Talk:Bowflex Machine

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[edit] Does anybody know how many bowflexes in total were sold?

No.

[edit] Answer

There are so many models going back to the inception of the machine. Recalls have been made on several models and those recalls indicate something about the models sold: See - http://forum.lowcarber.org/archive/index.php/t-220004.html indicates the following:

The Associated Press

Nov. 16, 2004 - ...The latest recall affects 680,000 Bowflex Power Pro systems and 102,000 Bowflex Ultimate Fitness Machines, manufactured by The Nautilus Group, of Vancouver, Wash....

[edit] How about a marketing fad category?

is there some category relating to marketing fads or manias that this could be added to? the bowflex seems like more a triumph of marketing pandering to fantasy than anything else. I would also like to know who got rich off it? And what other infomercial fads are they now flogging to the hypnotized millions?

Answer: The company that manufactures the Bowflex was a pioneer in the so-called "infomercial revolution" of the 1990s. In fact, it is no accident that many companies have followed this model. If immitation is, indeed, the highest form of flatery, then Bowflex should feel flattered by the naked immitation of their promotional methods. And why? Because they work! "Millions sold" as McDonalds used to say in the 50s. Now its "Billions served"

[edit] POV issues

The current version of the article is ridiculously one-sided. Could've been writen by the marketing staff att Bowflex. Kanaman 12:28, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing about POV, it does sound like it was written by the Boflex (or whoever) marketing department.