Is there nothing made that actually works?
@1creekgirl (41750)
United States
January 26, 2022 8:53pm CST
I'm so tired of returning things that don't work right and are generally a piece of crap.
I really really love fried potatoes. When I make them as a side dish at dinner, I expect them to take a while to cook.
But sometimes I make them at breakfast and I need them to get done faster.
Of course they get tender if the potatoes are sliced very thin. It's hard to cut them like that without also slicing my thumb at the same time. Yuck.
So, I bought a mandolin planer today to protect my fingers, but of course it doesn't work well. I bought a good brand, but what did that matter?
Have to return it and now I'm back to searching on Amazon for something else.
I don't trust reviews. Everyone lies.
I just don't think it's unreasonable to expect something I buy to actually work.
Do you have the same problem?
So, I bought a mandolin planer today to protect my fingers, but of course it doesn't work well. I bought a good brand, but what did that matter?
Have to return it and now I'm back to searching on Amazon for something else.
I don't trust reviews. Everyone lies.
I just don't think it's unreasonable to expect something I buy to actually work.
Do you have the same problem?22 people like this
21 responses
@FourWalls (69033)
• United States
27 Jan 22
It’s getting to the point where I wonder that myself. 
We may have to go back to “pioneer” days where we did our own work!
We may have to go back to “pioneer” days where we did our own work!4 people like this
@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
True. I'll probably just keep slicing those veggies and fingers with a knife.
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@MarieCoyle (38718)
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27 Jan 22
If you want fried potatoes at breakfast, wash and boil some whole, UNpeeled smaller potatoes the night before. Cool them and put them in the refrigerator. Next morning peel them quickly, slice or dice or whatever shape you like, and fry them. They don't take long at all that way. My grandma did that for years, as gramps dearly loved fried potatoes and eggs and ham. His favorite breakfast.
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@rebelann (112983)
• El Paso, Texas
27 Jan 22
I sometimes have issues with the food items that come in jars but I've always received a refund.
@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
I have problems with Walmart too. They usually will take returns, but we shouldn't need to so often.
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
27 Jan 22
I always just slice potatoes by hand... I've never tried to find a way to do them faster. *shrug* If I've got other things to do, I don't try to make potatoes for my meal.
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@DaddyEvil (137602)
• United States
27 Jan 22
@1creekgirl Sometimes Pretty uses one of the box graters to slice up potatoes. I don't mind if the slices aren't all a uniform thickness.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
@DaddyEvil I think I still have one, but I still tend to scrape my knuckles.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
I don't necessarily need faster, I just need safer, lol.
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@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Jan 22
Know what works really well? You'll find it at Wal-Mart in the cheap aisle. I bought a manual slicer about a year or so ago. It has a thing you can put on the item you want to slice so your fingers go nowhere near your food. I've sliced potatoes and onions with it and love it. They also have an onion dicer that works great. No worries about the fingers. The price - $14? It's worth it.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
30 Jan 22
Can you give me more details or a photo? Thanks.
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@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
30 Jan 22
@1creekgirl I just took pictures of the slicer. Here's a collage with it from every angle. There are three plates for various cuts, and you can use both sides. One makes a thinner slice than the other.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
27 Jan 22
Oh I am so fed up of Amazon..they do sell some utter trash. I am sorry that also happened to you Vicki.
Yes those reviews are surely paid of liars.
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@RebeccasFarm (90474)
• Arvada, Colorado
27 Jan 22
@1creekgirl Well lately though Vicki..I have been made aware that if you return too many items they will give you a warning and shut your account for good. Have read many a horror story of that. But people would not need to return things if they were not selling trash.
So most of my business goes to good old Walmart now.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
@RebeccasFarm I find many things have to be returned to Walmart too (this slicer was from there), and you're right, I think they flag you if you return too many things. But at least it's closer than a UPS store for Amazon. We just shouldn't have to keep a few broken items just so we won't get flagged.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
The only redeeming quality about Amazon is that they're usually good about returns. But there shouldn't be so many things that need to be returned.
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@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
27 Jan 22
@1creekgirl It is a shame, everything you buy is poorly built and does not serve the purpose for what it was built.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
That seems so true for a lot of us.
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@Marilynda1225 (83103)
• United States
31 Jan 22
Actually I'm leary of those mandolins and afraid of cutting my finger off. I've watched them being used on TV and it looks so quick and easy. Guess you'll have to stick with slicing your potatoes by hand. What a bummer
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
1 Feb 22
I just ordered a rotary shredder/chopper from Amazon, so I hope it works well. At least my fingers should be safe!
@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
29 Jan 22
I buy most things where I work but some things I've purchased in Amazon I've had the same problems with reviews.
For chopping I like my ozo chopper. It has a blade like a small food processor. The bottom suctions to the counter and the top turns. You decide as it chops how small to make it.
I sometimes use my grater but you have to watch your fingers and if you have a lot to grate it takes to long. Yesterday I grated zucchini in place of hash browns and began with the grater. I soon switched to the chopper and finished two zucchini in the time it took to do half of one.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
30 Jan 22
@MarshaMusselman A mandolin is basically what I need.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
30 Jan 22
@1creekgirl I have a mandolin type thing but it's twenty years old and I mainly use it for taters for a casserole I make.
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@Dena91 (16686)
• United States
31 Jan 22
I'm sorry that the mandolin planer didn't work for you. That is a kitchen instrument that I wouldn't want to have even with a hand protector. I can see myself hurting my fingers with it.
We read the reviews but we don't always trust what people say.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
31 Jan 22
I have just used a knife for years, but I like potatoes sliced really thin and a potato peeler was working great until I sliced my finger.
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@LindaOHio (181717)
• United States
27 Jan 22
Sometimes. I find that if I try to buy a cheaper brand, that's what I get; so I tend to spend a little more for certain types of items.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
There were two almost identical items yesterday at Walmart, so I thought the same thing and bought the more expensive one. Maybe the cheaper one would have worked better in this case!
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
28 Jan 22
@LindaOHio That's true. Nothing lasts for long.
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@LindaOHio (181717)
• United States
28 Jan 22
@1creekgirl You just never know...and appliances, etc. have planned obsolescence these days.
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@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
@CarolDM I think it's way too late.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
27 Jan 22
@1creekgirl But nobody listens to us.
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@snowy22315 (182203)
• United States
29 Jan 22
Sometimes yes. It is the whole they don't make things like they used to thing.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
29 Jan 22
I noticed that myself and daughter tends to not take things back because of being so busy and often looses the reciet before she remembers. 
such a waste.
such a waste. 1 person likes this
@1creekgirl (41750)
• United States
27 Jan 22
They are pretty good about returns.
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