[Closed] Expensive things that are a bit rubbish

Caviar. Very expensive, tastes salty and yuck.

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This apparently, and in the end you will never be allowed to use it properly...

Champagne. I don't get it.

Sorry Harry. Our mini Dyson gets used all the time and is pretty good. Pretty old now but a cheap replacement battery has kept it going nicely. In fact by the sound of it it's being used now.

Ours cuts out every 5 seconds. Rubbish.

doesn't get much more expensive or much more useless than this
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Champagne. I don't get it

A friend's dad who was a collector brought some once and then I got it - it was fabulous. I've never felt the same about any champagne that I've bought in any wine shop though 🙁 so got to agree with you there

Ours cuts out every 5 seconds.[s] Rubbish[/s] broken

Ftfy (sort of) time for a service, or warranty job?

Yes the Dyson hardly qualifies as a major aberation.

http://www.dpreview.com/news/2013/6/10/hasselblad-lunar-now-shipping

A £700 camera with a bit of wood stuck on it. £5000

Looks good though :~/

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apple products 😉

dons flame proof coat

Ours cuts out every 5 seconds. Rubbish.

its not rubbish then, its just broken - luckily Dyson stuff is pretty cost effective to fix. I think where Dyson stuff falls down is where they try to do too much in one product - their uprights work great as uprights but the hoses and attachments, while been clever in how they integrate are almost un-usable in some cases

Champagne. I don't get it

Thats largely because we never get our hands on the good stuff - the french keep hold of all that

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I'd never buy Dyson products again. there are far more reliable equivalents out there for much less money.

this is well shit for the money it cost (but it's probably the way it's managed as the thing itself is quite good once it turns up)
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oh and let's not forget
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doesn't get much more expensive or much more useless than this

He asked for expensive and rubbish - Even if you don't like nuclear weapons, you have to accept that the science behind successfully firing a missile from underwater with a range of 4000 plus miles, that will drop 14 warheads that are virtually unstoppable due to traveling at up to 13000 mph, and accurate to within 10 metres, leaves us something that is expensive and [i]freaking awesome[/i]

Sex... 😉

expensive and freaking awesome

Cocaine.
High Rollers.

Manchester trams are awful, a genuine step backwards.
They won't take bikes, and are more expensive than the trains they replaced.

I'd also say Dysons. Don't know anyone who thinks they are any better than a standard vacuum. Eye watering prices, not really made very well either. Easy to fix but they need to be. We switched to a £80 Hoover bag less which has been faultless and works just as well (lighter too!).

and accurate to within 10 metres

over engineered rubbish, accuracy in a weapon where you can't miss !

The most awesome thing is that they were so good that nobody dared use them.

but is that because they were awesome or because they're expensive - have we been saved from global armageddon simply because the powers that be are too spend thrift to press the button? Like an expensive wine thats so expensive it never gets opened. Theres never been a occasion quite special enough to let off the biggest fireworks in the box.

over engineered rubbish, accuracy in a weapon where you can't miss !

If a jobs worth doing, its worth doing well 😀

have we been saved from global armageddon simply because the powers at be are too spend thrift to press the button?

I like that - a bit like like Chris Rocks 'we don't need gun control, we need bullet control' Theory 😀

you may as well add telescopic sights to a flamethrower

Don't talk daft, they'd melt.

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Orange 5

Fin25, you're either doing it wrong or not paying enough 😉

I defense of Dysons ours has provided 16 years of reliable service

Apprently when Dyson were really dominating sales he heard a rumor that people were telling porkies about his products to sell others

He went into John Lewis in Bristol and asked about vacuum cleaners. He was told that although Dysons were good the were made of poor materials compared to rival brands. He got out a hammer and attacked the rival machine smashing it to pieces. He the showed that he couldn't break the Dyson. He explained that the plastic he used cost 3 x as much per tonne as the one used in the rival brand

Oh and one of my favourite Conspiracy theories is for the Fitst Gulf War. America had a massive stock of cruise missiles worth a million each. But they were due to be retired at the end of their design shelf life. By firing them at Iraq that got Saudi Arabia to buy them a full set of new ones thus avoiding the replacement costs

Audi's

(Awaits flaming from the resident stw fanbois...)

