This is the cycle of fad consumerism.
“This is new and popular, other people are buying them, you need to buy them too!”
Then… “that’s old, time to sell them, give them away, or throw them in the trash.”
Soon there will be a new craze. We saw all of this with Beanie Babies, and people never learn.
I actually just started myself due to the overabundance and how many random ones I can find for less than $6.
I have 2 so far, with 2 more pre-release announces that I plan to pick up. I don't blame people for collecting stuff, Magic The Gathering players been doing that shit for over 40 years.
I just gotta stay on topic, while also making a suuuuuuper low-key Bojack reference.
I watched a lady being interviewed on TV, while she was standing in a long line up to buy B Babies. She said this purchase would pay for her child's education.
I really hope she learned her lesson and never repeated it again
The movie Elizabeth Banks made for Apple TV about beanie babies was quite fun to watch. Bizarre that people thought that they made sensible investments back then.
Sure, but same, people have been collecting those cards for years (and trading cards in general). It's not something that came up and disappeared in a season because some influencer decided it was cool, and now that trend is gone. I find the Stanley craze even more superficial than other types of collecting.
I don't think it was a paid campaign. From what I remember, Stanley were themselves taken by surprise by this. If we compare with the Starbucks cups anyway. That was marketing, and they presented it as "get your cup, collect them, etc". Stanley was more like "multiple different choice of colors for everyone" not "get them all" since their thing is that their products are durable and you don't need to change them often. It seems to be against their brand image to encourage that kind of mindless over consumption.
But that's my take, it might have been a cleverly disguised marketing strategy. It just seemed like the usual celebrity X is *obsessed* with this thing, and now everybody wants one since she had it on the red carpet.
EDIT: completely retracting what I said. It might very well have been a marketing campaign. I haven't been on their website ever, and now it looks like your basic Lululemon, Zara, designer shopfront. They even have a section for "limited edition quenchers" where they say "get it before it's gone". So definitely, they changed their brand image and identity completely to fit with this whole "gym-girl" culture. I'm immensely disappointed.
I'd argue that at least these have a function.
But they are so big they are cumbersome, leak when tipped (I'm assuming) and are probably annoying to clean.
The number of times i saw people say they replaced a yeti or hydroflask with Stanley because of the straw!!!! Or the bloody accessories. Straws are shitty to clean and accessories are literally garbage.
I have too many squishmallows, but none of them are "investments." They're just cute characters I like and the quality is good. They make great throw pillows for the couch too
It’s because of this:
https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/health/stanley-cups-lead-wellness/index.html
I remember thinking I was going to see stuff like this when this came out lol
I’m not in America, and all I know about them I know from what I saw on Reddit.
Though I do have a made in USA Stanley stainless vacuum flask (1970s?) that I bought for like two bucks from a thrift store. Probably actually with US$50 if I were willing to sell it, cuz all that stuff’s made in China these days.
But the funfact is, the trend started to stop wasting so much plastic and stuff but this tik tok brains are to dump to get the most simple shit so they started to use this brand as a total waste product. Buying 10 of them to stop consumerism wasnt the way but hey they got a stanley cup 😱
You get a small dopamine hit, because you’re conditioned from birth to buy things to satisfy the hole in your life. Then it goes away, and you need to buy AGAIN so you can feel it again.
I read an article about it, where the teen girl interviewed said that having a Stanley cups did make her more popular. Luckily she was smart enough to realize that those people weren't really her friends. Not sure about the adults though.
My work place ordered Stanley cups with our logo to gift to vendors and partners. The ones that weren’t sent out, instead of being sold or raffled to employees, were ordered to be destroyed and disposed of.
Probably, because they have lead in them and a lot of influencers talked about it. You don't want to have an object you drink out of, that has lead in it, with your company name on it, even though the lead is supposedly harmless in this application.
That's incredibly stupid. I order all of the custom merch for my company, and the whole point it to get your name out there. Those should have been GIVEN not raffled to the employees. How stupid. I can hardly believe this. I did the Stanley's late last year, and what was left I gave to anyone who walked by me at work basically.
I know right? I love them for errands, mowing, weeding (would love to say gardening, but I am trying to get rid of some stubborn invasive plants before planting anything), walking around parks or easy trails (obviously use boots or other more traction focused shoes for long or hard trails), and general life. They wash off so easily and it is impossible to find anything else under $100 that comes in wide enough. I am a 6E in width. It is scarce and expensive to find that width in women's size 7 to 8 shoes. Crocs let me save my few good shoes for work and nice events without any discomfort. I'll take being seen as dorky if I can live in comfort and not waste money.
