I never, ever bought anything from Skymall, but I often used their catalogs for entertainment (usually meaning sharing them with +Margie Kleerup and laughing on each page). So for that alone I'm sorry to see them go.
(I do think there were a couple of times a particular widget caught my eye, but if I did follow up on it later, it was via Amazon.)
Originally shared by +Les Jenkins:
I never understood the logic of trying to sell stuff to people while they're travelling in such a way that doesn't allow them to actually purchase anything until after they land. By the time they make it through baggage claim and out of the airport they've probably forgotten all about whatever crappy product they had considered in your magazine.
Crapgadget purveyor Skymall is filing for bankruptcy
You’d be forgiven for thinking that Skymall, the ubiquitous in-flight magazine featuring things you’d only buy when drunk on tiny liquor bottles and jet
