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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Woolworths / Big WMrs Flatfrog used to work in Big W, the out-of-town Woolworths superstore thingy. And without doubt, they are the worst shop in the world: a pound shop that aspires to being John Lewis (I'm not kidding - when she was there, they stated this as their aim, to position themselves as the John Lewis for chavs. Their ideal customer is 'Debbie', a poor harrassed mum who comes in for nappies and comes out loaded down with cheap knock-off tat). Unfortunately, they pay their staff minimum wage and their product range consists of whatever managed to fall off the back of a lorry that week. Do not on any account ever buy electrical goods from Woolworths or Big W - I don't think I've ever done so without regretting it.
The most recent example was a DVD/Video combo that the wife bought against her better judgement last year. It worked for about a week before the DVD bit stopped working (no problem, we had another DVD player, we only really wanted it for the video), then another week and the video stopped working too, so we went back to our old video player with a broken eject mechanism. Eight months later, Mrs Flatfrog suddenly realises we've got a piece of technology sitting on our shelf that just doesn't work. In a fit of efficiency, she brings it back to Woolworths without a receipt and they refund her without question - they're under no illusions about the quality of their merchandise.
Length: 12 inches and it plugs into the TV
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flatfrog Staring vacantly into space, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:34,
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SheffieldI used to pop in to the Sheffield Big W (took me a while to figure it out the W was Wooly's) for entertainment purposes. The people in there are utter human detritus. I swear to god there was a sign above the entrance that said "All human garbage gather here".
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I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:40,
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Even their Pic 'n' Mix is..........shite
there is a Big W outside Edinburgh that has a Burger King in it. you can imagine the quality of the clientele.
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