What have you bought that has been a total waste of money?

[Accy cyclist]

How very dare you compare my skin colour to an ironing board cover.

You're almost Bianchi celeste. My favourite bike colour of all time!

 

[Accy cyclist]

30 days
https://www.argos.co.uk/help/returns-and-refunds/

Damn,now you've got me thinking! Return or keep? I can't decide. What would you do?

 

[Ming the Merciless]

You're almost Bianchi celeste. My favourite bike colour of all time!

It gets very wearing on blue sky days when others walk into me saying SMIDSY.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Bought some budgie smugglers but they were bloody useless when I tried taking my budgies through airport security. How you are meant to smuggle budgies in them who knows?

 

[Accy cyclist]

Bought some budgie smugglers but they were bloody useless when I tried taking my budgies through airport security. How you are meant to smuggle budgies in them who knows?

TMI!

 

[classic33]

Bought some budgie smugglers but they were bloody useless when I tried taking my budgies through airport security. How you are meant to smuggle budgies in them who knows?

Carefully!

 

[Blue Hills]

back in the 90s when I was young and foolish I bought a pair of Ralph Lauren jeans. They were in the sale but not my size. I convinced myself they were a bargain so bought them.
They cost over £100 and I was a student. I wore them once.

Ah yes the great "designer jeans" scam - started in the 80s I think - how much design do jeans need? - 2 legs the right length and fits ok at the back.

 

[Illaveago]

before I was enlightened I bought one of these, one use and in the bin.. View attachment 461302

I was given onecof those as a present . I've put it in a safe place somewhere and haven't got round to using it .

After all of the glowing reports I probably won't .

 

[vickster]

Damn,now you've got me thinking! Return or keep? I can't decide. What would you do?

Take it back

 

[Oldbloke]

20 odd years ago I tried "Regain" in the hope that my shiny slaphead would once again be covered with thick wavy locks.

What grew were around 20 ultra fine hairs detectable only with a magnifying glass.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Prescriptions for pain relief prescribed by the doctor to 'help me'. Made me into a zombie (and miserable).

Sometimes my wife wishes I was back to being a zombie (I'm sure she was joking ) I can still be miserable so she sends me out on the bike and hey presto! Back to being one happy chappy (I have never milked this for all its worth. Honest. No, really I haven't )

 

[Illaveago]

I bought a pair of cheap polarising filters for 2 of my camera lenses. They might cut out the glare and make the pictures more vivid but everything is in soft focus!

 

[captain nemo1701]

That awful liquid Slime for punctures. Cr*p.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Provisonal UK licence: Never used once.

My German driving licence: still licenceless in my mid twenties, and by then living in rural Bavaria, I was convinced I 'needed' to be able to drive with family on the way and people saying stuff like "What if you have to go to the doctor suddenly?"

It cost about €2000 and I was stressed and miserable whenever I drove.

I now don't drive because I had panic attacks in a number of situations including driving: I wouldn't notice them but I'd miss details and I was terrified I'd go through a red light or not see a child.

By this time I'd also realised that Germany has cycleways and if the Good Lord wanted me to drive he'd not have given us bicycles.

So now I have a €2000 personalised ice scraper. I could have built an awesome Surly Xtracycle for that money.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Ronseal one coat shed and fence paint.It took 5 coats to block out the dark blue coating.One week after drying it rained and the door looks like that Tiger bread you get in Sainsbugs,the rain,the rain has discoloured the door,total sheet.

Ronseal really is bad for shed and fence paint. You'd be better off drinking 4l of Coke and peeing on the fence.