Enlighten Me

What did you buy that turned out to be CRAP? Here's your chance to rant, while warning others not to make the same stupid mistake you did....

Yellum Notnef

I'm wondering what it was you just bought that made you start this thread.

Must have been a real piece of junk.

Belle

Awwwwe I thought this was gonna be another anal sex thread.

Dirt Devil hand held wet vac/scrubber.

Enlighten Me

Well--since you ask, Fenton Mulley...It was an entire brand-new refrigerator! Fancy pull-out glass shelves actually reduce the storage space because each shelf has a plastic, slightly raised 1" rim. I curse it every day while trying to fit food into it, and ultimately shoving stuff in anywhich way I can....I like my old refrigerator better!
:banghead:

Infidelettante

AutoZone! Three bad batteries in a row over the last two years. I want to get out but they keep giving me free batteries! I may never be free of them.
JT

Salmon of Doubt

roller blades. Went ice skating and thought 'ooh, this is fun, I must try doing this skating thing in the park in the sunshine'. Bought some roller blades, and used them once in the park, where they went crunch crunch on the uneven surfaces, and I 'glided' about a foot each time. Even walking in high heels with blisters was more pleasant.

Stephen Maturin

I once owned an AMC Gremlin. Paid actual cash money for it too. :banghead: The fact that American Motors Corporation no longer exists is ample testament to the woeful shittiness of the products it produced, but my car had one endearing quality that warrants special mention.

It happened during heavy rains, it happened during light rains, hell, it sometimes happened even on high humidity days. In fact, all you had to do is whisper the word "moisture" and the inside of the goddamned distributor cap would get wet. I always had an ample supply of paper towels on hand for the many delightful occassions on which the engine stalled. Believe me, you haven't lived until you've opened a hood, popped a distributor cap and spent five minutes paper-toweling every nook and cranny thereof, all while blocking traffic on a crowded city street.

Duvenoy

The thing to do is flush the distributor with WD-40. This will dry it out nicely and solve the problem. Don't forget to do the inside of the cap as well.

Ah, how did H. sapiens ever survive without WD-40, bailing wire, and duct tape?

doov

Stephen Maturin

My Gremlin-owning days preceded my discovery of the fullness of the miracle that is WD-40. I thought the stuff was strictly a lubricant. Back then I was a 3-in-1 man and wanted nothing to do with that commie spray-can stuff. Of course, the slightest bit of inquiry would have disclosed that WD stands for "water displacement," the very thing that distributor needed. Oh, how ign'nt and deluded I was.

Beats the everluvin' hell outta me!