The Worst Product Flops of All Time

Wall Street 24X7 ^ | 03/04/2014 | By Thomas C. Frohlich

[left that other site]

Ok...I was just thinking of things off the top of my head.

[left that other site]

I don’t see many around at all now...In In our subtropical climate i see a LOT of antique cars.

[NoCmpromiz]

I know Tandy was one of them

And NCR.

[1010RD]

How about the guys that bought it out of bankruptcy? Didn’t that work out well for them?

[Yardstick]

Yes, well worth a click...the one by Christine E. Torok is truly laugh out loud funny!

[fredhead]

The Thing had a great run in other countries, the safety regulations killed it (and later the Beetle) in the US.

[left that other site]

That is a familiar story!

I am willing to bet that has been the fate of MANY consumer products.

[Tallguy]

When a bunch of insiders can bring in federal contracts to guarantee a revenue stream — yeah, I suppose it’s been a qualified success since then. But let’s remember, this was supposed to be a consumer product, not a niche product handling government communications.

[MarkL]

I know Tandy was one of them. I can't remember who the other one was, but it seems like it was somone you'd normally associate with telecom equipement.

You hit the nail on the head... Tandy sold an MCA system. The other was ALR. And they marketed a "Dual Bus" system that had both MCA and ISA busses (I don't think it was EISA). Both were fully functional, and could operate at the same time.

Mark

[latina4dubya]

I actually lost a lot of weight on SizzleLean. Long before I knew anything about low carb dieting, I would eat that stuff, stirfried in a non-stick pan, I think, with some vegetables and soy sauce, for dinner. It got a little boring, but it worked.

:)