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prutz11 · Oct 12, 2004, 11:50 PM

I recently got a brand new Sharper Image Ionic Breeze GP Professional for 150 bucks... it retails for 499.99... I thought I would share how I did it...

Sharper Image auctions off refurbished Ionic Breezes on EBAY. These are all the older model units (before the professional), but they come with the standard full 5 year warranty.

Anyway, it's simple...

1. buy a refurbished ionic breeze GP (must be a GP for this to work*) off of the Sharper Image ebay store... I paid 150 bucks with "buy it now"... go for the less than new quality as long as it has a warrantee
2. after it arrives wait a couple days and then take it into a sharper image store.
3. Exchange the Ionic Breeze GP... say it makes a noise, whatever... they will go grab a brand new, Ionic Breeze GP Professional from the back and hand it right to you..
4. VIOLA... you just got a 500 dollar, brand new ionic breeze for 150 bucks.

* The reason you need to get a GP is that they still sell all the other older models... the GP is their high end model and has been completely replaced by the new professional series GP.

Honestly I was very hesitant about the ionic breeze's effectiveness before buying it... but I figured for 150 bucks I would give it a shot (plus you have 30 days to return it for a refund)... Overall I have been impressed. I need to clean the grid every few days, but I live in NYC so the air is not exactly crisp.

I think the bottom line is that it is not as effective as a HEPA filer, but it is much cheaper to run and it is effective.

Hope this helps

olePigeon · Oct 13, 2004, 02:29 AM

Fry's Electronics has no legal authority to check your receipt or bag. You could just steal one for free.

Lancer409 · Oct 13, 2004, 07:21 AM

Originally posted by olePigeon:
Fry's Electronics has no legal authority to check your receipt or bag. You could just steal one for free.

LOL grab me a cinema display and i'll cut you a fat check!

Eug Wanker · Oct 13, 2004, 08:25 AM

I got a brand new ionic breeze for 150 bucks... here is how

Lame.

MilkmanDan · Oct 13, 2004, 08:35 AM

Next up "How to enlarge your penis for only $150"

Big Mac · Oct 13, 2004, 08:50 AM

Wow, I think you may have inserted an extra character in your user name, original poster. Weren't you shooting for the name "putz"?

IBL

Lancer409 · Oct 13, 2004, 08:52 AM

Originally posted by MilkmanDan:
Next up "How to enlarge your penis for only $150"

Where do I pay?!?

MilkmanDan · Oct 13, 2004, 08:55 AM

I'd give you my PayPal aco**** info, except PayPal is down these days.

Lancer409 · Oct 13, 2004, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by MilkmanDan:
I'd give you my PayPal aco**** info, except PayPal is down these days.

swing it some viagra to get it back up!

MilkmanDan · Oct 13, 2004, 09:19 AM

Well, I should. Seeing how I'm getting tons of spam about it these days. They all look like such good deals.

prutz11 · Oct 13, 2004, 12:15 PM

Originally posted by Eug Wanker:
Lame.

What? The fact that you waste your time posting messages like this?

Truepop · Oct 13, 2004, 12:30 PM

Originally posted by olePigeon:
Fry's Electronics has no legal authority to check your receipt or bag. You could just steal one for free.

but do they have authority to hold you while the police come to check your bag?

turtle777 · Oct 13, 2004, 12:43 PM

Originally posted by Truepop:
but do they have authority to hold you while the police come to check your bag?

Yep.

There was a whole thread on this a couple of days ago.
I am too lazy to find it though...

-t

tooki · Oct 13, 2004, 02:18 PM

Never mind that in actual tests, the Ionic Breeze was found to be one of the least-effective air filters out there. Hardly worth $150, much less $500.

tooki

Landos Mustache · Oct 13, 2004, 02:23 PM

Originally posted by turtle777:
Yep.

There was a whole thread on this a couple of days ago.
I am too lazy to find it though...

-t

http://forums.macnn.com/showthread.p...hreadid=230198

G4ME · Oct 13, 2004, 02:39 PM

i find a 15 buck fan works well, and the air is clean enough that i don't need a filter.

Landos Mustache · Oct 13, 2004, 02:42 PM

Why is everyone so pissy over this?

awaspaas · Oct 13, 2004, 03:54 PM

Electrostatic precipitators are the work of the DEVIL

OreoCookie · Oct 13, 2004, 05:17 PM

You got a what for 150 bucks?

AKcrab · Oct 13, 2004, 05:27 PM

Originally posted by Landos Mustache:
Why is everyone so pissy over this?

Everyone is pissy about everything these days.

Even wdlove has been out of sorts.

Myrkridia · Oct 13, 2004, 07:41 PM

Originally posted by prutz11:
Anyway, it's simple...

1. buy a refurbished ionic breeze GP (must be a GP for this to work*) off of the Sharper Image ebay store... I paid 150 bucks with "buy it now"... go for the less than new quality as long as it has a warrantee
2. after it arrives wait a couple days and then take it into a sharper image store.
3. Exchange the Ionic Breeze GP... say it makes a noise, whatever... they will go grab a brand new, Ionic Breeze GP Professional from the back and hand it right to you..
4. VIOLA... you just got a 500 dollar, brand new ionic breeze for 150 bucks.
5. Take your brand new ionic breeze GP to ebay, and auction it off for the retail price.
6. Repeat steps 1 through 5

*fixed

prutz11 · Oct 13, 2004, 08:40 PM

Originally posted by Myrkridia:
*fixed

haha. I guess that would work