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Skymall
« on: January 24, 2015, 07:23:03 AM »
It's dead. Skymall is no longer. What are american's going to do on those transcontinental flights? After a 25 year run. Skymall is going out of business.


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Re: Skymall
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2015, 08:02:03 AM »
I read a big article about it, their "reasons for failure" perfectly describes how I felt about Sky Mall.

I myself haven't really read one in several years, though I fly a lot.  I used to look at them after I got done reading a newspaper, back before wifi on planes.  I do sometimes give them to my kids to thumb through, they love them (whale shaped boats and real Harry Potter wands and crap).  I look at my phone, PC, tablet, etc now.

But, in my many years of flying, I have never once bought a thing from them. 

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Re: Skymall
« Reply #2 on: January 24, 2015, 08:19:05 AM »
I bought a crap ton of those zombie statues that look like they're coming up from the ground. The neighbors love them.
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Re: Skymall
« Reply #3 on: January 24, 2015, 08:38:48 AM »
I've been saying there gross margins were far too thin and their turn far too slow for years. 
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Re: Skymall
« Reply #4 on: January 24, 2015, 09:08:55 AM »
They should just publish the magazine just not actually sell anything and have ads. I am available for CEO

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Re: Skymall
« Reply #5 on: January 24, 2015, 10:52:21 AM »
It looks like their website is still going to be in business, so if you feel nostalgic on a flight with WIFI, you will be able to peruse skymall.com!

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Re: Skymall
« Reply #6 on: January 24, 2015, 11:01:39 AM »
They should just publish the magazine just not actually sell anything and have ads. I am available for CEO

Yeah, they should publish a magazine that's a parody of what they used to do. Like, make the fake products absolutely absurd. They've been a joke forever, they just need to embrace that.
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Re: Skymall
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Re: Skymall
« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2015, 02:28:43 PM »
http://www.karrass.com/

Anyone ever attended one of these?

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Re: Skymall
« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2015, 06:09:44 PM »
http://www.hammacher.com/Product/84391

Amazing :lol:

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Re: Skymall
« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2015, 06:42:46 PM »


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An OT reach.  Those seminars are advertised in like every in flight magazine ever published.


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Re: Skymall
« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2015, 06:49:03 PM »
They should just publish the magazine just not actually sell anything and have ads. I am available for CEO

Yeah, they should publish a magazine that's a parody of what they used to do. Like, make the fake products absolutely absurd. They've been a joke forever, they just need to embrace that.

http://www.skymaul.com/


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Re: Skymall
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Re: Skymall
« Reply #14 on: September 14, 2015, 08:27:24 PM »
http://www.hammacher.com/Product/84391
I almost pissed myself :lol: at this

i found out about these a year or so ago, would be fantastic to ride out a hangover in.


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« Reply #15 on: September 14, 2015, 08:30:52 PM »
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