Thread: My propensity for buying faulty goods continues.

Mine is recharging next to the bed.

There is a cheeky response to that remark Mick, but I ain't going to touch it. If you get my drift that is.

I went Bunnings this morning to buy a low cost ($32) ceiling fan for the garage. It's a fixed speed unit, doesn't need an eleccie to wire it in, it comes with a 4 metre power cord.

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I got it home and when I went to open it, I thought "This has been opened before." I opened it, and it was obvious it had been opened, unpacked, and returned. What made it more obvious was that someone had cut the power cable off the fan and stripped the wires back as if they were going to permanently wire it. They must have changed their mind and thrown the cable back into the box and returned it. They didn't repack it, they just tossed everything back into the box.

There were only two in stock at Bunnings and I bought the wrong one. I could have fixed it but I thought "Bugger it, I'm exchanging it. If it goes faulty, I'd have no warranty on one I repaired."

What are the chances that with your history Ron, if you'd selected one of them, then flipped a coin, then changed your mind thinking you'd get a good one you would have still finished up with a Dud?


Haven't heard about any crap purchases by you of late & had assumed your luck had changed. Didn't last long.


If at all possible I try to inspect anything I buy while resisting the sales person's bull**** about "Never had a crook one yet Mate" & the tutt tutting that goes with it. Stuff 'em, it's my money but occasionally have got caught out by not doing that. I'd be wondering why the other person changed their mind & actually ran it. Was it noisy? Did it vibrate out of balance or summat?

Phew, I thought you were going to complain about your raffle tickets.

We picked up a new 2 1/2HP refrigeration compressor for a cold room on Friday.
Opened the box to find the model on the box was not the same model as stamped on the compressor.
Luckily we checked it before installing it,as the compressors look identical.

The box was factory sealed.

First chilly night for a while, turned on the electric blanket..... BANGG ! Frightened the ...... out of me, as flame erupted from the controller. Worst is, it's hardly used though more than a few years old, and never for more than an hour to take the ice off the bed...

Yes, exploded electrolytic capacitor and the vaporised thingy was a diode...
The burn mark was from the switch contact, so i've binned the whole thing.

Question, - why so complex ? - but I suppose it's got TEMP sensing and cut-off in that lot. On board fuse was protected by suicidal cap / diode.

Originally Posted by scarry

We picked up a new 2 1/2HP refrigeration compressor for a cold room on Friday.
Opened the box to find the model on the box was not the same model as stamped on the compressor.
Luckily we checked it before installing it,as the compressors look identical.

The box was factory sealed.

Probably Ron Packed it.