but that's all they're good for. You can basically wear a robe reversed and get the same effect- and probably be a whole lot snugglier.

Stay away from Snuggie and its plan for world domination.

ceti alpha · « **Reply #6 on:** January 30, 2009, 02:42:36 AM »

Quote from: Sinistron on January 30, 2009, 02:29:48 AM

My Snuggie story-

The fiance (Sue) kept telling me "I want a snuggie", "I want a snuggie", blah blah so on and so forth. Finally saw the commercial- looked pretty riotous- told her "Sure I'll get you one- eventually". Christmas rolled around- I did the bulk of my shopping- all that was left was a gift to get my parents and one more thing for Sue- so I decided on Snuggie. Figured it'd be good for my parents- my father is always cold- shivering in his chair watching TV no matter how warm it is- and my mother likes to sprawl out on the couch after a rough day at the office and to watch TV or read a book- Snuggie- perfect- or at least one of those amusing gifts that would give them a good laugh.

So on December 9th I placed an order on the offical webpage for four snuggies (by now I wanted one too (a red one) because it was so damn amusing- also wanted the neighbors to think I was a druid). This is where the problems begin. The site advertises a snuggie with a free book light for 19.95 with a FREE snuggie and booklight included. Great. It also advertizes a percentage off of the NEXT snuggie and booklight (with an additional free snuggie and booklight) for buying the first set. Even better- by now I'm thinking I'm going to get a deal- one much better than if I found snuggie in stores. So I order the first set- first problem is that there's pictures of snuggie colors that they don't even sell. Ok- prototype snuggies. Second problem is that you can't pick the color of the free snuggies- they have to be the same color as the set that allows you the free one- that kind of blows as I wanted me and Sue to both have burgundy ones and I wanted a green one and a blue one for my parents- so I wind up ordering my parents green ones. Whatever. So after buying the snuggies- then comes a whopper- "Would you like to buy double thick snuggies WITH POCKETS for only 5$ more a snuggie?". This has me thinking for at least a good fifteen minutes. I'm thinking- Gee my parents and Sue would sure appreciate double thick snuggies- WITH POCKETS!!! Then I'm pissed that it's not mentioned in the commercial. Then I'm feeling that I'd be a sucker if I went for it. Then I'm wondering just how ratty and THIN the regular snuggies are. Then I'm wondering if I went with the regular snuggies if I'd be wishing that mine had pockets. Then I'm wondering if maybe the double thick snuggies are too warm (I don't like to be sweating- certainly isn't relaxing). Then I'm wondering if Sue would peg me for cheap for not going double thick WITH POCKETS! on her snuggie. Finally I decide against the double thick WITH POCKETS- deciding I've already been suckered into this- I wouldn't be suckered further. Now comes the whopper WHOPPER. The tax and shipping. The cost of the snuggies themselves was 34.90 for four snuggies and four booklights- DEAL (I think)! Then I see that sales tax is 5.50- and that shipping and handling is THIRTY ONE DOLLARS AND EIGHTY CENTS. In other words the tax plus shipping is more than the actual price of the snuggies. Total comes to $72.20. I feel like a royal ass- but decide to live with myself. Christmas shopping is done.

Flash forward to mid January- no f*cking snuggies. They never come. Trying to log onto their site to see my order status- my order number doesn't seem to work. Thankfully there's an option to login with my e-mail address- which works. BACKORDERED. Hmmm. Great. USELESS INFORMATION now. I could have used it when I first went to their site to buy f*ckING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. So- It was a snuggie-less Christmas- I showed up at my parents' house empty handed and told them they had snuggies on the way. They laughed a little- but the mark of disappointment was clear as day as they bought me all this shit and I'm looking like a guy who is either full of it or who decided to shop online at the last minute. Now- back to mid January- I start snooping around online- which I should have done before ordering. Turns out that the bulk of people who ordered online either A) have been waiting since November or earlier and still haven't received shit, B) call the offices and cannot come into contact with a live human being, C) have had their credit cards OVERCHARGED without receiving anything- or all of the above. I'm flipping out now- calling the number on the site which doesn't do jack shit- no human- just an automated voice saying due to the high volume of holiday orders snuggies are backordered. I FINALLY find e-mail addresses to the parent company- FOSDICKCORP- I send a flood of e-mails to them- and finally get my order cancelled- however -- strangely enough my status on the webpage is still listed as backordered- I inquire on this and get no answer.

