Have you ever made a purchase that you regret?

[tducey]

Yeah, this past yr. Had a book picked up I wanted to get but decided vs. it in favor of something else. Really regret it.

 

[Mia]

Canada goose jacket, it has this awful scratchy and (noisy) fabric on the outside that I can barely touch and velcro in several places that abrades your skin. Rarely wear it, unless its -20C or lower with lots of wind.

 

[Michael Balog]

Oh boy do I ever! We got a Isuzu Rodeo that we were pressured into buying. Had it one day, hated it and actually was able to take it back and then got a different more expensive car at the same price.

 

[Michael Balog]

Oh! I forgot about the time we bought a house in a new housing complex and was able to cancel the sale on that too! Talk about buyers remorse!!

 

[All-Rounder]

'Tis useful if stores have a policy for returning goods.

 

[NothingToSeeHere]

To everyone who goes home and thinks about a purchase for a few days or weeks. Have you ever decided you didn't want the item and decide not to go back and get it? So I'm wondering if you're deciding or just making yourself wait. Just curious about that. I'll do that in the store - carry the item around in my cart and while continuing shopping, decide whether or not I really want or need it. When I do that, about 75% of the time I put it back. Then sometimes decide later to go back for it and it's gone, then I can kick myself.

95% of the time I decide I don't actually want it. The other 5% are normally items that I actually need for some reason and I was just sticking the rule on principles sake.

 

[Pats]

 

[joe2006]

I used to buy these frozen foods and forget to eat them. I kept buying more and more every week. Then something went wrong with the freezer and I had to turn it off to have it repaired. I had to throw away most of the food in the freezer because it was going to go bad. I only kept the stuff I was going to be eating that week. I must have thrown away hundreds of dollars worth of food.

I also bought an expensive graphics card for one of my old computers but the graphics card would not fit into my computer. The people I bought it from refused to give me a refund so it has been another on of these things that just sit around and collect dust.

I have also bought a few video games that I keep meaning to play but never do. I keep getting too distracted with other games and just forget about them. Some of these games have not even been taken out of the packages they came in.

 

[Bolletje]

I do it all the time.

 

[Vindicator Phoenix]

Over a few years, I spent between 700 and 1000 CAD on the game, League of Legends. I purchased many Skins, which made my characters look cool. The gameplay and characters rocked. However, I quit, in August, 2017, due to the abusive, uncooperative community.

It was supposed to be a team game. Unfortunately, too many of the players found that spiting, carping, and betraying their teammates suited their hyper-competitive attitudes. In a 5-versus-5 match, of 10 players, why detest 5 opponents, when you could hate all 9 peers? Sometimes, I'm tempted to play some goofy Sesame Street game, to expect the antithesis of such belligerent player attitudes.

Ugh. So much money gone, and I already used my 3 available refunds, which hardly countervailed my profuse expenditures. I can't even laugh about my wastefulness.

At least, Sesame Street features: a cookie glutton, a trash can dweller, and a large, yellow, carrot-nosed ostrich. I can laugh at them. I apologize, for prosaically describing cute-and-cuddly characters; such wording suits one facet of my humor style. Seriously, though, cute-and-cuddly characters, people, and creatures are my favorites; I have a soft heart, and get charmed easily. Bees may supply honey, but kittens are cuter! I wouldn't cuddle with bees!

 

[Bikutoso]

Lots of times.
I have a few books only use as doorstops, because I bought it without thinking and ended up having no use for it.
I have also used around 700 USD on something I kinda regret buying today, but luckily most regrets rarely exceed 10 USD in item price.

The worst is when you buy something after doing a lot of research on it, only to find something better after you ordered the item.