Are you in some way opposed to gadgets, and are you poking fun at companies like that sell them such as Hammacher Schlemmer and Brookstone?
Not at all. We love gadgets and admire those companies. We celebrate the ingenuity and hard work of the people who invent gadgets and bring them to market.
As far as we know, all the products we pretend to sell through the site were dreamed up by us and none of them are for sale. Any similarities to real products are unintentional and purely coincidental. We do, however, include links to products and services sold by our advertisers (e.g., Amazon, Barnes & Noble), to companies placing ads through Google, and to our store at Zazzle.com. By following these links, real products and services can be purchased, for real money.
Since nothing is for sale, what's the point of adding a product to a cart?
Actually, you may have a good point. Seriously though, if you've already set up an account, you can retain your favorite products in your cart permanently, and easily access them when you want to laugh about them again or show them to others.
I like this. How can I make sure it doesn't go away?
We appreciate your appreciation of the service we're providing. At present, Hamburger Blender is supported by ads of one kind or another, and by the sale of T-shirts (and other items adorned with totally fake products) by our store at Zazzle.com. You can support us by buying stuff from our Zazzle store and by purchasing through our site products and services (at no additional cost!) that you see advertised. For example, you can search for any Amazon item using the search box below, and if you purchase it (or any other item) once you've been forwarded to Amazon, we receive a commission. Similarly, if you click on the Barnes & Noble ad and buy something from their site (bestseller or not) we'll also get credit for it. Please ensure that your browser accepts cookies, since the systems that pay us when you buy through Hamburger Blender may otherwise explode!
It also helps a great deal if you tell your friends about Hamburger Blender. One way to do this is by sending them a ZilchGift. [Back To Top]
I don't like this. How can I make sure it goes away? You're being downright nasty.
I've heard of something called "Chindogu" that sounds somewhat related to this site. Can you comment?
Indeed, Chindogu has been an inspiration to us since reading Kawakami's first book of Unuseless Inventions. However, Hamburger Blender's products aren't necessarily Chindogu, which have the characteristic of being theoretically useful but with at least one major liability that makes them impractical, and typically, quite absurd. If you like Hamburger Blender, you'll probably enjoy reading this excellent compilation of Chindogu below:
Can I give you feedback on the site? We'd love to get your feedback (including suggestions for improvements), and giving it to us is astoundingly easy. Simply go the Contact Us form. If you're willing to have your comments posted on the site, either with your name or anonymously, please let us know. We reserve the right to post or not post any particular comment, and of course, we'll only post the comments we like.
How many writers do you have? We employ a hand-picked full-time staff of over 2,500 highly-compensated writers, each of whom is only allowed to suggest one product idea a year, so as not to unduly pressure those suffering from writer's block. Typically, only a handful of these ideas meets the extraordinarily high standards that merit inclusion on the site.
