"Amega Wand" Chrystal/Mineral healing scam

[dlorde]

It is just a tastebud effect. These wand-wizards are amateurs - a good spliff will really make fine wine taste like bong-water. Nature's way of telling you not to mix 'em.

[Akhenaten]

Originally Posted by dlorde

It is just a tastebud effect. These wand-wizards are amateurs - a good spliff will really make fine wine taste like bong-water. Nature's way of telling you not to mix 'em.

I can think of at least 16 different ways to illustrate this principle and every single one of them is a one-way ticket to Deep Storage™

Damn.

[tsig]

Originally Posted by Akhenaten

I can think of at least 16 different ways to illustrate this principle and every single one of them is a one-way ticket to Deep Storage™

Damn.

That's OK, it would just join your other body of work.

[Akhenaten]

Alas, 'tis true!

[Olowkow]

So the Wand doesn't work?

[dlorde]

Originally Posted by Akhenaten

I can think of at least 16 different ways to illustrate this principle and every single one of them is a one-way ticket to Deep Storage™

Damn.

Alas, 'tis true!

[dlorde]

Originally Posted by Olowkow

So the Wand doesn't work?

I'm sure it's making somebody rich...

[quarky]

Couldn't the wand be used to smack something?
That would demonstrate some efficacy, as per needing to smack something.

(I wanted to say something nice about the wand; its how my mom taught me to be.)

[Mike!]

Originally Posted by quarky

Couldn't the wand be used to smack something?
That would demonstrate some efficacy, as per needing to smack something.

(I wanted to say something nice about the wand; its how my mom taught me to be.)

Well, it's not very big, and not very heavy, so, it's going to be terribly inefficient as any sort of smacker. So far, as best as I can tell, it's a three-hundred dollar pretty window prop. With a nice carrying case and a pocket clip. Nether of which really enhance it's efficiency as a window prop. It's worth noting, should one need to prop a window open, there are far cheaper methods of doing so.

[Akhenaten]

Originally Posted by Mike!

Well, it's not very big, and not very heavy, so, it's going to be terribly inefficient as any sort of smacker. So far, as best as I can tell, it's a three-hundred dollar pretty window prop. With a nice carrying case and a pocket clip. Nether of which really enhance it's efficiency as a window prop. It's worth noting, should one need to prop a window open, there are far cheaper methods of doing so.

Indeed.

[Live&Learn]

Check it out. Only $6.90 to make. And the manufacturer probably was able to reduce that number even below $6.90 per unit.

What a massive profit margin on a magic wand!!!

Clearly we're in the wrong business.

[Olowkow]

Originally Posted by Live&Learn

Check it out. Only $6.90 to make. And the manufacturer probably was able to reduce that number even below $6.90 per unit.

What a massive profit margin on a magic wand!!!

Clearly we're in the wrong business.

Of course you are neglecting the cost of removal of the gold power rings (anti zero point effect), constructon labor, "de-retractabilitization" of the pen, "siliconization" and trucking costs of sand, "stickytization" of special glues, MLM fees, "diamond" member payoffs, lemon costs, and bribes to JREF members for making a long thread about it.

ETA: I just can't see how they sell it so cheap.

[Akhenaten]

Originally Posted by Olowkow

Of course you are neglecting the cost of removal of the gold power rings (anti zero point effect), constructon labor, "de-retractabilitization" of the pen, "siliconization" and trucking costs of sand, "stickytization" of special glues, MLM fees, "diamond" member payoffs, lemon costs, and bribes to JREF members for making a long thread about it.

ETA: I just can't see how they sell it so cheap.

I've added 'de-retractabilitization' and 'stickytization' to my spell checker. Can't believe they weren't already in there.

[Stray Cat]

I'm a bit puzzled by this new sort of glue

I'm never going to buy any of that unsticky glue ever again now.

[Akhenaten]

Originally Posted by Stray Cat

I'm a bit puzzled by this new sort of glue

I'm never going to buy any of that unsticky glue ever again now.

That's the only sort they let me play with here at the . . . institution.

They call it 'Safety Glue'.

[wheunis]

Hey everyone!
I managed to get me some lemons!

