What item did you buy that you regret buying but still managed to keep to this day?
#1
A few years ago, Cadbury claimed they would stop selling their choco bars in the USA. I bought a gazillion of 'em. They're still available in the USA and they're fresh. Not like the evil choco-things taking up space in my pantry. As a door stop.
#2
My treadmill, elliptical, spin bike… each one with the promise to exercise more. Oh well, there is always tomorrow.
#3
Last year I bought a Kamvas Pro 24 from Huion, because I was using a normal graphics tablet at that time without an actual display. It was around 1000 dollars. Probably 2 weeks after that the CEO of the company I was working for as a freelancer at that time (and still am) contacted me and told me that they got a bunch of Wacom Cintiq Pro 32 from an investor for their work there. Those are much better graphics tablets and cost around 3.000 to 3.500 dollars each. He then told me that they got spare ones that they wanted to give to their freelancers for free, as a little bonus for all the extra work we always do. Another two weeks later I got the Wacom board. Since that time the Huion haven't been used and I couldn't be bothered to send it back to where I bought it from. My daughter will probably end up with it. I first did regret buying it, but I am over it now. Sometimes life plays like that.
#4
I bought a tablet around 5 years ago thinking I will use it for work. I used it a few times out of curiosity but never used it for work as it wasn't efficient at all for me. It's just too small for work and movies, and that's basically all I use my computer for. So it ended up being an expensive useless purchase I still have on my shelf collecting dust. It wasn't touched for a few years. I should have sold it or donated it but here we are.
#5
An air fryer that I've used once in 6 months.
#6
My first tattoo. I walked in and picked a piece of flash off the wall featuring a Chinese word that (you guessed it) was badly translated. Every other tattoo I have has either been designed by me or I worked with the artist to design it. Technically I still have my first tattoo, I just got it covered up.
#7
A college degree. I haven't been able to use it at all. I got BS's (Law Enforcement and Forensic Anthropology) and a BA (Pre-Law). Couldn't get a job. Then went back to a Community College for an Associates of Applied Science in Accounting. Now working for an international firm making the most money I've ever earned. Wish I'd known before wasting all that money.
#8
In fourth grade, I bought a rabbit pelt on a field trip at Waterloo Village because it was soft. It's definitely in the house somewhere. Yes, I'm an animal lover and it hurts me a bit to see it.
#9
The iPad/iPhone chargers that hardly even function.
#10
This one time I brought an iPad case from Amazon as an early birthday present. I really loved it. Then about a week later I had my birthday party. My mum told all her friends about the case I loved, no about a third of them bought it. Since it was $45 I was touched, but now I had four iPad cases and no one I knew had an iPad except me!
#11
NVIDIA 3D glasses before VR was still fiction. Used them twice and never again since the glasses were too heavy for my nose. The pain wasn't worth the slight 3D...
#12
I got these hair clips/ties off Amazon and they are to big and we’re made of plastic (the pictures looked like they were metal and the description didn’t say) but yeah I spent 15$ on junk and I see them every day on my shelf :D
#13
50 beanie babies. Still want more.
#14
My truck. Couldn't drive it within 30 min of purchase. Spent $10,000 on it in 14 months.
#15
A Microsoft Zune
#16
Happy meal Toys. What do I do with them?And the little cheap useless toys at the the cash register.
#17
When I was in my mid twenties, I was single and had a good paying job. Mind you this was in the 1990s. I went to dillards and bought this genuine leather jacket that cost around $500. I wore it maybe 6 times because I didn’t want to get it wet but it couldn’t keep me warm at all. I still have it in my closet just sitting there, reminding me of how stupid I was to purchase it.
#18
Not me but my mom. Shoutout to metro.She needed a new phone and bought a new anderoid. The manager charged her $532 and gave her headphones she didnt even want. Then my mom went home and did the math. It only cost $432. We gave up on trying to sue because unless the cameras caught the scam on tape we would have no evicence
#19
A 350-euro Samsung phone. It cracked its screen on its own after one week when the alarm went off on vibrate mode on an uneven table. I never replaced the screen but I use it for international calls.
#20
Workout equipments?
#21
About €500 worth of hair weaves. I keep changing my hair color so I can no longer wear them since they don’t match my actual hair color anymore and have to get a new one made. Such a waste…
#22
Does an unfinished degree count? I'm still paying off the loans so it's still hanging over me..#23
A $400.00 piece of art that I could have paid maybe $30.00 for the poster print.Don't get me wrong; beautiful piece but $400.00!?
#24
An I phone 6.
