Post Your Impulsive and Regretful Purchases Here!!!

[SwiZz]

Thought it'd be fun to see how much ppl blow their money on things, just because they think they're getting a deal. Or just post stuff you've purchased that might have been made on impulsive.

I'm sure most ppl on RFD buy stuff because they want to get it before the deal is done, or before its "out of stock" lol....you probably dont even need it.

I'll start. I've never really wanted an XBox cause I knew i'd never have time to play it often with university and coop, but then a friend's friend had a deal on a Crystal Xbox Bundle for $180, brand new! Altho the deal couldn't go through in the end, I was so ready and "into" buying an Xbox. I've made the following purchases ever since December 1st:

$219.99 - XBOX Holiday Pack (Controller, Top Spin & Amped 2)
$ 40.00 - XBOX EB Games 2 Yr Warranty
$ 34.99 - Extra Controller
$ 39.99 - XBOX HDTV AV Pack
$ 24.94 - Chrome XBOX Skin
$ 64.99 - Ninja Gaiden
$ 24.99 - Dead or Alive 3
$ 39.99 - NBA Live 2005
$ 53.91 - 8 Games From MicroPlay to trade in via BB deal for Burnout 3 & X-Men Legends
$ 29.99 - NFL Madden 2005
$ 19.99 - Fight Night 2004

Total: $ 682.84 (including tax)

......i rarely play it.....sigh :cry:

[confused]

$1 mil. USD - McLaren F1
$0.99 - Juicy Fruits

[SwiZz]

$1 mil. USD - McLaren F1

real purchases =P

[Degenerate]

This was many years ago. I was with my friend and we were at his friends house. The guy pulled out a huge bag of weed that was literally one of those full large ziploc bags full of herbs. He said that was an ounce and it was the biggest ounce I ever saw in my life. I immediately ran to the bank pulled out $200 and swiped it from the guy. This bag was literally 3 times the size as a regular ounce, it was super light and it was pretty good also. That was one of my impulsive purchases. :cheesygri

[Degenerate]

$1 mil. USD - McLaren F1

diaf :twisted:

[Neb]

bought a Palm M515 a few years back thinking I"ll get my life organized... Barely used the thing, and sold it 3 mos later. Probably a big waste of money.

[SwiZz]

bought a Palm M515 a few years back thinking I"ll get my life organized... Barely used the thing, and sold it 3 mos later. Probably a big waste of money.

ahh thats the worst. buying something u think you need. realizing you dont. selling it for maybe half the value to try to redeem some of that wasted money. then kicking yourself in the arse.

[shadowfighta]

Hmmm too many.

Gameboy SP about a year ago for $110 with FF Tactics. Used it maybe 3 times.

Gamecube - Used it less than 10 times over the past year. Although it's gotten more use now because of RE4.

Xbox - $199 for the console, 120 gig hd and $100 for chip/install. It's been sitting at my friends house since May 2004 and I have no urge to pick it up.

Epson r200 printer, $9 deal. Too lazy to open it and set it up. I also forgot to send in the $20 visa rebate.... But I guess at $29 still a good deal.

[Driftwood]

I've got tonnes! The most recent one would probably be my Nintendo DS. I barely played and ended up selling it. I'll probably pick up a PSP too then once the noveltly wears off, I'd sell it. :D

[SwiZz]

I've got tonnes! The most recent one would probably be my Nintendo DS. I barely played and ended up selling it. I'll probably pick up a PSP too then once the noveltly wears off, I'd sell it. :D

heh...ya i noticed so many ppl buy things "just when they come out" so that they can be included in the group of those who can claim "i've got one"

for all of u who own an xbox, ps2, and a gamecube......and perhaps a DS or gameboy.......do u really play all of them? i'm sure most of it is just collecting dust

[d_jedi]

This was many years ago. I was with my friend and we were at his friends house. The guy pulled out a huge bag of weed that was literally one of those full large ziploc bags full of herbs. He said that was an ounce and it was the biggest ounce I ever saw in my life. I immediately ran to the bank pulled out $200 and swiped it from the guy. This bag was literally 3 times the size as a regular ounce, it was super light and it was pretty good also. That was one of my impulsive purchases. :cheesygri

Rrriiiiigggghhhttt...

