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I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don't hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don't even use.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

It was years ago, but it was an unbranded, generic portable CD player. It was awful. It kept skipping forward and backward on the track whenever it wasn't still, so basically "portable" was false advertising because it was only usable when sat still on a table. Since then, whatever I buy, I make sure it's from a recognised brand that has some reputation to lose.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I bought an immersion blender on like prime day or black Friday with grandiose plans of using it for all kinds of things. 3 years later, and it's still in the box

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Split pea soup

Refried beans, or short burst to thicken bean pot

Protein shakes

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are three things, off the top of my head, that I can recall buying but either not using very much or not for it's intended purpose. The first item is a portable bluetooth keyboard, I got it for the purpose of playing games on my android devices with it but the problem is that I haven't found many games that actually even have keyboard support. The second item is a portable bluetooth mouse, it's the same as the keyboard but with the additional issue of not working with my tablet for some reason. The third item is a DS flashcart, I forgot what it's called but it's the one from Datel and I had so many problems with it that I've been using it's "Gigapack" for transferring small files between my two computers.

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