It seems it’s possible to both overdo it and underdo it in the ice-scraping department.

For 498.75 Swedish Krona ($69.50 USD), Saab offers a nifty little ice-scraper.

ice-scraper

But when I need a mini-scraper, I prefer my Visa.

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Category: Miscellanea

20 Responses

  1. 1
    Amber says:

    What’s an icescraper?

    Come to think of it, what’s an “ice”?

    ;)
    (welcome to texas in winter!)

  2. 2
    Kevin Ring says:

    Your mini-scraper is probably more expensive when you add up all the fees you pay to Visa… and it doesn’t have a beard.

  3. 3
    jennapants says:

    just bought THREE!! thanks for the heads up!!!

  4. 4
    Kendall says:

    Hmmmm… That would also be a nifty little self-defense tool when walking to the car in a dark parking lot.
    On second-thought: it’s too stupid-cold to defend myself. If someone is gonna lie in wait for me, they DESERVE my purse.

  5. 5
    Joseph says:

    Put a flame thrower on it and I’d pay $70 for it. Throw in a monkey to use the flame thrower for me so I don’t have to go out in the cold and I might even pay $75, but no more.

  6. 6
    Jamsco says:

    Careful, I broke a college ID card that way.

  7. 7

    credit cards break in two when its 40 below…

  8. 8
    Tony C says:

    Advice–don’t use a bent-in-half pop can. It leaves nasty metal scraping marks that don’t go away.

  9. 9
    Laurie says:

    Those ingenious Swedes!
    They’ve a knack for stretching money AND pulling it out of consumers!

    A cd case doubles as an ice-scraper.

  10. 10
    Frank Martens says:

    Saab Ice Scrapper: $70

    Ice: $0

    Visa used as an ice scrapper: Priceless.

    For everything else… there’s MasterCard.

  11. 11
    Brenda says:

    Maybe it’s because I’m new here, but I just can’t see how this is 22 words…? Is it just too cold to count?

    • I’m glad you’re here, Brenda! Here’s how I counted…though I admit, numbers with decimal points and dollar signs and abbreviations can all complicate a word count.

      1. For
      2. 498.75
      3. Swedish
      4. Krona (
      5. $69.50
      6. USD),
      7. Saab
      8. offers
      9. a
      10. nifty
      11. little
      12. ice-scraper.

      13. But
      14. when
      15. I
      16. need
      17. a
      18. mini-scraper,
      19. I
      20. prefer
      21. my
      22. Visa.

  12. 12
    MarkW says:

    My awesome $3 ice scraper is always available under my car seat, so I’ve rarely needed a “mini” one.

    Here in New England, our weather is described by some old-timers as “9 months of snow and 3 months of bad sledding”, which is, of course, an exaggeration almost as big as the price-tag on Saab’s mini ice-scraper, but a fun exaggeration, anyway!

  13. 13
    Jeremy says:

    What happened to Saab making quality automobiles? Economic crisis hits and they revert to ice-scrapers. Sad times.

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