Aubergine problem

Several of us have the same problem every year, I found that only the bees could do the job properly so moved them all out of the greenhouse - but I've given up now. With the cost of seed and compost it was cheaper to buy them when I fancied them 
Now, I just replace them with courgettes in all my recipes cos they're much easier to grow 

Like MoS I have stopped growing them. I did actually get them to fruit every year, but the fruits always start forming just as the frosts come. I have tried bringing them inside to finish growing and ripening but they either get attacked by varying kinds of flies and pests or they never get beyond baby size. Like Mos, for the one or two teeny fruits I eventually get, it is not worth the the expense of growing them. To grow five or six plants in large pots requires a couple of bags of compost plus a packet of seed, all for a few tiny fruit. It probably costs a tenner for three mini fruits! I can buy big, beautiful organic ones for £1.50 each.
I suspect that they would be far better outside as Grannieannie's experience shows, but the chances of us having a suitable season for that are slim.  So, for me I shall concentrate on growing more  rewarding things!

:/ guessing I should just throw my piddly 10inch plants out

If you have them already, there is little to lose by continuing to grow them now. Give it a go, you may be lucky.