What is the worst item you ever bought. Mine had to be the copper pans on the late night info-mmercial. Junk

[debm55]

[iwillalwayswonderwhy]

1. X-large Ladies underwear 10-pair

They fit my 7 year old granddaughter.

[2MuchNoise]

2. LOL

[debm55]

3. Thank you iwillalwayswonderwhy. I agree, buying bras and underwear is a hit and miss.

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[madaboutharry]

4. Oh yeah, those copper pans...ugh

A hard boil egg maker. I don’t know what was dumber, the alleged egg maker or me for buying it. Note to self: Boiling water in a pot still works just fine.

[hlthe2b]

6. psst... The InstaPot is great for hard-boiling eggs...

Of course, mine is almost never out of service to do so, given I use it to make yogurt 2x weekly, but it really does a great job with h/b eggs.

[SheltieLover]

8. I agree! They are perfectly done & peel very easily.

[debm55]

7. You got sucker too, They had all types of pans and casserole dishes. I'm glad I only bought two item.I bought a skillet.

two

[hlthe2b]

5. I always wondered about those sets, but have just stuck with my decades old stainless and a good cast iron skillet...

So, what was the story with those copper-bottom pans advertised on TV, debm55?

Worst thing I ever bought? Probably my first car--a very cute but very poorly constructed little Chevy Vega. The aluminum engine block caused it to burn oil like crazy--even new. But, it was cute.

[debm55]

9. hlthe2b, they did nothing more then my regular pans did.They were to be nonstick--nope they we not. Had a hell of a time

getting stuff out of it. HAHAHAHAHAHAH.I remember the Vega. How long did you have it?

[hlthe2b]

10. I'm pretty sure I kept it through college, but honestly, I dont' really remember...

I just remember my Dad being pissed at me for buying it--so much that he let me drive it home (manual transmission) by myself and I'd never driven a stick before. The car and I both survived, but the hilly streets of Richmond, Virginia, were full of angry motorists having to stop for me and behind me at stoplights as I tried to learn how to use a clutch.

But, he was right about it being a likely lemon, but ya know we don't listen to parents at that age...

[Jeebo]

22. I flew into LAX in 1976 and rented a Chevy Vega at the airport.

That was absolutely the wimpiest car I've ever driven in my life. That thing was so pathetic that I had to blow on the windshield to get it to go 45 mph uphill on the L.A. freeways. I felt like I was taking my life into my own hands going that slow on the L.A. freeways. After that experience, there was NO chance I ever would have bought a Chevy Vega. I feel for you if you actually had to own one of those.

-- Ron

[hlthe2b]

24. The widespread issue with those cars that caused Chevy to end them was the aluminum block but mine was peppy.

Even for a 4-cylinder, I did not experience what you did or I'd have returned/sold it immediately. You clearly had the "Lemon's lemon" and I suspect the rental agency knew it and failed to take it out of their fleet. But, no. I drove it on interstates with a "lead foot" and likewise in some pretty heavy snow (with snow tires) and it did "okay." But that oil burning that clearly suggested a pending engine failure--nope. Not a V-8 muscle car, certainly, but mine really was peppy and because of the oil-burning I made sure I kept up with regular tune-ups as well.

[CTyankee]

13. I finally rid myself of the cast iron skillet! I grew up in Texas and every household had one of those because it was

"known" that you couldn't make your fried chicken with cream gravy with any other pan. the hell with that!

I don't cook fried chicken any more, nor much else. Too old and too arthritic and so I don't cook much any more. and even if I did I wouldn't make fried chicken. My supermarket sells it!

[hlthe2b]

25. I have my Mom's smallish one--I don't (and haven't done fried chicken) but searing meats is where it excels.

I would not have kept one of those more common "giant" versions, but this one is light enough and small enough that I still pull it out for searing--even though I COULD do it in my InstaPot or other stainless pans. Steaks, porkchops, breaded fish, chicken breasts, bacon, sauted vegetables and eggs... it is great. And nostalgic...

If you had one of those more common comparatively enormous cast-iron skillet, I dont' blame you for a minute in getting rid of it.

[Callie1979]

27. OMG you ditched the iron skillet?? I've still got my grandma's 100+yr old one!!

Never washed with more than a wipe with soap & water. Its been seasoned with oil since probably 1920. Eggs still slide right out!

[CTyankee]

30. Time marches on. My next move is into assisted living somewhere. I'll let their kitchen decisions be theirs not mine.

[Callie1979]

41. I guess in that case its a GREAT point!!

I hope their cooking will be good enough!!

[CTyankee]

42. Better than nothing, which is pretty much mine if I don't have frozen dinners. some of them are pretty good but I have

to be careful of sodium levels. However, I can't do everything!

