Things that are crap - cunningly upsold

[MyKingdomForACaramel]

Have just attempted to make a sandwich using “toasty bread”... bread fell apart - but tbh it’s also rubbish as toast. So am I right in thinking that along with “naked burgers” it’s all a big con, and aibu to ask - what crappy products you have been “upsold”?

As for the jacket potatoes- they’re also half the size and twice the cost!
But they are consistently the same quality. Potatoes sold for baking are often wet and soggy in the middle.

You can also nuke them in the microwave and crisp them in the oven for ten minutes.

@ethelfleda yes to personal plates, except I recently saw a very fancy fast car with the registration 4 1nch which I thought was hilarious and surely a gift rather than a personal choice??

Mr Sodding Frosty!

Disappointment in a box!

Amazon videos. Pay 2x as much as a DVD and get the same thing, despite them not having to produce a tangible product and shipping being cut out. We just bought a kids' 2008 DVD because the DVD cost less to "rent" online from Amazon for 48 hours and to "buy" to stream would have been £8. Something like £2 including postage for the same movie on DVD.

I took early retirement and abso-fucking-lutely love it. Have not looked back once.
No bits have dropped off as yet and friends are still healthy too. Woo-hoo!

I particularly recommend silicon muffin ‘tins’ for making excellent individual Yorkshire puddings.

My experience this was a dinner of soggy yorkshire biscuits . . .

Yes to Centre Parcs - I just don't get the appeal. It's like a (fairly attractive) prison; we were cycling and wanted to explore further but all around the parameter was barbed wire keeping us in...!

I like caviar

What!?

It's just salty jam!

Nasty stuff!

If you oven bake jacket pots you can freeze them then microwave when needed. Much cheaper and tasty.

Memory foam, I think memory foam beds are uncomfortable

SerenDippitty - Benefit roller lash is brilliant. Promise.

Afternoon teas have gone downhill since gaining popularity, a couple of supermarket scones, cream, jam, basic sandwiches/shop bought cakes, £14.95 a head ...........................

Very expensive push bikes like well over a grand plus. I've ridden them for 4 grand and I tell you I've had bikes around £700 that have been just as good. Its an utter con, obviously you need something that's decent but after that its just a swizz.

The Wakefield Rhubarb festival, what a dump with a few stalls.

Nike trainers again I've spent loads on these and they fall to bits within 6 months. Over £100 for trainers that cost 50p to make is a con.

And when you do those Jacket Potatoes in the microwave, they go all hard on the bottom!"
That means you haven’t followed the instructions properly.

Center parcs. £5000 for a week in a green house outside Sherwood Forest

HOW MUCH?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Our horrible vicar used to take his horrible kid* there about three times a year! (Probably still does- I changed churches because of that horrible vicar._

• His wife wasn't horrible, but was very downtrodden.

eastenders , £24m over budget on the new set plus whatever the initial budget was ££££

still no characters able to get on or smile , what a crock of shite

Katy Perry. There is nothing interesting or impressive about this person

Her music is rubbish but she has a cat named Kitty Purry, which I always thought was rather clever.

I'm actually going to vote in favour of cat trees. My dog would eat the cat food if I put it on the floor so I got a cat tree with a good sized high platform that I put the cat food on. It also has scratching posts and a higher platform and a hammock thing and my cats do use it so it was a good investment.

I have a popcorn maker I asked for as a present and have used once.

The scratching tower gets used, the cute cat beds don't.

Can't agree with PPs who said being an adult is a let-down. Yes there's a lot of paper work - but that's better than homework!

I actually really like my shark cordless vacuum and haven’t used the vax I kept as a back up since I bought it 5 months ago. Similarly I love out steam mop but it does have a very long cord.

Also love silicon utensils but not a fan of the bakeware.

If your paying £5k for centre parts then your getting ripped off, I agree all the extra activities add up so it’s a bit of a con but we went last year 4 adults and a toddler and our lodge was under £500! We loved it.

I’ll second memory foam, horridly uncomfortable and gives me the sweats (yes even the expensive big brand ones)

Also 99% of stuff you buy for babies.

Microwave packets of rice. They taste nothing like rice should, which is also so easy on the hob.

Flavoured water. Awful and sweet and no longer water.

Cheats garlic or chilli. Taste rank, of vinegar and is all slimy.

Sam Smith. I. Do. Not. Get. It. My head pounds after ten seconds of him.

We went on the ride at Cadbury world someone had "edited" the chocolate beans my son was heard by everyone saying mommy mommy what is that bean DOING TO THE OTHER BEAN!

Designer baby clothes. For example the long sleeved baby vest I spotted for sale in a shop in Brighton today for a bargain £42.

Weight loss classes

You pay £5 every week to be told you have lost weight or, even worse, that you haven't. Buy some scales, weigh yourself at home and avoid listening to Tanya tell you that she lost 3st eating overpriced synthetic tasting cereal bars and dust

@surgehopper

I love my slow cooker!