The Which? Shoddies 2025
The Shoddies are back. This year, the 'awards' we've handed out include those for extortionate annual increases and dodgy pricing tactics, famous names not meeting expected standards, and products that simply aren’t very good at what they’re supposed to do.
Our researchers test thousands of products, survey tens of thousands of customers and expose bad practice through our investigations every year.
We've made it our mission to name and shame dud products, poor value and useless companies, and push for better standards and regulations to help consumers.
All nominations were provided by Which? experts and then debated by a judging panel drawn from around the organisation. Read on to find out the companies and products that have most let down and aggrieved customers in the past 12 months.
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The winners of this year's Shoddies
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