I did a very nice variety of tests, including a magnificent little extra bit for lol on the third day.
Spoilertagged by day, just to keep it neat (or something?)

First test, 1st day: no wand. Lemon cut from stem to nipple.
Results: first half lemon-tasty-goodness, second half nasty crap.

Second test, 1st day +12 hours: Lemon cut across "equator", no wand.
Results: First half lemon-tasty-goodness, second half nasty crap.

Finding: The taste is not based on one half inherently containing more lemon-tasty-goodness than the other.

Third test, 2nd day: Lemon cut diagonally. Used a plastic spork as a wand.
Results: First half lemon-tasty-goodness, second half nasty crap.

Fourth test, 2nd day +12 hours: Lemon chopped into hundreds of bits, mixed, then split equally. Used can opener as a wand.
Results: First half lemon-tasty-goodness, second half nasty crap.

Finding: The wand is not the factor that determines the lemon-tasty-goodness.

Fifth test, 3rd day: Lemon cut by someone else, using a meat cleaver. Consumed copious amounts of chocolate inbetween tasting both halves.
Results: Nasty crap all around.

Sixth test, 3rd day +12 hours: Lemon cut by yet another person, using a plastic knife (quite a struggle!). Smoked 3 cigarettes in succession before tasting each half.
Results: lemon-tasty-goodness for both halves (more or less... actually it just didn't taste like very much at all - 3 cigarettes back to back pretty much kills the tastebuds lol)

Finding: Plastic knives and cigarettes work better than the Amega Wand, when combined with plentiful of physical effort. The lemon feels your effort and rewards you with lemon-tasty-goodness all around.

I now consider this lemon business once and for all, settled.
PS: I hate lemons now...

[TjW]

Originally Posted by Akhenaten

That's the only sort they let me play with here at the . . . institution.

They call it 'Safety Glue'.

Sticky, unsticky, who cares? What does it smell like?

[Ladewig]

Originally Posted by wheunis

Hey everyone!
I managed to get me some lemons!

I did a very nice variety of tests, including a magnificent little extra bit for lol on the third day.
Spoilertagged by day, just to keep it neat (or something?)

First test, 1st day: no wand. Lemon cut from stem to nipple.
Results: first half lemon-tasty-goodness, second half nasty crap.

Second test, 1st day +12 hours: Lemon cut across "equator", no wand.
Results: First half lemon-tasty-goodness, second half nasty crap.

Finding: The taste is not based on one half inherently containing more lemon-tasty-goodness than the other.

Third test, 2nd day: Lemon cut diagonally. Used a plastic spork as a wand.
Results: First half lemon-tasty-goodness, second half nasty crap.

Fourth test, 2nd day +12 hours: Lemon chopped into hundreds of bits, mixed, then split equally. Used can opener as a wand.
Results: First half lemon-tasty-goodness, second half nasty crap.

Finding: The wand is not the factor that determines the lemon-tasty-goodness.

Fifth test, 3rd day: Lemon cut by someone else, using a meat cleaver. Consumed copious amounts of chocolate inbetween tasting both halves.
Results: Nasty crap all around.

Sixth test, 3rd day +12 hours: Lemon cut by yet another person, using a plastic knife (quite a struggle!). Smoked 3 cigarettes in succession before tasting each half.
Results: lemon-tasty-goodness for both halves (more or less... actually it just didn't taste like very much at all - 3 cigarettes back to back pretty much kills the tastebuds lol)

Finding: Plastic knives and cigarettes work better than the Amega Wand, when combined with plentiful of physical effort. The lemon feels your effort and rewards you with lemon-tasty-goodness all around.

I now consider this lemon business once and for all, settled.
PS: I hate lemons now...

So were you surprised at how dramatic the difference is?

[wheunis]

Originally Posted by Ladewig

So were you surprised at how dramatic the difference is?

Considering I have never indulged in raw lemon before, I was rather surprised at the vastly different taste between two halves, yes.
Even after reading the "lemon test" referenced in proof for the Wand's working, I didnt expect the second half to taste like utter nasty crap.
At worst I expected an unpleasant and extremely bitter taste.

