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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AgreedThe ex-Mr Chickenlady bought me a bike for Christmas the other year - I had been searching online for details of the ideal mountain bike for me - something light but strong that I could use on a regular (but not daily) basis around the countryside where I live.
I had told him what I wanted.
He bought me an Apollo from Halfords.
I rode it the other day (first time in ages) I nearly died after just one mile uphill.
Then a few days later I went on a 20 mile ride on a borrowed decent mountain bike - no palpitations or threatened vomiting AND the bike frame was light, brakes were fantastic and all in all it was a cracking ride.
I would never buy a bike from Halfords again.
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chickenlady b3ta's very own Elizabeth Taylor, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 0:00,
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