Well, once again it's the silly season. Last week my local paper ran a full-page ad for the =93revolutionary TropicAir Heater that slashes heat bills and helps keep you healthier=94. Curiously it comes from the exact same street address as last year=92s travesty, the HEAT SURGE Roll-n-Glow Fireplace. That was an electric heater disguised as a fireplace ("fireless flame") and sold wrapped in a "real Amish fireplace mantel". See:
Folks, it's a lousy little 1200 watt portable electric heater with a fan, but with a humidifier feature added. For a limited time they will sell you not just one, but a pair of these miracles for $298. Guess what? You can go to
The website for the TropicAir is:
The TropicAir is another example of the "boom box" or (for old-timers) "console radio" marketing fallacy that a bigger cabinet and a higher price ABSOLUTELY MUST mean that you are getting a better product. Once upon a time when you said Canton, Ohio people anywhere would know you were talking about the hometown of Timken, who made the best damn tapered roller bearings in the world. Now the town also can claim bozos hustling =93Chinese junk=94 for high prices.
Pittsburgh Pete
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