Most useless/ disappointing thing you ever bought ...

Nekarsulm · 26-01-2019 12:37PM #1

We have had a thread about the "best thing you ever boought", so how about those things that never lived up to their hype?

I'll start you off with this RAC brand rechargeable torch.
The box showed a typical image of an RAC man working on a car in the pouring rain, but it was weeks later when I noticed a warning to never let it get wet.
Indoor use only!

NIMAN · 26-01-2019 12:39PM

Jez, its a big enough torch too !!

893bet · 26-01-2019 12:45PM

Draper 82846 950 x 100 mm Fence Post Auger https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01E5F8Y3A/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_EGetCbMGV30Z3

kerryjack · 26-01-2019 12:58PM

Bought a camcorder a few months before smartphone came out kids still kicking it around house here 7 or 8 years later seems indististutible, a small kango harmer from Lidl that go on a Lidl air compessor the compessor is alright but the hammer is as useless as tits on a bull.

Gawddawggonnit · 26-01-2019 01:16PM

Middling thoroughbreds...

Timmaay · 26-01-2019 02:04PM

Weedlicker. Got used for one paddock, too slow and did a very poor job, sat in the corner of a field ever since.

Aravo · 26-01-2019 02:09PM

An old kverneland spring harrow that I bought that after getting it I spent time and money to get it into better shape. Hard to get one of these second hand. Only a week after getting it I saw a local one in excellent condition for sale. Should have bought the second one, it would have been excellent value and use the first one for spares or tried to sell on.

kk.man · 26-01-2019 02:27PM

A second hand chainsaw in a main dealers.

Never second hand again!

blue5000 · 26-01-2019 03:28PM

I was in an auction, thought I was buying a wood turning lathe, but there was another lot in between that wasn't in the catalogue, I thought I got a cheap lathe until the lathe came up in the next lot:o. Box of tat, the best thing in it was 3 kukri knives. Moral of the story; don't be talking when your lot comes up.

einn32 · 26-01-2019 03:39PM

kk.man wrote: »

A second hand chainsaw in a main dealers.

Never second hand again!

A second hand Mculloch. Broke my heart

Nekarsulm · 26-01-2019 03:42PM

Probably should mention the loads of German heifers the local Co-op imported in the early 90's.
I don't think any of them saw a 3rd lactation.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 26-01-2019 03:46PM

I bought a second hand Lely 1 tonne spreader. It worked alright for the first year but then the curtain in front of the discs ripped and the fertiliser was thrown up around the back of the tractor.

Replaced the curtain again and again, it rarely lasted a year and I had awful trouble with the back of the tractor with rust from the fertiliser I couldn't wash off with the spreader on.

It would have been cheaper to buy a new spreader first day:(

whelan2 · 26-01-2019 03:47PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Probably should mention the loads of German heifers the local Co-op imported in the early 90's.
I don't think any of them saw a 3rd lactation.

Bought a highly rated holstein friesian bull a few years ago. 90% of his calves didn't live beyond 2 weeks. Disaster. Any calves from other sires born did fine. Or the calved heifers I bought in and 75% of them died of ragwort poisoning

Say my name · 26-01-2019 03:50PM

Quad.

Bought a Quad truk and you'd be wondering after what the hell the point of riding around in the cold and rain with a wet arse was about.

worded · 26-01-2019 03:58PM

A wicker toilet seat

davidk1394 · 26-01-2019 04:02PM

That god damn claas tractor I bought. Endless trouble

orm0nd · 26-01-2019 04:20PM

A pen of (very expensive) Lleyn hoggetts. The ones that didn't die first year didn't last the second.

Limestone Cowboy · 26-01-2019 04:40PM

davidk1394 wrote: »

That god damn claas tractor I bought. Endless trouble

What kind of problems had you with it David?

arctictree · 26-01-2019 04:40PM

My list is endless. Here's a few:

Bought a tarpaulin cover that was ripped to shreds after a night of strong wind.

A super ser gas that kept cutting out after 15 minutes and took about 50 button pushes to get started.