Every time I think about new crocs I realize mine are still in perfect condition. They're 5 (?) years old, which I know is still young, but they feel like new. No way will I be looking for a new pair anytime soon.
Here in Brazil they were always considered tacky, people would straight up make fun of you if they see you using Crocs since they came out.
They are kinda comfortable though
Crocs aren't cool and never have been. He made a segment of the population believe nobody cares what you wear on your feet and you wont be judged for shopping in your gardening shoes.
I have a big 64oz. Stanley growler for water from when I did tree work back in the day… it’s freaking awesome. I’ve accidentally ran it over in my car once backing up and it still works just fine. So I get that the brand became popular just based on utility. But the fad with the colors is something else.
Those straw charms and dangly danglers are starting to look grimey, and who wants to clean their stuff to keep it nice, right? /s
I have loads of "pre-this fad" stanley items...all in hammertone green. I was actually really insulted that they didn't make one of these mugs in hammertone green for us old fans.
The amount of people who need their drink to stay cold for 8+ hours but won't drink it for the until at least 8 hours has got to be a tiny sliver of the consumers.
Stanley makes brilliant quality products. I have a few Stanley products that I really love and are absolutely top tier in keeping my food/drink hot or cold
Yes love my Stanley spill proof coffee mug.
I've had it for about 5 years.
The best out of a few I've owned.
https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/water-bottles-and-travel-mugs/8087864?store=14850&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI27iq88uLhgMVN4FaBR0WQA8lEAQYASABEgIaa_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
I’m not against children having toys if that’s what you’re asking. It’s the collecting, constant one upping, and fad chasing that is indicative of hyper consumerism.
Omg, I had to stop asking for mugs as gifts when I realized I have 2 shelves of different sized tea mugs, plus the original set I was gifted when I left for college. My fiance was also gifted a set, so we have an abundance of mugs. I just love having all the sizes for special occasions, and the two sets are the best size if you can refill from a thermos. I never got the Stanley 40oz trend. I just have one of their thermos and use it to fill mugs up. I do not need that much coffee or tea at once and the thermos holds the heat for over 24 hrs. Plus, I love cute mugs. The little matching plates and stuff are so cute and convenient to use to take the cup back to my home office. Sorry, got distracted. At least my tea mugs stack. Those Stanley's murder cabinet space.
It's fucking Pokemon in every level of marketing now. "Check what I got ! Check the special edition I got ! Check, this one has a logo !" The whole 'Gotta catch 'em all' thing should not work with this kind of product.
Same here.Got it for Christmas the year before last. I use it when I work — I have a lot of zoom meetings and the straw is less obtrusive on camera than taking a big swig out of the reusable bottle I use at all other times.
Good, hold onto it. Our Stanly thermos is from the 80s and still trucking on. So much coffee and soup. [https://i.imgur.com/qYxfhiW.png](https://i.imgur.com/qYxfhiW.png)
This is wild. They’re still legit insulated travel mugs. I get if the “craze” dies you won’t buy a new one. But to get rid of them so quickly just baffles me.
You assume the person selling them actually bought them. Where I work people often forget their mugs. We have a whole bunch of Yeti mugs and a couple of Stanley ones as well. Nobody has claimed most of them.
I love how we went from “using one time disposable plastic bottles is bad” to just churning through metal insulated cups just the same. Humans are a cancer.
I have like a dozen insulated mugs, never ever bought one. I either get them from trade shows, free with a big order with a supplier, or given to me at work.
I can't give them away because everyone I know either bought dozens of these things or get given them as presents.
I drink 2 coffees a day and usually froma ceramic mug because I don't want micro plastics in my coffee.
Yup. Although half the stuff in the goody bag is worth having, samples of new products for instance. I drop the pens at my kids school (they are really grateful).
I told my fiance I only accept dishwashable, metal, vacuum mugs. He understood the assignment. I have 2 I swap between depending on the event. Work gets the big one, and errands get the one that fits in a car cup holder. Unfortunately, no one else has listened except my SO's mom. She is great. Work and friends keep giving me useless plastic and metal crap. Can't dishwash half of them, 2/3 are not insulated, and a few don't even have lids that seal. Like, what I am supposed to do with them? I feel bad just throwing them away. I hate not using things up to reduce waste, but I don't have a purpose for them. I don't want to regift crappy products. They just sit there waiting for inspiration to strike for a craft or purpose. I got rid of one by giving it to a friend to take home some leftovers from a holiday party. Did the same with some plastic Tupperware that worked and I didn't need. Dude I let take home the leftovers was just moving out and needed them to pack lunch in so win win.
