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Good day Mobsters!

It was brought to my attention last night by a fellow Mobster that there was sighting of a SpongeTech product at PUBLIX!  Being that Publix is the fifteenth largest retailer in the U.S. and has over 1,000 stores it obviously caught my attention. Speaking as a Floridian we have one at what seems like every corner so a new mission to verify this news was a must.

More info on Publix: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publix

You may remember our 1st successful Mission if not you can follow it here: Operation SpongeTech Products – Mission is a SUCCESS!

To make it a bit more entertaining I figured I would share the 2nd mission with you in detail. It was a cold and rainy day, my hands were chilled and my heart was pumping…ok lol..I won’t get that detailed, but here we go!

I dropped into the closest Publix which is only a couple of miles from home base. It didn’t take long to call this mission a success, went over to the car care products and BAM, what do I see? “SpongeTech’s Eliminator Chamois” SCORE!!!

Ohhhhhh but wait boys and girls there’s more…and this part gets a little fun. I asked myself hmmmm, I wonder if our good friend Spongebob is any where to be found? Well after going up and down the isles 2-3 times and asking about 8 clerks there was no sign of Spongebob, just as I was about to cry on the way to the cashier with my Eliminator Chamois, something told me to stop.

I once again asked myself hmmmmm. The Chamois looked freshly stocked so let me get a manager and just see if maybe there is some word. I bypassed the cashier and went up to the Customer Service desk, before I could even get to the manager one of the ladies there asked if she could help. Well, I told her I was curious about a product…when I told her what it was she laughed at me and said “yes we have them I actually snuck one in the back to take home with me after work” I didnt want to say she was full of it, but I asked her if I could please see it. (had my doubts) She said sure, went in the back room, grabbed it and laid it on the counter (you can see on picture 7 I took a quick snapshot of it on the counter when she turned to help a customer lol) Afterwords she said I could have it if I wanted it and she would just get another on the way out. Without hesitation I snagged it and asked if she would help me find them so I could buy more. I mentioned I was up and down all isles and couldnt find them any where.

Now me AND the lady went on a mission ha, after asking another 4 or 5 clerks with no luck she tracked a couple managers which showed us where they were. Well, no wonder we couldn’tfind them they SOLD OUT!! Apparently Spongebob didn’t last very long as they were already gone, since it was the last one I felt bad and offered to give it back to her, but the manager said after all I went through I deserved it and told me to keep it lol.

I did a little happy dance, grabbed my Eliminator Chamois, Spongebob bath Sponge and checked out!

….and that about wraps up another Operation SpongeTech Products mission. Thanks for coming for the ride, hope you had fun, make sure to tip the waitress on the way out!  

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How’s it going fellow sponge mobbers? The Sponge Father here reporting from Sunny South Florida! We have a little treat to kick off “The Sponge Mob Exclusives” which will consist of things such as photo galleries or articles that were released exclusively for or by The Sponge Mob members and supporters.

This go around we will be trying to put some basher claims to rest. I do realize this is a location pending experiment, but it will atleast give you a general idea so that you are not to be mislead by any false claims. You most likely have heard bashers stating that locating and purchasing SpongeTech products at retail stores was either lies or was so limited that you would have to drive 40-50 miles just to track a product down. These claims are FALSE and I hope that after coming along with us on this mission it will ease any doubts, concerns or worries.

As mentioned, we are located in South Florida in a fairly small city. Just fyi. Our experiment was to see how long it would take us to track down a SpongeTech product after watching their commercial at home base. Needless to say our “Operation SpongeTech Products” was a SUCCESS!!

SpongeTech claims to have products stocked @ CVS Pharmacy, Walgreens, aswell as Ace Hardware to name a few. Well we happen to have 2 walgreens, a CVS and an Ace Hardware all within a mile or 2 from home base (walking distance). But that couldn’t be could it? Bashers say hard to get? = WRONG! And unlike bashers we come prepped with proof!!

First target “CVS Pharmacy” = SCORE!! (View photos below)

Side Note: We were a little upset that they were playing hide-n-go-seek on the shelf and there was only 2 left, we scooped one up and made sure to leave one at the edge. Funny thing was the next day I had to swing in for a couple quick things and happend to look for the heck of it, only to find out the last one had been sold. This CVS = SOLD OUT!

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So I have to ask you, was that all that hard? Nope, once again bashers just bashing with no standing. We are batting 100% 4 stores and 4 scores!! All within a couple miles from each other and home base. There was actually even a PetSmart another mile or so away which I’m sure is stocking Uncle Normans Products, but after hitting 4 stores we figured we made our point, and could deem our experiment a Success!

Operation SpongeTech Products – Mission is a SUCCESS! 4 for 4! (view photos below)

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