Things you wish you'd never bought

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I'll start with skinny co pornstar martini mix. Tasted incredibly sweet and synthetic. It stated use 1 part vodka to 3 parts mix. I tried that too sweet added more vodka so 50/50 just about drinkable. I drank another one with the reverse ratios, almost OK but I was so drunk I fell over and knocked the TV over.

The other downside was that it stank so much so that my empty glass had made the whole room stink.

Cake Pop maker. It would be easier to make a sponge cake and use a melon baller.
Mind you it's the dipping part I can't get the hang of. Candy Melts hate me

@Gertie75

Wooden flooring. I was told it was so much easier because I have dogs, rubbish, I had to sweep, mop and dry the thing before I could stand on it and even then it would show footprints in the areas by the patio door so only every looked properly clean for around 7.5 seconds. People suggested I put large rugs over it but what's the point in having wooden floor of in going to cover it on large squares of carpet? Which, I'll then have to roll up every time I have to mop the damn thing.

We put up with it for just over a year then went back to carpet, very expensive mistake but at least now I only have to run the vac over it and it's done.

As above.

And the hair piles up like tumbleweed, even when you sweep and hoover every single day!

Along for the good old days when it disappeared into the carpet until it got hoovered up.

Really appreciate the wood flooring advice. I will definitely think about this as we were considering wood flooring for the future.

Hersheson Almost Everything hair product and Zhoosh foam. Made hair much worse. Can't understand why magazines etc. sing their praises. Maybe cos they get free bottles.

A Florida timeshare (sold on with alot of difficulty)
A mandolin food prep gadget. Digit guillotine despite guard.
Thermo gravy jug. Leaky naff rubbish that barely keeps gravy warm.
Microwave chip maker from one of those gadget catalogues. Useless, chips were like wood chippings.

@DagenhamRoundhouse

Hersheson Almost Everything hair product and Zhoosh foam. Made hair much worse. Can't understand why magazines etc. sing their praises. Maybe cos they get free bottles.

I love both of those, great for my long, thick, wavy hair.

Useless workmen. Electrician doesn't seem capable of mounting anything straight from mirror to plug sockets. Drives me crazy looking at them.
Builders supposed to lay same tiling to flow from one room to next and the tiling now dips in the old doorway. Plumber fitted new soft close toilet seat which now creaks as it shuts.
I honestly don't know why one job can't just be done right.

Dyson cordless - shit.

Bought a shark to replace - ok at first in comparison but now shit.

@ZimZamZoom

Really surprised at all the Dualit hate! My colleagues clubbed together to buy me one as a leaving present (I was going to university). This was in 2004 and it lasted through 3 years of 7 housemates using it daily, and it's still working merrily away for my family of 4. Dualit kettle has lasted for 10 years and counting and we're big tea and coffee drinkers.

I wish I had never bought about 50% of my childrens' toys!! They're spoilt for choice and I can see now (too late) that less is definitely more!

Same here! We bought our 4 slice dualit toaster in 2005. Still works perfectly! Clearly, standards have dropped 🍞

Oh my face sauna. I'd forgotten about it! I spent hours as a teen trying to sort my spots out with the face sauna. All it did was scald me and give me a ring round my face 🤣 utter bollocks

Can’t believe people are dissing the Lakeland heated dryer. It is my most valued possession! This “summer” it has been worth its weight in gold.

Also love my Karcher window vac. For those with a condensation problem it is great.

Agree, however, that any cordless vacuum is complete pants. I have spent a fortune on vacuum cleaners, and never found The One.

@TatianaBis i will let you know tomorrow. It's big. 16 or an 18 i think. I'm small of waist but large of boob.

That's too big for me, but it should sell well on eBay.

My £300 juicer. Used it in lockdown with the kids for a few weeks. Got up every morning and juiced with them in our PJs before the hell of home Schooling. Now I'm back buying innocent smoothies and it's back in the box. Such a bloody mess

Solar panels - not compatible with any electric company in our area, so no FIT for the entire 7 years! Bloody dreadful expense!

@FlakeorTwirl

Useless workmen. Electrician doesn't seem capable of mounting anything straight from mirror to plug sockets. Drives me crazy looking at them. Builders supposed to lay same tiling to flow from one room to next and the tiling now dips in the old doorway. Plumber fitted new soft close toilet seat which now creaks as it shuts. I honestly don't know why one job can't just be done right.

God we're having a struggle with our electrician as well. He doesn't seem able to come out to do second fit. It's been a year now! he seems to find time to send me inappropriate texts though

A half size slow cooker. Utter rubbish and doesn't work properly like a full size one. Now I use a full size one and freeze the extra prtions.

Plumber fitted new soft close toilet seat which now creaks as it shuts.
I honestly don't know why one job can't just be done right.

Mine creaks like a haunted house! Fitted by DH though so no plumber to blame.

An Orlando Corner Sofa

it lasted a year and a half before the Chaise Lounge part Collapsed had it repaired as its on HP and the same exact thing has happened went for repair again told cant Source Foam so waited 9 weeks for repair finally got Foam it was brought back last fri Technician went too refit and notices that the previously Technicians had completely F*** up the underside so he couldnt sort it out back too factory ( in Lancashire I live in Hampshire)
it was due back today so i called for an update They havent recieved it yet it must still be in Technicians van WTAF they will find out and get back too me great im still waiting for call so I ring company who i got sofa from they cant careless as in Administration
plus now another part has gone which was also supposed too have been fixed but hasnt yet and Breathe

Also Karcher electric window cleaner and Kirchner steam. Cleaner. Both work badly look and feel like cheap shit and cost a fortune. Gathering dust in the loft.

Wooden flooring.

Yes. Especially in the kitchen. I rent, or I'd change it.

@Shehasadiamondinthesky

Also Karcher electric window cleaner and Kirchner steam. Cleaner. Both work badly look and feel like cheap shit and cost a fortune. Gathering dust in the loft.

I can’t get the cap off!!! I have completely expelled all steam. Any advice??

Am beginning to feel like the most extravagant and uninformed shopper ever, but these purchases were made over a period of some years.
A clothes steamer thing: I much prefer ironing and haven't worked out how to steam trousers, or the bottom of a dress so I never use it. (waiting for husband to not notice I'm putting it in the garage and then finding it a new home)
A one year subscription to a pottery magazine which I began it the week I started the class, but then had to give up a few weeks later as I had to go into hospital. And then lost interest. (long gone to charity shop)
An electrical steam mop which I happily used on our wooden floor until husband told me I wasn't supposed to use it on that kind of surface. (in garage now somewhere and waiting for new home)
Coffee maker which kept getting bunged up and now sits on the side getting in the way and exists just so husband can make frothy milk.
2 bread makers - I know! The first one was used when husband got made redundant and had time and inclination. That went into storage when we moved and stayed there for 5 years so I bought another one which has never been used.
Daughter has taken the soup maker and the slow cooker and uses them.
And last and most extravagant is an Ebike. I've wanted one for years and I finally got one at the end of lockdown3. Many reasons why it hasn't worked for me, some medical, some physical and some psychological. My advice to anyone thinking of getting one is to hire one for a week before you buy.

Smeg kettle far too heavy.

@JudgeRindersMinder snap!!