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What's an inexpensive or low-quality item that you ended up loving and keeping for years? (kbin.social)

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I bought a lift-top coffee table from a big box store almost a decade ago. It's entirely particle board and has seen better days cosmetically, but it's probably my single favorite piece of furniture. It's immensely practical for meals, using a laptop, or just bringing your remote/drink/whatever closer to your hand when laying down on the couch. I instinctively try to lift other people's coffee tables when I visit, and am mildly annoyed when it doesn't work...

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Several years ago I was in a dollar store and bought a reel of twist-tie wire with a little integrated cutter. It has come in handy so many times, and I’m still only about 2/3 through it.

Dropped the bread’s twist tie somewhere? I’m not looking around for that piece of garbage. I have new, BETTER garbage.

Cheap lightweight picture frame came with the type of hardware that benefits from hanging wire? Done.

Need to tie off a takeout bag that’s now full of trash? I got this.

Kiddo made a Christmas ornament out of construction paper? No retrieving the ornament box from the attic for me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Woah, had no idea this existed. Must acquire.

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