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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Praise be to God!I've just had a two month argument about this very principle with my wife.
She is from Paris, and has had a second-hand, cast iron, hub-geared bike for years. V cheap, as v old, but reliable.
My second-hand, bargainous, fancy pants racing bike from far-off lands (Spain) had suffered a bent rear derailleur hanger, and destroyed derailleur. I couldn't procure a hanger for love nor money, not even online. I was looking at replacing my whole bike for want of a £15 part.
I looked at the £300 racers, thought about a £600 Brompton, and fantasised about top-of-the-range carbon fibre efforts.
She said I could spend £100. I nearly died laughing. I tried to explain how shit a hundred quid bike would be, but she was having none of it.
I borrowed a mate's bike to get to the station to commute. It was a £100 heap of junk, and was hell on earth to ride -- but I seriously appreciated it, as it got me there.
I found the part eventually, fixed the derailleur, and I am now as happy as the proverbial pig in shit. My wife got a decent hybrid for Christmas, and hasn't moaned once.
I was SO tempted to buy a fifty quid bike and let her find out the hard way.
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