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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browser's James Bond watch reminded me of thisOn holiday in Turkey a few years ago I soon realised that everything was fake.
Mostly this didn't really matter - I bought a leather belt for my jeans for about £2 and although it's fake, it holds my jeans up and since my shirts are always untucked no-one will see it.
So, quietly smug because I wasn't getting suckered by all the fake items everywhere I didn't buy tons of t-shirts which would shrink in the wash and jeans which only fit deformed people.
However, I saw a nice watch and decided I must have it. £6 didn't seem to expensive even if it only lasted a few months, and it was nice looking, silver with a discreet (ie: small!) Ferrari logo (like this) on the face, near the 12 o'clock position. Perfect.
Only when I got it home, I noticed that the Ferrari logo was actually back to front.
So actually, I didn't have a Ferrari watch... I had a Lloyds TSB watch. Hurrah!
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 14:48, 5 replies)
Aaaah, Turkeywe bought some fake t-shirts from Bodrum market and they lasted for ooooh, at least ten washes before becoming too oddly shaped to wear. Still, at a quid each....
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 14:54, closed)
Bodrum was where I was too =)10 washes isn't too bad - Primark stuff doesn't last that long sometimes!
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 15:03, closed)
Fab place, fab people...unfortunately we tended to eat early (young kids) which meant the after-dinner stroll was ruined by mad Turks trying to entice us into their restaurants.... one even tried to grab the buggy until Mr Witch growled "I said, we've eaten"
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 15:17, closed)
Haha, I know exactly what you mean =)(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 15:32, closed)
BodrumBeen.
No desire to go back. Thank God it was only on a day trip from Kos. Any more than 6 hours and I think I would have killed someone.
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Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Mon 7 Jan 2008, 16:41,
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