Things that you bought that were a MASSIVE disappointment

[Easy 10]

When the battery went on my car I replaced it, but the car radio then wanted a 4 digit pin number - which I didn't have. So I bought a new car radio and fitted it - turns out it only has FM, no MW. I mean, wtf ?

EVERYTHING on FM is shit, therefore my radio is shit. So I just listen to podcasts on my phone now when I'm driving.

 

[Dr. Notthenineo'clocknews]

I promised the boy I'd get his name on the back of his Albion shirt, I coughed up regardless. However on reflection I feel a right mug that a) bought a shirt for £35 and a pair of shorts for £18 then b) put a four letter name and a single number for an extra £13.

(Although I am acutely aware no one had a gun to my head)

 

[East Preston Gull]

Datsun 120Y

Lots of rust and the bonnet had a habit of springing open so you had to stop to slam it back down.

I shair your pain. A heavy slam of brake pedal and I was in an episode of the flintstones. Dreadful automobile.

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[GT49er]

G-Tech cordless hedge trimmer. My own fault for not having very small hedges, I suppose.





.......and I did once buy a Happy Mondays album.....................

 

[fat old seagull]

Your wife has a boys thingy? that is dissapointing.

Bit like your spelling do you mean?

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

When the battery went on my car I replaced it, but the car radio then wanted a 4 digit pin number - which I didn't have. So I bought a new car radio and fitted it - turns out it only has FM, no MW. I mean, wtf ?

EVERYTHING on FM is shit, therefore my radio is shit. So I just listen to podcasts on my phone now when I'm driving.

If memory serves, isn't the pin on the back of most car radios/stereos? I recollect using the ends of an opened out coat hanger to eject the radio to get the code, job done.

 

[AmexRuislip]

When out in Germany with the RAF and the pound did rather well against the then Deutschmark, I bought a JVC tv, which had bi-bilingual settings, which was very usual for watching British programmes broadcast by Euro countries.
After being posted back to UK, the bloody thing with its universal translator, might as well have been broadcasting Klingon.
Basically didn't really work in UK.
Hey ho, such is life.

 

[B-right-on]

One of those 'amazing' paint brushy thingys from QVS where the paint goes inside the roller and per the bloke on the telly advert: "amazing and easily covers the wall" (and the floor, and me, and the ceiling and the furniture and the cat in the next room. Absolute pants on a grand scale. Painting with a tooth brush would have been easier and less messy. My one and only QVC purchase.

 

[Ernest]

A load of POPPERS off of my mate JIM, he tried to SELL me a Washing MACHINE too but I'm not STUPID

 

[MF'84]

G-Tech cordless hedge trimmer. My own fault for not having very small hedges, I suppose

It's no good then I take it? I've been tempted to get one so would be interested in your review!

My item is a Black & Decker combi leaf blower / vacuum thing; wouldn't even suck up a feather let alone grass cutting and leaves... shambles of a machine which went straight back to B&Q.

 

[AmexRuislip]

A load of POPPERS off of my mate JIM, he tried to SELL me a Washing MACHINE too but I'm not STUPID

Bet that was a bit of a Hot Point for you [MENTION=1416]Ernest[/MENTION].

 

[Easy 10]

If memory serves, isn't the pin on the back of most car radios/stereos? I recollect using the ends of an opened out coat hanger to eject the radio to get the code, job done.

Nope.
Bit pointless having a pin if its printed on the device you're trying to discourage people from nicking.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

Nope.
Bit pointless having a pin if its printed on the device you're trying to discourage people from nicking.

