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"I first came across Quirky when I was introduced to the Pivot Power ($32) \u2014 an adjustable power outlet that&amp;#039;s both attractive and functional. If you haven&amp;#039;t heard about it yet, Quirky is a new type of company that develops products based on feedback from its members. Anyone can join for free. It&amp;#039;s quickly becoming one of my favorite places to shop Quirky offers a platform for inventors with innovative ideas who don&amp;#039;t have the capital or engineering resources to bring a new product to market. Here&amp;#039;s how it works: Inventors submit ideas, they&amp;#039;re offered for sale on Quirky.com and if there&amp;#039;s enough interest, the Quirky community decides which are feasible and works to make it the best possible product. Once the Quirky team produces the actual products everyone shares in the profits.  If you go to shop on Quirky, it&amp;#039;s important to understand that not all the products shown are for sale. Enough people have to be interested in the item before it&amp;#039;s even manufactured. You can request a product and if and when it becomes available, you&amp;#039;ll be charged for the product and it&amp;#039;ll be shipped to you. It&amp;#039;s good to express your interest in the product when you first see it, because if it does come to market, you&amp;#039;ll receive a discounted price.   For instance, right now the Tether Stemware Saver ($13 now, $15 if you wait), an ingenious product in my opinion (if it works!), is on pre-sale \u2014 and will only be manufactured if it receives 1000 commitments (it&amp;#039;s at 562 now). This clever device stabilizes stemware when it&amp;#039;s placed in the dishwasher. Even though I can&amp;#039;t recount how many glasses I&amp;#039;ve broken in my dishwasher, I&amp;#039;m too lazy to hand wash them!  To learn more about Quirky, either check out the website or sit back and watch the process in action on the newly premiered TV series, Quirky, on the Sundance Channel, which gives a behind the scenes look at the company. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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