If you watch late night infomercials, you have probably seen this product. It's Tria! The home laser hair removal system. For $395 you can zap yourself hairless, just as God intended you to be.
I admit, I have often dreamed of hairlessness, and decided to bite on this one. I waited patiently at the mailbox, and when it arrived.......
WTF?? "Activation"? I called the number, and well, long story short, the "purpose" of said activation is to make sure the user is medium to light skinned, since the product is only approved for those people. My big question was, "How exactly do you activate it? Is there a mini cell phone in there? How in particular is the company able to zap this product active, and what other creepy properties or abilities does this product have by default? Can it track my location? Record and transmit me talking? I don't know!!! The lady on the phone was neither amused, nor helpful, and simply said "Ma'am, this is a medical device. We have to verify some information about you before activation." Repeating the questions did not help. By the way, the bottom of the device has a window you are supposed to press on your skin to verify you are medium to light skinned before it turns on (which was easily fooled in testing by a nearby bedsheet). I'm not sure who they think they are fooling. Anyone can claim to have the correct colored skin over the internet and by phone, so the creepy satellite induced activation must serve some dastardly alternate purpose. I likely will not take the laser out of my house traveling with me, and as soon as I am hair free it is to be shipped elsewhere.
Creepy!!! Anyone else agree?
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