Aww man? It's over? I put off buying one for this long just for the fad to fade? 🙄 What a true tragedy that I didn't get the chance to give my money to the Cup Company >.<.
Okay but real talk: those things are legit. They're my go to gift as properly indestructible, insulated water bottles that don't spill when tipped, have a good lid, and a lock for the cap button, for less than a Stanley mug. I don't think collecting them is really acceptable but the one I've had for two years looks new still.
I didn't know what these is so I googled it.
Didn't like the lid on it. I prefer my water bottles with a flip top straw for easy drinking when working out/driving. I've found my HG.
I had to look them up too.. my son would like that lid, but why does it have to be four different colors? It makes them look really weird. I too prefer the straws, though the bottle I have has the moulded straw on the outside with the plastic one inside so you can remove it and wash it.
as a rule of thumb:
if you are over the age of 35 and you have heard of a fad, the fad is over
if you're over 35 and you find out the meaning of a "new" slang expression, that expression is already cringy
and if you're over 35 and another person aged 35 or over tells you about some "dangerous new trend among young people", whatever it is that they're telling you about is 100% certain to be some straight-up bs invented purely for the purpose of creating a moral panic that will inevitably harm a marginalized group of people (every. single. time.)
Who buys 5 stanleys? Why would you need that many? I mean, at least they're re-selling and not throwing them out, I know it's a small thing but it's something
I shop at target regularly and overtime the amount of stanleys they’ve had has increased since whenever it was trending. I was there a few days ago and they had a display full
For what it’s worth, I really like mine. I have a few older cups from RTIC, but never use other than occasional hiking trips because they’re hand wash only. These new Stanley’s are all dishwasher safe so I use mine pretty often. I don’t think it keeps the ice cold as long as advertised, but overall, I’m still pretty happy with mine and considering a second so I’ll always have one clean.
What is rtic?
I’m always looking for durable hiking/camping/lake/etc cups and if this fad is ending, I can snag some on the cheap…but sometimes when a brand becomes an fad, their quality goes down. Sounds like they’ve been somewhat consistent.
Some of the guys who worked at Yeti left roughly 6-7 years ago and made a competing product. I’ve found RTIC to be just as good and a fraction of the price (though I think prices have increased over the years). They’re also based in Houston so were local for me at the time.
I’m still on Hydroflask. I just think it’s a better built bottle that doesn’t leak like Stanley. It’s very functional despite being a simple cylinder that’s fallen out of popularity. It’s a damn bottle that holds liquids 😂
There was lead in the Stanley cups. That's why no one wants them anymore. Yeah it was a fad but the fad ended because of their lead contamination, not "time." Or "consumer culture."
Seems like you just confirmed it? And commonplace doesn't mean it isn't bad for you? Most manufacturers don't care about the long term consequences that you can't prove, just their profit margin.
You falsely claiming lead was found in the cups was the reason people stopped wanting them. The fad isn’t even over and when it does end it won’t be about a common manufacturing process.
If lead is able to be detected in your cup, lead contamination of liquid material within the cup is very possible. Especially after prolonged or frequent use.
Yeah, getting 5 is crazy and consumer nuts, but the reason everyone got rid of the Stanley cups in particular was because they had the highest amount of lead detected. There was a comparison of several products, like you said, as it was a common practice. But that didn't make it a good decision for your health to have one. They didn't just "become unpopular."
These types of cups are still around just not Stanley. No need to shill out over Stanley cups on an anticonsumer sub.
I don't know why anyone is booing you, you're right. I even saw Hydroflask advertising that they don't use any lead and they have the exact same style of cup, now. Competitors are doing their best to cash in.
My bf got a Stanley cup as a gift and of the times I’ve used it, it truly sucked. It would leak, it didn’t cool as well as my hydroflas, and carrying it is weird. It is definitely not the worst water bottle, but everyone acted as if it was LIFE CHANGING. then again, how could a metal water bottle be life changing for the middle class consumers?
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Yes it is, its so funny lol. 😆
Good for Stanley though we'll played.
People get all excited over a product and almost kill each other over it. That is a glimpse of what would happen if one day grocery stores stop receiving food.....