#25
Very expensive hiking boots... but I'm going to return them ?#26
An $88 karaoke machine I bought from Walmart 5 years ago. We never get to use it as we live in an apartment and the times we have tried using it the quality is no better than the kids karaoke toy my daughter had. Plastic mic, music significantly lowers when you add your voice but as soon as you stop it the music goes loud creating a disorienting pitch problem. Apparently you can add lyrics displayed on the TV but I was never able to figure it out. It's been just sitting there for years. It's better worth the money to go out to my favourite karaoke joint.... how I miss going out to karaoke.#27
An Elmo toy— scares the crap out of me#28
An eyeshadow palette as a birthday gift for myself. But there are few situations where I can or would wear purple or red or hot pink eyeshadow. Plus, it is dusty, the fallout is ridiculous, and since I bought it I found out how awful the creator is. (Take a wild guess who it might be.) Now I have a 60 euro palette that serves as a reminder to think before buying.#29
A house! The mortgage is killing me! Only 20 years to go before it is mine and will be paying almost double in total than what I 'bought' it for.€200k was the price, will have paid 380k when I'm done.... And the house is worth 350 now. (And that'll buy me 75% of the space on the current market)
#30
the Sims 4 Snowy Escape.#31
the worst thing for me is some stupid car i bought in rocketleague from another dude, i bought it for about 2-3 dollars when in realtiy it's worth like 20 cents.#32
A Yonana machine to make sherbet out of frozen bananas and other frozen fruits. Worked miracles the first few times and then kind of lost its magic since it is such a pain to clean.#33
I bought a $10,000 Piaggio MP3 500 scooter and rode it home.Every time I tried to ride it I had a panic attack due to fear of other drivers. I was afraid to sell it for fear someone would come and try to steal it.Now I have a scooter sitting in the back yard that I can't ride or sell.
Mid life crisis is a real thing, over 55, female
#34
A bicycle ergometer. I use it every few weeks for 5 minutes. Essentially a 400€ clothes horse..#35
A Time Share. Worst idea in the world. Can't use it and can't get rid of it. Costing thousands a year in fees.#36
food ninja. talk about noisy :(#37
i wanted to do a craft with yarn. they only had a huge pack at michael's, so i bought it. i only used a few INCHES of it, and don't have any other use for the huge ball of yarn, and its still laying around.#38
My first car. Wanted an Austin Mini too badly. Went to look and realised later the guy scammed me. Even had someone show up partway through my looking it over who feigned interest. "Well if you don't want it this guy will buy it". Young and stupid and paid too much. And then... for every hour driving I bet I spent an hour under the hood.Were some positives I guess. I will never buy another English car and I now just walk away if there are any pressure tactics when looking to buy something.
#39
500 usd shoes, wore them once to a wedding to never wear them again. Was young and stupid.#40
Idk if it counts but a crappy tattoo that has not aged well.#41
The sims 4 expansion packs. Those things are a ripoff, but I can’t get rid of them, sooo...#42
My Ninja Blender, it sits on my refrigerator and I use a $30 one everyday, and replace it when I have to.#43
A smart phone#44
Microsoft Surface Pro 3... I have rocked it faithfully for 7 years, but it's the worst form factor laptop I've ever owned. Too heavy to be a tablet, too unstable to be a proper laptop.#45
Buffy the Vampire Slayer had it's last season and lots of clothing and props from the show were being auctioned on Ebay. I really wanted Spike's duster but alas way way way out of price range. However, I did bid on a shirt Sarah Michelle Gellar had worn in an episode and was regularly bidding on it. One night I got crazy drunk and came back home to find this one particular bidder out bidding me yet again. So I entered a crazy bid and won. That was A LOT of money and I while I had it, I really didn't if that makes sense. I still have it. It's still in its original box. I haven't even framed it or anything. That was about 18 years ago now#46
I paid $350 for an acoustic guitar and hard sided case when I was in college. I cant play it.#47
Sometimes when I am at the store I buy materials for a project. Most of those materials stay in the original packaging all the way to the yard sale. I can't throw them away, they are new in box. Still good.#48
An insta pot. I still can’t figure out how to use it.#49
Really expensive handmade dining room set that my ex and I compromised on so neither of us LOVED it. I got it in divorce and have moved like 15 times so I've spent hundreds moving and storing this stuff but it is the most valuable stuff I own and I can't make myself just donate it and could not find a buyer. It looks like something that belongs in some Grandma's house, which is not my taste, even though I actually am a grandma!#50
A massage chair.#51
Marriage counseling session. My ex and I walked in to the first on, he said to the counselor “she’ll tell you what she does wrong. She knows, I’ve told her plenty of times! Fix her so everything will be fine.”He walked out of the office while mumbling that he’d be back in an hour to pick me up.
Honest to God truth.
#52
My map,it’s not accurate and I don’t ever use it it’s just by my wall for school if I’m desperate lol ?????#53
I didnt even realise but a 13 dollar outfit for a stupid game I rarely play. Yes its only 13 dollars but dang what a waste!#54
The Divergent trilogy dvd...#55
My house. Definitely rushed into the purchase. We have since realized it was way overpriced, terrible quality materials and construction, it doesn't have some features we would really like and it's in a mediocre school district.#56
Really expensive Topaz and Diamond necklace which I only wore for special occasions and not at all anymore. Tried to sell but the resell value was so much lower that it was better to hold and wait....20 years...still way lower than what I paid so still have it!#57
my pink bag that i saved up for#58
My dresses! They show way too much cleavage and are super tight.Can't return them, though.