Originally Posted by Profits of Doom

Back in '95 a buddy of mine owned a bunch of "As Seen On TV" kiosks in about 10 different malls. This was before you could buy all that stuff at Wal-Mart, so it was either get it from the official retailers or order it over the phone. I think the big gimmick at the time was the Ab Roller, and he used to sell hundreds of them a week at like $150 a pop. Then Wal-Mart started carrying the "As Seen On TV" brand for way less than he was able to sell for and he had to close all his kiosks down. Fucking Wal-Mart...