"YvonneD" wrote in message
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I decided to try the EmeryCat. My little cat's claws are very sharp
and tend to get stuck on things. Cutting them is a real ordeal that
requires one to cut and one to hold her down. We all end up
traumatized.


What the EmeryCat is, is just those regular corrugated cardboard
scratching boards with one side covered with a fine sand. The sand is
somehow glued on. When I opened the package, loose sand spilled all
over the floor. I shook off anything that was loose and put it down.

My cat tried it once and wouldn't scratch on it again. However, she
did sit on it and ended up with sand in her fur. I'm sure that
licking the sand it not a good idea. I brushed her and that was the
end of EmeryCat.

Here's the rip off: The two EmeryCat's were 19.95. Not bad, right?
But - the shipping was $15. If I return them, I lose the $15 and
whatever I have to pay for the return shipping.

I feel like an idiot, but I was really hoping they would work. I'm
sure there are cats out there that would love it, but I still would
worry about them swallowing the sand.

Hey! - You're no idiot.....I am 74 and what happened to you has happened to
me many times throughout my life. There are some people who make their
living by these kinds of rip-offs. My house is full of junk that I have no
use for, but paid good money for. Mostly because the ads didn't tell me the
whole story. They are intentionally vague about certain parameters of their
products. Dimensions, for example.....Nobody uses dimensions anymore. I was
taught to describe things by giving their height, length and width in inches
or whatever. If they held a liquid, I was also taught to describe how many
galloons or cubic centimeters it would hold. but I see junk advertised all
the time that has no dimensions or volume attached to it at all. They don't
even put a dime or foot ruler in the picture of it so you would have some
vague idea whether it is bigger than a breadbox or a football field, or
whether it is too small for a flea's living quarters. But they expect me to
order it to find out, and pay the shipping back if I don't like it. I call
this part of the, "Dumbing down of America".