What *were* they thinking?

[kengr]

A flyer for Shuck's Auto Parts arrived in the mail the other day. Examining it, I noted two car accessories that fit the title above.

The first is a license plate holder with a programmable scrilling LED display on it. $39.99

The second is a "wireless backup camera". The camera part mounts on the license plate holder, the display will mount on places such as the sun visor. $99.99

My first thought with regards to both was "And they won't last a week unless you never park in public..."

Heck, there are cars with *built in* backup cameras and the local news had an item months back about them getting stolen. Just the camera part. Apparently it's not that hard to hook them up to a TV or computer, and drug houses and crack labs were using them to set up survielance around their locations.

What's *your* favorite (or "most recent") example of products that might make sense on one level but are just gonna attract trouble?

Comments

[mistresscayenne.livejournal.com]

Bikes can be stolen too easily. Even when behind locked doors! Yes that is from personal experience.

Chrissy Michelle
Cayenne Photos!

[siegeengine.livejournal.com]

I think people bank on the fact that most people pay little attention to things around them, and that they won't notice an oddly shaped license plate frame with a camera hole in it.

That being said, I did see one of those led scrolling frames a couple of weeks back, and it seems to be designed to make people run into your car, since they're trying so hard to read it that they're tailgating and paying little attention to traffic.

Also, the idiot misspelled part of his otherwise useless phrase, whatever it was. I was almost astonished by the pointlessness of the phrase. I mean, if you're going to all that trouble to spell it out in lights and display it for public consumption, it should at least be even slightly meaningful.