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Gadget Freaks Take Note

I don't buy all that much from Herrington's or Sharper Image, but I spend endless time with their catalogs. I just got my first firstSTREET catalog. Cool stuff! I went berserk. For instance, legal police radar jamming devices are so good now that Rocky Mountain Radar offers to pay for any ticket you get while using their device (for the first year of operation). Somehow, that appeals to me ...

Tom Peters posted this on 03/15/05.

Comments

Fantastic - some police departments have become so arrogant about $$$ collecting for "speeders and red light runners".

Posted by John at March 15, 2005 1:02 PM

Tom, hate to rain on you radar jammer parade, but those Rocky Mountain products don't work. A number of automotive magazines have done reviews on jammers and they are just a hoax. Read the fine print on their site about paying your ticket and you'll see that it has to be within 30% or 15mph of the speed limit, whichever is less. Cops rarely give tickets for doing less than 15 over. If you really need radar protection, pony up for a Valentine One. It's the gold standard for radar detectors.

Posted by Jake Carnow at March 15, 2005 1:13 PM

They may have an interesting catalogue, but they don't know how to build a website. Catalogue delivery understands Canadian provinces, but not Canadian postal codes -- but still insists that they must match! Entering a numeric (U.S.) zip code produces a message that the address must be in the U.S. Aaargghh! Companies that don't know any other country exists!

Posted by David Skillicorn at March 15, 2005 2:01 PM