[kimbutgar]

66. My husband uses his cast iron skillet all the time !

My mother never used one so I never learned how to cook on it!

[Jeebo]

11. A projector that projected videos film-style.

I didn't buy it, my brother did, but I was the one who took it out of the box and used it for the first time. It did everything the manufacturers/marketers claimed, but so what? Unless you projected the image on a clean white wall or projection screen from a very short distance, the image was so dim that you had to have a perfectly dark room to see anything. And if you projected it from a short distance, the image was so small that you lost all advantage of watching the video in that way. Also, you had to project it straight-on. If there was an even slight angle, the image was distorted. That thing was pathetic. It was worse than useless. Nobody would want to watch a video like that. I told my brother his money was wasted, but he was a real pack-rat about things like that and kept it anyway. I don't know if he ever actually used it, though. He died six years ago and I think the useless "projector" was thrown away then.

I bought one of those late-night commercial products that was useless. It was a kerosene-lantern style lamp that ran on batteries. It was supposed to give you something to light your room during power failures, but it wasn't even as good as an ordinary flashlight or a for-real kerosene lantern. Not only that, but during the phone call they kept me on the line for an additional 35 or 40 minutes trying to sell me more stuff. I swore off those late-night commercials because of that experience. I've never bought anything from them since then and never will. And I will never believe the claims presented in those late-night television commercials.

-- Ron

[debm55]

12. Thank you Jeebo, I bought a projector that had seasonal disks for it to be shown on your house. Ghosts, bats, for

halloween, snowflakes for Christmas . I had the the same problem that you had. I threw it away. It looked so nice on TV.

[Onthefly]

14. DIDI 7 The amazing stain remover.

Did not work. Scam. 1990 infomercial.

[debm55]

15. Do you remember the Wam Bam Cloth. I think it came out at the same time.

[Onthefly]

23. I don't remember it. There was a Sham Wow! super towel.

[debm55]

31. I think that is the one I was thinking of. Thank you Onthefly.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Our Cuisinart Chopper Is Right Up There

Seemed like a good idea when we got it.
Really hard to load into the chute, clogs really easily, the pieces are not machine like consistent.
I think we used it twice. It's now collecting dust behind the liqueurs I use to cook with. I need a step stool to get to it. That's how likely I am to use it.

[debm55]

20. Gee, I would think that Cuisinart would sell better items. Yep, ProfessorGAC, you know when you have to use a step stool

to get it, that it is on it's way out. My copper pans are in the step stool cabinets.

[Sequoia]

51. I got one for Christmas

Although I never wanted it. Didn't want to hurt hubby's feelings so I kept it and finally gave it to Goodwill. Guess I still prefer to chop things by hand even if it takes longer.

[Demovictory9]

53. I love my lil handchopper thingy..info commercial style

[debm55]

55. I have one of little things to chop veggies and fruit. I got it from an info commerical. It does work great.

[ProfessorGAC]

63. That's The Thing

The chute is so small that I had to cut into pieces anyway, and the low power chopper doesn't exactly slice like a speed demon.
When I included the clean-up time, it didn't save any time!

[debm55]

65. Oh. I like mine. Thank you ProfessorGAC

[jmowreader]

17. A little Radio Shack "pen printer"

I was going to use it with a Commodore VIC-20, and I didn't want to pay more for the printer than I did for the computer which is what would have happened if I'd have bought a Commodore printer. I was able to get the printer to work with the computer after building an interface card for it, but when it was done it printed on four-inch-wide paper so in the end it wasn't much better than NOT getting it to work.

[debm55]

18. HAHAHAHAH. I remember the Commodore. I think I had a printer for it. but the paper was all connected--had holes on the

sides and would always jam. Thank you jwomreader for sharing with us.

[AllaN01Bear]

19. .mom bought a dautson b210 horrid car. ugh

[debm55]

21. Thank you very much for sharing with us. AllaN01Bear. Sounds like she got stuck with a lemon.

[10 Turtle Day]

26. A cover to keep cats off furniture

It was in the clearance section for $10 and was an impulse buy. It had a crinkly side that supposedly cats wouldn’t like. I had 2 really bad cats at the time, they were the most destructive unruly things ever. Rescued barn kittens whose mom had died. Anyway, they walked all over it and even curled up to sleep on it. To this day I regret not taking a photo of these cats sleeping on it and sending it to the manufacturer asking for my money back.

[debm55]

33. Thank you 10 Turtle Day for sharing with us.

[maptap22]

28. Under the influence of Ambien,

One night I ordered a $300 bean bag chair. Thought that I dreamt it until the chair arrived. I still have the chair and never took Ambien again. My grandkids use the chair.

