March 30, 2012
Sunglasses, purchased at Walgreens. A week of limited wear, and poof! They fall apart. By then, I had lost the receipt.
September 14, 2011
It seemed like a good idea at the time.
Camille and I spotted these solar powered fence post toppers at Lowe’s, and thought they would look nice along our back fence.
Yes, they were a little pricey – about $27 each, but I figured the rechargeable AAs should last quite a while, and what else could go wrong?
By two years later, most of them had stopped working, so I bought replacement rechargeables and found that five out of twelve have failed completely.
That’s a failure rate of over 40%!
As I was replacing the batteries, I could not help but snort in disgust at the point of manufacture – Camille and I have been observing a long series of failures on a number of products made in China.
Obviously, as they continue to fail, I will be replacing them with plain, non-illuminated caps.