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Okay, so what's the most USELESS thing you've won?

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  • Books...I do not read them so i flog them on eBay and usually they dont sell well at all.

    Im taking one i recently won to the charity shop tomorrow!
  • the first series of Baywatch on dvd, just before christmas and I am STILL trying to think of someone who would want it
    Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination:beer:

    Oscar Wilde
  • judyjetson
    judyjetson Posts: 1,116 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    A glove puppet in the shape of a toilet roll!!
  • morganb
    morganb Posts: 1,762 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I've still got my unopened 'H' from Steps key-ring which I won from the local radio station a few years ago... I bet it's worth a fortune now though!
    That's Numberwang!
  • Greta
    Greta Posts: 145 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 100 Posts Combo Breaker
    Jarvissa wrote:
    I won a 2kg tub of Koi Carp Food...

    <snip>

    I had to answer 60 questions on carp keeping.

    <snip>

    I got 26 right, which apparently put me in the Top 5! <snip>

    Top 5, probably cos noone else entered! I mean 60 questions on carp keeping?! :rotfl:
  • Sage
    Sage Posts: 505 Forumite
    A DVD turned up one day. Don't know who sent it. Just said Congrats you have won a DVD.

    It was in Japanese.
  • josie301
    josie301 Posts: 4,654 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Oh Sage! You just made me remember (I had thought all mine were ok) I won a dvd ages ago - it was a Star trek one, but it was made by a fansite and was just people not even dressed up 'acting' out scenes!! It was dire!

    :rotfl:
    Jo x
    2007:£5181.09 2008: £6619.70 2009: £4284.49 2010: £5213.14 2011: £4980.62 2012: £3188.52 :)

  • hollydays
    hollydays Posts: 19,812 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    :j I got a letter telling me I had won 650,000 Euros,(about £500,000,) in El Gordo..the Spanish Lottery...funny that,as I hadnt entered.

    Spookily, they had misspelt my name in a way I have only ever seen, the one time my OH acidentally put me on the edited (saleable) version of the electoral role.

    The very nice people said I only needed to fax them details including my passport,bank account details,next of kin,address etc etc ., mmm sounds very thorough. They also told me not to tell anyone else about it.. damn my big mouth..so now ive spoiled it,its useless! (sob).Anyone else want to try for my winnings?
  • AnnieH
    AnnieH Posts: 8,088 Forumite
    I recently won an oral B Vitality rechargable toothbrush. On the face of it, a good prize, but...

    It has a 2 pin plug, and we have no shaver point in the bathroom. Our bathroom is downstairs at the end of the kitchen (Victorian terrace), so I can't keep it in my bedroom (which is upstairs). I would have to keep it on the kitchen worktop all the time to recharge - not very practical. :rolleyes: Why don't these companies think about these things beforehand?
  • Years ago when we had a pub, I entered and won stuff from monty python. Musical toilet roll holder (always look on the bright....)chocolate parrots and inflatable lumberjack-12"high! My son (Student)thought they were brill and took them back to uni with him. I wrote the prize to a comp mag as `the daftest thing I ever win` and won 15 quid-so all was not lost.-janewannabeamillionaire
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