Ordered a lamb feed line kit off Amazon and got delivered an aquarium heater. Still trying to sort that out. They say it says 'heater' in the description but the product image is wrong.

I'm sure I'll think of more...

kevthegaff · 26-01-2019 04:49PM

Bought a very old david brown for scraping the yard and filling fertilliser bags, gone after a year. Sorry bought angus bull off lad j clare, johnes positive. Two fr bulls off a lad for 4, both were crippled after 2 weeks.

_Brian · 26-01-2019 04:53PM

Last ch bull we had.
He was purebred, brought a guy with me that I trusted and on paper everything seemed good.

His calves were dead or trying to die from the second they were calved, lazy lumps of yokes with no inclination to get up or suck a cow. It was two torturous seasons of hard calvings, lifting calves to suck and ringing the knacker to take them away.

Only good calves were from neighbors LM bull who broke in and helped him out

older by the day · 26-01-2019 05:31PM

A costly engagement ring, led on to paying for a wedding, a dwelling house, kids education ect ect. ðŸ˜Š

Willfarman · 26-01-2019 07:27PM

A Hymac track digger.. spent more time fixing it than using it.

Timmaay · 26-01-2019 07:45PM

Say my name wrote: »

Quad.

Bought a Quad truk and you'd be wondering after what the hell the point of riding around in the cold and rain with a wet arse was about.

If it's raining I got the full wet gear on anyways most the time, quad seriously handy for jumping on and off whole time doing strip fencing, going under fences etc. I still wouldn't say no to a jimny or pajero junior for them few totally cold and wet days a yr and carrying stuff too big for the quad, but I wouldn't replace the quad ever.

However going back to useless stuff, our 1st ever quad, a Polaris, absolutely heap of muck with a chocolate gearbox, had it going for about 2months in the space of 2yrs owning it, rest of the time it was in the garage waiting for parts to come from the states.

davidk1394 · 26-01-2019 07:49PM

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

What kind of problems had you with it David?

All electrics. At the garage now to get an ECU and regulator for the turbo. Think I might just trade it if the repair bill is high.

Castlekeeper · 26-01-2019 07:57PM

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Probably should mention the loads of German heifers the local Co-op imported in the early 90's.
I don't think any of them saw a 3rd lactation.

The gift that keeps on giving, we wouldn't have the Jones or Morrell around without them, and maybe the IBR too. A fortune made on animal health products on their back.

Birdnuts · 26-01-2019 10:23PM

Willfarman wrote: »

A Hymac track digger.. spent more time fixing it than using it.

Every ride-on mower I ever bought was like that!!:(

Castlekeeper · 27-01-2019 12:06AM

Timmaay wrote: »

If it's raining I got the full wet gear on anyways most the time, quad seriously handy for jumping on and off whole time doing strip fencing, going under fences etc. I still wouldn't say no to a jimny or pajero junior for them few totally cold and wet days a yr and carrying stuff too big for the quad, but I wouldn't replace the quad ever.

However going back to useless stuff, our 1st ever quad, a Polaris, absolutely heap of muck with a chocolate gearbox, had it going for about 2months in the space of 2yrs owning it, rest of the time it was in the garage waiting for parts to come from the states.

Changed from a quad to a utv a few years back, justified the extra cost as it was mevessart to accommodate the children and my father safely. I would never contemplate changing back. Its better than the quad in every facet, except possibly for doing doughnuts. Most of all I don't miss the weather in my face every morning.

Castlekeeper · 27-01-2019 12:09AM

A bunch of highly bred dairy stock from a highly regarded farmer when I was starting out. Maybe I shouls have doubled down on a few tonnes of meal each, but I couldn't keep them in the place.

Dakota Dan · 27-01-2019 12:09AM

davidk1394 wrote: »

That god damn claas tractor I bought. Endless trouble

That's an expensive mistake :eek:

Dakota Dan · 27-01-2019 12:20AM

einn32 wrote: »

A second hand Mculloch. Broke my heart

I bought a brand new pioneer chainsaw years ago and was endless trouble from the start.

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