Bose

Custom built frames designed by paint by numbers punters 🙂

Mercedes-Benz, well specifically the urine-poor service/ support!

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More and more people seem to have this, Think they just get it out for visitors...
I mean, it's alright. It's just a bit of soap though innit.

Pretty sure that soap comes from Home Bargains. TK Max is the place for posh soap!

Ex - wifes

I only have one i am not starting a collection

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Dualit toasters.

Our Dyson DC03 has provided 12 years of faultless service.

Road bikes.......

The players Tottenham Hotspurs bought with the Gareth Bale money.

This turd...
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Dualit toasters.

Our Dyson DC03 has provided 12 years of faultless service.

My dualit 4 slice toaster was bought in 1998

Perfect toast every day for 16 years so far 😉

My dualit 4 slice toaster was bought in 1998
Perfect toast every day for 16 years so far

We bought our two slice in 2003, persevered with it being the most unreliable piece of electrical tat for 11 years because I spent £100 of our wedding vouchers on it. We bought numerous sets of new elements and eventually replaced it. They must make a fortune on each one they sell, judging by the design and build standard of them.

Patriot missiles apparently . During the gulf war they had a 100% faliure record as in they didn't shoot down any incoming missiles. Although the Americans may beg to differ .

My dualit 4 slice toaster was bought in 1998

Perfect toast every day for 16 years so far

Our two-slicer was a wedding present in 1995. Haven't had to change an element yet.

Large intricate tattoos. 😉

LOL @ junkyard. I've got the collection! Mind you they were a lot rubbish so perhaps another thread.

[i]Expensive things that are a bit rubbish[/I]

Audis !

The royal family?

My computer

Apple, Audi, Orange5... You've got to love minor trolling but nice try guys 😉

It's a good question. I'd say an awful to of property in London is expensive and rubbish, probably a lot outside of London too.

Oh, and the CEO of the place I work.

Poncy bottled lager in even poncier bars in Esher.

Children... mine are only a bit rubbish not completely Pointless but very bloody expensive.

Apple, Audi, Orange5... You've got to love minor trolling

Harry - our hand held dyson used to cut out as well phoned up Dyson (was still under warranty) and they sent out a new battery. Which fixed the problem. No problems since and with 2 kids, an indispensable bit of kit!

martinhutch - Member
My dualit 4 slice toaster was bought in 1998
Perfect toast every day for 16 years so far

Our two-slicer was a wedding present in 1995. Haven't had to change an element yet.

My two slice dates from 1998. Still on the original elements .

Perhaps Dualit realised that making a toaster that never breaks was not a good long term business model.

Kids?

I have to stand up for Dualit here. We have a two slicer and it has been faultless in the seven years we have had it. The work four slicer got replaced after 6+ years (I wasn't there at the start of its tenure) because the facilities bloke could not be bothered to change the element, but it was used to within an inch of its life every day by 50 odd toast mad developers.

A seriously awesome piece of toasting kit.

I'll add the AMG ML63 as another consideration. It's a 4x4 that's rubbish off road and too high to be good on the road. And really, really expensive.

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Dualit...overpriced tat. Nice stainless steel exterior, but elements fail regularly. Even their commercial stuff is rubbish, our toaster at work has had more elements than Triggers broom has had heads!

A seriously awesome piece of toasting kit

hahaha - can a toaster be "seriously awesome"?

My contribution:

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Seriously underwhelmed by Nespresso. It's going on ebay I think.

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So it doesn't turn you into George Clooney? Might explain where the cash is going though

Tasssimo and their like.

I don't begrudge the cash going to George Clooney....

[i]"When I squeeze myself onto the Northern Line on a cold, wet February morning and spend 35 minutes being drenched in the post-breakfast flatulence of strangers I would drift off and think of George buzzing round the lakeside on his Harley, stopping off for an espresso and making easy small talk with the locals. I would think of the house. The beautiful, beautiful house"[/i]

[i]"When other stars were taking drugs and generally treating everyone like shit, George was sitting on his terrace watching the sun slip behind the Italian Alps while pouring a glass of something rather nice for a magnificently beautiful woman"

"There was no jealousy, just a quiet satisfaction that one intrepid adventurer had ascended to the mountaintop and gazed upon the promised land, without being a total dick about it."[/i]

[url= http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/celebrity/sale-of-clooney-villa-like-a-bereavement-say-men-201002262509 ]Sauce[/url]

My issue is that the coffee isn't very nice.

