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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curates eggOver the years I have for no good reason bought a selection of torque limiting screwdrivers that turn into mush on tightening a screw.
At one point I had one of these and straightened it in the vice then using a blowtorch hardened and blue tempered it ( the bit they misssed at the factory) I probably used more gas than I`d paid for the ruddy thing, I still have it after 20 years and its great for plug screws and electricals.
The only cheap tools that aren`t completely pants are from Lidl or woolworths.( but I`m sure I`ve just been lucky)
I too have had a pair of pliers explode on me, A posi screwdriver that has just sheared off the point in the screw. a toaster from asda that burned little black bands with white bits into bread and many others. Poundland pens are truly magnificent items that protect you from ink stains by not writing.
You really have started one with this !!!!!!!!
PS
Don`t know If I`d trust poundland condoms still It`s your cock and your money and your child support payments.
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You're right......Lidl tools are (surprisingly!) top! I've had all kinds of stuff from there that was a fifth the price of Halfords/B&Q.
It was only a shame the same couldn't be said for their sweet and sour sauce which didn't appear to have one natural product contained within it and turned my piss red...
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dan j the filthy bastard, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 18:52,
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