ANYWAY- I owed presents. I went to Bed Bath and Beyond and lo and behold- there's snuggie. There's only one color in the stores- BLUE. So I buy four- 15 bucks each- comes out to sixty- which is obviously lower than buying 4 online with all of the super deals bullshit. The booklights are shit- a pinpoint of light- nothing wide enough to cover the whole book page. The snuggies are NOT the size that you can easily wrap around your whole body- they also are not something that you can walk around easily in like in the commercial- they're not wide enough to wrap around your whole body and they're too long at the bottom. They are cozy- I must say- for chilling on the couch- but that's all they're good for. You can basically wear a robe reversed and get the same effect- and probably be a whole lot snugglier.

Stay away from Snuggie and its plan for world domination.

Damn...sounds like the Nightmare After Christmas.

Necromancer · « **Reply #7 on:** January 30, 2009, 02:51:21 AM »

Quote from: Sinistron on January 30, 2009, 02:29:48 AM

My Snuggie story-

If I were crazy enough to want one of these things, I'd go with teh real deal - the Slanket. It's a bit pricier, but at least they don't have a BBB rating of F and sell 'em in a better variety of colors (including black to match my soul).

Sinistron · « **Reply #8 on:** January 30, 2009, 02:59:30 AM »

I did consider buying the slanket (and another similar brand- the Pike Street 3 in 1 Softie Wrap/Throw which actually looks like the best one)- looks like a better product- but yeah they are a bit pricier which is why I went through my awful snuggie experience.

Sinistron · « **Reply #9 on:** January 30, 2009, 03:23:11 AM »

Compare-

SNUGGIE

SLANKET

SOFTIE

CUDDLE

I just came upon this Cuddle one- looks better than the others! :-"

guyjin · « **Reply #10 on:** January 30, 2009, 04:22:03 AM »

Quote from: Sinistron on January 30, 2009, 02:29:48 AM

My Snuggie story-

tl;dr. But I guess it sucked, sorry.

Necromancer · « **Reply #11 on:** January 30, 2009, 05:10:15 AM »

Quote from: Sinistron on January 30, 2009, 03:23:11 AM

I just came upon this Cuddle one- looks better than the others! :-"

Hells yeah, she's hot! Wait.... maybe that's not what you meant.

Sinistron · « **Reply #12 on:** January 30, 2009, 06:40:13 AM »

lol! boomin' granny!

esteban · « **Reply #13 on:** January 30, 2009, 12:06:41 PM »

Quote from: Sinistron on January 30, 2009, 02:29:48 AM

... "Would you like to buy double thick snuggies WITH POCKETS for only 5$ more a snuggie?". This has me thinking for at least a good fifteen minutes. I'm thinking- Gee my parents and Sue would sure appreciate double thick snuggies- WITH POCKETS!!! Then I'm pissed that it's not mentioned in the commercial. Then I'm feeling that I'd be a sucker if I went for it. Then I'm wondering just how ratty and THIN the regular snuggies are. Then I'm wondering if I went with the regular snuggies if I'd be wishing that mine had pockets. Then I'm wondering if maybe the double thick snuggies are too warm (I don't like to be sweating- certainly isn't relaxing). Then I'm wondering if Sue would peg me for cheap for not going double thick WITH POCKETS! on her snuggie.

Sinistron

.

I loved reading your entire epic saga about Snuggie, but I particularly loved the excerpt above, because I totally go through the same process when I'm buying stuff. I have to admit, I probably would have ordered the thicker, pocketed version because it was only a bit more $$$ and who doesn't like THICK and who complains about pockets? Damn practical, those pockets.

Anyway, I'm feeling a bit chilly (housesitting) and I wish I had one of these Slankets, Snuggies, etc.

I have a heat cube and it has rather limited heat settings: MOLTEN LAVA HOT or ICE COLD. Thank you, uninsulated walls... windows...

Sparky · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2009, 12:15:30 PM »

Quote from: Sinistron on January 30, 2009, 03:23:11 AM

SLANKET

sin that was a great Snuggie story... haha...
the Slanket!!!??? sounds so dirty... i just want her to take it off