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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?

(I helped save b3ta! chthonic, Fri 4 Jan 2008, 7:26)
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This is a question reply You'll have to forgive me but
I live in Cambridge. What's a Poundland?
(djtrialprice, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 10:12, closed)
This is a question reply It's a country in Eaastern Europe....
...people from Poundland keep coming over here taking our jobs, but it won't last as they are shit at wiring.
(I helped save b3ta! Jeccy Free Wii obtained, see profile :D, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 10:13, )
This is a question reply There is one here
Kailash Stores Ltd

180-182 Mill Road

Cambridge CB1 3LP
(M o D IV. War has changed, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 10:16, )
This is a question reply Its a promise land.
Its a promise land: Full of pound coins, quarter pounders. Lots of lb things and inflatable £ signs. And they each cost £1 each!
(Miggyman, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 10:33, )
This is a question reply I live in north London
It's referred to as "Pahndlahnd" here.
(PJM Per effluvia, ad astra, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 10:39, )
This is a question reply I live in South London
It is also referred to as "Pahndland". But with the suffix "innit". Or, sometimes, if the local youths are feeling particularly loquacious, "Pahndlandriiiiight".

I got a lovely washing basket from the Walthworth Road a few months ago. I wasn't particularly tempted by the sets of chef's knives or "sterling silver" dining sets though. They were bendy.
(Empress BobFossil Kneel before me and feed me smarties, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 10:57, )
This is a question reply You've clearly never ventured to Newmarket.
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(Doctor Pubes, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 11:18, )
This is a question reply Think of
Haverhill compressed into shop form.

Thats Poundland
(Halfy Danny Dyer can just fuck off, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 11:28, )
This is a question reply What?
You mean you can buy venereal diseases there for a quid too?
(PJM Per effluvia, ad astra, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 11:31, )
This is a question reply Given the sort of people that work there...
...likely they give those away for free.
(I helped save b3ta! reallywittyname veraciously conspues lexiphanicism on, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 11:34, )
This is a question reply M o D
Mill Road, eugh, dirty Romsey. I hadn't noticed that one on my trips to Cambridge's version of Clapham.

LOL goes to Doctor Pubes and Halfy.
(djtrialprice, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 11:56, )
This is a question reply Here in Belfast
It's POINDland.
(frankspencer, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 13:17, )
This is a question reply A while ago now but...
there used to be a QD ("Quality Discounts" - Oh yes!) in the Grafton Centre. I don't know if it's still there.

Bought a Christmas tree there about 12 years ago - it's still going strong.
(Mork, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 14:46, )
This is a question reply QD!
I lived out of there as a kid! Was always pretty good for socks I remember.
(Doctor Pubes, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 15:31, )
This is a question reply QD
Went pop years ago, Robert Sayle relocated there while everything on Regent Street was being knocked down and rebuilt, Haven't been down that end of town for a few months so not sure whats there now, think there was a plan to compartmentalise it into lots of subunits.
(Halfy Danny Dyer can just fuck off, Wed 9 Jan 2008, 16:01, )

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