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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?

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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Alba DVD player from Argos
Bought in 2002 for 37 quid.

Still going strong after over 5 years!
(Dr Skagra glorious glargzhem, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 14:00, 8 replies)
In my (somewhat limited) experience...
...the cheaper the DVD player, the more you can play on them. CD-Rs, MP3s, mpgs, you name it =)
(Professor Kenny Martin Hmm? What?, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 14:01, closed)
Value DVD player from Tesco
Bought on the Saturday. Used once, broken & back to shop for refund on the Sunday. OK it was only £19 or something but still you'd expect it to last longer than that.
(lynney666, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 14:03, closed)
true
my cheapo £20 phillips dvd player has lasted 4 years, being dropped down the stairs and a pint spilled all over it.
(Halfy By light alone, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 14:18, closed)
meh
I spent about £150 on a dvd player a few years back. Its a proper Sony thing and looks very smart, but refuses to play anything but the cleanest of discs and wont even consider any copied discs or cd`s.
I invested about £19 on some unpronouncable make from Asda and despite looking like it might fall apart at any moment, it will play pretty much anything.
(dave likes cheese, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 14:24, closed)
My music box
Alba Mp3 player, came in a penis shaped packaging and everything. Still works and that was gotten about 3 years ago.
(Maccy Divided by 0 on, Sun 6 Jan 2008, 1:09, closed)
VCD's Too!!
I too bought my daughter one of those alba dvd players from argos.

Nice thing is theres a remote control hack on www.dvd365.net that means it will play vcd discs too!

Woo!
(MadBouncyDog Barking at the moon since, Sun 6 Jan 2008, 20:28, closed)
I bought one of these!
And I have to use it now after the HItatchi one that came with my TV broke after about 4 months. Alba still going strong after 5 years :)
(I helped save b3ta! TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 9:22, closed)
Me too
thought the drawer will only open on the third attempt...
(I helped save b3ta! chenobble rocking his explorer beard on, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 14:30, closed)

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