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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Another one from HomebaseA few years ago I decided to repaper my living room. I duly set off to the local DIY store (Homebase) to get some paste. Now, at the time Homebase only stocked their own brand for a lot of things so I couldn't get Solvite or Polycell paste, only their own. Well, I thought, at least it's cheap and wallpaper paste is wallpaper paste, right?
Wrong, as I soon found out. I am pretty crap at DIY at the best of times - whenever I try to do anything I am always reminded of Frank Spencer (the one on the telly, not the guy who writes funny stories here). This time all seemed to be OK - at least for about a week. Then the paper started coming off the wall. I soon realised it was way beyond a mere touch up job so had to get a fresh batch of paper and, this time, a decent paste from another DIY store. It was so easy to get the first lot of paper off that it came off in whole sheets without tearing at all.
Never again will I buy Homebase wallpaper paste.
(, Sun 6 Jan 2008, 20:53, Reply)
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