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Teen Buys Cheap iPhone Online, Gets iPhone-Shaped Coffee Table Instead

A Thai teenager recently got his five minutes of internet fame, after going online to buy a cheap iPhone, only to receive a coffee table shaped like the Apple smartphone. Continue reading »

Beautiful Photographs of Cheap Motels in 1970s America

“Working on the Baseball Photographer Trading Cards, traveling throughout the country, my girlfriend at the time, Alison Woolpert, and I would stay at some, shall we say, “economy” motels,” writes photographer Mike Mandel. Continue reading »

Cheap Cosplay Guy Surprised Us Once Again With 30 New Cheap Costumes

By now, you’ve probably seen a few Anucha “Cha” Saengchart’s hilarious ‘Lowcost Cosplays’ online (previously). Well, the guy never seems to settle and is constantly creating new, incredibly creative cosplays that will surprise you with their simplicity and ingenuity. From Buzz Lightyear to Neymar Junior – there is no one Anucha couldn’t recreate using just the things he found in his kitchen. Continue reading »

“For Rectal Use Only” Stickers: A Cheap Way To Get Cheap Laughs

Did you know that for just a few dollars you can get thousands of “For Rectal Use Only” stickers on Amazon? Well, some people have found it out and are not afraid to take advantage of it… Continue reading »

Low-Cost Cosplay Guy Returns With More Cheap Costumes

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Thai cosplay enthusiast Anucha “Cha” Saengchart goes by the name of Lowcost Cosplay online. He’s known for taking household objects and turning them into cosplay masterpieces on a limited budget. These photos show some of his most impressive work to date. Continue reading »

This Epic Lamp Made From Cheap Action Figures Will Delight Your Nerd Senses

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So this next DIY idea will blow every comic book fan’s mind away. It a super cool action figure lamp, that you can make at home for yourself or as a gift for a real action hero enthusiast. It will be such a great and eclectic piece of decor foe any room and making it is much easier than you would think. Now’s the time to dig out all your childhood action star figures and recycle them for a greater good. The basic idea behind this lamp is to glue the action figures together, spray paint them and attach the whole composition to a lamp. Then just find the right spot for this cool lamp or the nicest wrapping paper and you have an awesome and recycled gift. Continue reading »

Cheap Chinese Tablet

After Apple introduced the first iPad, and tablet computers began to appear on the system Android, the Chinese immediately rushed to rivet similar devices and sell them at ridiculous prices. Of course, many do not trust the basement hack, but in vain, by the way. For example, the tablet Pontiac G6 cost only $ 15 will run smoothly, I’m sure. Continue reading »

Cheap Food and Proud Waitresses

White Spot Cafe
Trinidad, Colorado, October 1, 2004
Waiter: Carol
Order: steamed burrito with beef, tea, Diet Coke ($ 7.34)


Swiss photographer Stephen Shaher traveled all over America, from coast to coast, and took pictures of things that he remembered most of all – cheap food and waitresses who served it. Continue reading »