Great 'What NOT to buy in Pound Shops' Hunt

grey-matters

cotton buds 200 for £1 in Poundland - 38p in Asda

Roger9

I have just picked up 3 different packets of bults. £1 each

One pack had 40 bulbs in, one had 50 bulbs and one had 35 bulbs in it.

These are much more expensive at garden centres or say B & Q.

They are all in good order and not sprouting too.

yoemma

i don't know if this is already been posted but don't bother buying cotton wool pads from poundland. they sell them 2 packs for £1. you have to use about 3 and liquid still seeps through!

geri1965_2

grey-matters wrote: »

cotton buds 200 for £1 in Poundland - 38p in Asda

For Johnsons?

millsymuttleylaugh

geri1965 wrote: »

For Johnsons?

No they are ASDA own, when we went shopping the other week they had sold out of ASDAs own so bought Johnsons, can't tell the difference so when they run out will go back to ASDA.

wild666

golddustmedia wrote: »

Yes!
I found the pound shop bulbs blew after only a week or two!
However I also discovered that Toolstation sell decent ones for 77p! 1 year on and still working

50p for 5 from Lidl 20 months ago and still going strong

jenheiffer

I've got some bargains in Poundland, but the following are the exception:

Universal remote control: Useless, it doesn't tell you on the front of the package what TVs it (might) work for so you buy a 'pig in a poke'.

The computer vacuum cleaner- nothing like enough sucking power.

All the batteries, as someone has said.

poppyolivia

was just reading about the batteries getting a slating....the zinc ones are rubbish but for digital cameras the Kodak alkaline ones are on par with some of the more expensive ones!..I've got a fuji s8000, takes 4 AAs and these ones I buy all the time!..I can get about 100 photos out of it, more if I don't keep looking back and deleting on my camera!lol

just avoid zinc seriously!

just to add that the ones I get are in a pack of 6 and gold coloured.

JesaRose

I've tried the Kodak batteries in my kodak camera and some batches will not even turn it on. Some work for a little while

ScratchandSniff-->[X]

Some of the fruit (the blueberry ones certainly) are little more than dead twigs.

The asparagus crowns usually look dead too.

Ratchet screwdrivers where the ratchet doesn't always engage or the rubber cover on the handle slips over it.

Floodlight bulbs don't last long.

AA cells

Non-stick baking tins are very thinly coated.

The black stick solar garden light things are poor - the top knocks off easy and the wires are only lightly soldered on.

Car bulbs - headlights okay but the collection of bulbs with stop/brake etc are poor quality to the point that one of the stop/brake ones interfered with my side lights.