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

[EltonFrog]

MagicBullett machine for liquidising fruit n veg. At first I thought it was the best thing ever, but after a while it just sat in a cupboard getting in the way. Eventually I bay’d it. It’s much less hassle just eating the fruit n veg as is.

 

[Vapin' Joe]

Pressure cooker.

Horrible dried food, no taste.

 

[Profpointy]

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I have now exchanged these gloves, with a mate, for coffee and cake

I have a pair of Assos ones rather like that and I really like them. Ditto my 3 finger motorbike gloves, albeit had to dump the latter as insulation had perished after 25 years storage. Design was sound though. My leathers had shrunk too over the same timeframe

 

[Profpointy]

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

I had something similar and perhaps naughtily sold it on fleabay. I thought describing it as "lightly used" would work better than "only used once"

I now realise that cleaning all the oil off your chain with solvent is a daft idea

 

[ColinJ]

I bought a pair of loons in Kensington Market in 1973. Say no more ...

I had a pair of pink satin loons at that time! (So bloody tight that I had to breathe in to get them on ...)

 

[mickle]

About 250,000 cigarettes.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Smart phone

Wretched thing never really worked and was more of a distraction when I realised I could watch cycling videos. In my new job it was never going to last for long, and I was glad when it finally broke down terminally an I could get back to using an old fashioned phone...

 

[Ming the Merciless]

I bought a pair of loons in Kensington Market in 1973. Say no more ...

Were you mad ?

 

[PeteXXX]

I have a pair of Assos ones rather like that and I really like them. Ditto my 3 finger motorbike gloves, albeit had to dump the latter as insulation had perished after 25 years storage. Design was sound though. My leathers had shrunk too over the same timeframe

I just couldn't change gear, or brake easily. Way too fiddly on my Defy2.

 

[gbb]

A fortnight? Pah!

I had a Rover 200 for a week when the head gasket went and I had to scrap it. It had only cost £300 and I hated it anyway, so apart from the inconvenience I was glad to see the back of the heap. I wasn't surprised when Rover went bust a year later, it was a detestable thing to drive.

A week ? Pah!
I needed a car to travel between Nottingham and Bingham for work circa 1976. I brought a rather old Austin 1100, the owner had spent a lot of time painting the underside with underbody seal, which at 17, I thought was a good idea.

1 hour later.... it dawned on me what I had done in my naivety. The subframes felt like they were going to fall out. I gulped and took it back to its former private owner, who ga e me my money back, no problem.
Shortest time I've ever owned a car. 1 hour

 

[craigwend]

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?

Buy cheap, buy twice ...

 

[classic33]

Buy cheap, buy twice ...

Cheep, and you'll not be buying a second time.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

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?

Did they give you a Trill?

 

[SpokeyDokey]

I had a pair of pink satin loons at that time! (So bloody tight that I had to breathe in to get them on ...)

Hmmmm...nice!

Same vintage - I had some in dark blue velour with silver buttons down the sides.

Christ, I wore some crap back then.

 

[Lullabelle]

A cat