My brother recently handed me a power strip saying: "That doesn't sound normal, does it?" while shaking it. There were definitely small parts rattling around inside and I noticed one end was slightly cracked open so I pulled a little, just with my fingers and not much force. The whole strip cracked open and all the guts fell out - the contacts had only been held in place by thin plastic studs that eventually broke and rattled around inside the power strip. If you'd kept using the sockets I'm fairly sure the plug pins would only have made contact on one side any more, a serious fire risk. I don't have my camera at the moment but I'll definitely take pictures!
It's also one of those cheap 1.0 mm2 3-way power strips.
