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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cheapo spannersYou know, the ones with chrome plating... plating that cracks and comes off as the spanner flexes. (Yes, I know spanners are not supposed to flex!) The chrome is thin metal, ideally suited to slicing through the skin on the palm of your hand.
If I find the maker, I will insert a 19mm, complete with chrome shards, where the buses don't run. At the same time, I will punch the Hippocratic Oath in to his skull, or part of it: "First Do No Harm".
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bnt what, me worry?, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:44,
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oh yes!I know the ones. And on Christmas morning this year I got nice spanners... plus a 36 piece half inch drive socket set but the socket set came from Argos so I don't hold out much hope for it.
All I need is one good 13mm spanner anyway, I'm sure of it.
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crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 13:12,
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