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COTD Mystery Item $4 All up Apparently The Item Is Worth $30 & Comes with Money Back Guarentee

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COTD Mystery Item $4 All up Apparently The Item Is Worth $30 & Comes with Money Back Guarentee
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dins on 30/03/2011 - 13:06 catchoftheday.com.au (2504 clicks)

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/index.php

FREE SHIPPING NATION WIDE!

The Mystery Item!

Normally worth $30 elsewhere, today just $3.99!

COMES WITH A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE!

Please note, today’s mystery item is one singular item. If you buy several to pass around to your friends and family, you will receive several of the same item.

This mystery item is a ripper. The value is so good that we just want to surprise you - it’s something that’s normally worth about $30 everywhere else, and it’s also something that most people actually need. You’re guaranteed to find that some of your friends or family will have a need for this item, so feel free to spread the word - you can buy as many as you like! It’s not exactly a “gift”, but if you handed a few of these around, you’d definitely be in most people’s good books.

Now here’s the best part. If you receive this item only to find that you don’t think it was worth it, we’ll give you a refund of the full purchase price! There it is - it’s foolproof. $30 value for only $3.99 with free shipping nation wide, and it’s something you’ll most likely need. And if you don’t need it, you’ll get your money back. NICE.

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  • dy4me on 30/03/2011 - 13:10
    +8

    better it stay a mystery!

    • BoltThrower on 30/03/2011 - 13:11
      +3

      I'll tell you what I get :P

  • dins on 30/03/2011 - 13:13
    +22

    hope it's the hot babe holding the question mark (fingers crossed)

    • cheng2008 on 30/03/2011 - 13:41
      -1

      one can hope, but somehow i think she'd cost more than $30

    • Bappy on 30/03/2011 - 17:25
      +4

      Becareful what you hope for

      You might receive the hot babe in a Barbie format (USB powered) which may never stop whinging "Buy more from COTD, Buy more from COTD…"

      • issh on 30/03/2011 - 17:27
        +6

        ….and then Barbie crashes

        • Bappy on 30/03/2011 - 17:28
          +4

          powered by that same dead hamster and the little treadmill

    • No Child Support on 30/03/2011 - 17:41
      +7

      The mystery with that prize is that she, is indeed, a HE

      • SydStrand on 30/03/2011 - 23:28
        +2

        COTD's free bonus pickle surprise

  • Peccavi on 30/03/2011 - 13:15

    Alright, I'm taking the bait.
    Now let's hope it's worth it [sceptical] :/

  • cyrax83 on 30/03/2011 - 13:15
    +33

    it's probably a server. catch of the day don't believe in them :)

    • dy4me on 30/03/2011 - 13:17
      +2

      LMAO. true true

      • BoltThrower on 30/03/2011 - 13:19
        +23

        might be a dead hamster and a little treadmill they use to power the servers.

  • bendertiger on 30/03/2011 - 13:18
    +6

    A huge box of condoms? I'm always afraid of 'catching' something!

    • Peccavi on 30/03/2011 - 13:24
      +2

      $30 worth?

      It’s not exactly a “gift”, but if you handed a few of these around, you’d definitely be in most people’s good books.

      I guess a box of condoms kinda fits the description, though I don't normally hand them around.

      • BoltThrower on 30/03/2011 - 13:27
        +1

        They should bring that one back, It was 3x10 packs for $3 +$2 postage.

        • pilchard on 30/03/2011 - 22:46

          yes! I've run out since then. :/

      • bonus999 on 30/03/2011 - 14:08
        +12

        Expired condoms or gonna to expire within 2 days or …refurbished..lol

        • colaman on 30/03/2011 - 14:15
          +3

          no, they are probably the ones that had been stapled to the box by mistake.

        • StewBalls on 30/03/2011 - 18:30
          -1

          Expired condoms or gonna to expire within 2 days

          Even if the boxes were fresh out of the "House With No Steps" workshop, by the time COTD manage to ship them to you they'll be well past their prime! :p

          or …refurbished..lol

          Lol indeed, eeewww, but lol nonetheless! ;)

  • morpheu on 30/03/2011 - 13:28

    i'll bet it's a bottle of blue smoke-everyone knows electronics run on blue smoke, a server is full of it, so when the cotd servers die they bottle it and sell it back to us!! lol

  • ukmark on 30/03/2011 - 13:43

    The money back guarantee is a bit worthless. It would probably run pretty close to $4 for most people to send back even a small item…….. so you may as well keep it.

    • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2011 - 13:56

      The page doesn't say you need to send it back. It just says if you don't think it's worth it, they'll refund the entire puchase price. So… it's tempting to order 20 of them and make the refund claim.

    • quop on 30/03/2011 - 14:35
      +3

      Authorised returns go to a reply paid address. The cost to you is time, effort, plus maybe some packaging.

      • ukmark on 30/03/2011 - 17:58

        Fair point, I was not aware of that.

