Purchases You Regret

Stephen15 · 06-07-2017 4:53pm #1

What purchases have you made over the years that you now regret or maybe you regretted as soon as you took it home and saw it/tried it on.

Mine would be a PS4 more due to the manner of timing which I bought it as I bought it within the first few weeks of it coming out I went halves as a christmas present. When I got it had an issue meaning that disc would eject during a game with me touching anything. I had to wait a year before GTA came out and the price of the console came down anyway. The other would be a PSVita which was an all out crap handheld console costing €250 which I sold to CEX two years latter for €50.

Kimbot · 06-07-2017 4:55pm

Stephen15 wrote: »

What purchases have you made over the years that you now regret or maybe you regretted as soon as you took it home and saw it/tried it on.

Mine would be a PS4 more due to the manner of timing which I bought it as I bought it within the first few weeks of it coming out I went halves as a christmas present. When I got it had an issue meaning that disc would eject during a game with me touching anything. I had to wait a year before GTA came out and the price of the console came down anyway. The other would be a PSVita which was an all out crap handheld console costing €250 which I sold to CEX two years latter for €50.

Mine has to be invisible ink, I just don't know what I do be writing anymore

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 06-07-2017 4:58pm

Eircom shares.

howamidifferent · 06-07-2017 4:58pm

An expensive prostate massager. Completely let down.. ðŸ˜‚

xzanti · 06-07-2017 4:58pm

Marriage license.

Fathom · 06-07-2017 5:02pm

Used car. Discovered problems later. Sold it.

Mr. Incognito · 06-07-2017 5:05pm

Skinny Jeans.

Fr_Dougal · 06-07-2017 5:12pm

One of those shower shelves with the suction cups to hold it to the tiled wall. Put anything in it and boom, falls down.

hairyslug · 06-07-2017 5:14pm

An apartment, a house, I always had great intentions when I ever bought a games console, after a week, it went in a drawer, a few cars

LadyMacBeth_ · 06-07-2017 5:14pm

My mail order bride.

myshirt · 06-07-2017 5:19pm

Atari Jaguar

Charlie19 · 06-07-2017 5:19pm

IPOD 4 @ €250. NOT a massive purchase but such a useless device, considering I had just bought my first smart phone.

Google play is so much better that ITunes imo.

BrokenArrows · 06-07-2017 5:21pm

Bought a few motorbikes over the years. Didnt really regret buying them at the time but now thinking back i should have bought cheaper bikes and used the cash to get a mortgage.

Id be loaded now if i saved properly and bought a house 5 years ago instead of just buying recently.

whoopsadoodles · 06-07-2017 5:22pm

I spent a fair whack of money on a dress recently. A very very beautiful dress, but a dress nonetheless. It's for a wedding in a few weeks (not my wedding, then it would be acceptable!). I don't regret it as such, just still can't believe I justified spending that much on a dress that I can't even wear that often.

It is pretty though....

Also a bit raging I bought the S7edge when the S8 is much nicer but I'm not due an upgrade for another year, but I didn't actually pay for that so I suppose that probably doesn't count!

alroley · 06-07-2017 5:23pm

A "smart" tv that can only get netflix, youtube and a ton of indian apps only.

ohnonotgmail · 06-07-2017 5:31pm

LadyMacBeth_ wrote: »

My mail order bride.

I feel your pain. The return postage through An Post is horrendous.

whoopsadoodles · 06-07-2017 5:32pm

ohnonotgmail wrote: »

I feel your pain. The return postage through An Post is horrendous.

You should have starved her for a few weeks. Cheaper if it fits through the letterbox.

LadyMacBeth_ · 06-07-2017 5:38pm

Apparently I was supposed to leave air holes in the packaging, how was I supposed to know? Sheesh

Mr. CooL ICE · 06-07-2017 5:52pm

I bought a dash cam after the Chelyabinsk meteorite videos emerged so I could capture a meteorite falling myself. What was I thinking.

Also: Goat Simulator

seachto7 · 06-07-2017 5:53pm

I always buy guitars and sell then. Moderately priced ones. Whereas if I bought a really good one to start with....
The money I spent on my first good electric guitar, £500 in 1991. When I think of the guitars I ignored that I could have bought......

The_Valeyard · 06-07-2017 6:04pm

Nicolas Cage wrote: »

Also: Goat Simulator

That game is hilarious.

eviltwin · 06-07-2017 6:07pm

An expensive coffee machine we've used a handful of times. I still prefer the taste and ease of instant.

And every gym membership I've ever bought.

dr.fuzzenstein · 06-07-2017 6:11pm

My house...

