Synchronicity Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Please give an example ... and, preferably, a much better replacement option! 😄  I bought a (nicotine-free) Hayati Pro Max e-cigarette/vape on Amazon and, despite being £14, it didn't last any longer than a normal one. Also, it was supposed to be 'creamy tobacco'-flavoured but it tasted more like an ashtray smells.  Not nice.  I recommend 'Lost Mary', 'Found Mary' and 'Feo Mary' disposable e-cigs, if you can get them and fancy them: they have nicotine in them, but they have great, strong, unusual flavours and often work intermittently after they have, ostensibly, run out!  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Frendo Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Theres two very specific books I would reccomend people not buying/reading (just my own personal tastes): alice in zombieland by Gene Showalter and Internment by samira ahmed, ontop of that two books I haven't read but I've heard are so attrocious they should never be read are the twilight series and 50 shades of gray. I dunno why my first thoughts were books 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Synchronicity Posted May 24 Author Share Posted May 24 2 minutes ago, Frendo said: Theres two very specific books I would reccomend people not buying/reading (just my own personal tastes): alice in zombieland by Gene Showalter and Internment by samira ahmed, ontop of that two books I haven't read but I've heard are so attrocious they should never be read are the twilight series and 50 shades of gray. I dunno why my first thoughts were books Nice one!  I recommend avoiding anything by Kate Mosse (not 'Moss') and Tanith Lee.  Edit: a great parody of the 'Twilight' series is 'The Most Popular Book in the Whole World' by Jessica Wagstrom (it's available on LiveJournal). Very funny!  Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mult Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 KOHLER TOILETS  The parts are expensive and they take ages to order, so it is generally faster and cheaper to just buy a new one. There are some Kohler toilets where the toilet seat bolts are buried in the porcelain, so if the seat breaks, you need to buy a new toilet  Oh and for a replacement, American Standard toilets are generally very good because they use standard replacement parts. There was a while where they kept coming with the wrong sized nuts and/or washers for the tank though which was very annoying. I think they sorted that out now though  3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Siimo van der fietspad Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 19 hours ago, Synchronicity said: Nice one!  I recommend avoiding anything by Kate Mosse (not 'Moss') and Tanith Lee.  Edit: a great parody of the 'Twilight' series is 'The Most Popular Book in the Whole World' by Jessica Wagstrom (it's available on LiveJournal). Very funny!  Awkwardly Kate Mosse is coming to compare a concert I am directing later this year. I didn't find any of her writing insufferable though, it's a little cliched but above average and at least makes sense. I seem to pick up too many sci-fi and thriller novels that I can't reccomend for having bonkers ideas, huge plot holes and unanswered plot threads. Today I finished New Pompeii by Dan Godfrey which is a typical example: a good premise let down by passive characters and a rushed, messy ending that makes no sense, all the more so because a sub-plot that keeps interrupting things manages to have practically no impact on it. There is a Chekhov's gun that never gets fired, and the main character gets a revelation on how to defeat the bad guys which I could not understand even after multiple passes.  More generally, 'buy cheap buy twice' is a good rule of thumb. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Any food product that has more than 5 listed chemical ingredients.   2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarRister Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Microwave popcorn bags, very bad health wise.  I bought a silicone bowl with a lid that I can cook popcorn kernels in in the microwave. And then just put butter and salt on after. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarRister Posted May 24 Share Posted May 24 Ooh also disposable razors or those plastic multiblade razor cartridge things. So much plastic waste and they do a bad job.  If you do shave, I highly recommend the Henson razor. Made here in Canada so don't know how far they ship, but it is a safety razor style but very little to no learning curve due to the way it is built. Can just replace the blades super cheap and it will last for life. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Squirrel Combat Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Mobile homes. Never a good investment. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs Telecaster-to-be Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Cheap store-brand cling film, plastic wrap, whatever you call it where you live. It's shit, utter shit. Often doesn't actually cling to things very well, yet somehow gets stuck to itself even more easily than the more costly name brands. Saving a little money isn't worth the annoyance. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 1 hour ago, Mrs Telecaster-to-be said: Cheap store-brand cling film, plastic wrap, whatever you call it where you live. It's shit, utter shit. Often doesn't actually cling to things very well, yet somehow gets stuck to itself even more easily than the more costly name brands. Saving a little money isn't worth the annoyance. I am currently stubbornly working through a box of that cheap crap and continually disgusted with myself for trying to save money by buying that cheap crap. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs Telecaster-to-be Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 3 minutes ago, Sally said: I am currently stubbornly working through a box of that cheap crap and continually disgusted with myself for trying to save money by buying that cheap crap. Yeah I'm using up a roll right now. Almost at the end. Already have a new roll of The Good Stuff, but I can't bring myself not to use up the crappy one because it seems too wasteful. 😅 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs Telecaster-to-be Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Ok so I just had a follow-up thought while I was in the shower... Â One of the major name brands is Saran Wrap. (I assume it's American in origin but we have it here too.) The cheap generic stuff should be nicknamed 'Satan Wrap'. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 Yes, Saran Wrap will be what I will buy next. Considering the added emotional distress we are causing ourselves using the cheap crap, we should just throw it the fuck away but I just can't.  1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
binary suns Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 don't buy diamonds 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs Telecaster-to-be Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 6 hours ago, binary suns said: don't buy diamonds No danger I'll do that, I couldn't afford diamonds even if I wanted to. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Luftschlosseule Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Skin care you don't need just because people online are using it. Scientifically proven to work is a three step rountine: Cleaning, hydrating, sunscreen. Start with that, get a routine going, then see if you skin may need extra attention or if you just like how stuff feels. You know these ridiculous looking under-eye patches? It turns out I like the physical sensation of putting slime there. Especially on some pain days it can be very nice. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ortac Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I can’t think of any specific products right now, but on a general level I believe that unless you are mega rich and can afford to spend big bucks on something which is only going to last for a short time, it very rarely pays to be an early adopter of new technological innovations.  You know the situation when some new hyped-up gadget comes out - there will be people who will wait in line for hours outside stores, desperate to be one of the first to get their hands on the new product.  But what typically happens is that somewhere between eight and eighteen months later, version 2 of the product will come onto the market, and it will usually be both better AND cheaper than the original version due to technological advancements.  So I might spend one thousand bucks on some gadget which other people cannot afford and get to show it off for a while, but a few months later everyone will be buying version 2 of the product for maybe only five hundred bucks, whilst I am still stuck with the inferior version 1 product which I paid a hell of a lot more money for. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 I don't think there's any good reason to buy "new" clothes, as in non-second-hand clothes. I've found such great clothes all my life that were discarded by those who do buy new clothes. However, there's an obvious problem: if people stop buying new clothes... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mrs Telecaster-to-be Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Update: I have finished the roll of Satan Wrap today! Onto the good stuff. 🎉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sally Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 2 minutes ago, Mrs Telecaster-to-be said: Update: I have finished the roll of Satan Wrap today! Onto the good stuff. 🎉 Jealous. I have to find more stuff to use up my crap roll.  1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ElloryJaye Posted May 27 Share Posted May 27 USB sticks, SD cards, or any other flash-memory-based product being sold at an unbelievably good price for their capacity by some Chinese company you've never heard of before. They're always fake. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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