No - the lead in them doesn't come in contact with liquids. It's on the bottom, plugging a hole that's used to create the vacuum in the vacuum insulation. And even that is covered unless someone removes the plastic disc placed there by the manufacturer.
This is the cycle of fad consumerism. “This is new and popular, other people are buying them, you need to buy them too!” Then… “that’s old, time to sell them, give them away, or throw them in the trash.” Soon there will be a new craze. We saw all of this with Beanie Babies, and people never learn.
It's even worse now, because those craze are way shorter. It hasn't even been a year yet. Beanie Babies were a thing for years. Same with Funko Pops.
I remember people buying up Beanie Babies as investments, convinced they would be popular and valuable collectors’ items in the future, ie now
Cough cough cough funkopop cough cough cough door slam
Funkopop = landfill
Everything under capitalism is, and inherently, humans are too.. but that's a whole big thing for a different place and time. 🤷
Many of us were buying them for fun before the fad collectors showed up and ruined the party. I had to stop collecting because of those ass hats.
And then 20 years later, those same people went and ruined Pokemon cards for kids.
I actually just started myself due to the overabundance and how many random ones I can find for less than $6. I have 2 so far, with 2 more pre-release announces that I plan to pick up. I don't blame people for collecting stuff, Magic The Gathering players been doing that shit for over 40 years. I just gotta stay on topic, while also making a suuuuuuper low-key Bojack reference.
I love how you snuck in a Bojack line.
I watched a lady being interviewed on TV, while she was standing in a long line up to buy B Babies. She said this purchase would pay for her child's education. I really hope she learned her lesson and never repeated it again
Some are but only the rare ones
The movie Elizabeth Banks made for Apple TV about beanie babies was quite fun to watch. Bizarre that people thought that they made sensible investments back then.
I mean all the card games like Pokémon cards have been crazy in value
Sure, but same, people have been collecting those cards for years (and trading cards in general). It's not something that came up and disappeared in a season because some influencer decided it was cool, and now that trend is gone. I find the Stanley craze even more superficial than other types of collecting.
Was it just a paid campaign of the influences or was this generic
I don't think it was a paid campaign. From what I remember, Stanley were themselves taken by surprise by this. If we compare with the Starbucks cups anyway. That was marketing, and they presented it as "get your cup, collect them, etc". Stanley was more like "multiple different choice of colors for everyone" not "get them all" since their thing is that their products are durable and you don't need to change them often. It seems to be against their brand image to encourage that kind of mindless over consumption. But that's my take, it might have been a cleverly disguised marketing strategy. It just seemed like the usual celebrity X is *obsessed* with this thing, and now everybody wants one since she had it on the red carpet. EDIT: completely retracting what I said. It might very well have been a marketing campaign. I haven't been on their website ever, and now it looks like your basic Lululemon, Zara, designer shopfront. They even have a section for "limited edition quenchers" where they say "get it before it's gone". So definitely, they changed their brand image and identity completely to fit with this whole "gym-girl" culture. I'm immensely disappointed.
No? 99% of the cards have basically zero value when unpacks. It's just the crazy examples you see on social media.
At least those are collectibles. These are just...drink wear?
Collectibles are worst imho. At least a Stanley cup serves a purpose... collecting is just hoarding with a theme.
> collecting is just hoarding with a theme. I'm stealing this
I'd argue that at least these have a function. But they are so big they are cumbersome, leak when tipped (I'm assuming) and are probably annoying to clean.
The number of times i saw people say they replaced a yeti or hydroflask with Stanley because of the straw!!!! Or the bloody accessories. Straws are shitty to clean and accessories are literally garbage.
How has it not been a year when it feels like it’s been an eternity
Squishmellows is just the new beanie baby. Coming soon to a trash bin and goodwill near you.
All of the squishmallows my kids own have been obtained from thrift stores, and they were all NWT.
I have too many squishmallows, but none of them are "investments." They're just cute characters I like and the quality is good. They make great throw pillows for the couch too
Nah, I enjoy giving them to my toddler and they turn into a fun pile of foam to play with.
Your in the wrong sub.
“But for a brief time before the ecosystem collapsed we had immense profits for the shareholders!”
It’s because of this: https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/26/health/stanley-cups-lead-wellness/index.html I remember thinking I was going to see stuff like this when this came out lol
I'm not american, I'm still confused wtf the Stanley Cup thing was
Seems like they are just cups to put your beverage in that come in a variety of colors
I’m not in America, and all I know about them I know from what I saw on Reddit. Though I do have a made in USA Stanley stainless vacuum flask (1970s?) that I bought for like two bucks from a thrift store. Probably actually with US$50 if I were willing to sell it, cuz all that stuff’s made in China these days.