The code certainly was on ours, although it was a Ford Focus factory fitted piece of shit that would only play Heart FM. It was honestly like fvcking Christine, you'd wake up in the middle of the night to hear Chesney fvcking Hawkes' The One and Only blaring out and all the garage lights would be on, you'd sort it out and return to bed and twenty seven minutes later you'd hear that cock juggling thundercunt Jack the Lad and then Lady fvcking Gaga's Poker Face would be on. In the end I had to go down to the local builders merchant (on very little sleep) buy the biggest fvck off sledgehammer I could find and smash the car and the garage to shit and even then, walking away from the pulverised metal and rubble I thought I could discern the tones of I Think We're Alone Now by Tiffany and sure enough, I turned my head and the glow of the Ford factory fitted piece of shit radio was just visible through the dust and carnage. Wankers!

 

[Normal Rob]

Bit like your spelling do you mean?

I am very sorry. Please forgive me.

 

[GT49er]

It's no good then I take it? I've been tempted to get one so would be interested in your review!

My item is a Black & Decker combi leaf blower / vacuum thing; wouldn't even suck up a feather let alone grass cutting and leaves... shambles of a machine which went straight back to B&Q.

Sounds a bit like your Black and Decker blower - a bit short on power. The blade's pretty short, too, only about a foot long. And it just feels a bit awkward - I've gone back to using my old corded one.

Want to buy a G-Tech on the cheap to try it out?

 

[fat old seagull]

The code certainly was on ours, although it was a Ford Focus factory fitted piece of shit that would only play Heart FM. It was honestly like fvcking Christine, you'd wake up in the middle of the night to hear Chesney fvcking Hawkes' The One and Only blaring out and all the garage lights would be on, you'd sort it out and return to bed and twenty seven minutes later you'd hear that cock juggling thundercunt Jack the Lad and then Lady fvcking Gaga's Poker Face would be on. In the end I had to go down to the local builders merchant (on very little sleep) buy the biggest fvck off sledgehammer I could find and smash the car and the garage to shit and even then, walking away from the pulverised metal and rubble I thought I could discern the tones of I Think We're Alone Now by Tiffany and sure enough, I turned my head and the glow of the Ford factory fitted piece of shit radio was just visible through the dust and carnage. Wankers!

Clearly not fit for purpose, other than being made from titanium!

 

[Prince Monolulu]

The code certainly was on ours, although it was a Ford Focus factory fitted piece of shit that would only play Heart FM. It was honestly like fvcking Christine, you'd wake up in the middle of the night to hear Chesney fvcking Hawkes' The One and Only blaring out and all the garage lights would be on, you'd sort it out and return to bed and twenty seven minutes later you'd hear that cock juggling thundercunt Jack the Lad and then Lady fvcking Gaga's Poker Face would be on. In the end I had to go down to the local builders merchant (on very little sleep) buy the biggest fvck off sledgehammer I could find and smash the car and the garage to shit and even then, walking away from the pulverised metal and rubble I thought I could discern the tones of I Think We're Alone Now by Tiffany and sure enough, I turned my head and the glow of the Ford factory fitted piece of shit radio was just visible through the dust and carnage. Wankers!

GOLD !

 

[DavidinSouthampton]

A Dyson hand-held vacuum cleaner.

We have had three proper Dyson vacuum cleaners, which are or have been great. The hand-held one is rubbish.

 

[Bodian]

A Dyson hand-held vacuum cleaner.

We have had three proper Dyson vacuum cleaners, which are or have been great. The hand-held one is rubbish.

Well, this is what I like about NSC - you learn stuff. My first thought on reading this was 'what else do you hold a vacuum cleaner with?'. But before I posted a smart-alec comment to that effect, I thought I'd better put 'handheld vacuum' into Google. I didn't know there was a specific category! - I obviously don't watch the adverts on telly enough....

 

[Jim D]

I promised the boy I'd get his name on the back of his Albion shirt, I coughed up regardless. However on reflection I feel a right mug that a) bought a shirt for £35 and a pair of shorts for £18 then b) put a four letter name and a single number for an extra £13.

(Although I am acutely aware no one had a gun to my head)

A few years back the club was offering free names on any new shirt bought. In a fit of generosity I offered one to my son. What name would you like on the back? What about that guy we've just signed - Turienzo........