Cheap TatOneEyedMonster 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?
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chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Pound Shop BatteriesI was trying to get my remote control car to work after years of neglect but needed 12 x AA batteries for the remote control and RC servo units.
Seeing that recharge-ables were far more expensive than a bunch of sets of pound shop batteries I got the twelve batteries from the local pound shop for a whole british pound!
I couldn't get the RC car to work but a couple months later I needed AA batteries for my mouse. I proceeded to open the remote control, while holding my mouse (I think I was having an important MSN conversation and was in a hurry) took a couple batteries out and in my haste decided to hold one in my mouth while I installed the other in my mouse.
I dropped everything as battery acid (or chemicals) that has leaked out of the battery began to dissolve my lip (seriously, the skin was almost bubbling off), my fingers had also started going red and sore from this and I had to drop everything and run to the sink to clean this skin dissolving fluid off.
The batteries worked in my mouse for two months though!
(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:01, 2 replies)
Xbox360My mate bought a load of AA's from the £shop - summat like 36 for a quid. Hes getting through 4 batteries a day they are so shit. I bought some Energizers about the same time and they are still at full strength.
Sucker.
(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 18:44, closed)
Ikea onesthe £1.80 or so for the 12 yellow AAs. They are actually really decent batteries.
Tip of the day that is :P
(, Sat 5 Jan 2008, 1:55, closed)
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