There are phone cases out there that offer rudimentary protection for your
device from short drops and scratches in your pocket. Those cost a few bucks.
There are phone cases out there that do that and look kind of cool. I'm partial
to the ones that look like Gameboys or Nest controllers on the back. Those cost
a few bucks more. Moving up in price, we've got ones with enhanced
functionality, more durability, built-in card wallets, bottle openers, or
multi-tools. You know, everyday stuff. But hold on a second, Lionus. I mean,
sure, some of those cost over $100, but
arguably that's useful stuff. Why is it in this segment? It's not. Today's
featured product is the result of my effort to find the lowest utility to
cost ratio iPhone case I possibly could on Amazon.ca. And so I present to you
the shop ready luminosis handcrafted
luxury bling Swarovski crystal sparkling full glitter rhinestones back snap-on
protective hard case cover for iPhone 6s
by PlayBling. A $250 iPhone case covered in crystals.
Cooler Master's Mastercase Maker 5 features their free form modular system,
allowing you to customize, adjust, and upgrade. Make it yours at the link in
the video description. So, the price is unmistakably over $100. But how do you
prove that something is useless or that
it's a very poor value? In the case of the $1,000 HDMI cable from the last
episode, which you can check out here, by the way, I reviewed the
manufacturer's claims about the value of the product, like noticeably better
sound and video quality, then tested it at very high data rates against a
generic cable, and observed that there was not indeed any discernable or
measurable difference. Easy. So, let's take the same approach here by finding
the actual manufacturer's product page where the price is a still outlandish
but at least significantly lower
$235. So, they're apparently Swarovski
crystals, which in case you were wondering means glass in the shape of
crystals made by a company in Austria.
Apparently, Eastern Europeans are good at glass crystal work. Who knew? Nothing
to do with usefulness, though. Other benefits of this fine product include
each crystal being 100% handset by a
skilled craftsman. And if there are any women working on them, I'm throwing a
fit. Just saying. That it contains over 1,000 crystals. And that the adhesive
glue is Ross compliant. Well, I'm not much of a glue
expert. Hey, get out. Get out of here. But I did manage to count the crystals,
and there are indeed over a thousand of them. So, full marks there. Although
none of that has anything to do with usefulness. Okay, it's presented in a
premium gift set. This is a little debatable since the packaging is almost
as horrible as the gigantic paper warning about never taking the case off
once it's installed in case all the rhinestones start falling off. And
finally, it is perfect for parties and balls. Again, I'm hardly a leading
authority on party going, having never been invited to one. And my attempts to
use it on my balls eclipsed all other failures I have ever broadcast on this
show.
So then, given that the manufacturer actually makes no claims whatsoever
about the item's utility, I don't really have to prove that it's useless, I only
have to prove that I can get something equally useless for less. Time for a
field trip to the dollar store. Rock on. Wow, everything's a buck 25. Fishing
supplies. Shockingly few jewels in the
hair accessories department. This has promise. Still no jewels. A million hair
bands and no jewels. Starting to lose hope. Damn, I overpaid for my case. Ooh,
maybe these are Ooh, those are like gel. Arts and crafts aisle. Oh, we're
close. I definitely got to have some of these. Rock on. I have painstakingly
extracted all the hematite beads. Ooh,
acrylic crystals. You have got to be kidding me. This looks easier. So, there
we have it. Everything I need to recreate the functionality of this case
for under $50 US.
So, I need you to evaluate two things for me on a scale out of 10. Number one.
Oh my god. Wow. Five out of 10. Five out of 10.
Okay. I'll be right back. Six. I give it a one. I think this is like maybe worse.
Seven out of 10. Seven out of 10. I'll give that like a like an eight. Yeah.
Five and a half. Zero. So then here's the bottom line.
For a fifth of the price and about 40 minutes, you can achieve the same goal
of looking like a tool who is in your 20s or 30s and still wants to play
princess dress up on the weekend. And you can do this without also looking
like you have more money in your wallet than sense in your head. Because
remember, there is expensive crap that
you can buy if you just have money burning a hole in your pocket that
actually retains its value. So maybe
look into that so you can look like a baller without also looking like an
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