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Useless impulse buys

  • 12-03-2012 12:58AM
    #1
    snuggles09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 711 ✭✭✭


    the chocolate philadephia cheese got me thinking about this one


    a) strimmers, never seen the light of day, was on special in Aldi or Lidl or something

    d) set of sockety things in a black case, never going to use them, don't even know what they are, again a Lidl or Aldi impulse buy

    c) tops that are 2 sizes too small but i'll eventually fit into them ( i won't ever really but it's nice to dream)

    d) countless jars of things i don't even like or eat, jams and peanut butter (vomit!) , spicey tangy sauces that i've opened to smell and now sit in the press with fungus growing on it

    e) A rowing machine that now serves as clothes horse ( i'm thinking i must have bought it to try to fit into above mentioned tops that are too small)

    ever look around your house and think "WTF! why did i ever think of buying that?"

    i think mine is a sickness of some kind..if it's "on offer" or "BOGOF2 regardless of what it is I'll buy it..i shouldnt be let out of the house most days:cool:


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  • #2
    Delta Kilo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,211 ✭✭✭Delta Kilo


    A kettle for a car. It was €10 in TK maxx. Haven't used it once 4 months later.

    My housemates got a good laugh out of it though...


  • #3
    MickySticks
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,177 ✭✭✭MickySticks


    Delta Kilo wrote: »
    A kettle for a car. It was €10 in TK maxx. Haven't used it once 4 months later.

    My housemates got a good laugh out of it though...
    Cettle?

    Seriously though what possessed you to buy a fecking kettle for a car?


  • #4
    krudler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,788 ✭✭✭✭krudler


    anyone who ever bought one of those "in my pocket" novelty toys, Mr T, Homer etc etc, you know those stupid keyrings that spout catchphrases when you push buttons, I bet they made a great 5 second worthy present.


  • #5
    Assassin saphir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭Assassin saphir


    My exercise bike that seemed like a good idea in Jan.. great for hanging my coat on


  • #6
    Mr Benevolent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,433 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Two cars. I don't need one car, let alone two.


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  • #7
    snuggles09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 711 ✭✭✭snuggles09


    Assassin saphir wrote: »
    My exercise bike that seemed like a good idea in Jan.. great for hanging my coat on

    fancy taking a rowing machine to keep it company? i'll buy you another coat to hang off it


  • #8
    Chevolution
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭Chevolution


    I bought a Jesus action figure.......


  • #9
    skinny90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,607 ✭✭✭skinny90


    I once bought a bucket of compressed air...


  • #10
    Pandora2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Pandora2


    Assassin saphir wrote: »
    My exercise bike that seemed like a good idea in Jan.. great for hanging my coat on


    I've got one too!! As has my sister.........should get rid of the bloody thing, it's only a constant guilt trip!!

    And I bought a type of steam iron, in Lidl or Aldi, that you use with the clothes on a hanger...was going to save myself a fortune in dry cleaning:rolleyes:


  • #11
    Dunny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭Dunny


    Fernando Torres


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  • #12
    snuggles09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 711 ✭✭✭snuggles09


    the irons reminded me of a steam cleaner pressure house thing i bought about 2 years ago, was going to steam the whole house, carpets, curtains the whole lot

    did about 6 tiles in the kitchen and the water was dripping off the ceiling with the steam coming out of it..don't know where it is now..probably keeping the sockets company in the back of the shed


  • #13
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    Delta Kilo wrote: »
    A kettle for a car. It was €10 in TK maxx. Haven't used it once 4 months later.

    My housemates got a good laugh out of it though...
    MickySticks wrote: »
    Cettle?

    Seriously though what possessed you to buy a fecking kettle for a car?

    Ehhhhhhh... what if he needs tea while driving?


  • #14
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    About 5 or 6 hoodies I never wear :rolleyes:


  • #15
    Pandora2
    Closed Accounts Posts: 937 ✭✭✭Pandora2


    snuggles09 wrote: »
    the irons reminded me of a steam cleaner pressure house thing i bought about 2 years ago, was going to steam the whole house, carpets, curtains the whole lot

    did about 6 tiles in the kitchen and the water was dripping off the ceiling with the steam coming out of it..don't know where it is now..probably keeping the sockets company in the back of the shed


    Got one of those too but I used it today....epic for defrosting the freezer!!


  • #16
    im invisible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,372 ✭✭✭im invisible


    Anglo


  • #17
    snuggles09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 711 ✭✭✭snuggles09


    Pandora2 wrote: »
    Got one of those too but I used it today....epic for defrosting the freezer!!

    hurrah! i knew i'd find a use for it one days..it's for moments like this i'm glad i buy seemingly useless crap:D might root it out and give it a go during the week on teh freezer ( i said might)


  • #18
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    The entire starsky and hutch tv series. Liked the film, thought the series would be similar. Didnt watch much of it, has sat in the bottom of a cupboard for 5 years.


  • #19
    tippspur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,058 ✭✭✭tippspur


    A paint sprayer I bought in Aldi about 5 yrs ago.still in the box out in the shed unopened.


  • #20
    cruizer101
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,175 ✭✭✭cruizer101


    Delta Kilo wrote: »
    A kettle for a car. It was €10 in TK maxx. Haven't used it once 4 months later.

    My housemates got a good laugh out of it though...

    I've one of them about 2 years now never used it but I still look forward to the day I do.

    Be great to offer someone a cup of tea in the car while driving


  • #21
    Stinicker
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 7,098 ✭✭✭Stinicker


    I bought this really tiny frying pan yesterday which I decided would be great for frying perfect circular shaped fried eggs, it a bloody disaster as there is no hot oil by the side to spoon over the egg to harden the yolk before flipping it to fry it hard. Disaster but for €3 it seemed like a good idea at the time.


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  • #22
    LemonPledge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭LemonPledge


    Assassin saphir wrote: »
    My exercise bike that seemed like a good idea in Jan.. great for hanging my coat on

    +1
    Bought one in September that I also use as a coat hanger :P


  • #23
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    An epilator. It was cheap so I decided to get it. Tried it once and that was that.


  • #24
    Nyan Cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 313 ✭✭Nyan Cat


    Wiifit. Useless article. I couldn't be fecked with it once the novelty wore off. I use a 5 euro dancercise DVD instead. Expensive waste!


  • #25
    Nyan Cat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 313 ✭✭Nyan Cat


    KKkitty wrote: »
    An epilator. It was cheap so I decided to get it. Tried it once and that was that.
    Oh yeah. That too. It was brutal at hair removal and akin to torture.


  • #26
    44leto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,137 ✭✭✭44leto


    Anytime I go into TKMAX I come out with something I really shouldn't have bought, I am asking them to ban me.


  • #27
    emzolita
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,602 ✭✭✭emzolita


    Confab wrote: »
    Two cars. I don't need one car, let alone two.
    What recession? :p


  • #28
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭eth0


    iPhone. Worst phone ever


  • #29
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    Nyan Cat wrote: »
    KKkitty wrote: »
    An epilator. It was cheap so I decided to get it. Tried it once and that was that.
    Oh yeah. That too. It was brutal at hair removal and akin to torture.
    With the pain I experienced using it I said fcuk this and went back to the razor. Men should use it on their faces. Just to know what women go through :)


  • #30
    KKkitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,537 ✭✭✭KKkitty


    eth0 wrote: »
    iPhone. Worst phone ever
    Why what was wrong with it?


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  • #31
    eth0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,632 ✭✭✭eth0


    KKkitty wrote: »
    Why what was wrong with it?

    The lack of keyboard is shoite and I don't get used to it and various other things too. A very locked down and dumbed down device I thought


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