Dumbest Thing You've Ever Bought

[FunInTheSunParticipant 8283]

My cheap ass car that’s falling apart.

Yeah, I also made the mistake of buying this stuff when I was in my early 20s:

Einherjar wrote:

I saw an advert for something called a pheromone perfume.

I imagine the guy who invented this crap is relaxing by the pool in his mansion, and getting a blowjob from some cute college chick.

"I saw that there comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win-and that no manner of injury done to him by others can succeed if he chooses to withhold his consent. I saw that I could put an end to your outrages by pronouncing a single word in my mind. I pronounced it. The word was ‘No.’" (Atlas Shrugged)

[FunInTheSunParticipant 8283]

Rockmaninoff wrote:

Today I bought a $10 hot-dog at an art festival.

How did it taste?

"I saw that there comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win-and that no manner of injury done to him by others can succeed if he chooses to withhold his consent. I saw that I could put an end to your outrages by pronouncing a single word in my mind. I pronounced it. The word was ‘No.’" (Atlas Shrugged)

[anonymousyamParticipant 4605]

I wasted 40 games once on the game watch dogs used even thou it was 20 new. I regret the choice since the game is worth about 20.

Just an east coast asshole who likes to curse, If you get offended by words like fuck, cunt, shit, piss, bitch or any racial slurs then you just scroll down.

[Won'tGetFooledAgainParticipant 3293]

I have learnt that whenever I get excited by a purchase and buy it on impulse I always suffer buyers remorse. Every time I get excited about owning something new and shiny I convince myself how much better my life will be once I own it. The novelty wears off a few days later and it sits unused and I kick myself for wasting my money.

I now prefer to keep older stuff until it no longer works anymore, rather than just upgrading for the sake of it. My car is 12 years old, my phone is 3 years old and my laptop is 3.5 years old. They all work perfectly, why would I buy a new one for the sake of it?

But my 3 biggest buying regrets that have drastically affected my life are as follows :

1)Marriage. I got divorce raped and it basically ment starting from scratch again at the age of 40. If I had never got married I think I would have a house fully paid for and would be looking at working part time now.

2)Fixing my mortgage. When I bought my house (that my ex now owns!) I thought I would be sensible and arrange a 5 year fixed mortgage. Two years later the financial crisis hit the UK and rates fell from 5.5% to 0.5%. That one financial decision ended up costing me more than £20K before the 5 year period expired. It really, really hurts every month to be giving away so much money just to one bad choice in life. I have learnt that the government bail out the reckless spenders, so go for a tracker mortgage every time.

3)Buying a brand new car for £21K in 2000 when I didn’t even own a property. After a month I realised it was just a car and a few months later I sat down and did a spreadsheet to work out how much the car was costing me. Felt sick when I realised how stupid it was and sold the car for a £9K loss 22 months later.

Basically if I had not made the 3 decisions above, I seriously think I would be looking to retire in the next few years instead of effectively starting all over again.

For women, everything eventually boils down to Alpha Fucks, Beta Bucks.

[ResidentEvil7Participant 9540]

Some electronic products off eBay that originated from either China, Singapore or Hong Kong. I don’t have problem with Asian people, but the products they sell at bargain price tends to be junk. I bought a Resident Evil watch with the Umbrella logo on it, and it never worked; it was broken when it arrived. Every bike I owned since my GT bike in 2004, has been MADE IN CHINA and they don’t last even a year. Don’t buy bikes from Wal-Mart, Target or K-Mart; they’re cheap s~~~. I don’t mind buying Resident Evil apparel or Umbrella Corporation logo hats from Asia, because they don’t break.

Avoid MADE IN CHINA products. Just because it’s a good deal, it doesn’t mean you’re getting something to last.

When it comes to clothes and shoes, I am saver, because I still have some clothes left over from high school (I graduated in 2001) including my PE uniforms. The only clothing item I have to buy more than anything is boxers and socks, because I walk around outside to the mailbox in my socks, and my boxers get torn holes in them a lot. But as far as my Asics shoes, I go through them every 4 or 5 years. I have enough shirts to last me 2 months until having to wash them. Same thing with athletic shorts.

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[RyshParticipant 134]

Dumbest thing I ever bought was an silencer for my then-motorcycle – without homologation. Got busted in a police control.

The upside, they didn’t notice that the handle bar didn’t have approvment, either. Oh, and that one mirror was missing, the other one was too small, the break handles were sawn off a bit (to fit the offroad protectors), the transmission was changed. And the tires even read “not for road use”.

[Masculine_ManParticipant 2735]

Engagement ring

If it costs you your peace of mind, then it is too expensive.

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