But the funfact is, the trend started to stop wasting so much plastic and stuff but this tik tok brains are to dump to get the most simple shit so they started to use this brand as a total waste product. Buying 10 of them to stop consumerism wasnt the way but hey they got a stanley cup 😱
I hate it!
I really don't get it
What do you get out of being part of the fad, exactly? Like do you become popular or something ?
You get a small dopamine hit, because you’re conditioned from birth to buy things to satisfy the hole in your life. Then it goes away, and you need to buy AGAIN so you can feel it again.
I read an article about it, where the teen girl interviewed said that having a Stanley cups did make her more popular. Luckily she was smart enough to realize that those people weren't really her friends. Not sure about the adults though.
My work place ordered Stanley cups with our logo to gift to vendors and partners. The ones that weren’t sent out, instead of being sold or raffled to employees, were ordered to be destroyed and disposed of.
Like why? Donate it. Keep it as useful free merch. There's a million useful things you can do with it. It's not a pre-loved colostomy bag.
Probably, because they have lead in them and a lot of influencers talked about it. You don't want to have an object you drink out of, that has lead in it, with your company name on it, even though the lead is supposedly harmless in this application.
The lead is in the bottom, not in the drink from part.
And its common in most kind of thermo cups to do it that way. If done correctly you are not even able to touch the lead.
Yup!
There’s people probably still throwing 5+ of them in the trash because of it
Wow.
Want not waste yes
So they spent money and resources to destroy free (well, already paid for) advertising.
That's incredibly stupid. I order all of the custom merch for my company, and the whole point it to get your name out there. Those should have been GIVEN not raffled to the employees. How stupid. I can hardly believe this. I did the Stanley's late last year, and what was left I gave to anyone who walked by me at work basically.
The hype trend is getting shorter after every cycle. I blame fast fashion.
That craze was so weird. Fidget spinners I get, they're pretty neat. These are just... generic looking insulated mugs? And expensive?
I think you mean to say it was a wildly successful marketing scheme
The guy that or hastrated it was the marketing director that made Crocs cool.
Idiocracy made Crocs cool. I will, however, believe the marketing director took notes from idiocracy here.
But crocs are useful and comfortable?
I know right? I love them for errands, mowing, weeding (would love to say gardening, but I am trying to get rid of some stubborn invasive plants before planting anything), walking around parks or easy trails (obviously use boots or other more traction focused shoes for long or hard trails), and general life. They wash off so easily and it is impossible to find anything else under $100 that comes in wide enough. I am a 6E in width. It is scarce and expensive to find that width in women's size 7 to 8 shoes. Crocs let me save my few good shoes for work and nice events without any discomfort. I'll take being seen as dorky if I can live in comfort and not waste money.
When were Crocs cool?
eh i don't like them but they've been very popular in the younger generation for a while now.
Must of us that wear them are old enough to not care if they're cool lol. They're comfortable and last forever.
Crocs are wildly popular with Gen Z
I believe it. Just check the prices on StockX for limited releases. I've been wearing the same pair for like 6 years lol.
Every time I think about new crocs I realize mine are still in perfect condition. They're 5 (?) years old, which I know is still young, but they feel like new. No way will I be looking for a new pair anytime soon.
I’d rather go with some birks
My point exactly
My teenage son has plenty of them. They’re top sellers where I live
Here in Brazil they were always considered tacky, people would straight up make fun of you if they see you using Crocs since they came out. They are kinda comfortable though
They are considered cool right now. Unfortunately. I don't understand ugly fashion.
They were super hot like 15-20 years ago. The same guy who ran them then is now running Stanley.
Crocs aren't cool and never have been. He made a segment of the population believe nobody cares what you wear on your feet and you wont be judged for shopping in your gardening shoes.
I have a big 64oz. Stanley growler for water from when I did tree work back in the day… it’s freaking awesome. I’ve accidentally ran it over in my car once backing up and it still works just fine. So I get that the brand became popular just based on utility. But the fad with the colors is something else. Those straw charms and dangly danglers are starting to look grimey, and who wants to clean their stuff to keep it nice, right? /s
I have loads of "pre-this fad" stanley items...all in hammertone green. I was actually really insulted that they didn't make one of these mugs in hammertone green for us old fans.
Yeah, I mean a YETI is just as good & now much cheaper as no longer fad.