Nimrods....... £4billion cost, then scrapped.

Has anyone mentioned Audi cars ?

I once enquired after [b]a[/b] new wheel for an Audi of mine. 650 quid ! For one standard alloy wheel.

Oh, and anything Crank Bros.

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[i]So it doesn't turn you into George Clooney?[/i]
Thank goodness for that.

We have a Roberts retro dab radio - it's rubbish.
The ariel is shonky and the power supply connection is attached with toffee. To cap it off, the faux leather has peeled off the handle. pfff.

Nimrods....... £4billion cost, then scrapped.

That was because of defence cuts rather than being a bit rubbish. More still will be spent when we buy P-8s off the shelf to replace the capacity gap.

Oh, and anything Crank Bros.

This. Why is it they no longer make cranks, again?

If that's true then they should rename themselves Bros.

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Dyson vs. Henry
Nespresso machine vs. nescafe instant
Apple v. PC

The expensive stuff may be better, but not better enough to justify the extra cost.

I'll go one further than Orange 5, and say: mountain bikes.

They sure look like an offroad vehicle, having bouncy bits and excitingly chunky tyres, but to judge by the moaning here about "ruined" "trails" (a trail being mountain biker talk for "piece of ground I ride on, and thus own") they are utterly hopeless when faced with a hoof-print, a (braking) bump, or a tyre rut. They are also no fun at all if a "trail" (see above) is "sanitised" (ie: "smooth"). And they cost more than motocross bikes.

(Thankfully, my "bicycle that I ride offroad" doesn't seem to be an actual mountain bike as it doesn't suffer from these ailments - and it was cheap.)

Dualit...overpriced tat. Nice stainless steel exterior, but elements fail regularly. Even their commercial stuff is rubbish, our toaster at work has had more elements than Triggers broom has had heads!

Seems like dualit must have changed their manufacturing process at some time ?

3 dualit toaster mentioned on this thread already with 50 odd years service between them and no faults. And other saying they fail every five minutes.

Maybe those bought in the 90's were built better ?

Mine will outlive me I reckon 🙂

They sure look like an offroad vehicle, having bouncy bits and excitingly chunky tyres, but to judge by the moaning here about "ruined" "trails" (a trail being mountain biker talk for "piece of ground I ride on, and thus own") they are utterly hopeless when faced with a hoof-print, a (braking) bump, or a tyre rut. They are also no fun at all if a "trail" (see above) is "sanitised" (ie: "smooth"). And they cost more than motocross bikes*.

I think what you are referring to is operator error.

*Some cost less than cheap motorcross bikes, some cost more most cost less than expensive motorcross bikes, does not require engine rebuild frequently if raced, not really the same thing.

Just checked Dyson's website for a replacement battery.

£50!

4 cough.

Some cost less than cheap motorcross bikes, some cost more most cost less than expensive motorcross bikes, does not require engine rebuild frequently if raced, not really the same thing.

They might not need engine rebuilds, but they do require the configuration of gears, travel, and such to be changed every fortnight, then they need the frame replacing every year, all for reasons I haven't quite grasped. And you also need to own about 7 of them, also for reasons I haven't yet grasped. And you need a separate set of tyres for every place you ride, for every time of year. That [i]must[/i] all add up..!?

£50 for a quality decent sized battery is not much. Check the price of laptop batteries.

We've had a Dyson 'cylinder' type for 8 or 9 years, it's been perfect. We wanted a cylinder one with a beater brush in the head, and there were only two at the time, a Miele and the Dyson. The Miele head was crappy and the thing was more than the Dyson (and took bags) so it was a no brainer. Very happy.

Toasters - had 9 years out of our £15 toaster, no new elements or anything. And it pops up on its own.

I'll go one further than Orange 5, and say: mountain bikes.

Back under your bridge.

[i]molgrips:[/i]
Back under your bridge.

You seem upset, did I take your turn?

Harry, I needed to replace a five year old battery last year. I paid £20 for a perfectly good, actually slightly higher ampere hour battery. Working fine.