thing you most regret purchasing in the last 3 years

the_dark_side

I just watched George Lee's presentation on 'how we blew the boom'... and I was just wondering if you could go back in time a few years, how would you have spent your money differently...an obvious question, I know... and of course, property is going to figure highly on the list.

But apart from property, have you bought a handbag for €500 and are now on the dole? Or 'upgraded' to a better class of BMW/Merc... and now cant sell it?

I bought a house in 06, but apart from that, I havent gone too mad

4zn76tysfajdxp

A bass guitar that I never bothered to learn. Still can't bear to get rid of the the fucking thing now.

artanevilla

A Sat Nav, I know where I'm going. Anyone want to buy one!?

Karl Hungus

Volcano insurance.

artanevilla

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Volcano insurance.

My uncle told me there's one on the way now!

docdolittle

An alarm clock, I never seep anyway

phasers

Expensive Hookers. The cheap ones were doing just fine but I got greedy.

SoupyNorman

'The IT crowd' on DVD.

Hagar

Anglo Irish Bank.

Chunkylover

my house, if only I had spend all my cash on better contraception I'd be loaded now

Caoimhín

My Thai bride, bitsh cant cook.

Smcgie

A fish tank.. Anyone want the darn thing?

lgoring21

01 yaris for 8grand...wouldn't get a fiver for it now

Snowie

Lucian Itchy Telegram wrote: »

A bass guitar that I never bothered to learn. Still can't bear to get rid of the the fucking thing now.

how much do you want for it ?

Snowie

SoupyNorman wrote: »

'The IT crowd' on DVD.

why ?

Smcgie wrote: »

A fish tank.. Anyone want the darn thing?

how big is it ?

connundrum

Robbie Keane

That_Guy

The list is endless for me. Em..... A Newcastle jersey......

But seriously. Probably my laptop. Never off the bloody thing. My social skills are shot and my skin has become ever so pasty white.

Super-Rush

A monkey

Morlar

Hagar wrote: »

Anglo Irish Bank.

Way the best answer.

anti chris-t

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Volcano insurance.

cloud insurance look at them sitting up there.

a racing bike for 500

LouOB

Afew pairs of pricey jeans and tops that dont fit me anymore
As I now more tha skinny - it breaks my heart when I give away designer stuff

ibarelycare

My car

Had a grand little Peugeot 206 for a year and then decided that it wasn't good enough anymore. Bought a 04 Golf last year (well partly on finance) for 15k....would get about 8k for it now if lucky! Also used a big chunk of my savings towards it.

Honey-ec

My couch. Don't really know what I was thinking spending 2k on a suede sofa when I have 3 large dogs who are allowed on the furniture...

DonkeyStyle \o/

I think spending around 10 grand on cigarettes was my least wise investment over the past 3 years.
But at least I don't have a mortgage.

Oliverdog

Big bottle of artificial tan, now we have a tropical summer. That Guy, you're a bit pasty - no reasonable offer refused ?

peasant

Hagar wrote: »

Anglo Irish Bank.

that ...and the bloomin' useless bread baking machine

Smart Bug

docdolittle wrote: »

Adult nappies, I never seep anyway

fyp

phasers

Poor show Smart Bug.

Try harder next time.

Porkpie

The blow up doll and the bed of nails.

Turd Ferguson

A rock that keeps tigers away

Smart Bug wrote: »

i'm a silly doo doo head

fyp

AnonoBoy

[future answer]

Christiano Ronaldo.

[/future answer]

Futurism

A Margaritaville.

Smart Bug

Apologies to all, I have drank far too much coffee today & my brain cells (& bowels for that matter) have suffered because of it

Soby

"woman" while on holiday in *insert country here*

4zn76tysfajdxp

Soby wrote: »

"woman" while on holiday in *insert country here*

God, you'd think you'd be able to find real women in "insert countries" of all places.

ccosgrave

The one that sticks out at me most is an LP I bought on eBay for about 80 or 90 euros that I didn't even want.

