Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
I got conned into one of these once. My lad - aged about 7 at the time - was nuts about the tv program Robot Wars. We subscribed to the fortnightly magazine which sent you all the bits to eventually build your own radio controlled robot. All was going swimmingly until after about issue 10, one of his little friends booted the damn thing across the room, breaking a bit. I rang up the publication and they sent me the replacement part free of charge.
All good so far except the part took about 3 months to arrive. We could not add in any of the bits that were still coming through the post until we had replaced the broken bit. By this time, my son (and I) had totally lost interest. To be fair, he wanted a robot but was never that interested in building it in the first place.
I sold the stack of magazines, the half built robot and all the extra parts at a car boot sale several years later to a very nerdy looking bloke for about £15. He looked delighted.
All good so far except the part took about 3 months to arrive. We could not add in any of the bits that were still coming through the post until we had replaced the broken bit. By this time, my son (and I) had totally lost interest. To be fair, he wanted a robot but was never that interested in building it in the first place.
I sold the stack of magazines, the half built robot and all the extra parts at a car boot sale several years later to a very nerdy looking bloke for about £15. He looked delighted.