2007-01-02 23:12:32 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
An IBM Personal Computer in the very early days when they knew that they had to compete in the PC market but weren't sure how; so they opened (in the UK - whether they did it elsewhere I don't know) a series of high street retail stores. I went into one (this was to be my first wordprocessor/computer) and said that I wrote books and ran a business and what would they recommend?
They set me up with a system where I could *either* use a pound sign *or* an exclamation mark in any particular session but not both - and the quality of their training and support was dreadful. Eventually, after three months of complaining that I got the hash sign when I wanted a pound sign, they told me that I had to buy a more expensive printer; engineer arrives to install printer, gets himself into a mess with what I now know to be default settings, and I gave him the cheque ... made out to 450 hash. Result: urgent phone call from shop saying that they can't use a cheque made out for 450 hash ... and me telling them that that's what I'd been complaining about for months.
2007-01-02 23:22:25 · answer #1 · answered by mrsgavanrossem 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once bought a 1978 Renault 5 at a car auction, I didn't want the car at all and I had no where to park it. I just enjoyed bidding on it!! lol, it was an awful green and cost me £135 pounds! Then the exhaust fell off it. Oh well we had a laugh about it!
I parked it around the garages, and it got a ticket on it the screen the next day!
The council were a bit keen!
I Scrapped the car and lost all my money!
I bought it on a Wednesday, and scrapped it on Saturday.
Young and stupid
2007-01-02 23:20:57 · answer #2 · answered by My name's MUD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stupidest Thing Would Be Webspace Before I Knew How To Design Sites.
Why Because I Thought It Would B Easy!
2007-01-02 23:16:44 · answer #3 · answered by † Dark Prince † 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a rubber mitton with little rubber nodules on designed for grooming my cat after seeing one of those dodgy Woolworths adverts. After twenty minutes harassing the cat with this rubber monstrosity i had about 5 cat hairs!
I also bought a dish washing brush that filled up washing washing up liquid and dispensed it as required. I thought that was an excellent idea until i tried it and ended up with 3 feet of suds in my sink!
2007-01-03 23:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by greg m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a full size snooker table in an auction. It wouldn`t fit through the doors or windows of the house, so it is in the garden shed.
2007-01-02 23:19:59 · answer #5 · answered by Social Science Lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I bought some Banana Shaped Slippers for mother , she was in her 50’s at the time, As you may have guessed they did not go down to well... lol
2007-01-02 23:30:02 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Mustang GT with out my wifes approval. heavily in July 2000 till now we had little ones, i grew to become right into somewhat intoxicated and bored i assume and that i desperate to pass and purchase a clean black 2000 Mustang GT convertible with a black precise. I got here rumbling into the driveway and that i in no way will in no way overlook the look on her face, it grew to become into no longer reliable by skill of ways. the motor vehicle grew to become into bought as quickly as our first baby grew to become into born (a 12 months and a 0.5 later) and by risk we are nonetheless married right this moment... Lesson discovered? in case you like some thing wait some days to settle on in case you quite need that merchandise...
2016-10-29 21:32:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
High heeled green shoes that tied around my leg..
A they were too high..
B the ribbon always fell down round your ankle, then the shoe slipped off..
Total waste of money!
Young and stupid..
but stylishly stupid for 5 minutes!
2007-01-02 23:25:10 · answer #8 · answered by tiny_lou1965 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The stupidest thing I have bought was not one, but threee model airplanes which my dad wanted to build with me, but I never wanted to so now they are just sitting there partly finished.
2007-01-02 23:14:57 · answer #9 · answered by Ragriav 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A cap with a battery operated fan.
I bought it just to have fun.
2007-01-02 23:17:08 · answer #10 · answered by Jim M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