Thats crap, wish I hadnt bought it... - Page 23

**Oswald** · August 30th, 2017, 03:26 PM

Six months ago I bought a cheap pedal bin for £7.

A bargain I thought. What can go wrong with a pedal bin? Well mine has been a litany of problems. First, the lid never fully closed properly. I had to do some fettling with it in order to get into the correct shape. Then, the foot release lever at the bottom which operates the flip-up lid broke. And, ever since I purchased the ruddy thing it smelt of burnt rubber.

forfucksake · August 31st, 2017, 12:31 PM

Roku media player
I thought I was buying a basic media player but it turned out to be a media streamer which I don't use.
all I want is a simple media player but no one seems to make them since WD stopped.

**bubbs999** · September 5th, 2017, 11:18 PM

It's not just youngsters who can't be bothered to take things back to the shop that are unsuitable.

I have an Uncle (by marriage) - ( I mean we aren't biologically related, thank god !)

He bought a tin oven tray - couple of £

He gets home, and it's too wide to fit inside his oven

Does he take it back and change it ? - Nooooo

He gets a pair of pliers out and bends the edges up so it will fit in

It now rocks from side to side whilst burning his oven chips

I ask you

**vo1v0d** · May 9th, 2021, 01:12 AM

Has nobody bought crap for four years?

**flake56** · May 9th, 2021, 01:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by forfucksake

Roku media player
I thought I was buying a basic media player but it turned out to be a media streamer which I don't use.
all I want is a simple media player but no one seems to make them since WD stopped.

carol wright has them ( coby) for 59 bucks. good company.

**Sir Honkers** · May 9th, 2021, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by vo1v0d

Has nobody bought crap for four years?

Of course we have...but we're all a little older now and wised-up enough to realise that no cares.

**vo1v0d** · May 9th, 2021, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Sir Honkers

Of course we have...but we're all a little older now and wised-up enough to realise that no cares.

SH, this is about crap we bought. Buying a new dog which throws up watching your perversions and ends up rolled up in the garage is not part of the remit

scotpens · May 11th, 2021, 02:07 AM

I thought I'd save a buck or two by buying a can of store-brand aerosol air freshener. The can said "Fresh Linen Scent." When I sprayed the stuff, it smelled more like a cross between a candy factory and a Persian whorehouse.

I'm sticking to name-brand air freshener from now on.

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Originally Posted by haldane4

I bought a Technovision (don't ask) DVD player in the early days of DVD technology. I got it at a local electrical store, brought it home, switched it on; nothing, not a peep. So I packaged it up and brought it back to the store. First off, the sales guy didn't want to know - kept insisting I was setting it up wrong; it took 20 minutes to impress upon him the fact that there was nothing to set up - the unit was dead.

Reminds me of a certain well-known Monty Python sketch involving a parrot . . .

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Originally Posted by eelcat

. . . Anyhow one trailer grabbed our attention....it involved an American couple in Greece, sex, parties, nude beaches, drugs and tits. Sounds like the usual fare for that period of time so we made sure we went to see it the following week.
You guessed it....big mistake. The movie was called Summer Lovers, a girlie movie and worth it's weight in dog shit.

Yeah, I remember that one. It should have been called Young, Good-Looking and Naked in the Greek Islands. Only it could have used more naked.

**vo1v0d** · May 11th, 2021, 08:43 AM

Smoke alarms on ebay. Fake chinese shit that tested fine but did not go off when the smoke was so thick I could hardly see the ceiling.You probably surmised I did not die in the fire.

**vo1v0d** · August 30th, 2021, 04:05 AM

I have three Humax HDD recorders and the last one died recently. No record, no playback of recorded stuff and all programs/films I wanted to save or watch again.

September 5th, 2017, 11:18 PM	#223
bubbs999 Vintage Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Here, UK Posts: 1,965 Thanks: 15,652 Thanked 31,310 Times in 1,952 Posts	It's not just youngsters who can't be bothered to take things back to the shop that are unsuitable. I have an Uncle (by marriage) - ( I mean we aren't biologically related, thank god !) He bought a tin oven tray - couple of £ He gets home, and it's too wide to fit inside his oven Does he take it back and change it ? - Nooooo He gets a pair of pliers out and bends the edges up so it will fit in It now rocks from side to side whilst burning his oven chips I ask you __________________ "Here's looking at you kid"

August 30th, 2021, 04:05 AM	#230
vo1v0d Hideous By Nature Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: sarf eeeest lunden Posts: 8,333 Thanks: 42,650 Thanked 61,394 Times in 7,551 Posts	I have three Humax HDD recorders and the last one died recently. No record, no playback of recorded stuff and all programs/films I wanted to save or watch again. __________________ But then again, I am a complete moron

August 30th, 2017, 03:26 PM	#221
Oswald Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 13,115 Thanks: 51,076 Thanked 282,666 Times in 13,805 Posts	Six months ago I bought a cheap pedal bin for £7. A bargain I thought. What can go wrong with a pedal bin? Well mine has been a litany of problems. First, the lid never fully closed properly. I had to do some fettling with it in order to get into the correct shape. Then, the foot release lever at the bottom which operates the flip-up lid broke. And, ever since I purchased the ruddy thing it smelt of burnt rubber.

August 31st, 2017, 12:31 PM	#222
forfucksake Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 403 Thanks: 131 Thanked 2,788 Times in 377 Posts	Roku media player I thought I was buying a basic media player but it turned out to be a media streamer which I don't use. all I want is a simple media player but no one seems to make them since WD stopped.

May 9th, 2021, 01:12 AM	#224
vo1v0d Hideous By Nature Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: sarf eeeest lunden Posts: 8,333 Thanks: 42,650 Thanked 61,394 Times in 7,551 Posts	Has nobody bought crap for four years?

May 11th, 2021, 08:43 AM	#229
vo1v0d Hideous By Nature Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: sarf eeeest lunden Posts: 8,333 Thanks: 42,650 Thanked 61,394 Times in 7,551 Posts	Smoke alarms on ebay. Fake chinese shit that tested fine but did not go off when the smoke was so thick I could hardly see the ceiling.You probably surmised I did not die in the fire.