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Isn't this just a rip off of Vessel's Toro tissue ring that was first out in 2003 or so?

http://www.vessel.com/prod_cur_toro.html

Pretty, and easy to do at home with any old round sort of heavy thing with a hole in the middle - Like a big bronze nut I've got hanging around.

That looks like a plumbing flange you can get at Ferguson's for 10 bucks.

Stupid waste of money. It's expensive AND the tissues get all dusty and heaven forbid if they get knocked off the table...

Seems pretty pointless.

I am freaking SICK of design sites touting these COMPLETELY IDIOTIC tissue rings. They expose your tissues to dust, pet hair and ALLERGENS. Who the heck wants this? Plus, it's idiotic to spend money on it besides all that since you could use any round object.

Design People: STOP FEATURING THIS STUPID PRODUCT IN ALL IT'S FORMS.

And people wonder why many don't take design seriously.

This is a lot like the de-branding. Your tissues come in a box. I don't usually have any trouble picking one out that isn't heinous, and then again, I'll spend a little for a brand that is non-heinous today, and next time pick out a different brand. I don't care if it's got aloe and lotion in it or not.

I know they try to decorate the boxes, I don't know why they don't come in solid colors usually, or what market predicts that pastels sell better and who doesn't love daisies and geese. However, tissues have a container, and it's not difficult to pick out something neutral and it is functional. If you do the economy thing with 3-pack of giant boxes of tissues and you always buy the cheapest brand, and try to put one box in each room you need it, they may never run out! A ring like this is probably good if you have one box going in the bedroom, but you need a short stack with you in the office. Less than 5 minutes with some wrapping paper or maybe if you have kids, have them make a tissue box drawing, tape it on, no more daisies and geese.

I am trying to picture a surface in my home presently these would do ok, and that's just funny. I'd have to see what kinds of tissue-sized trays they'll come out with, or tissue ensembles.

Wait wait wait. Sixty-nine DOLLARS? For a circle. I need to get out of my line of work, that's fantastic!