Cereal Box Psychology

You stare at the wall of wheaty goods. Which one to pick I wonder... Too kiddy. Meh, too healthy. Too.. colourful. Ooooh, whats this? One in three chance to win? FREE STUFF? OMG like totally sign me up already.

And so I bought NutriGrain, all my hopes and dreams hanging on that *free prize*. I even captured the moments for you on film - such suspense and drama like this doesnt come along every day.

I think I can feel.. something?


SCORE!! My precioussss...

Now as you can imagine, at this point one is feeling rather chuffed with oneself. You did after all score the ultimate in cereal box prizes - a mini-speaker. Thats right, plug it in anywhere and be prepared to blast your elderly neighbours into next week with its RAW POWA.

Unfortunately, said mini-speaker has the balls of a Tour De France rider. And going on the doping charges they've been facing lately - I'm talking teeny.

So! Should you follow your inner-consumer whore and buy cereal with prizes only to be let down so completely? Sure, why not. Because even if the functionality of the prize is lacking, no-one can deny its street credibility (particularly not after viewing the pic below):

For the ultimate in 'portable-cool', get mini-speaker