Worst-Selling Hardware Store Items (Part I)

The list for March 4, 1998
The Top 16 Worst-Selling Hardware Store Items
(Part I)

  1. PVC crack pipes

  2. Howard Sterno

  3. AK-47 Semi-automatic glue gun

  4. Stud-Muffin Finder

  5. DermAbrade 9000 Acne Remover! Fits most popular belt sanders.

  6. Martha Stewart Terracotta Torque Wrench Cozy

  7. Pee Wee Herman light switch plates

  8. VladCo Electric Impal-O-Matic

  9. Richard Simmons “Spackling to the Oldies” video

  10. Lewinsky Leaf Blowers

  11. The TurboBidet 2000

  12. Time-Life’s “So, You’re A Moron With A Workshop” Books

  13. Caulk Rings

  14. The Hair Club for Men (attaches to your head to deter would-be toupee thieves)

  15. Goose Tape
And the Number 1 Worst-Selling Hardware Store Item…

  1. “Hoe House” shag-carpeted tool sheds
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CREDITS
Selected from 185 submissions from 66 contributors.
Today’s list authors were:

  • Barry T. Smith, Boulder Creek, CA — 1 (1st #1!)
  • Larry G. Hollister, Concord, CA — 1, RU list name (4th #1)
  • Rob Seulowitz, New York, NY — 2
  • Tony Hill, Minneapolis, MN — 3 /
  • Lloyd Jacobson, Washington, DC — 4
  • Caroline Gennity, Virginia Beach, VA — 5
  • Peter Rogers, Boston, MA — 6 (Rookie!)
  • David G. Scott, Kansas City, MO — 7
  • Ed Smith, Chattanooga, TN — 7
  • John Gennity, Woodhaven, NY — 8
  • Mark Schmidt, Santa Cruz, CA — 8
  • Larry Baum, Hong Kong — 9
  • Bill Muse, Seattle, WA — 10
  • Bo Williams, Huntsville, AL — 11, 12
  • Matt Loiselle, Detroit, MI — 11, Topic
  • Jason Anderson, Birmingham, AL — 11
  • William Gray, San Jose, CA — 11
  • Spike Jones, Atlanta, GA — 11
  • Sam Evans, Charleston, SC — 13 /
  • Don Swain, Pontiac, MI — 13
  • Mitch Patterson, Atlanta, GA — 14
  • Paul Paternoster, Redwood City, CA — 14
  • Doug Johnson, Santa Cruz, CA — 15
  • Wade Kwon, Birmingham, AL — 16
  • David Kass, Brooklyn, NY — Banner Tag
  • Jeff Scherer, Brooklyn, NY — Ambience suggestion
  • Jan Hammer, Prague, Czechoslovakia — Ambience
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