MRnotlob606 · 06-07-2017 6:13pm

electric guitar and amp I barely ever used.

me_irl · 06-07-2017 6:15pm

Beoir membership.

hidinginthebush · 06-07-2017 6:16pm

Engagement ring, bought with the best of intentions at the time but she's gone and now all I have is a stupid fucking ring that I could sell for half the price I paid for it

heldel00 · 06-07-2017 6:18pm

Sliding sash windows

Stephen15 · 06-07-2017 6:24pm

Another I have was an expensive leather sofa. It looks stylish but it scrathes the wooden floor and isin't very comfortable

howamidifferent · 06-07-2017 6:31pm

hidinginthebush wrote:

Engagement ring, bought with the best of intentions at the time but she's gone and now all I have is a stupid ****ing ring that I could sell for half the price I paid for it

Give it to the next one.

freshpopcorn · 06-07-2017 6:47pm

Stephen15 wrote: »

Another I have was an expensive leather sofa. It looks stylish but it scrathes the wooden floor and isin't very comfortable

It's one thing I'd always be very careful of if buying furniture. Comfort is really important.

Pac1Man · 06-07-2017 7:09pm

whoopsadoodles wrote: »

Also a bit raging I bought the S7edge when the S8 is much nicer but I'm not due an upgrade for another year, but I didn't actually pay for that so I suppose that probably doesn't count!

You didn't pay for it?

omb0wyn5ehpij9 · 06-07-2017 7:15pm

Pac1Man wrote: »

You didn't pay for it?

Work phone I would presume

smurfjed · 07-07-2017 8:23am

A 3 year old Suzuki Swift that i got for €25......

RobbingBandit · 07-07-2017 8:26am

10,000 Angel ashtrays

jamesbere · 07-07-2017 8:32am

RobbingBandit wrote: »

10,000 Angel ashtrays

Any reason for the purchase

Winterlong · 07-07-2017 8:37am

A moped. Had it about 2 weeks and realised I was ready for a proper big boys motorbike. Lost a fortune on the trade in.

razorblunt · 07-07-2017 9:34am

A pair of Adidas A3 back in 2002. They were supposed to be the rival to Nike Shox. They had an awful fit, felt like walking on lego and there was something in the material that caused them to stink after a few weeks of wear.

Sam Kade · 07-07-2017 9:50am

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Engagement ring, bought with the best of intentions at the time but she's gone and now all I have is a stupid fucking ring that I could sell for half the price I paid for it

How much did you splash out on it?

Sam Kade · 07-07-2017 9:51am

howamidifferent wrote: »

Give it to the next one.

When she hears it's another womans cast off she''ll be gone too

Tombo2001 · 07-07-2017 9:52am

Spent a lot of money on a Camera once, never used it much, stoo-pid.

hidinginthebush · 07-07-2017 9:55am

Sam Kade wrote: »

How much did you splash out on it?

I could afford it let's leave it at that, small mercies but thank Christ we didn't spend anything on the wedding. We'd it mapped out and feic no single day's worth that amount of money! All in the past now anyway

07-07-2017 9:55am

When I was younger, I spent €20 on a box that made noise. It broke as soon as I got it home.

I miss my box

Ush1 · 07-07-2017 9:57am

Bought a 4k Tv and built a powerful gaming pc for my "man cave" in the converted attic.

Think they have been turned on twice in the two years I've had them.:(

ToddyDoody · 07-07-2017 9:57am

AA membership.

Very expensive.

I had to crash the car just to get my money back.

07-07-2017 9:57am

Ush1 wrote: »

Bought a 4k Tv and built a powerful gaming pc for my "man cave" in the converted attic.

Think they have been turned on twice in the two years I've had them.:(

Can I have them?

Ush1 · 07-07-2017 10:00am

Deleted User wrote: »

Can I have them?

No because their might be the very unlikely event that some visitor is in the house and I will be able to go, "See that, that's 4k there" and then switch it straight off.

GBX · 07-07-2017 10:02am

My last 2 wives

thecornflake · 07-07-2017 10:33am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

When I was younger, I spent €20 on a box that made noise. It broke as soon as I got it home.

I miss my box

Me too, looking back on it she was a bit of a bitch

Grayson · 07-07-2017 10:40am

Every packet of cigarettes I ever bought.

07-07-2017 11:05am

Ush1 wrote: »

No because their might be the very unlikely event that some visitor is in the house and I will be able to go, "See that, that's 4k there" and then switch it straight off.

I'll give you a fiver and a cup of tea. I've no milk or sugar though. That OK?

And, as it turns out, no tea. So. A fiver?

McMurphy · 07-07-2017 12:57pm

My pet pigeon, I've had to go back and retrieve it from its previous owner 8 times so far . :mad:

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