Spray It Again, Sam

Since my "Spray Your Pain Away" article, I've received a tons of email. Dozens of readers tell me they ordered and have used the stuff for weeks, finding it to be exactly as advertised. Even those who didn't try it were still in disagreement with my arbitrary criticism of this new product. In effect, most said, "Don't knock it until you try it!" So I took my readers' advice and ordered the stuff.

I twisted my left knee a few weeks ago. It still aches at times so I figured, let's go for it. The other night, while the product's commercial was on TV, I went to their website and was treated to another playback of their television commercial while I put in my order. As with most "As Seen On TV" stuff, my order was automatically doubled. "Cool," I said to myself, but twice nothing is still nothing! Anyway, I selected a quantity of 3: one for my trick knee, another for my publicist who has some arthritis in her knees and the 3rd bottle for my wife who has no aches and pains at all. I figured since it's advertised as "homeopathic," it should be completely harmless and my wife might make a good control subject.

When I hit what I thought was the final order button, I was subjected to several screens of product pitches for vitamins and other supplements. I'm pretty well stocked with that so I moved on. Finally, there's a 1/2 size bottle of this pain relief stuff for a little less than 1/2 price and no additional shipping charge. I thought, hey, why not so I swallowed that pitch.

I didn't mind those extra product pitches as much as the final page that verified that my order was accepted. At the very bottom it said that I was enrolled in their home delivery program and a new bottle would be sent every 30 days until I cancelled. Funny, I didn't see anything about that when I went through the ordering process. If it was there, it was pretty well buried! However, they did furnish a toll free customer service number and email address and my past experience with other such programs proved that canceling, although sometimes requiring jumping through several hoops, was possible.

The entire order plus shipping came to just under $76. My gut feeling is that my money would have been better spent in my gas tank but, there I go, prejudging again. I'll get back to you in a couple of weeks and tell you what I think.

The Not Quite Bent Over With Pain Radio Daddio