Thread: My propensity for buying faulty goods continues.

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

that's what good quality dog food costs.

you eat good food dont you?

my dog gets blackhawk or royal canin.

Hang on a bit lets not get carried away here, it was a play on words not a criticism of expenditure.

"Guide dogs/saw you coming?" Jeeeeeeeezzzzzzz!

yes , it failed though , unfortunately.

Originally Posted by superquag

Sir, have you ever indulged yourself with one of those 'airless' paint sprayers ?

I am fighting down the urge to buy one (under $100, preferably <$50) as I've got a couple of interior brick walls and ceilings/ exposed beams to paint, the latter all going one colour. Then it can retire and end its days doing asbestos shed & fence duty.
Normally I'd stick with rollers, but as there's several doors involved.... I'm told they do a great job with full gloss / oil based paint, and couldn't be worse than my roller efforts !
I can't ju$tify the low pressure air driven ones.

Ideas anyone, Ozito ? or "cheap" Wagner? - More practice instead ???

I've had an Ozito one for a couple of years. Used on fences, roofing, etc. Both acrylic and enamel type paints. Works fine, but the thinning of the paint is the critical part. Get that right, and they do a great job, get it wrong, and there will be much wailing and gnashing of teeth!
For "handyman" type use, the Ozito stuff is usually ok for the price. Just don't expect the longevity of something like Makita power tools!

The other day I bought a set of adjustable spanners, luckily I decided to look at them before leaving the parking yard, as it turned out one was missing, so I went back inside and got a complete set. So always check, even if it comes out of a locked glass display cabinet!

Ah yes, the old "I'll let me mate have this one & it won't be noticed & if they come back in a few days we'll just deny it & tell them he/she must have lost it & we'll replace it to make us look generous & caring".



Cynical? Moi?

Originally Posted by ramblingboy42

yes , it failed though , unfortunately.

Don't blame me if you don't have a sense of humour.

A couple of weeks ago, at the Caravan and Camping Expo, The Minister for Pointless Purchases bought a cooking package that included a saucepan that converted to a casserole dish by changing the handles.
On inspection at home it was discovered that none of the three handles would fit one of the lugs. This indicated to me that said lug was wrongly machined. The purveyor insisted that the issue was with the handles and dispatched three new handles. We then had six handles thet worked perfectly on one lug but not the other.
Today a new vessel arrived, both lugs work as designed, but!! The pan is badly buckled.
Ron, is your Propensity Bug contagious? Could you have spread it at Hornsby RSL?

Ron, have you been pegging rocks on my roof?
Just before the Goomeri, 70th trip I bought a new name brand fridge, for the event. It worked for one day on 12V then my beer started to warm up. 240V was fine, so I put it down to a connection issue. As I hadn't needed the fridge it took a while to look into the problem. With a multimeter I established there was 12V power going into the fridge despite its inability to refrigerate. I returned the fridge to the retailer, three Thursdays ago and was told they would contact me in 48hrs. with the result. A week passed with no communication so I rang. They said the fridgie was going to pick it up the following day and they would contact me in 48hrs. with the result. Another week passed with no contact, so again called them. The fridgie was apparently waiting on parts and I should be able to collect the repaired fridge sometime this week.
On Friday at work 'er indoors sent me a text "I think the kitchen fridge is dying." Again it is (was) a well respected, top of the range appliance about two years old. By the time I got home she was awaiting delivery the new one.
Last night I was using my top end tablet and got up to make a coffee, on my return the screen was telling me that the device was 100% charged, then shut down, refusing restart. It's gone for a warranty claim.

Re the kitchen fridge, Rick, Paul or Desmond, the RH (fridge) door has always been very hot to touch, contributing issue?