[debm55]

34. Oh wow. I heard stories about Ambien. Glad your grandkids got to use it thank you maptap22

[OhioBack2Blue]

29. My advanced college education...

Gave me lots of practical skills, none wanted by the corrupt, for-proft labor markets, and non-profts were always labor window shoppers drooling over what they could be if they ever found solid funding. Now, I, a former ophan/foster child, multiple time Pell grant recipient, am over 60, dying/drowning under $60,000 of educational loans and predatory govt interest because Republicans have a sickness in their brains that makes them think education and training is bad, and I should be punished for my "personal moral failure" of not being a billionaire in America.

[debm55]

35. i am very sorry that happened to you

[dlilafae]

32. A bundt pan

in which, (not matter what non-stick you use) some of the cake is left behind, stuck on the pan. Garbage.

[debm55]

36. It'a not that copper one is is it?

[doc03]

37. A 1977 Chevy Blazer. I had it just three years, even though I had it rustproofed it rusted

out in 18 months. From there it got worse, radiator, alternator, universal joints, CV joints and even replaced the
windshield washer pump twice. traded it after three years and less than 40k miles

[debm55]

38. Wow, was it a used car or new. Sorry you got stuck with a lemon.doc.03

[doc03]

39. I special ordered it new, it took a couple months to come in. It also got 8 MPG. nt

[debm55]

40. Rep, that was a piece of junk. Sorry ,doc03

[justaprogressive]

61. I remember a Blazer sitting dead in the middle of a field...

The owner used a 4 by 8ft piece of plywood for a sign...

Spray painted on the plywood was "Like A Rock!"

[TommieMommy]

43. My husband wanted the 2014 cady SRX. It was awful

When we picked up the car it was loaded with ants. They said put any traps in it. Over the next few years so many problems including replacing the engine and the cue center. Total of 13 problems.

[debm55]

44. Sorry TommieMommy about the car. Wow,You are right , it was awful.

[sakabatou]

45. I didn't buy it, but it was a battery powered toy truck that had a mouth/jaw with sharp teeth

Lasted less than two weeks before it stoped working.

[debm55]

46. Yep, toys are like that. Some don't last through Chrismas. Thank you very much sakabatou.

[sakabatou]

47. Longest lasting toys were probably my legos

I think some of the pieces were 20+ years old before I gifted them away.

[debm55]

48. Thank you very much , sakabatou. that was so kind of you.

[Archae]

49. Didn't buy it, was given a "Ninja" air fryer.

Couple years ago.

I have yet to use it.

[debm55]

50. Thank you Archae. I like how it won't heat up the house in the summer. I'll check them out.

[Demovictory9]

54. It took me a year to use mine..it is amazing

[debm55]

57. Thank you very much, Demovictory9

[Lilithschyld]

52. A new dishwasher.

We paid 700 bucks for a completely useless thing. It never worked properly and we lived just outside the area for any repair company to service it. 🙄

[debm55]

56. Thatks a shame Lillitheschld. Do you have a warrenty.? I would keep calling the service center and the store until they

it,

[Lilithschyld]

58. Oh, yes, we did!

I fought with the company over the phone many times. They would end up giving me a phone number to another local company that serviced their products. I would call the company, make an appointment for them to come out, and they would never show up. That happened five times. Finally, the last person who was supposed to come out admitted that we were outside the area of service, so they weren't compelled to come. One of the down sides of living outside a town or city, I guess. Many good things about, though.

[debm55]

59. In that case I would call the consumer affairs in your county or the main office of the store, not the one you bought it

from. Good Luck.

[Lilithschyld]

72. Thank you! Good suggestion.

[applegrove]

60. I bought a bathroom cup and soap dish set. They were deep blue glass.

Turned out it was paper mache and they bled blue all over my bathroom appliances.

[debm55]

62. Oh my applegrove, That stinks,

[3catwoman3]

64. I have fallen for too many "cosmeceutical" skin care products...

...which next-to-never even come close to delivering what they claim. I should know better, but hope springs eternal...

A dermatologist once told me that if there were one anti-aging cream that really worked, it would be the only one on the market because it would be the only one people would buy.

[debm55]

67. That's true, Thank you 3catwoman3.

[ImNotGod]

68. A plane ticket back to the US. nt

[debm55]

69. Thank you ImNotGod

[catbyte]

70. A Veg-o-matic

That cheap piece of crap was the biggest waste of money ever.

[debm55]

71. HAHAHAHAHAH. I bought one to make french fries cut. Didn't work. Thank you catbyte.