to ask what's the worst thing you've ever bought?

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I'm moving house next week, and i'm in the process of -procrastinating- packing. I found some ceramic zebras that I bought at an auction a couple of years back. They're two cream zebras, with grey and blue paint covering them, with crystals around the base. It's truly horrendous, the only possible justification for buying them was that from where I was sat in the large room you couldn't see quite how bad they were. And I really really wanted to use the paddle [grin and they're so bad that no-one else bidded. DP constantly jokes that they're going to get damaged in transit but as terrible as they are, I don't want to get rid as I laugh every time I see them. Anyone else got any 'seemed a good idea at the time' buys?

Only this week, on holiday and bought paisley harem pants, from market. Looked great on the rail, looked great on other women I saw wearing them.... tried them on, they'll make great dusters or floor cloths!

I see I'm not the only one hating the TENs machine. I was in so much pain in labour I couldn't speak and tell dh to take the fucker off me. How the hell is being electrocuted supposed to help in anyway at all?

Deadgood & Cheesy My husband's given the TENS machine a very wide berth after seeing my reaction to it.

I don't actually know what to do with the wretched thing now - it seems a waste to throw it away but I wouldn't want to inflict it on anyone else!

Asmoto, sell it for cheap. I had a feeling it wouldn't work for me, but I was desperate to at least cover all options. Other women will be too!

You could even say in the listing "this thing did bugger all for me", someone will still buy it.

I hired mine, and don't regret it because at least I know I tried!

Also, a friend swears that the TENS made a difference for her. HOW?!

Yes, I guess I could put it on eBay for 99p with a disclaimer, similar to the NoNo machine someone mentioned upthread.

This thread is proving really useful for stopping me wasting money on 'wonder gadgets' - thanks, OP! I was considering a robotic vacuum, but the dog poo story put me off (don't fancy my cats' vomit being spread all over the ground floor) and I didn't realise the NoNo burnt your hair off - hate the smell of burning hair, so won't be buying that either!

my worst ever was at an auction i got the numbers of the lots wrong thought it was the one i wanted, it was the one before and i ended up with a tea chest with a rusty barbque in it instead of the box full of vintage china i wanted luckily our route home went past the entrance to the council tip so guess where the tea chest landed that night , luckily only cost me £2 so not a major disaster

I bought a jacket off of one of those groupon type sites (don't think it was groupon). It was made out of the fleece you would get on a fleece blanket but was a Mac type jacket. Horrendous!!

While slightly drunk one night and watching a shopping channel, which I never do, I was sucked into buying a decorating system. It arrived and was truly shit. You had to dilute the paint (not mentioned in the ad), and pour it inside the roller. Needed about 50 coats to cover a wall. Sent it back. DH still goes on about 'where's the mess, Mel' every time I look at buying a gadget.

All those things you see demoed in shops and at exhibitions are total and utter crap. My ex used to work the shows selling this shite to the unsuspecting public. He wouldn't give any of it house room. And as for JML - crap.

One of those turban towel things that were supposed to tame frizz. It wouldn't bloody stay on my head.

I can't be the only one who wants to see a picture of the zebras am I?

Oh forgot the juicer - all that washing up!
Mandolin - almost lost a finger

A Peugeot 207 station wagon.

Heap of utter shite.

A pull on bra that would replace all bras ever. When I got it, it was basically an adult crop top. No support at all, no wires, no bloody good for in the day. Ended up wearing it overnight while breastfeeding to keep the pads in place!

Audi A3. How they can get away with selling a car with no suspension fitted at all (and how I didn't notice on the test drive) I will never know. My least favourite purchase - and I thought I'd done badly with the Jag it replaced!

Also bought a No No. rubbish. Used it once, took about 3 hours to remove an inch of hair. Is lying in drawer, complete waste of money.

I'm pleased I read this thread as I was gonna buy a cheap dust buster tomorrow but think i will pass!

My waste of money item is anything and everything to do with trying to get my hair curly.

Rollers don't work. I've tried using them with wet hair, blow dried hair, dry hair and overnight. My hair is a straight as an arrow.

I've tried heated curlers. I've had them in for an hour. My hair kinks slightly then goes back straight after ten minutes.

I've tried a curling wand. It did create curls but the problem is unless you put all the strands of hair on the exact same position in the curler, and the exact same width, you end up with a load of different sized curls and it makes it look like my toddler has done it for me.

To solve the problem DH bought me a fancy thing called Babyliss secret curl for £120 one Christmas. It sort of sucks up strands of your hair, curls it, then spits it out. Problem is that that when it tangles the hair in the barrel, my wispy hair pops back out 50% perfect curl and 50% stray frizzy hairs sticky out everywhere. The curls maybe even but I look like I've had an electric shock.

I've now resigned myself to life with straight hair. How do people get those lovely flowing tousled locks? I feel like I need to find a lady with lovely hair, follow her home and hide in her cupboard to spy on how she does it

Me and DP drunkenly bought a sofa bed from Groupon very early on in our cohabitation. It was the most uncomfortable sofa, never mind bed, I've ever had the misfortune of sitting on. It was truly a marvel
of shit.

When we moved out we left it there for the next tenants.

So glad to read bad reviews of robot hoovers ive been dreaming of getting one one day and watching videos of them doing their magic

My bad purchase was an omelette/pancake pan that you could flip the lid on and turn it for evernly cooked omelettes after watching shopping channels and then spotting it on a jml stand or similar when I was a teenager the thing was awful

Also pampered chef contraption you chop veg in but the blades wouldn't cut through anything

Those groupon type sites are so bad for gadgets I had a steam cleaner that wouldn't switch on an impossible to return also they were advertising food intolenece tests that I later read aren't actually accurate

I want to see a picture of the penis vase, the zebras and the octopus!

I hate my Samsung Galaxy J5 is shit, itnhas no memory, i want to download a new app i have to decide which app i want to delete to make space for it.

I thought the whole of MN loved the instant pot

Love maybe too strong but I'm really very fond of mine (Instant Pot)

The rice cooker was a complete waste of time and money, although I did get it in Aldi so it was only about £20, turned rice to mush and I hate over cooked rice.

A star wars toaster in the shape of Darth Vaders helmet.
Looks amazing. Unfortunately it toasts the words 'star wars' into the middle of the bread leaving the other 90% completely anemic. Turn the knob to 'dark side' (yes, really) and you have burnt illegible words and still anaemic bread.

star wars toaster