There were four rare LPs by a band up for auction which were ending within five minutes of one another. I wanted the first two the most and, with around one or two minutes to go, the bidding was only at about €30. With about five seconds left, I bid €75 and got defeated with eBay's automatic bidder (the previous high-bidder puts in his "highest price" and when I bid anything less than that price, eBay automatically puts in a bid €1 higher than what I bidded). When the second LP rolled around, I bid €80 and again get defeated by the automatic bidder with seconds left in the auction. By the time the third one was up, I was getting pissed off. Even though I didn't want the fecking thing, I bid €80 and again got outbid automatically. Considering I had gotten up at 4am to buy these fecking LPs, I was getting royally pissed off that I kept losing so I bid €100 on the last one, without even thinking about whether or not I wanted it. So I won the thing in the end (the other guy's highest price was around €85 evidently) and ended up having to fork out another €15 on shipping for a record I didn't even want.

It still pisses me off to this day. Haven't sold the fecking thing yet.

I have made other foolish purchases though, some of which you can find under my name on adverts.ie! 7-string guitar, a stupid amount of DVDs, other stupidly-expensive records, a guitar amp I didn't need, a drum set I rarely used, etc.

My only consolation is that I spent twice as much as that on drink and having a good time, so it can't all have been too bad.

piby

A talking astrolobe

and2

engagement ring
or was it the joint mortgage that got me in this mess in the first place?!

Smart Bug

I bought a cake two years ago. Then I ate it. It gave me syphillis.

4zn76tysfajdxp

Smart Bug wrote: »

I bought a cake two years ago. Then I ate it. It gave me syphillis.

Are you sure it wasn't a pie?

stiff kitten

clothes that i never wear and shoes that are really uncomfortable to walk in........

my keyboard...........

Smart Bug

Lucian Itchy Telegram wrote: »

Are you sure it wasn't a pie?

It was a pie, now that I think of it. How did you know? Wait a min...

You, you baxtard! You poisioned me with you're syphillitic oozings! Damn your spine man!

Tchaikovsky

Lucian Itchy Telegram wrote: »

A bass guitar that I never bothered to learn. Still can't bear to get rid of the the fucking thing now.

Same here! I'm trying to sell it at the moment.

Bought it back in 2005 though.

trustno1

Christmas/Birthday presents for the kids - don't get me wrong I do love them!.. (I swear!) but kids whine on and on and on for the latest gimicky toy and put severe pressure on you to obtain it (sometimes by forking out extra on the likes of Ebay if its out of stock) and then 1 or two weeks after Christmas\Birthday the bloody said item is either dumped\broken\or given away to one of their mates and they are on to their next fad!!... the amount of money I have wasted in the past 3 years on Doctor Who\Transformer\Star Wars Lego etc etc phases is depressing!!.. soon I will be moving onto the 'Gift Voucher' phase!!..

beardo81

Renault Laguna.

What a steaming pile of shíte.

Lollipops23

just millions and millions of trips to Penneys and Awear....oh lord. and taxi rides i reeeally didn't need!

Kernel

LouOB wrote: »

Afew pairs of pricey jeans and tops that dont fit me anymore
As I now more tha skinny - it breaks my heart when I give away designer stuff

Invest in some breakfast rolls and leave the toothbrush for cleaning teeth and you'll be grand!

For me... Probably a wii. Gamecube with a different controller.

Maddison

My house(eats my wages), my car(eats the petrol) & my Ann Summers toy(eats the batteries):D

Pyr0

Lollipops23 wrote: »

and taxi rides i reeeally didn't need!

I really gotta stop doing this too !

Jesus Juice

Lucian Itchy Telegram wrote: »

A bass guitar that I never bothered to learn. Still can't bear to get rid of the the fucking thing now.

I was the same,but then i learned the magic of tabs....

ahara

beardo81 wrote: »

Renault Laguna.

What a steaming pile of shíte.

I too bought a bastard Renault Laguna, but to compare it to a steaming pile of ****e is grosssly unfair to said mounds of warm fecal matter.