The Site's Catchphrase is "Say it with Dung ... It Lasts Longer Than Flowers!". Nuff Said
The True Blue Roo Poo Company
Ever get a hankering for jewelry or paperweights made from kangaroo poo? Maybe koala poo is more your style. I'm serious! The story of how I found The True Blue Roo Company is one best left for late night giggle fests with close friends but I did and I am here to enlighten you all to the wonders of roo poo.
What the Site Says About Itself
Conversation stopping objects d'art and a weird, wacky, zany range of novelty paperweights from outback Australia. The world's most unusual and unique Birthday gifts, Christmas gifts, Anniversary gifts and just plain Funny gifts from down under. For the man who thought he had everything and the woman who deserves a little more from life. Lovingly crafted from raw materials harvested in the Outback from contented kangaroos.
What the True Blue Roo Poo Company Sells
Items and novelty gifts made from kangaroo, koala, Tasmanian devil, and other Australian animal poo plus items made from cane toad skin (The toads apparently are overtaking the Australian wild lands and have had to be humanely disposed of to protect the habitat), a couple of Australian picture CDs, and a few books.
Navigation
The site doesn't work well with Netscape's browser but looks fine with Internet Explorer. First, be warned that this site doesn't take itself very seriously. If the word sh*t offends you, you may not want to read their disclaimer which is filled with that word.
The basic site is as simple as it gets. There are categories on the bottom and links to click on to see photos of the jewelry and novelties sold. They have paperweights, jewelry, CDs with strange and cute Australian photos, lots of cane toad leather items including a real stuffed cane toad with an open mouth for change. That is just really gross no matter how humanely these toads were killed or how much of a problem they are for other wild life. They also resell books on poo, gas emissions, and other like subjects all in a humorous vein.
Click on a link at the bottom of the page to see the meager offerings on the site.
You even get to see the actual Tasmanian devil — Denis — whose poo you will receive if you want a paperweight with his droppings encased. They can't guarantee when you will get the product because Denis has to make the product. Oh boy ...
Littered (no pun intended) around the site are pics of the staff with assorted animals and other fun things. One picture of a kangaroo is captioned, "If you thought we were the kind of people who kick the crap out of kangaroos to earn a living — you're wrong. In fact, our kangaroos aren't even fitted with motion sensors. Early in the mornings our intrepid collectors head for the bush in a race against the dung beetles so that we can offer you the best quality Marsupial doo available anywhere on the planet. Sometimes we're up so early that we get the goods before they even hit the ground."
These are things we just need to know!
If you see something you like, click to add it to your cart. Prices are in US dollars although they ship worldwide and are located in Australia.
Once you are finished shopping, you will be taken directly to Paypal where you will pay. There charge no shipping and no tax anywhere in the world. Finding FAQs of any kind is like looking for a needle in a haystack. They don't have a links to policies or info and they don't answer emails within a decent timeframe, so you just have to take your chances when you order.
Pay either by credit card through Paypal or through your bank account and you will get an immediate receipt. Your order will take a while to arrive, especially if you are waiting for Denis to, ahem, produce his product to be encased in a paperweight.
You can also opt to pay by check or money order by mail.
The earrings, which are all I bought (as a joke) do not have any scent at all and don't really look like what they are. They actually look like some sort of stone. What a crazy site!
My Experience
I literally stumbled across this site when doing a search for novelties for my sister. I wanted to get her something crazy for her birthday and nothing around my area was crazy enough.
Kangaroo poo is pretty crazy. After reading that there is no smell and it is perfectly hygienic and sealed, I decided to get her a pair of gorgeous roo poo earrings.
The site is very, very simple and tiny and there weren't many products to choose from so, after reading a bit more about why the site even exists, I put the earrings in my cart and then went off to Paypal.
I was charged neither shipping nor tax and got a confirmation from paypal immediately. None from the site though.
The wait was a fairly long one (Maybe the kangaroo was constipated?) but my order arrived in three weeks. The earrings actually were not bad looking at all. If I didn't know what they were made from, I would have thought they were some sort of stone. There was no scent and they were made well.
My sister adored her special gift. Heh. Well, she did get a laugh out of them and probably regifted them by now. I almost got her a cane toad change purse with legs but couldn't bring myself to do it. Yeck.
Everything went fairly smoothly but slowly. The site is a funny novelty site straight from Australia with some very, uh, different products for people who want something very different!
But Not All is Good at the Site
There was just ONE glitch in all this. Customer service. They are slow to respond, rude, and sarcastic. Even if they were selling something that I really loved, I would not go back there because of the way I was treated when asking a simple question.
I sent an email asking a question and it took weeks for a reply. It was short and somewhat sarcastic. I sent another asking for verification and got the rudest, nastiest email back (after two or more weeks). The owner obviously doesn't care about customer relations and, a niche site like this needs all the customers they can get, wouldn't you think?
I was totally turned off of the site and, now I would never go back. Talk about sh*tty. Customer service is. Too bad because, if they acted like real business people who cared, I would be recommending them to you all for a weird, kind of funny, experience.
Shipping and Returns
Shipping is free worldwide.
Their returns policy is simple — "We guarantee our products to be absolute sh*t or your money back."
They don't give refunds unless something is damaged and even then, I don't know what they would do about it. I doubt anything will be accepted as a return and you will never see a refund.
Contact Info
You can contact them by emailing roopooco@roopooco.com.
Phone numbers:
Within Australia: 03 9878 0047
From outside Australia: 613 9878 0047
Physical Address:
Laser 8.
PO Box 64
Forest Hill, Victoria 3131
AUSTRALIA
Conclusion
OK, I know very few people are going to want to run right over to the roo poo site and snap up a bunch of roo and koala poo but this site is a novelty one for those with strong stomachs and good senses of humor. I still don't like to even look at the cane toad stuff even though I wear leather. It's just that they are toads. They look like toads. And ew. But there are some nice accessories from the skin that don't look like toads. Still, yeck.
The site itself is very simple and has a small amount of offerings. It's a interesting site to browse and there is no shipping or tax anywhere in the world so you don't have to worry about overseas shipping costs.
If you know someone who would get a kick out of these rather strange products (Who can resist a Tasmanian devil poo encased in glass paperweight?), the prices are reasonable. They are very slow to answer emails and for you to get your orders so shop well in advance to be sure you have the order in time for gift giving. They also probably won't right their wrongs so don't spend a lot on the site for that reason.
How does one rate a site like this? It is small, very different, and simple. My experience was positive - except for customer service — which, to me, is key in any transaction. I got what I ordered eventually.
But because of the rude and nasty tone the customer service rep/owner took with me in email, I am only going with 2 stars. This is just a novelty site with a few novelty items. Everyone can live without roo poo and never miss it. If the site had an owner/reps who cared about consumers, I would recommend the site just for fun. Now, nah...bypass this silly site and find novelties elsewhere.
Recommended:
No
