Customer Reviews

Hospeco Dual Sanitary Napkin/Tampon Dispenser,Coin Operated,Metal,10 X 7.25 X 24,White

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(0)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

When I loaded this with sanitary napkins and tampons, they came out wet and filled with coffee. Three cases of toxic shock syndrome later, I'm ready to send this thing back.

I'll admit it -- I'm one of those stereotypical guys who is very embarrassed to go buy feminine hygiene products for my wife.

So imagine how happy I was when she showed me this new product. "You just take it to the store," she says, "and ask them to fill it up, and no other guys in line know that you are buying tampons."

Sounded great to me. So next time she sent me to RiteAid, I took it along. I went straight to one of the cashiers, an attractive young woman.

"I need you to fill this for my wife," I said.

But it seemed that she wasn't familiar with this great new product yet. Maybe people who shop at Rite-Aid don't buy from Amazon. She looked puzzled.

"Uh -- do you want Starbucks, down the street?" she asked.

I felt my face starting to get hot, both from embarrassment and annoyance. "NO." I said. "I need you to fill this up with what BELONGS in here, so it can DISPENSE it, for my WIFE."

"What . . . BELONGS there?" she asked, looking increasingly confused.

I'll be the first to admit it, I lost my cool a little bit. But I just hate bad customer service, and people were starting to stare, and it made me very flustered. I brought the dispenser down onto the counter hard with a loud BANG. "NO." I said. "I NEED YOU TO FILL THIS WITH WOMEN'S . . . . SUPPLIES. YOU KNOW. FOR DOWN THERE."

Now she was looking alarmed, no doubt realizing that I was a dissatisfied customer and likely to lodge a complaint with her supervisor. Her hand darted under the counter and started pushing a button. "Sir!" She said. "Please! I don't know what you mean!"

I cannot abide evasiveness and discourtesy and lack of preparedness. "DAMMIT WOMAN," I said, "JUST STICK THE THINGS YOU STICK INTO YOUR HOO-HA INTO THIS, WOULD YOU PLEASE? I'M TRYING TO COMPLETE THIS TRANSACTION WITH A LITTLE DISCRETION. MAKE IT SNAPPY." It's possible that in my righteous dissatisfaction I became a bit loud.

That's when the security guard came. And then there was the yelling, and the threatening, and the hitting with a stick, and the taser, which should hardly be called a nonlethal device when it causes a somewhat portly gentlemen like myself to have a minor stroke. My goal of a discreet visit was shattered. Also, my left kneecap.

My wife bailed me out. She was laughing about something. She has an odd sense of humor.

This is great! I hate the floral, sweet smelling pads and tampons. I get so many compliments with my "first cup of coffee" smell a few days a month. Great product!

I recently ordered one of these and was excited to receive it, only to discover that the included tampons DO NOT WORK. Not only did they not come pre-rolled (they were nicely corrugated though so rolling them was not an issue), they only stopped the flow temporarily before allowing it to slowly drip through. VERY DISAPPOINTING!

Wonderful product. It can store a year's worth of tampons, the tampons are warm, and they slide in easily. And I'm more productive than ever at work!

I am so happy with this product. Instead of my usually feeling quite lethargic once a month, I am full of enough energy to bite the heads off of just about every man within a ten mile radius. This of course takes some of the monthly pressures off of my husband so he loves it too.

For the price of a cup of coffee a day, this tampon dispenser will pay for itself in no time!

I had thought to offer this service at my workplace but quickly found a major flaw in the product. The top of the dispenser does not lock, allowing unscrupulous users to simply bypass the coin operation to remove a tampon, and they easily took all of the other coins that had accumulated in the unit. Despite the absence of a lock the dispenser works quite well, and is easily passed from one stall to the other, under the partitions.

I bought one of these dispensers and installed it at home. Unfortunately, I mistakenly filled it up with those chocolate cigars that you give out at baby showers. Let's just say that the sheets at home are looking like they were used on the set of some particularly deviant adult videos.