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OneEyedMonster remindes us about the crap you can buy in pound shops: "Batteries that lasted about an hour and then died. A screwdriver with a loose handle so I couldn't turn the damn screw, and a tape measure which wasn't at all accurate."

Similarly, my neighbour bought a lawnmower from Argos that was so cheap the wheels didn't go round, it sort of skidded over the grass whilst gently back-combing it.

What's the cheapest, most useless crap you've bought?

(, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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This is a question reply Cheap PSU
I needed one in a hurry and picked up a 650w one for about £25.

It came in a very fetching shade of blue and it matched my matt black case nicely.

I also bought a nice expensive Nvidia 6800 GT.

Power supply lasted about 3 weeks before detonating with a satisfying bang and taking out pretty much every peripheral on my PC apart from the never used floppy drive.

Saved about £30 quid from not buying a decent PSU and ended up destroying £400 worth of bits.

I think I cried.
(, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 10:26, closed)
This is a question reply At least it made a nice satisfying bang
Think how gutted you'd have been if it was just a sneaky fizzling and enough heat to still destroy everything but without you realising at first...
(, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 11:00, )
This is a question reply Eh
650W PSU? What were you trying to power - a hover craft?

Cheers
(, Tue 8 Jan 2008, 23:48, )

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