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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Reminded by PKM's storyThe missus and I, similarly requested to receive no wedding gifts, mostly because we weren't throwing a 'proper do' and thought it unfair, but also because we'd already lived together for years and had already accumulated an impressive array of household tat.
Our parents insisted on some form of generosity to mark the occasion (we were actually wealthier than them at the time but...) so we opted for generic vouchers to buy a few household items.
From the proceeds we bought ourselves a nice expensive new cordless phone because our old one's battery life had diminished to approximately five minutes. 18 months on and the battery life of the new one is about 20 minustes and falling.
We also bought a 'posh' kettle. Our trusty tesco value one had been going well for years, but we thought it'd be nice to have a trendy glass 'see the water boil' one. We never ever used the 'keep warm' function on it and a few months ago the cut-off switch broke, so if you don't switch it off manually it turns the kitchen into a sauna and would presumably boil dry and start a fire.
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 15:26, 3 replies)
We got a funky light up kettle for our weddingThe lights worked for about two rounds of tea. And you're right, what's the point of the keep warm thing?
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 20:11, closed)
my argoscheapest i could get, kettle still rocks, at about 6 years old.
(, Mon 7 Jan 2008, 22:00, closed)
My fiancee and I........have a fancy Breville kettle that lights up and we actually use the simmer function (I get up first, make a cuppa, put kettle on simmer so it takes less time to heat up when she comes down for her brew)
Her parents have an expensive see-through one, but if you need to fill it after it has recently been boiled the latent steam creates a vaccum and you need Hulk like strength to get the lid off.
ummmmmm............KETTLES!
(, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 11:28, closed)
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