Quite the shocker when it turned out as absolutely nasty for the second half.

[Olowkow]

I find it unbelievable that it has taken a skeptics forum nearly 2500 posts to actually get around to doing an experiment proving what we all have blithely and blissfully taken for granted, and by a newbie at that! Thank you wheunis. You've earned a JREF funpack for your efforts.

Good God, for all I know maybe astrology works after all. Homeopathy cures dandruff, perhaps. I've never really done the experiments.

[quarky]

"Ring around the collar" was big stuff decades ago. You don't hear much about this debilitating disorder these days. i believe it was cured with a hypnotic type of homeopathy.

And whatever became of "the heartbreak of psoriasis"?
Cured?

If we all could simply believe in the wand...imagine how bright the world would be.

Critical thinking wrecks everything, you bastards.

[Olowkow]

Originally Posted by quarky

...

Critical thinking wrecks everything, you bastards.

I've been preaching this for decades, brother, and even came here to JREF to try to win converts, but I was found out. So I just act like a skeptic to get along.

[quarky]

That's it. I'm buying the wand.

[wheunis]

Originally Posted by quarky

That's it. I'm buying the wand.

Careful.
I hear some of em are scams.
TeeHee...

This company that makes wands, in this video, bashes on the Amega Wand.

Irony so sweet that if you wanded it, the universe would instantly implode

[Ladewig]

Originally Posted by Olowkow

I find it unbelievable that it has taken a skeptics forum nearly 2500 posts to actually get around to doing an experiment proving what we all have blithely and blissfully taken for granted, and by a newbie at that! Thank you wheunis. You've earned a JREF funpack for your efforts.

Yes, Wheunis was the first. Except for me who performed the experiment a couple of dozen pages ago.

I think some others also tried it long before we hit 2400.

[Ladewig]

Originally Posted by wheunis

Considering I have never indulged in raw lemon before, I was rather surprised at the vastly different taste between two halves, yes.
Even after reading the "lemon test" referenced in proof for the Wand's working, I didnt expect the second half to taste like utter nasty crap.
At worst I expected an unpleasant and extremely bitter taste.

Quite the shocker when it turned out as absolutely nasty for the second half.

I will salute you for trying the test more than once. That was more than I could bring myself to do.

[oody]

Originally Posted by wheunis

This company that makes wands, in this video, bashes on the Amega Wand.

I followed up on the above hacksaw video (loved it!), and found this other vid. It seems Iyashi shows how one can test competing wands using a machine called the "Vibrascan 1100". Unsurprisingly, an "independent" "blind" test of four wands on the Vibrascan 1100 shows the Iyashi to have the highest infusion of bioenergetic ionization, a full 89.8 as compared to 13.6, 13.3, and 13.2. The units apparently have no name. Dancing angels per pinhead, perhaps.

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(from youtube page) "WARNING! False Vibra Scan tests on zero point energy wands have been published and contain no validity. Claims of 1200Mhz 1400Mhz etc are false as the wands do not function in "Mhz" or does the Vibra Scan 1100 measure to this large scale"

link "The creator of the Vibra Scan 1100 independently tests several wands from various manufactures. He performed this test on 1 Iyashi Wand, 2 Amega Wands and 1 no name wand found on the internet. All wands were placed in identical cases as to not reveal their identity by any visible identifying marks. The results were as follows. Iyashi Wand 89.8 Amega Wand #1 13.6 Amega Wand #2 13.1 No Name Wand 18.2 WARNING! False Vibra Scan tests on zero point energy wands have been published and contain no validity. Only tests done by or approved by Jeff Leel can be considered true and accurate. If you would like official Vibra Scan testing please contact Jeff at vibrascan@gmail.com"

The VibraScan 1100 is a subtle energy testing device which can measure the frequency and intensity of energetic objects in hertz. ...

There does appear to be an actual trademark for an unrelated and likely legitimate machine called a Vibra-Scan filed by Westinghouse (link)

I've attached an image of the Vibrascan 1100 machine which it appears the man from the Youtube vid uploaded to Wikipedia. The "sample wells" for the items being tested are quite reminiscent of a "radionics" machines, a scam gadget invented by Dr. Albert Abrams in the early 1900's for purposes of medical testing and broadcast of treatment through vacuum space or some such.