        Unless that is only for faulty returns, not change of mind.

      • [Deactivated] on 30/03/2011 - 19:10

        Yea, happy with COTD, had a return and they covered the cost - pretty simple and painless process.

    • abc on 30/03/2011 - 14:40
      +4

      Money back guarantee will probably be in store credit

  • Bargain_potato on 30/03/2011 - 13:49
    +27

    If this item was worth buying for $4 they wouldnt make it a mystery

    • clandestino on 30/03/2011 - 14:08
      +9

      Logic has no place here !

    • Tal_Shiar on 30/03/2011 - 14:09
      +4

      ^ Live a little sheesh guys ….

      • Bargain_potato on 30/03/2011 - 14:18
        +18

        i lived a little once… received a kid's hat, a cheapo battery operated lantern, 3 glasses & a Disney read along audio book with no CD!… have mystery items ever been good????

        • Tal_Shiar on 30/03/2011 - 14:22
          +10

          So you had a good time? Lol

        • BoltThrower on 30/03/2011 - 17:38

          Play a game with your partner. Order it and you have to use it for a bit of roleplay, whatever it is.

        • A Banana4scale on 30/03/2011 - 17:42

          clearly that didn't teach you the lesson the first time you got it

  • ENSLAVER on 30/03/2011 - 14:19

    Can you buy a couple of things and leave them in your cart until the next item comes a long? Until the end of the day before finalizing checkout? Or does it time out after a while/items no longer available?

    • Tal_Shiar on 30/03/2011 - 14:24

      Cotd have gotten better, but it's still cord, buy it asap or risk being asked to remove it later on

      • ENSLAVER on 30/03/2011 - 14:35
        +1

        In big red letters in the checkout:

        "Please note: Stock is not reserved until you complete checkout."

        I better checkout lol

  • bendertiger on 30/03/2011 - 14:24

    BUGGER IT! I man'ed up and bought one, considering I am now running an online shop I thought I'd help them out, they are obviously desperate. Hey, it can't be too bad!

    • Martini on 30/03/2011 - 14:30

      Desperate?

      • bendertiger on 30/03/2011 - 14:54

        Well they seem to get a caining on ozbargain

        • StewBalls on 30/03/2011 - 17:52
          +8

          It's well deserved, I can assure you! ;)

    • RachelleRachelle on 30/03/2011 - 21:49

      I took the bait too

  • red-hot on 30/03/2011 - 14:55

    Please would you check back here next week, & let us know what you got. I'm in suspense.

    • dins on 30/03/2011 - 15:33

      it's only 4 bucks c'mon live a little :)

      • Tenebrae on 30/03/2011 - 21:32
        -4

        $4 + $15 shipping

        • Ughhh on 30/03/2011 - 21:35
          +3

          Free Shipping for the Mystery Item. I think youre looking at the Catch-a-thon…

    • Tilduke on 31/03/2011 - 21:18

      If by next week you mean in about 3 weeks. Takes them forever to ship.

  • Bappy on 30/03/2011 - 15:27
    +4

    OK, one last time I'll be the silly little fish…got caught in COTD fishnet

  • tfb on 30/03/2011 - 15:38

    I'm gonna guess a short HDMI cable

    • scrimshaw on 30/03/2011 - 15:40
      +1

      I hope not… I've already bought 3 HDMI cables and they didn't even cost me more than $3 each.

  • GerrardLFC on 30/03/2011 - 15:44

    I got one but what is stopping everyone from just saying they did not like or need and it want $30 back :P

    • dins on 30/03/2011 - 15:57

      you mean $4 back? they must be quite certain that 99% of the ppl will be happy with it otherwise they could have not had any guarantee and it still would have sold out imo given the $4 price tag

  • abc on 30/03/2011 - 16:17
    +1

    People shouldn't actually rate this +ve unless they know what it is. Remember once +ve you cant change to -ve

  • covert on 30/03/2011 - 16:47
    +15

    I wish COTD would get some decent servers.

    "Looks like our servers are taking way too much traffic"

    • Tal_Shiar on 31/03/2011 - 00:30
      -2

      Are you trolling? You knew what their servers are like yet you went back, tried again and got upset again? not their fault you can't help yourself is it?

  • edison702 on 30/03/2011 - 17:06
    +2

    You guys gonna get rubbish. I am sure. 100% sure. I bought from COTD and 1-day, those mystery boxes. You may expect to get something nearly expired or you would never use it in your life.

    • issh on 30/03/2011 - 17:11

      it's usually things they don't sell

    • superjill on 30/03/2011 - 17:34

      What did you get there?

  • Jcharak58 on 30/03/2011 - 17:08
    +4

    My guess:

    $30 of COTD credit.

    • Bappy on 30/03/2011 - 17:19
      +2

      Cheers mate
      I will reserve my neg vote till I receive the order

      • Mikinoz on 30/03/2011 - 18:16
        +4

        By the time you get your order you wont be able to vote………..

