Category: Announcement

PRIZE DRAWING: Because I Have Bottles of Baobab

Marvo 137 Comments

I have two unopened bottles of the limited edition Pepsi Baobab, which I reviewed last week.

There are a number of things I could do with those bottles, like sell them on eBay for $5 plus shipping; wait six months, let them become more scarce and then sell them on eBay for $7 plus shipping; or wait five years, sell them on eBay for $10 plus shipping and hope the buyer doesn’t give me negative feedback when they get sick from drinking a five year old soda. Or I could have an Impulsive Buy prize drawing and have two lucky readers each win a bottle.

Yeah, that’s what I’ll do.

To enter The Impulsive Buy’s Pepsi Baobab prize drawing, leave a comment with THIS post. You may say whatever you like, but your comment MUST include what your favorite fruit is.

Please don’t forget to fill out the email field because I’ll be emailing the winners for their mailing addresses. The Impulsive Buy will stop accepting entries on Sunday, June 27, 2010 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. Only one entry allowed per person and it’s open to everyone who’s 18 years old or older.

Good luck!

Fine Print: The Impulsive Buy promises your email address will not be used to send you links to cute cat videos that you’ve probably already seen. The Impulsive Buy also promises your mailing address will not be used to send you cute cat photos. Bribes will not be accepted. Offering kittens will not influence the results. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail, or cutsy wootsy kitty cats that warm your cold heart and bring a smile to your face.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Winners To Shower On Me!!!

Marvo

It’s time to come clean. Here are the six winners of The Impulsive Buy’s Shower On Me Prize Drawing and the body washes they’ve won:

1. eric boothby – Axe Twist Shower Gel
2. Dorothy – Old Spice Deo Sport Odor Blocker Body Wash
3. Duo – Dove Men+Care Extra Fresh Body and Face Wash
4. Gillian – Dial Cherry Seed Oil & Mint NutriSkin Body Wash
5. Kathleen – Dove Unscented Sensitive Skin Nourishing Body Wash
6. Glowy – Caress White Peach Cream Whipped Souffle Body Wash

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated.

PRIZE DRAWING: Because I Want To Give You The Opportunity To Shower On Me

Marvo 139 Comments

No, The Impulsive Buy is not paying your water bill, providing you with a wash cloth or standing with you in your shower to scrub you down. Because paying that one utility is probably expensive, a wash cloth is too cheap and scrubbing you down in your shower will probably end up with me registering as a sex offender. But TIB can provide the body wash you need to clean away dirt and make you smell like a million dollars…or five dollars, which is roughly how much I spent on each body wash.

TIB is going to give away a bottle of body wash to six lucky readers via a prize drawing. The six different body washes are some of the latest on store shelves, or at least I think so, since they all have the word “new” printed on them. The body washes are:

(from left to right)

1. Axe Twist Shower Gel
2. Old Spice Deo Sport Odor Blocker Body Wash
3. Dove Men+Care Extra Fresh Body and Face Wash
4. Dial Cherry Seed Oil & Mint NutriSkin Body Wash
5. Dove Unscented Sensitive Skin Nourishing Body Wash
6. Caress White Peach Cream Whipped Souffle Body Wash

To enter this prize drawing, leave a comment with THIS post. You may say whatever
you like, but your comment MUST include the phrase, “I want to shower on you” AND the body wash you’d like to win.

Please don’t forget to fill out the email field because I’ll be emailing the winners for their mailing addresses. The Impulsive Buy will stop accepting entries on Sunday, March 7, 2010 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time. Only one entry allowed per person and it’s open to everyone who’s 18 years old or older.

Good luck!

Fine Print: The Impulsive Buy promises your email address will not be used to send you an email with a link you shouldn’t click. The Impulsive Buy also promises your mailing address will not be used to send you letters you shouldn’t open. Bribes will not be accepted. The Impulsive Buy will not be responsible for lost mail, damaged mail, or how much you’ll love showering on me.

ANNOUNCEMENT: New Impulsive Buy Reviewer Kelley

Kelley 11 Comments

Oh, hello! I didn’t see you sitting there. I was just relaxing by the fireplace in my roomy Beverly Hills mansion, enjoying a Cuban cigar and sipping a nice glass of cognac, resplendent in my satin smoking jacket.

That is a lie, of course.

Hi, I’m Kelley, the newest member of The Impulsive Buy’s crew of reviewers. I’m actually wearing pajama pants, sitting in my apartment in Mesa, Arizona, a part of the greater Phoenix area commonly known as “The Valley of the Sun.” If you’re to believe crime television shows, it is the asshole of the United States, a terrifying desert filled with escaped convicts and deranged murderers. This is only partially true.

A short background about me: I lived in Anaheim, California for the first 22 years of my life. Yes, I worked at Disneyland. No, I wasn’t one of the princesses. Got a BFA in English with an emphasis on creative writing. Moved to Mesa, worked a couple of secretary jobs. The usual stuff.

I was practically raised on fast food and junk food, and my love of these unhealthy eats has never waned. As I grew older, I started to take notice of just how ridiculous the marketing of these foods are, and a few years ago, I started thinking about creating a blog that would highlight this insanity, and also introduce the Internet public to new and/or crazy food items. Last year, I finally created Junk Food Betty. TIB was a great inspiration for me.

Now I’m a reviewer for TIB, and I am enthusiastically grateful to be one. My style is pretty straightforward: I’m not a girly-girl, I cuss like a drunken sailor (unless my mother is in the room), I haven’t worn a dress since I graduated high school, and if I review a product that I think sucks, you’re going to know about it. Conversely, if I try a product and love it, I’ll make sure to tell you why I think it’s great. I look forward to channeling my verbosity into words and paragraphs that will entertain and possibly even educate you, the Impulsive Buy reader.

ANNOUNCEMENT: SPAM Macadamia Nut Winners!!!

Marvo 2 Comments

Read our review of SPAM Macadamia Nuts here.

To many, winning a can of SPAM macadamia nuts from some overweight blogger in the middle of the Pacific Ocean who writes reviews in his underwear may not seem like a win. But five lucky Impulsive Buy readers now have to opportunity to find out if it truly is. Here are the five winners of the SPAM Macadamia Nut giveaway and their comments:

kristen – “I love Spam.”

jperonto – “Interesting flavor. Send them here! :)”

Marc – “Okay.”

Nicole – “http://www.buzzfeed.com/scott/spampersand. Spam and punctuation marks. Our fair civilization has progressed!”

Mary – “Spam nuts”

Congratulations to all the winners and thank you to everyone who participated.