I bought a custom sectional sofa for way too much money to shove into a too-small room.
I think my thought process at the time was that I would have a place to relax and also a spot for guests if I had them over for entertainment, but it took up so much space that it was more of a hindrance and I very rarely had people over and when I did they didn’t want to be packed into a small spare bedroom that I used as a computer room.
Couldn’t sell it either. Had to pay junk removal to take it away.
I bought an ATI Rage Fury Maxx for a lot of money on eBay. It’s one of the first dual GPUs, based on the Rage 128 chip.
However, back then there was no flow control between the two graphic chips, which means a lot of games horribly stutter if one of them renders a bit faster than the other. There are a few games that work really well with it, and a shit ton of games that don’t.
The card is an absolute novelty, a piece of history and it looks cool. But there is no good reason for putting this in a retro computer, because even a regular Rage 128 will run better.
I don’t regret getting it, but I regret paying too much for it. 🫠
I once impulse bought a motorcycle but I can explain why I did that so…
For the purposes of this thread, I think buying a Mini-2 SE drone is the purchase to talk about. I’ve always been interested in radio controlled flying things, and I had the extra money, and it was on sale, so I bought it. I don’t regret it at all, though, because it turned out to be incredibly useful and fun. I had it for a couple of years until two weeks ago, when I flew the poor thing camera-first into a steel beam, which didn’t destroy the drone but put it firmly in the “cheaper and easier to get another drone than to fix this one” territory.
Now I have a license and people pay me to take pictures sometimes.
Recently I bought a rare bottle of rum. I don’t normally drink and after drinking a bunch of it …I remember why. Haha
I bought a 5kg can of beans for 0,99€. Not sure what to do with it.
I did this a lot before I closed my amazon account. They make it way to easy for people who get addicted to shopping. The last thing I bought was a telescope. I have no idea how to even begin to use it. It has all kinds of different lenses and I have no idea what they are for. I guess it looked shiny. It was $260 and is now sitting in my storage building.
This boggles my mind. Why are people buying things they don’t want or need?
There is no way this is amazons fault.
Christy Mack Fleshlight. Used it once and never touched it again. Think it’s still in storage
Too many to count. What do I even need a safe for? I guess I can put important documents but I truly didn’t need it for anything.
My first car was a broken down lemon of a 2001 BMW 325i. Electrical problems out the wazoo. Overheated and lost one of the grills on the way home. I had to replace the radiator. It needed to be kept on a charger just to start. I later learned the gas line needed to be ripped out and replaced. That was on top of the standard stuff. Brakes, rotors etc.
It was my first car purchase. I was with my Mom and we went to this real sketch back ally used car guy. In hindsight it was probably a junkyard or a parts yard. We got down to 2 cars. An manual Acura that my Mom drove and was kinda giddy for because she wants to drive a manual, and the beamer. I really wanted a BMW. I drove it around the block and it made it far enough without me noticing any problems. I was like, that’s my car now and got no push back what so ever. I paid $1500 and put in an additional $1000 before I figured out the car will probably never be a daily driver. It lasted for about 3 months. The only bright side was that I learned how to change brakes, rotors, brake lines, batteries, a radiator, and an alternator, all from that one car.
So no I don’t regret it. My Mom regrets it more actually. She always says, ‘I should have stepped in.’ Well you didn’t, ohh well.
My next car was the best car I ever owned. A 1995 Toyota Avalon. That car was so smooth. I could get it up to speed and it could stay there no gas for I shit you not 10+ miles. I’d still be driving that car if not for the fact that it got rear ended totaled.
A cheap 3060 on a local Finnish used item online store (Tori)
Was so excited about the price I completely missed that the description said it was only partially functional and likely had a single fuse burnt or something.
Spent days trying to figure out why it kept outputting on 240p for the OS except in text only mode, only to eventually go back to the listing to see if I could return and read that they mentioned it wasn’t fully functional.
Deep regrets.
If anyone knows how to repair a graphics card though and wants it however, let me know and I’ll give it for cheaper than I paid for. I’ll regret it much less then.
I have ADHD so, yeah. A lot. I’ve made a rule the last few years, if it’s not a NECESSITY or a time sensitive thing (sales don’t count), it needs to sit in my cart for 24 hours minimum before buying. It’s helped a lot.
Just a friendly note that if you find yourself doing this periodically, get checked for bipolar disorder.
I don’t remember why but I bought a $50 manual pencil sharpener that came with own leather carrying case. When it arrived I opened it and there was just a regular brass sharpener inside so I returned it. I was actually relieved when it wasn’t the item I ordered and had an excuse to return it.
I guess I don’t have anything to regret.
I’ve got an injury at the moment that means I have to order my groceries online and have them delivered. So many items I don’t remember ordering and bitterly regret. Jelly snakes. Chocolate. Bombay mix. Fancy sourdough crackers.
I live in an apartment. I was at a yard sale and saw an old pipe wrench. About a meter long and weighing about 5 kilos. Testosterone told me that I needed to own this. Brought it home and left it in the closet for years.
Last week the kitchen sink was stopped up. Took me about twenty minutes to locate the monster, but I knew I had kept it. Another five minutes to set it to the right size and position it. A half turn loosened the bolt on the U pipe. I was able to snake out the drain without calling the super.
Now I can boast about my mighty feat on the interwebs!
I saw a pair of $40 scissors at the hardware store the other day. These things were like almost the size of my forearm. I have no idea what I’d use them for. I may pick them up next time I go.
Edit: Ok looks like cutting thin steel and plastic stuff like siding. I don’t know when I’ll need this but I know I will at some point.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Malco-1-in-Straight-Cut-Tin-Snip-M12TS/100147753
They make these electrician scissors that I used to have. They’re more meant for cutting cables and stuff. I used them to cut some flat rolled roof material and ruined them but got the job done. These would have been great for that.
good old tin snips. when I worked at home Depot, zero-markdowned a pair for myself because they were perfect for cutting the thick plastic bands around bunks of lumber and roof panels. I kept those suckers when I quit and use them frequently around the house. it’s not an impulse purchase, it’s an investment in your future.
Yeah I have some of the traditional tin snips. These are pretty similar but way more “scissors” like. I’ll probably be grabbing them next time I go to the store
Someone else posted a similar story.
They do landscaping and whenever kids walk by the youngsters look in awe at the huge shears they use to trim plants.
The poster said they’d think “That’s right kids! I get paid to use giant scissors.”
Nice one. I agree that the hardest part of hoarding potentially useful stuff is being able find it 5 years later when I finally have a use for it.
There’s an episode of Malcolm in the Middle where Hal and Lois discover they have a downstairs bathroom that got so filled with junk they forgot about it.
I literally have dreams about that happening at my place. Like, often dream about searching through the garage for a box or something and I open a door to a hallway that leads to a totally different part of our house that we forgot about since we moved in.
Like I said, I live in an apartment and I’ve never mown a lawn in my life.
One day I was in rural Pennsylvania on the way to a camping trip. We stop at a mall to pick up last minute supplies. There’s a display of riding lawn mowers outside.
I’m sitting on one like a child on a mechanical horsey
