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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[If only I would have known this a few weeks ago, I could have purchased both Hooters and the Sharper Image for mere change and made them into one horribly-gone-wrong suburban nightmare.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Nate]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 3:56PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA["horribly-gone-wrong suburban nightmare"<br><br>that phrase is a bit redundant, eh? =)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[phanbouy]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 3:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Please let this die quietly. I do not want to see another Sharper Image in my lifetime.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[BigD145]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 4:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sadly, this was once the only cool place to look at stuff you wanted for christmas.  But the web pretty much slayed this bloated overpriced taiwanese/chinese knock off sporting money pit.<br><br>Next:  Brookstone.  Do we really need an entire store for memory foam pillows, book lights, and gardening tools?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matt Peckham]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 4:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Guys trapped in the mall with wives and girlfriends don't need this store anymore.  Or Brookstone.  They have the Apple Store, where they can check their email and surf.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Murphy Mac]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 8:22PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Brookstone is planning on acquiring them, in their aggressive motion to take Sharper Images' place as retailer of most completely unnecessary products in US gadget history.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[anodynewake]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 2:48PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[I worked there in Hawaii,   The Ionic Breeze was the most sold and also the most returned item in the store.  They didn't care because it cost them 23 dollars to make and they sold it for 399.  Not to mention it didn't do anything at all but collect dust that landed on it.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 4:46PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Get your facts right, bud. Just because you worked in the store doesn't mean you know all about it, 'cuz you don't.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aboriginal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 5:20PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[@ Aboriginal: And you do know all about it? Ask anyone, it's pretty obvious what happened here... (if you really do, sorry, but you could have provided some reason)]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Predator.Z6]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 6:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Weak, but I got it, aboriginal.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[sitruc]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 11:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sorry, but I was venting. I was on the inside and witnessed the destruction first hand. With great power comes great responsibility and these guys that moved in on the company took none. I understand that it is easy to rag on a business going down, but without understanding the bigger picture the people on the inside who aren't responsible take the hits harder than the ones who are. A lot of us got a kick out of shopping there over the years and without places like it there may not have ever been a gadget craze. TSI was really ahead of its time, but never kept up with it either.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aboriginal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 12:43PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Still not worth it, unless I get all of the sweet doo-dads still in their stores. I guess that's what happens when the economy is in a crunch - don't have money to spend on worthless crap.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Juaquin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 4:52PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Well that sucks, I would surf Sharper Image's website at x-mas time for gift ideas, find something I thought was cool, and then buy it from Amazon for cheaper.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Loban]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 5:10PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[So they are the people who first though of the idea to unreasonably raise prices with the "iPod compatible" banner...<br><br>We still see it today, mini headphone jack to car cassette adaptor, "iPod compatible" labeled ones are frequently priced twice as much as other comparable ones. Only difference other then the label is the white color.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Kev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 5:08PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[That's a low way to treat a company a lot of good, smart creative people worked for for a lot of years. Point the finger at the asses that thought they could move in on what was a good business venture and rip it down around the people that worked hard to build it. ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aboriginal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 5:17PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[I'm sorry your dad's company tanked. On the bright side, you're still really, really rich.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[LarryLarryLarry]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 12:22AM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[I was adopted.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[aboriginal]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 25th 2008 12:37PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Newness is everything in retail-- not marketing older technology as though it is new an innovative just because it has an exclusive color variance and higher price tag.  ]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[jasonpitsch@yahoo.com]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 6:30PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[if i had 3.6 mil, id buy it and take 40% off the price of everything, than maybe people would buy stuff there.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[kyle allen]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 6:54PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[They are having a 40% off sale from their corporate HQ flagship store.  I live right above it in SF and picked up some decent deals.<br>]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mp]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 28th 2008 3:06PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Aboriginal, your a jackass   tell me why I don't know.    I damn well do know I worked there for three years and saw exactly what the cost was of anything sharper image put there name on.   You could look it up on the computer.   Not to mention me and the assistant manager (of 8 years)  were best friends and we discussed things of this nature.   Now tell me how I wrong you fucking moron.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[mark]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 7:09PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Squidbillies gave me a good reason to never buy anything that vibrates from the sharper image<br><br><a href="http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c392195ba59801195e1ed99600fa" rel="nofollow">http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c392195ba59801195e1ed99600fa</a><br><br>Santa: Okay, this is big crimson daddy, stop production on all sex toys.  No vibrators.<br><br>Elf: Can't we just call them back massagers?<br><br>Santa: Noo......yes.  Yes, we can make that work.  I'll call sharper image.]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[roflercopterer]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 7:59PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[Sharper Image going out of business?<br><br>Good riddance.<br><br><br>But alas, what will Donald Trump do wit his STEAKS???  Oh, woe isss me!<br><br>Not so claaassy now, eh, Donny-boy?]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[Cassini]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Apr 24th 2008 8:32PM</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Comments on Sharper Image up for sale -- amazing mall store offers weightless, ionic iPod-compatible massage]]></title><link>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/24/sharper-image-up-for-sale-amazing-mall-store-offers-weightles/</guid><description><![CDATA[First of all, Sharper Image didn't invent the idea of Ions.<br>Their machine may not work well, but there are such things as ions.<br>   Actually, I understand what Aboriginal is saying.If he too, worked there then he would know better than most of us.(the other fellow wh worked there, apparently had a different experience though).]]></description><dc:creator><![CDATA[KK]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Jun 2nd 2008 5:17AM</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