    • shmahoo on 30/03/2011 - 21:53

      but can only be used $1 at a time, on 30 separate purchases !!

  • SakuraChan on 30/03/2011 - 17:10
    +1

    I want to know what it is already! will someone buy it for $3.99 if i don't want it??

  • benjamin on 30/03/2011 - 17:13

    High tech lucky dip. I bought 2. Oh what a sucker am I

    • Bappy on 30/03/2011 - 17:18

      me too! When we gonna learn that COTD sucks!

  • annoynimous on 30/03/2011 - 17:15

    lol this is what you call "dumping away".

  • mooreshady on 30/03/2011 - 17:16

    who cares man! only $4!

    well i don't mind hdmi cables…………

  • MattyD on 30/03/2011 - 17:30
    +1

    It's a positive pregnancy test.

    Obviously they've photoshopped it out of the pic, but that girl's expression says "We're having a baby!".

    I knew my past would catch up with me some day…

    Edit: "Mystery Item" indeed :|

    • BoltThrower on 30/03/2011 - 17:40
      +2

      Good for those condoms you buy that had been stapled.

      • Roja on 30/03/2011 - 20:08

        were those from the COTD sale several months ago?

  • superjill on 30/03/2011 - 17:32
    +3

    'You’re guaranteed to find that some of your friends or family will have a NEED for this item'
    I think this sentence tell us what kind of item it is.
    I guess it is something of daily, like toilet paper, tissue, hand wash liquid…or soft drinks…

    • SakuraChan on 30/03/2011 - 17:37
      +1

      Toothbrush

    • issh on 30/03/2011 - 17:39
      +3

      pfft. noone needs any of those

    • benjamin on 30/03/2011 - 17:44
      +9

      I hope its a Chomsky Gnome statue. Everybody needs a Chomsky Gnome

    • Skyhooks on 30/03/2011 - 18:27

      doubt it would be something big, too pricey to post!

  • tatasauce on 30/03/2011 - 17:40
    +1

    $30 worth of business cards with OZBargain's URL printed on it. That's something that everyone needs.

  • giggles on 30/03/2011 - 18:02
    +1

    It's a voucher for $30 worth of more SH!T from CRAP OF THE DAY

    • A Banana4scale on 30/03/2011 - 18:22

      $30 = $29 500GB/320GB portable hard drive
      Portable hard drive = $4

      You do the maths
      I reckon entering the voucher would be faster than credit card info hence chances of scoring the deal increase!

      • Save Medicare on 30/03/2011 - 19:08
        +5

        No it would be 6 $5 vouchers that you can only use one at a time

  • arcticmonkey on 30/03/2011 - 18:11
    -2

    You don't know what you'll get - no deal.

    • No Child Support on 30/03/2011 - 18:18
      +13

      Did you raised and crossed your forearms while saying that?

  • froodo on 30/03/2011 - 18:40
    +1

    Sucker……. just bought my crap of the day.

  • fellator on 30/03/2011 - 18:41
    +1

    First time buying mystery item. Got a feeling its an hdmi cable >.>

  • Gomo on 30/03/2011 - 18:51
    +1

    Gave in and bought it.. $4 seriously.. and free postage.. why not :P

  • shopbot on 30/03/2011 - 18:58

    Excellent opportunity for COTD to re-gain their reputation on ozbargain by sending out good items. ;)

    • bern1992 on 30/03/2011 - 19:03
      +11

      Ha! You wish jellyfish.

    • cwongtech on 30/03/2011 - 19:09

      How do you know the mystery items are good..?

  • Kooratz on 30/03/2011 - 19:11
    +2

    It's 120 pack of Mentos…… hmm nice smell breath….

    • BoltThrower on 03/04/2011 - 02:22
      +1

      Need a sale on diet coke then we'd have a party! (reacts with Mentos)

  • Ecstatic on 30/03/2011 - 19:16
    +8

    Gamblers, keep us informed.

  • kwokstar on 30/03/2011 - 19:42
    +5

    you know, i kinda want it to be sea monkeys..

    • theguyrules on 30/03/2011 - 19:47

      :O

    • BoltThrower on 30/03/2011 - 20:33

      That might be x'ing a lotl.

    • Ashlea on 30/03/2011 - 21:37
      -1

      Oh that would kick ass.

    • StewBalls on 01/04/2011 - 05:17
      +2

      Lol Kwokstar! At least you didn't say you want it to be sea-men! :p

  • Protocol on 30/03/2011 - 20:03

    How can this classified as a bargain? Don't even know what it is going to be! Yet I am still intrigued :)

  • morpheu on 30/03/2011 - 20:18

    it's a 'bargain' because they say it's worth $30 and you get it for $4! if it's really worth $30 is up to the person buying it
    my guess is it's a jar of instant water-just add water and stir….! haha!
    yeah yeah it's lame, but hey april fools day is dangerously close and i'm in training

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