False Economies
Sometimes the cheapest option isn't the right one. I fondly remember my neighbours going to a well-known catalogue-based store and buying the cheapest lawnmower they stocked. How we laughed as they realised it had non-rotating wheels and died when presented with grass. Tell us about times you or others have been let down by being a cheapskate.
( , Tue 24 Jun 2014, 12:42)
Sometimes the cheapest option isn't the right one. I fondly remember my neighbours going to a well-known catalogue-based store and buying the cheapest lawnmower they stocked. How we laughed as they realised it had non-rotating wheels and died when presented with grass. Tell us about times you or others have been let down by being a cheapskate.
( , Tue 24 Jun 2014, 12:42)
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I don't think anyone's going to top 'I took out some insurance' as a story this week.
( , Wed 25 Jun 2014, 14:48, 2 replies)
( , Wed 25 Jun 2014, 14:48, 2 replies)
you forgot the critical bit of the anecdote where he's quoted a grand to replace a part in a thing that costs about 200 quid brand new
that's Wildean wit right there
( , Wed 25 Jun 2014, 16:39, closed)
that's Wildean wit right there
( , Wed 25 Jun 2014, 16:39, closed)
Quite
right.
I'm planning a report on sandwiches next week. Prepare to be thrilled.
( , Wed 25 Jun 2014, 17:15, closed)
right.
I'm planning a report on sandwiches next week. Prepare to be thrilled.
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