False EconomiesSometimes 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.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Tue 24 Jun 2014, 12:42)
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Maplin own brand headphones I had a pair of those sports headphones by JVC. Last week, they packed up after two years of everyday use. I went to Maplin and looked for similar headphones. The cheapest branded pair was about 30 quid, but they had their own brand for eight quid.
"They're only for running," I thought, as I took the eight quid pair to the till and paid the man.
Getting them to wrap snugly around my ears was as difficult as keeping Savile away from a children's ward. In the process, I nearly snapped the plastic prong that goes behind the ear. So now, I have a pair of shit headphones and I need to spend even more on a decent pair.
Never give own brands a chance...
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This could be me...I saw a pair of Bose headphones the other day and they sound awesome...the inner cheapskate baulked at the £90 though.
The more I think about it though, £90 is an absolute bargain.
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snee held his breath since, Thu 26 Jun 2014, 7:13,
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