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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On the subject of comedy hoovers, Legless has reminded meThe hoover in question wasn't exactly cheap (£70) but it was a bargain as it had been reduced from £140. And it was a proper Hoover being manufactured by said company. It was a bagless upright (basically a Dyson rip off), and I proceeded to spend the next 3 years of ownership using it to push fluff and cat hair around the living room, before resorting to sweeping up the accumulated detritus with a dustpan and brush.
Absolute pile of shite! I gave it away when I moved in with Tourettes. At least she had a proper Dyson, that actually bloody well worked (until it blew up last year anyway).
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Jan 2008, 11:54,
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Funnily enough......my mate and I were discussing the virtues of a cheap hoover last night. He says hes going to get one from a charity shop for about £20, and I say he won't - he'll get there, look at the £20, decide to buy a bag of weed with it on the way home and smoke until he doesn't care if the floor needs hoovering or not. He looks at me suspiciously for a second or two and then grins... that's exactly what's happened on at least three occasions :)
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Hoover Joymy fiancee has a slightly OCD cleaning obsession. For her 21st birthday my parents bought her her VERY OWN DYSON. She cried tears of joy.
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I'll never buy another HooverMy parents bought us an upright bagless Dust Manager, especially for pet hair. Couldn't last longer than 10 minutes without clogging up and overheating. Lasted less than a year. We replaced it with a Vax 2200, which is absolutely amazing.
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Morphy Richards Pet Hoover?Please tell me it wasn't a Morphy Richards dyson rip off because that the Hoover we have.
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