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OneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."

Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.

What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?

(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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cheap razors
Have you seen the episode of The Simpsons where Homer is shaving in his bathroom, and by the time he turns away from the mirror his 5 o`clock shadow has grown back?
Well, Im like that, I need to shave at least once a day to avoid looking like chewbacca.
Unsurprisingly, I get through a lot of razor blades. All the fancy ones are pretty dear and dont last long, so I thought I would try the French supermarkets own Eco brand to see if buying cheap and changing them more often would work. Think Tesco Value but cheaper.
10 disposable double bladed razors for 1.20 Euro? bargain. Thats only about 9p each.

Would have got better results hacking at my face with an axe. Probably would have been less blood too.
(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 10:54, 4 replies)
cut throat razors
I was looking into these. A good one costs about £100 and you'll need a strop, but it will last you the rest of your life. If you're not afraid of killing yourself.

I shave twice a week, but I'm a filthy journo scum so it doesn't t really matter.
(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:12, closed)
ah yes
I made this mistake too - I buy cheapo razors for shaving clients (for tattoos not kinky!) and as had run out of the slightly better ones I use on myself, attempted to shave slimtallgoth's head with one...I just remember the sound as it dug into his stubbly scalp - ewww!!

I'm not allowed to bring them near him now... :-/
(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:47, closed)
Cheap Razors from Spar shop in Lanzarote = Blood
About 18 months after the 9/11 bombings me & a few mates were jetting off to Lanzarote. Problem was we'd all packed our razors in our hand luggage... in the bin with those then!

So the morning after suitably hung over we popped to the nearby Spar and picked up a pack of razors for 1.5 euros...

I cut myself 3 times - and I was the least bloody, one of my mates looked like he'd stuck his face into a box full of feral cats! Luckily the sun soon dryed the blood although the sea stung a little
(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 12:38, closed)
Cheap crap
Boyfriend still insists on using these Eco crap razerblades, they don't slice him to ribbons but you're lucky if one lasts for an entire shave... guess that's what you get for being tight!
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 12:01, closed)

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