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03-17-2009, 01:57 AM #11Newbie for life!
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I was going through 2 packs a month. It's outrageous!
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03-17-2009, 01:57 AM #12< Banned User >
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LOL, that is exactly the reason why I switched to a straight all them years ago.
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03-17-2009, 03:48 AM #13Senior Member
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+1 , I expected everyone to be complaining about the prices of 223.
Originally Posted by gssixgun
Damn it has been so long for me, that I was prepared to tell you all about the benefits of re-loading your own bullets when I read the title of the thread...
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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03-17-2009, 09:51 AM #14Senior Member
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As many have said, this is the reason I switched to straights as well. It seems that with every new super-fission-rocket-turbo-9-blade version that comes out, the price of a pack goes up whereas the number of cartridges -in- that pack goes down!
I used each Mach 3 cartridge until it was virtually pulling the hairs out by the roots before changing it.
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03-17-2009, 03:25 PM #15Member
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In the "Life Imitates Art" department:
From satire Web site The Onion, 18 Feb 2004: Gillette CEO says, Give Me Five Blades (warning: contains adult language)
Press Release, 14 Sept 2005: Gillette announces five-blade model
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03-17-2009, 03:57 PM #16Vintage Scent shop clerk
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The Comfort of 5
Plus the Precision of 1
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... what they really meant...
The need for 5 dull blades
To try to shave as good as one single straight razor blade
I bless the day I switched to straight razors and never bought any more cartridge (sigh)...
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03-17-2009, 04:05 PM #17Straight acting and manly
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What he said... Originally Posted by dannyr
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03-17-2009, 05:55 PM #18Super Shaver
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And we complain about the increasing cost of straight razors.
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03-17-2009, 10:29 PM #19Natty Boh
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I was doing okay with the Mach 3 , milking all the mileage I could out of a cartridge . Then a day came , when I was looking for more Mach 3 cartridges , and all they had was this 4 blade crap which of course , cost more money
. Around a week or two before that day , I stumbled onto this forum . Since I had been collecting straight razors for the past 20 years , I decided to get a Norton 4k/8k , and hone a coulple up , and give straight razor shaving a try . I liked it so much that I haven't shaved with anything else but a straight , since then 
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Greetings , from Dundalk , Maryland . The place where normal people , fear to go .
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03-17-2009, 11:47 PM #20---
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And here's one of the reasons they cost so much (other than plain greed):
YouTube - Shaveblog Reviews Gillette Fusion Power Phantom
Hmmm. Seeing that shaving in the dark at the end gave me a brilliant idea. They should put LEDs in the head of their battery powered razors so you can shave in dim light. I wonder if I can sell the idea to Gillette.
Remember, you read it here first!Last edited by Rajagra; 03-17-2009 at 11:55 PM.
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