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    Default Products That Went Straight Into the Bin

    What have you tried that you hated so much that you just tossed it right away? I mean products so bunk that you didn't even feel like PIFing or trying to sell.

    For me, it was Arko and the Veg. One whiff of each and off they went.

    I did hold onto a tub of Salter Vetyver for quite a while, but only to scare away burglers/snakes/chupacabras.

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    vidyut zorrik blades
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    Salter's Vetiver ATTRACTS chupacabras. (I love that stuff personally)

    TOBS Jerymn St was close, but a friend actually wanted it.
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    Almost every cold process shaving soap I ever tried

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    Erasmic shaving soap stick.

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    Ogallala bay rum soap. First shave and it burned like crazy.

    Didn't want anyone to go through what I did. The only soap that I ever had a reaction from.
    Jp

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    A shaving soap that sister-in-law gave me called MAN. It smelled like my kitchen sink after the water in the trap evaporates. I couldn't even bring myself to lather it, I just tossed it.
    ~Matt "I'm writing a book about reverse psychology. Please, don't buy it."

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    I've tried to let the scent of D.R. Harris products grow on me but, they just smell bad so I pitched my Marlborough puck and Arlington pucks in the bin. I've got a brand new slap dab full bottle of Arlington Milk that I've got to do something with.

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    Nothing so far. I'll always give a product more than one chance in case I screwed it up the first time.
    "I call this the dog scratch!"

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    Quote Originally Posted by ZJ68 View Post
    Nothing so far. I'll always give a product more than one chance in case I screwed it up the first time.
    I usually give a product a second chance if it's a performance issue like sucky lather. If it's a smell issue though, no second chances.

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    They haven't gone into the bin, but I have a almost full bottles of Clubman and The Veg collecting dust on the shelf.
    John

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    I'm with ZJ68 ... if I've paid good money for it it gets at least one chance.

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    Aqua Velva Musk.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Duckster View Post
    They haven't gone into the bin, but I have a almost full bottles of Clubman and The Veg collecting dust on the shelf.
    What???? The Veg must be used.
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    The only thing I've ever tossed was a recent puck of Williams.

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    I haven't tossed anything, but my col.Conk Lime soap is now put away to only be used for breaking in boar brushes. The scent was nausiating and the lather was sub par.
    Just because I'm a punk it doesn't mean I want a bad shave! Member of the B.O.T.O.C.

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    It hasn't gone in the bin yet but MWF has only got one more chance to prove it isn't worthless.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ggamyang View Post
    Erasmic shaving soap stick.
    X2. Actually, I think I still have a lump of it in a baggie somewhere. Thinnest lather I have ever tried.
    Surrey, VDH, GFT Coconut, MWF, Cade, Arlington, Tabac, Lightfoot's

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    Arko, smells like detergent. Lather ok, that's all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by larzone View Post
    Arko, smells like detergent. Lather ok, that's all.
    That's funny with your avatar I would have thought you loved it!
    Just because I'm a punk it doesn't mean I want a bad shave! Member of the B.O.T.O.C.

 

 

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