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10 best-selling products ever

Consumers opened their wallets, often repeatedly, for these products, each of which represented something different or new when it was launched.

By Michael A. Sauter, Lisa A. Nelson, Elisabeth Uible and Samuel Weigley, 24/7 Wall St.

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Peter
Aug 6, 2012 10:47PM
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Another joke of a story--no Coca-Cola, no Big Macs, no Bic pens, no razors, no Budweiser, no lotto tickets, no sporting event tickets, etc.

No kidding...what a joke!!!  Wasn't this list supposed to be the "
10 best-selling products ever." 
nobabyboomers
Aug 12, 2012 12:35PM
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They left out "Hope and Change" sold by Obama, it was bought by millions of Americans and many more millions throughout the world.  This defective product is being recalled as we speak, but the losses are in the trillions of dollars and can not be refunded to the taxpayers of America.
penahs
Aug 12, 2012 2:08PM
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I am sure they sold more Asprin then Lipitor also
ExtremeJim
Aug 7, 2012 10:19AM
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Give this a thumbs-up if you've never owned a single one of these products either.
penahs
Aug 12, 2012 2:06PM
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No mention of the Bible? I think they sold a few of those!
ashleymalagant
Aug 28, 2012 1:01PM
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Bible, Koran, pencils, toilet paper, MS WIndows, paper, steel and other commodities. This list is seriously just garbage. It's hilarious how I knew the iPhone would be on the list before I even read it. Such lies and manipulation.
thomas edwards (Peainthepod)
Aug 7, 2012 11:14AM
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I'm surprised the Big Mac isn't on the list.
J.S. C
Aug 6, 2012 11:40PM
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More appropriately title might me to 10 big selling items.    What about the VW Bug, they were made  and sold from the 1940's up to the 1980;s in most of the world?   What about Converse sneakers, Yo yo's or slinky toys?  
phil99
Aug 7, 2012 12:44PM
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Windows? Bic pens? Microsoft Office? Tide? Coca-Cola? Et al . . ..

 

The list goes on, of numerical and dollar counts that I'd wager meet the judge's criteria and exceed much of this list.

 

The list reminds me of those articles that suggest the authors have - surprise! - something to sell.

elmo39
Aug 7, 2012 9:40AM
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Interesting that most are electronics devices. During the 40's - 50's - and 60's the best selling products recognized around the world were Coca Cola snd Singer sewing machines...Times change!
infodude
Aug 28, 2012 1:41AM
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I'm so suprised that toilet paper never seems to ever make any of these lists. I would like to think that more people have bought toilet paper and use it before using gettin an Ipad or Michael Jackson album
Faeriechyld
Aug 12, 2012 10:48AM
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262 million units for Mario games franchise? That number can't be right!

Would you lonely hearts people PLEASE go away? Do you seriously think any of us read your junk posts?

toy-man
Sep 13, 2012 3:51AM
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Some of these are bonafide, others are definitely NOT, making this article flakey! The Star Wars movie series was not a "product". And Lipitor? Really?? Big Pharma and their stockholders cash in on price gouging "products" that are REQUIRED to combat disease and health problems. How wonderful it would be if diabetics had the same freedom of choice to purchase insulin like a Rubik's Cube! Pharma has the U.S. by the short ones.

Someone
Aug 12, 2012 11:10AM
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what about the washing machine and dryer, refrigerators and stoves, dishwashers, lawnmowers, television, pc's, auto's and on and on and on......these are products
C4Warr10r
Aug 7, 2012 2:57PM
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I think these are supposed to be the best-selling products in the listed categories, not the best-selling products ever.

 

I think I'll invent a device that can fix msn headlines, as this seems to be a huge problem. I will call it "Decent Editor".  The device will read the article, check for spelling and grammar mistakes, assess the content, and then write headlines that aren't so pointlessly sensationalist. Eye-catching, but not misleading. I tested it just now and it came up with the headline "Some of the Best-Selling Products Ever"

 

Any takers?

In Bed Together
Aug 12, 2012 12:09PM
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Want to know how to get to the bottom of an MSN article if your scroll ball is broken?

Just click SPAM on all the junk posts and before you know it you're at the bottom.

Try it - it REALLY works!

AA ROD (alrod)
Sep 13, 2012 3:09AM
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.....What about Coca Cola and Levi's Strauss?  computers?water?shoe​s? this list is the author's  10 best products ...

Augie Doggie (Augie Doggie)
Aug 12, 2012 7:39AM
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This list must have been put together by an 18 year old.  What about Kool-aid, Coca-cola, hula hoops, VW bugs, princess phones, transitor radios, TV's for God's sake,  Do any writers on MSN have a sense of history?  There are a few of us out there who are over 25!

Doreen Arceo (Calgram)
Sep 14, 2012 11:48PM
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My vote is for SLINKY!!!    Everyone had one of those!!
dewed rinse cowboy
Aug 7, 2012 7:19PM
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The iPhone?  Mine was a great item, but both ATT and Apple refused to service or upgrade the item in an attempt to sell me a new phone.  They said they couldn't make it work, but the problem was the REFUSAL of staff at both ATT and Apple to simply upgrade the software from 3.0 to 5.4.  If they had valued me as a customer, I would not be using a Verizon Droid, now.
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