I am having a run of crap products. First, a packet of 24 Eveready Super Heavy Duty AA batteries. After a spate of problems using them, I found three that tested at 0.4 Volts. Don't know how many more were bad as I had thrown them out in groups of four. Even the ones that tested at 1.6 Volts only showed 40% remaining when put into a device. I noticed that the branding is on the batteries, but nothing on the blister pack says Eveready.
Second, I am on my third new garden wave sprinkler in the last month. They just jam at one end of the wave. Cost $30-40 each.
Third, I have two new tap timers that do not turn off after the set time. They do not turn off at all. I forget what they cost.
I think Australia must have been put at the end of the third-world destinations for crap products. Probably serves us right. It can be annoying, for example when batteries don't work in a NR headset when flying.