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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Then again...There is an argument that a lot of businesses go bust because the proprietors just don’t have a clue about business and marketing.
For example, a staggering number of farmers I have dealt with in my time. They’re not businessmen, they’re just in farming because, well, it’s the family tradition and it’s expected. They stubbornly refuse to adapt to the marketplace, and as a result get shafted left right and centre. Conversely, I’ve come across some very successful farm businesses that have been operated by people who don’t come from a farming background. Maybe that’s the way for farming in the UK to go…
Going off topic now…
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Fri 4 Jan 2008, 15:05,
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