[Stray Cat]

Originally Posted by wheunis

Careful.
I hear some of em are scams.
TeeHee...

This company that makes wands, in this video, bashes on the Amega Wand.

Irony so sweet that if you wanded it, the universe would instantly implode

We haven't seen this video (I edited slightly from the original) for a while:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKG2P-bz7yk

[Ladewig]

Originally Posted by oody

If you would like official Vibra Scan testing please contact Jeff at vibrascan @ gmail.com

Yes. All the best testing labs have gmail accounts: UnderwritersLabratoreies@gmail.com, ConsumerReports@gmail.com

[tsig]

Originally Posted by Akhenaten

That's the only sort they let me play with here at the . . . institution.

They call it 'Safety Glue'.

You actually used it as glue?

We just huffed it.

[Akhenaten]

Originally Posted by tsig

You actually used it as glue?

We just huffed it.

I can't remember for sure, but I think that had something to do with how I got in here in the first place.

[Olowkow]

Originally Posted by Akhenaten

I can't remember for sure, but I think that had something to do with how I got in here in the first place.

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[Stray Cat]

Originally Posted by Olowkow

...and the world's first gelatinous construction lumber.

I had a new front door made out that stuff.... you can't knock it really.

[Akhenaten]

Originally Posted by Olowkow

ST. LOUIS–Hot on the heels of his successful line of non-curative medicines, non-alcoholic-beer inventor Thomas O'Doul unveiled "Elmer's Slick," a glue that looks and feels like ordinary white glue but has no adhesive properties. "Say goodbye to your fingers getting all stuck together, just because you want to glue things," O'Doul said at a press conference Monday.

As soon as I can get my hands unstuck from this desk I'm going to go and ask my supervisor facilitator the nice man in the white coat to order in some of that.

[Akhenaten]

Originally Posted by Stray Cat

I had a new front door made out that stuff.... you can't knock it really.

Combining it with the non-adhesive glue would be a good way to avoid sticky wickets.

[X]

Originally Posted by Olowkow

ST. LOUIS–Hot on the heels of his successful line of non-curative medicines, non-alcoholic-beer inventor Thomas O'Doul unveiled "Elmer's Slick," a glue that looks and feels like ordinary white glue but has no adhesive properties. "Say goodbye to your fingers getting all stuck together, just because you want to glue things," O'Doul said at a press conference Monday. "With Elmer's Slick, you can enjoy gluing without all the messy adhesiveness." O'Doul said he next plans to develop a flame-retardant gasoline and the world's first gelatinous construction lumber.http://www.theonion.com/static/onion...terminator.gif

I think I bought some of that a few weeks back. It was generic stuff, and said "Glue Stick" on the package. But it didn't stick. I gave up trying and went out and bough some of the aerosol glue.

[TjW]

Originally Posted by X

I think I bought some of that a few weeks back. It was generic stuff, and said "Glue Stick" on the package. But it didn't stick. I gave up trying and went out and bough some of the aerosol glue.

Were you using it with glue?

[Olowkow]

Originally Posted by X

I think I bought some of that a few weeks back. It was generic stuff, and said "Glue Stick" on the package. But it didn't stick. I gave up trying and went out and bough some of the aerosol glue.

Wise move, it's just a stick.^TM© Ltd.

Funny stuff, "can't knock it", I'm still laughing about that one.

However, it is crucial that we be certain that this is all on topic, which it is, because it all relates to the aforementioned construction of a safer Wand, one which cannot possibly harm the user.

[Stray Cat]

Originally Posted by X

I gave up trying and went out and bough some of the aerosol glue.

Why were you trying to glue your aerosol?





Oh, aerosol... sorry, I misread.

[Live&Learn]

Originally Posted by Olowkow

Non-Alcoholic Beer Inventor Unveils New Non-Adhesive Glue

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LOL

Elmer's Slick?

Let's see now. If you put Elmer's Slick on an Amega Wand, does that create a sick Slick Stick?!