Here are nine of the most idiotic mistakes I’ve made. And you’ll be right, because you’ll end up paying £2,800. I’d been coveting one for years, so I went in guns blazing, offering 50 per cent of the asking price. I was adamant that 50 per cent — OK, 55 per cent tops — was the most I would pay. But I’ll never get back the hours I’ve spent deciding which Chinese-made blob of painted clay best represents the true nature of Cleethorpes.
