tim... wrote:
Not for the first time, nor for the second, do I find that my (from a
very limited sample) recent purchase is either CFU or fails within a few
months of buying it.

Why do people swear by this means of shopping

Things may be cheap(er) but if they are useless and you have limited
(practical) means to get redress, what's the point?

Gimme the pound shop any day, at least I can take things back :-)

tim


I'd suggest a garden centre, if you wanted to buy a carp. I'm surprised
it lasted as long as it did :-)

But yes, I think we are all going to learn to be a bit more careful. I
recently got a £5 TV aerial amplifier for mum and dad. I wasn't sure if
it was going to make any difference to their poor signal, so I got the
cheapest I could find. As soon as it was connected to a power supply,
the power LED lit up very briefly and brightly, then went out, and then
there was a faint smell of smoke. Needless to say, it ended up in the bin.