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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Another cheap drill and the Rainbow SuperstoreRead lots of "cheap drill" stories on here so thought I'd add mine.
I'm in the dubious position that I work for a large tool retailer so am well aware of the availability of DeWalt and Bosch kit etc although they cost big money.
Anyway, 2 1/2 years ago I moved to Devon and the process went that we bought the house down here but were still living 200 miles away while looking for work in the South West before moving. As such we travelled to the new house for job interviews and to do DIY jobs as well as move another boot load of stuff down here for a period of 2 months to ease the eventual proper move.
Anyway, on one trip I arrived in Devon and realised I'd left my power drill back home and really needed it. In the interests of getting some wardrobe rails up I decided to investigate the shopping delights of my new small town home in Devon and discovered a Mecca to cheap tat in the form of the "The Rainbow Superstore"!
Imagine a giant B&Q sized version of a pound shop where they dare to sell the more lavish investments like the £8 "Blackspur" power drill I ended up buying.
It was genuinely an act of desperation and I fully intended to use the drill that weekend only then accept it would break and I would bin it.... 2.5 years later I've used it again and again to create a fitted study, garden decking, kitchen units, numerous shelves etc etc.
In short it's been one of the most reliable power tools I've owned.
Last week I was walking through our warehouse at work and spied a pile of about 200 returned faulty DeWalt drills. Given these cost over £200 each I couldn't help but think to myself... you could have 25 Blackspur drills for the price of one of those....
Just goes to show cheap tat isn't always bad ;)
ps: At 8 cans for £1, don't drink the "Cola".
(, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 10:30, 3 replies)
"Imagine a giant B&Q sized version of a pound shop"I'm salivating at the thought of it, sounds like heaven!
(, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 10:39, closed)
If you like that......you'd be in heaven at "Buyology" which is the downmarket cheap tat shop near my work.
That place literally IS an old B&Q. In fact it's still got the grotty red & black floor tiles of when it was a "Texas homecare" before that!
(, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 16:20, closed)
heh"large tool retailer"
*chortle*
(, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 11:12, closed)
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