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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Less than a second.I saw an umbrella in a sports in Bracknell. It was joy to behold, with no advertising on it, and a nice grippy foam handle. It was also £1.99. I had to have it, so I bought it.
Two weeks later, I was as the same shopping centre, and it started raining. Since I now had the tool for the job, I raised the new umbrella excitedly.
Unfortunately, a gust of wind decided to blow at that exact moment, and the poor umbrella was inverted and died in a mess of twisted metal and ripped canvas in less than a second. I took it back to sports shop, and plopped the ex-umbrella back in the rack I had bought it from.
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 12:52, 1 reply)
good brollyi bought a big golf brolly for £25, with the overlapping bits so it doesnt turn inside out in the wind. its lasted me ages, but im never out in the rain anyway. hmm. more rain please
(, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 21:50, closed)
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