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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Stupid, stupid, stupidI tend to buy something unnecessary and gimmicky once every few months or so because I'm a man and don't seem able to say no (Wii, Gameboy Advance, Minidisc Player, Walkie Talkies, guitar, in-line skates etc. - all unused). So it's the week before Christmas, and I find myself in one of those cheap arsed sports shops that's had a sale for the last three years. And there, just beyond the chavtastic Burberry style hats and behind the faux Chelsea T-Shirts, I spy the one thing that I've wanted since childhood, a BMX bike. With no make but the promise of gyroscopic brakes and stunt pegs I was hooked. I was unperturbed by the fact that it was so heavy I could hardly lift it and cheered on by the reduced cost due to yet another sale and carried it up to te counter (with the help from two others).
A week later, I unpack the box and start to build.
Two buckled wheels, a bent fork, a punctured tyre, and a lazy bloke who can't be narked to take it back. There's £60 I won't be seeing in a hurry. Cheap munting piece of Oriental bullcrap.
Length? A bit longer (and a lot shiter) than a proper BMX.
(, Sat 5 Jan 2008, 16:05, 1 reply)
SellMe the wii!
(, Sun 6 Jan 2008, 14:11, closed)
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