Would you return cheap tat?

I'm a very good taker-backer.

I took a pack of bin bags back to Aldi!! I knew the size of my bin, bought the ones that were the correct size according to the packet, but when I got them home they were well short of the mark - even if you included the tie handles, they weren't as long as the pack said they were. Far too small for the bin. The manager was a bit surprised (we ended up having a laugh and measuring the bags with a tape measure), but I got my money back (which I spent on bigger bags, so everyone was happy).

dekaspace wrote: »

In the past bought kitchen knives from poundland so dull and flimsy I could bend them in my hands......

But something like this wrist band is useless unless its a child despite not being marketed as one.........

Lightbulbs that blew within a few days I would take back..........

Did take back a £1 charging cable when on first use it partly melted too and a 3 way switch that did.

Using your examples:

Kitchen knives - there's very little more dangerous in a kitchen than flimsy / blunt knives. I wouldn't ever buy a kitchen knife from Poundland. Why? Because your safety literally depends on the quality and strength of the knife.

Cheap knives can snap (with the shard spinning away with force), blunt blades slip and slide which encourages you to use more force then, ouch, the blade ends up in you instead.

Wristband - anything required as a medical aid needs to be properly measured.... and is worth the extra expense to ensure it's fit for purpose.

The light bulbs - yes, I would take back and complain but only if I was going back anyway. Otherwise the expense of returning would outstrip the refund.

Faulty cable - as it melted, I'd have contacted Trading Standards to report it.... chances are the whole batch needs to be withdrawn to save someone else from an electrical fire.

I think the phrase 'buy cheap, buy twice' is true with some things. Pound shops etc are great but when it comes to health or safety items I'd always look for quality over price - peace of mind is more important than cost.

I always try and return tat, or anything else for that matter, because if it doesn't work or do the trick then it's expensive tat, or whatever. I return flowers which don't last the 10 days promised, avocados sold as ready to eat which are black the day you buy them, food which is inedible before the use by date, etc. The only things I find difficult to take back are the expensive low energy light bulbs as it's difficult to remember where and when they were purchased and a lot of them have nothing to say what they are. Really, they are so expensive that I think they should come with lot numbers so one can identify them, like other electrical goods. I don't cheat the system, however, and feel well within my rights to ask for my money back.

Yes, if it's not fit for purpose, then I would return it, on principle.

That said, I'd be wary of what I was buying at places like Poundland in the first place.

Yes I always do.

Daughter bought some pegs in poundland that just twisted when you tried to open them she said oh well they were only a pound.

So I took them back and got the pound!!