Most pointless purchase.

Archeron

A couple of weeks ago, I heard the familiar thump of postie delivering more internet purchased goods. Went out to find a jiffy bag, and couldnt wait to rip it open and see what presents I got. (Even though I pay by credit card, it still feels like a present)

So, I ripped it apart and 18 of THESE (pic attached) fell out on the floor. I just kind of sat there confused staring at them for a few minutes, and wondered WTF they were and where they had come from.
Then I kind of half remembered some drunken keyboard tapping, and vaguely thinking that is would be "highly amusing" to leave these things all over somebodys house. The things you think when you're drunk.

Anyway, thank you eBay for bringing such needless weirdness to my life. Now they just sit in room looking vaguely ominous as a stark reminder never to switch on the PC when drunk.

Ever buy such crap yourself and then doubt your own ability to function as an adult?

Rhyme

Savvy customer...

The most impromptu thing ive ever bought was a box of creme eggs... im not the most spontaneous person.

Lorri_L

Could you really get more randon then yours? I'm in the same boat as Rhyme, except i bought a box of those Kinder hippo things

Flashraziel

The Matrix online comes to mind. Still angry with myself to this day!

Siogfinsceal

i do it all the time I have a shopping addiction thankfully im not in debt as I usually just buy cheap crap - I think I just like the feeling of havign stuff waititng for you when you get home from work. Though today at lunch I went to the shops from work and came back with a dress and top that I dont need after buying another dress yesterday that I know I wont like and will have to send back.

Ruu_Old

Damn you television with your catchy adverts. I bought an ab lounge and used it no more than twice, it was sold to a friend a few weeks later.

TomCo

I bought a big book about Calculus, think its called Thomas' Calculus.

Cost €80 opened it once, I also used it as an impromptu weight.
Until I hurt myself

ODS

Archeron wrote:

So, I ripped it apart and 18 of THESE (pic attached) fell out on the floor. I just kind of sat there confused staring at them for a few minutes, and wondered WTF they were and where they had come from.

Anyway, thank you eBay for bringing such needless weirdness to my life. Now they just sit in room looking vaguely ominous as a stark reminder never to switch on the PC when drunk.

Rofl:D This is the funniest thing ive seen all day. Thank you Archeron for giving such amusement

PS I hope it didnt cost you too much;)

Feral Mutant

I buy weird stuff sometimes (mainly stuff from gadgetshop). The only thing I was dissapointed about was a "micro-listening device" meant to let you hear people talking from far away. I was a naive 14 year old at the time and didn't find it at all weird that it cost about as much as the headphones that came with it were worth. The piece of crap never worked. My exact words were "It's like the packet somehow exaggerated how cool it was".

phantom_lord

TomCo wrote:

I bought a big book about Calculus, think its called Thomas' Calculus.

Cost €80 opened it once, I also used it as an impromptu weight.
Until I hurt myself

ha, I could use that book for college.....take it off your hands if you want

L31mr0d

My Gameboy Advance. I got caught up in the hype leading up to it, and maybe played it for all of 2 weeks then got bored. Oh and also connected to the GBA, one late night on impulse, I bought street fighter alpha for it off ebay. It arrived from Japan... in Japanese. I should of known when the guy who emailed me said "you enjoy big time".

I also bought a thundercats hoodie off ebay a couple of weeks ago late one night, only to get it and realise "wait, i'm mid-20's, I can't wear these kind of clothes anymore", my wife wears it now on cold evenings.

anthony4335

PS 2 , bought it when it came out ,lent it to a friend a couple of days later ,have not asked for it back yet, and don't miss it. I'm sucker for all things electronic, also have a PDA, that never seen the light of day, I think my phone has more memory now.

Dave!

Flashraziel wrote:

The Matrix online comes to mind. Still angry with myself to this day!

lol, I bought that, and still haven't taken it out of the packaging. It takes up about 7 trillion gigs!!! I'm sure it can't be good enough to take up all my space.

My pointless buy was a hunting knife (about as long as the Radius bone in your arm [that includes the handle, mind])

I've never been hunting or camping in my life. It has been under my bed in its box since I bought it. Utterly pointless.

monkeyfudge

My first ever internet purchase was my pet cat Mrs. Chips. Anyone one who was at the recent beers at the porter house would have met her.

I really want to get one of these guys though:

http://www.pixmania.com/ie/uk/180596/art/nabaztag/communicating-rabbit-wifi.html

LovelyHurling

Does the urge to spend every last £ in my wallet every night I go to a pub count? And then drunkenly stagger to the cash machine to get out money for chips/ taxi/ more drink. Pointless!

Other than that, I spent almost a grand on laptop last year. It would have been great for my studies, and wouldnt have been a pointless purchase if I hadnt left it on the 46A two months later. Well that or it was stolen after I got off. Dammit.

However in genral I do follow in the great Northern/ Scots tradition of being quite a stingyb*stard with money and tend not to make conscious pointless purchases.

tman

Vodka and Jagermeister in the same glass...

...work the next day was super teriffic fun

I also tend to collect games, and would buy them online even if i know i'm not going to bother playing it.
6 months later i'll put the game up for sale on ebay (still in shrink wrap, natch) and usually make a bit of a loss

and a "I your mum" tshirt recently... I wore it twice and then stuck it in a dark corner of my cupboard

Fajitas!

When I was 14 or 15 I bought one of those kit remote cars that work on petrol...built the whole thing, took ages.

And I've driven it about 3 times. Been in the shed since.

What a waste of my money and effort...

monkeyfudge

I once booked a flight to Mexico while drunk... not even online... I stumbled into a travel agents and dealt with a honeymoon booking officer who was confused by the fact that I was traveling alone.

TomCo

It seems a smart man would have gotten engaged and went anyway, think outside and around the box.

monkeyfudge

TomCo wrote:

It seems a smart man would have gotten engaged and went anyway, think outside and around the box.

Oh I went... and I met a nice Mexican girl...

Although I think she's a genuine Nazi these days, so I don't talk to her anymore.

^CwAzY^

Archeron wrote:

So, I ripped it apart and 18 of THESE (pic attached) fell out on the floor. I just kind of sat there confused staring at them for a few minutes, and wondered WTF they were and where they had come from.
Then I kind of half remembered some drunken keyboard tapping, and vaguely thinking that is would be "highly amusing" to leave these things all over somebodys house. The things you think when you're drunk.

Where did u get them ?? I want them, are u selling???

sdanseo

The only thing I was dissapointed about was a "micro-listening device" meant to let you hear people talking from far away.

I got one of those free from 7up a few years back, and it worked - for a few hours...

Most naive things i've bought are those computer games for like €10 on stands in bookshops, theyre always a pile of crap.

Lust4Life

I once bought a door sign that said "LOUNGE".
Put it up in my cubicle at work just for laughs.

Also have one that says "Caution: Men Dressing". Have never had the courage to put that one up! Why do I still have it?????