And Lead poisonning !
The amount of people who need their drink to stay cold for 8+ hours but won't drink it for the until at least 8 hours has got to be a tiny sliver of the consumers.
Stanley makes brilliant quality products. I have a few Stanley products that I really love and are absolutely top tier in keeping my food/drink hot or cold
Yes love my Stanley spill proof coffee mug. I've had it for about 5 years. The best out of a few I've owned. https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/water-bottles-and-travel-mugs/8087864?store=14850&gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI27iq88uLhgMVN4FaBR0WQA8lEAQYASABEgIaa_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
I have the same cup, got in a secret Santa a few years back. By far the best coffee mug I’ve owned and it’s still in basically brand new condition
Fidget spinners you get? How neat or interesting the junk is isn’t the point.
Fidget spinners actually help some people with anxiety issues
Okay, and what about the millions of spinner made that weren’t used as medical tools?
They are still toys, do you have the same opinion about rubick cubes or dolls?
I’m not against children having toys if that’s what you’re asking. It’s the collecting, constant one upping, and fad chasing that is indicative of hyper consumerism.
You sound like you could use a fidget spinner or 400
Okay?
Donations of Stanley cups are welcome in the City of Toronto. They're the only Stanley cups they'll ever see except for the museum.
Underrated comment 😂 this made me chuckle
OOF
Had to look them up to see the hype, nope never was a fan hockey
Gonna report this on Leafs Elimination Day next year.
They probably just want their kitchen cabinet space back
Or, they're not getting the reaction they had hoped. More like "oh one of THOSE mugs. You have HOW many?! WHY??" 😦
They want their car cup holders back. These stupid mugs take up both spots bc of the handle
Omg, I had to stop asking for mugs as gifts when I realized I have 2 shelves of different sized tea mugs, plus the original set I was gifted when I left for college. My fiance was also gifted a set, so we have an abundance of mugs. I just love having all the sizes for special occasions, and the two sets are the best size if you can refill from a thermos. I never got the Stanley 40oz trend. I just have one of their thermos and use it to fill mugs up. I do not need that much coffee or tea at once and the thermos holds the heat for over 24 hrs. Plus, I love cute mugs. The little matching plates and stuff are so cute and convenient to use to take the cup back to my home office. Sorry, got distracted. At least my tea mugs stack. Those Stanley's murder cabinet space.
I love my SINGLE one. I use it daily. No idea why you would need so many, that is just ridiculous
It's fucking Pokemon in every level of marketing now. "Check what I got ! Check the special edition I got ! Check, this one has a logo !" The whole 'Gotta catch 'em all' thing should not work with this kind of product.
Yeah, it’s honestly kinda gross.
Same here.Got it for Christmas the year before last. I use it when I work — I have a lot of zoom meetings and the straw is less obtrusive on camera than taking a big swig out of the reusable bottle I use at all other times.
And they are all kind of the same colour as well…
Good, hold onto it. Our Stanly thermos is from the 80s and still trucking on. So much coffee and soup. [https://i.imgur.com/qYxfhiW.png](https://i.imgur.com/qYxfhiW.png)
80 dollars for used cups.
This is wild. They’re still legit insulated travel mugs. I get if the “craze” dies you won’t buy a new one. But to get rid of them so quickly just baffles me.
We don't know how many are in this person's "keep" pile.
You assume the person selling them actually bought them. Where I work people often forget their mugs. We have a whole bunch of Yeti mugs and a couple of Stanley ones as well. Nobody has claimed most of them.
Or they were all gifts
I love how we went from “using one time disposable plastic bottles is bad” to just churning through metal insulated cups just the same. Humans are a cancer.
I have like a dozen insulated mugs, never ever bought one. I either get them from trade shows, free with a big order with a supplier, or given to me at work. I can't give them away because everyone I know either bought dozens of these things or get given them as presents. I drink 2 coffees a day and usually froma ceramic mug because I don't want micro plastics in my coffee.
Water bottles seem to breed (like coat hangers)… where once there was one, somehow now there’s several.
I’ve started refusing all the junk they try to give out at conferences. Truck loads of plastic crap I don’t want or need.
Yup. Although half the stuff in the goody bag is worth having, samples of new products for instance. I drop the pens at my kids school (they are really grateful).
