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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Archie the bear - worse than useless.I think it was under a tenner, which as kids toys go these days is pretty cheap, but Archie the bear turned out to be the most annoying toy known to man.
To describe him: He has plush arms and legs but a solid plastic body with three buttons on the front. Pressing any of the buttons wakes him up, and he doesn't have a timeout - he'll go on forever until you squeeze his paw.
This doesn't sound too bad until the thing ends up in the bottom of the toy box. One slight shift of stuff and one of the front buttons gets pressed, causing the little furry bastard to sing and chatter away until you dig through all of the other toys to find him and then squeeze his paw. After this had happened about half a dozen times, we got rid of it.
I've seen them on sale quite recently, so they're still out there. Parents beware.
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Horatio P Lemming, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 16:02,
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This sounds like a fantastic christmas presentfor someone elses kids
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