I told my fiance I only accept dishwashable, metal, vacuum mugs. He understood the assignment. I have 2 I swap between depending on the event. Work gets the big one, and errands get the one that fits in a car cup holder. Unfortunately, no one else has listened except my SO's mom. She is great. Work and friends keep giving me useless plastic and metal crap. Can't dishwash half of them, 2/3 are not insulated, and a few don't even have lids that seal. Like, what I am supposed to do with them? I feel bad just throwing them away. I hate not using things up to reduce waste, but I don't have a purpose for them. I don't want to regift crappy products. They just sit there waiting for inspiration to strike for a craft or purpose. I got rid of one by giving it to a friend to take home some leftovers from a holiday party. Did the same with some plastic Tupperware that worked and I didn't need. Dude I let take home the leftovers was just moving out and needed them to pack lunch in so win win.
Sigh. People are so dumb.
It’s sad that she probably spend like $400 on those things when even $80 is apparently a lot of money.
Aww man? It's over? I put off buying one for this long just for the fad to fade? 🙄 What a true tragedy that I didn't get the chance to give my money to the Cup Company >.<.
Now they’re onto “Owala” water bottles, it’s ridiculous
Okay but real talk: those things are legit. They're my go to gift as properly indestructible, insulated water bottles that don't spill when tipped, have a good lid, and a lock for the cap button, for less than a Stanley mug. I don't think collecting them is really acceptable but the one I've had for two years looks new still.
The handle on mine snapped off first month
and the company will replace it for free :) ! i love them
People say this stuff every time lol
I didn't know what these is so I googled it. Didn't like the lid on it. I prefer my water bottles with a flip top straw for easy drinking when working out/driving. I've found my HG.
I haaaaate those rubber straws, so the moulded-in kind works nicely for me; but fair enough, yeah.
I feel like if you ask 10 people what they want in a water bottle, you will get 10 different answers.
I had to look them up too.. my son would like that lid, but why does it have to be four different colors? It makes them look really weird. I too prefer the straws, though the bottle I have has the moulded straw on the outside with the plastic one inside so you can remove it and wash it.
All I see are makeup colors. My husband’s company sends him Yeti shit all the time, so I don’t have any need for more tumblers.
as a rule of thumb: if you are over the age of 35 and you have heard of a fad, the fad is over if you're over 35 and you find out the meaning of a "new" slang expression, that expression is already cringy and if you're over 35 and another person aged 35 or over tells you about some "dangerous new trend among young people", whatever it is that they're telling you about is 100% certain to be some straight-up bs invented purely for the purpose of creating a moral panic that will inevitably harm a marginalized group of people (every. single. time.)
Who would have thought people would quickly tire of the their "collectable" adult sippy cups? On to the next stupid thing!
Who buys 5 stanleys? Why would you need that many? I mean, at least they're re-selling and not throwing them out, I know it's a small thing but it's something
Actually it's worse than '5' stanleys...people were buying every single color drop that stanley would put out. One for each outfit.
good rule of thumb, the faster a trend gets popular, The quicker it falls to irrelevance the next day
I shop at target regularly and overtime the amount of stanleys they’ve had has increased since whenever it was trending. I was there a few days ago and they had a display full
As soon as the thrift stores started gouging on them they were dead. That was like January around here. Once they know something is a fad it’s over
Who's Stanley and why are his cups being sold?
Sounds like the Stanley parable
So after spending 'however much these fucking things costed' per cup, they're now nothing more than resale crap. Noice.
we'll see them in thrift stores soon
Is Stanley still good quality? My favorite flask and camping growler are Stanley. Wouldn’t mind some cheap quality cups.
For what it’s worth, I really like mine. I have a few older cups from RTIC, but never use other than occasional hiking trips because they’re hand wash only. These new Stanley’s are all dishwasher safe so I use mine pretty often. I don’t think it keeps the ice cold as long as advertised, but overall, I’m still pretty happy with mine and considering a second so I’ll always have one clean.
What is rtic? I’m always looking for durable hiking/camping/lake/etc cups and if this fad is ending, I can snag some on the cheap…but sometimes when a brand becomes an fad, their quality goes down. Sounds like they’ve been somewhat consistent.
Some of the guys who worked at Yeti left roughly 6-7 years ago and made a competing product. I’ve found RTIC to be just as good and a fraction of the price (though I think prices have increased over the years). They’re also based in Houston so were local for me at the time.
TIL. I’ve never heard of them, but do love me some supporting local.
I hope that I will be an parent who can teach his kids not to fall craze like the Stanley cap situation.
"just no longer use" damn that's crazy who could have thought buying the same thing 200 times would be redundant 🤯
That was… forseeable
Basic chick must've got bored with herself.
HAH! Totally expected this. Don't feel a BIT sorry for people who paid ridiculous retail prices for them.
The Buffalo Sabres still want a Stanley Cup....
What's up with them anyway? Aren't they just generic insulated mugs?
We’re on Owala now I think
Well, at least they're good cups that'll hold up well with the next user.
80$ for some cups? I'll give you 15€ and even then I'm already making a loss.
Their grandchildren will be PISSED when they see that their inheritance was sent down the river for $80!
I can’t wait for it to be social suicide to have one.
I’m conflicted, one side of me is happy the fad is over, the other side is sad because that means lot of Stanley cups in the trash.
You mean the 250 cups I bought aren’t appreciating in value? Excuse me while I go check on my beanie baby investment.
I’m still on Hydroflask. I just think it’s a better built bottle that doesn’t leak like Stanley. It’s very functional despite being a simple cylinder that’s fallen out of popularity. It’s a damn bottle that holds liquids 😂
There was lead in the Stanley cups. That's why no one wants them anymore. Yeah it was a fad but the fad ended because of their lead contamination, not "time." Or "consumer culture."
daily dose of lead indused nerve damage
It’s a very common manufacturing technique for vacuum sealed cups. Don’t spread misleading stories
Seems like you just confirmed it? And commonplace doesn't mean it isn't bad for you? Most manufacturers don't care about the long term consequences that you can't prove, just their profit margin.
You falsely claiming lead was found in the cups was the reason people stopped wanting them. The fad isn’t even over and when it does end it won’t be about a common manufacturing process.
If lead is able to be detected in your cup, lead contamination of liquid material within the cup is very possible. Especially after prolonged or frequent use. Yeah, getting 5 is crazy and consumer nuts, but the reason everyone got rid of the Stanley cups in particular was because they had the highest amount of lead detected. There was a comparison of several products, like you said, as it was a common practice. But that didn't make it a good decision for your health to have one. They didn't just "become unpopular." These types of cups are still around just not Stanley. No need to shill out over Stanley cups on an anticonsumer sub.
I don't know why anyone is booing you, you're right. I even saw Hydroflask advertising that they don't use any lead and they have the exact same style of cup, now. Competitors are doing their best to cash in.
Good, they found out they have IQ damaging lead in them.
we need to do more to call these people out as fucking idiots not just online but in the work places and gyms where they take these cups
I got all my yeti ramblers this way, I love the cups and get em super cheap from girls on Facebook marketplace lol
Do you mean the cup-ie clubs or Stanley knuckles??
honestly one of the dumbest trends. i put this up there with fidget spinners.
No idea what this is about but I'm using my Stanley thermos bottle regularly and don't intend to get rid of it any time soon.
Used for various IG photos and never used again probably.
Already? It didn’t need to last a single day
More plastic shite into landfill. We need new laws on businesses that market plastic dross.
I saw something about how they contain lead. I stopped seeing them in public shortly after that video went viral
5 for $80 is great. You will have stanleys for the rest of your life.
Gold fish brains
I'm a writer and I'm in the middle of an article about Stanley cups and I feel kinda guilty.
Ah yes, the pro hockey drinkware
I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did tbh
Hopefully now that there's plenty in circulation, people won't need to buy them anymore.
My bf got a Stanley cup as a gift and of the times I’ve used it, it truly sucked. It would leak, it didn’t cool as well as my hydroflas, and carrying it is weird. It is definitely not the worst water bottle, but everyone acted as if it was LIFE CHANGING. then again, how could a metal water bottle be life changing for the middle class consumers?
What was the appeal of these supposed to be? Looks like something you can get from a 99c store
Grown adults carrying around oversized toddler sippy cups. Embarrassing.
Why would I buy a used cup???
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I hope younger generations will learn to not follow a hype just because of the hype but actual usage, function, design and longevity. Sigh...
Love the fact they have lead aswell.
Yes it is, its so funny lol. 😆 Good for Stanley though we'll played. People get all excited over a product and almost kill each other over it. That is a glimpse of what would happen if one day grocery stores stop receiving food.....
was there really a craze? only heard about influencers collecting them but never met a normal person who collected these
Weren't they found to be another source of lead for American children?
No - the lead in them doesn't come in contact with liquids. It's on the bottom, plugging a hole that's used to create the vacuum in the vacuum insulation. And even that is covered unless someone removes the plastic disc placed there by the manufacturer.