[Carnage]

Shortly after I got my credit card I bought a bunch of car crash videos off an informercial. You know the one's where they hide the fine print about it being in US dollars, and actually being $20 per tape.

Cost me over $100, and the tapes were the biggest pile of crap I'd ever watched. In hours of footage there was maybe 2 interesting crashes. Like what they would show is a guy falling off a motorcycle, then skidding across the track. But they would show the 5 minutes of the race before the crash that had nothing, then they would replay the whole thing from 10 different angles.

I've never seen any videos since then with so much filler.

[SwiZz]

Shortly after I got my credit card I bought a bunch of car crash videos off an informercial. You know the one's where they hide the fine print about it being in US dollars, and actually being $20 per tape.

Cost me over $100, and the tapes were the biggest pile of crap I'd ever watched. In hours of footage there was maybe 2 interesting crashes. Like what they would show is a guy falling off a motorcycle, then skidding across the track. But they would show the 5 minutes of the race before the crash that had nothing, then they would replay the whole thing from 10 different angles.

I've never seen any videos since then with so much filler.

hehe are you that interested in car crashes that you'd be tapes of them off an infomercial? =\

[Carnage]

hehe are you that interested in car crashes that you'd be tapes of them off an infomercial? =\

Well you gotta think of it in context.

18 year old with a new mastercard, sees commercial where cars are blowing up, thinks wow that's cool. Next thing you know I'm dialing the phone. ;)

Teenager = dumb. :)

[M-e-X-x]

recently while on vacation, bought a Big Star shirt that i thought was a pretty good deal, then i didn't notice that one of the cuffs wasn't completed, and even worse, i found the similar series of shirts at winners back home here and it was even cheaper even with gst and pst :o

edit: man, it has a hole in it now after one wash! fudging shirt.. screw Big Star.. overrated crap!

[Jabb]

heh...ya i noticed so many ppl buy things "just when they come out" so that they can be included in the group of those who can claim "i've got one"

for all of u who own an xbox, ps2, and a gamecube......and perhaps a DS or gameboy.......do u really play all of them? i'm sure most of it is just collecting dust
*has a DS nad a gamecube* I play both all the time!

[slade]

Thought it'd be fun to see how much ppl blow their money on things, just because they think they're getting a deal. Or just post stuff you've purchased that might have been made on impulsive.

I'm sure most ppl on RFD buy stuff because they want to get it before the deal is done, or before its "out of stock" lol....you probably dont even need it.

I'll start. I've never really wanted an XBox cause I knew i'd never have time to play it often with university and coop, but then a friend's friend had a deal on a Crystal Xbox Bundle for $180, brand new! Altho the deal couldn't go through in the end, I was so ready and "into" buying an Xbox. I've made the following purchases ever since December 1st:

$219.99 - XBOX Holiday Pack (Controller, Top Spin & Amped 2)
$ 40.00 - XBOX EB Games 2 Yr Warranty
$ 34.99 - Extra Controller
$ 39.99 - XBOX HDTV AV Pack
$ 24.94 - Chrome XBOX Skin
$ 64.99 - Ninja Gaiden
$ 24.99 - Dead or Alive 3
$ 39.99 - NBA Live 2005
$ 53.91 - 8 Games From MicroPlay to trade in via BB deal for Burnout 3 & X-Men Legends
$ 29.99 - NFL Madden 2005
$ 19.99 - Fight Night 2004

Total: $ 682.84 (including tax)

......i rarely play it.....sigh :cry:

Sigh I suffer the same way, got a new future shop here, got the credit card..$3000 limit :(...

So far have boughten (this was since 2 days before halo 2 came out)

Crystal Xbox bundle, broke 39 days later had to take it back and get a holiday pack :(...$219.00
1 Cordless controller - 39.99
2 more corded controllers - 44.98
Halo 2 - 59.99
Need For speed underground - 29.99
NHL 2005 -39.99
Logitech Cordless Headset - 99.99 (expensive, but looks and performs awesome and no cords from handset)
GTA - $20
Def Jam Fight for NY - $20
160 gig HD - 146.99
Logitech Webcam - 99.99

I think thats most of it lol.. so roughly $730 in purchases there so far....Im a spendaholic..

[wanted]

Everything I've bought, minus a couple of things.

[DeeCee]

Oh, I got a good one..

My 1968 Ford Mustang Coupe a few years ago...still have it, but it's been sitting in a garage for the last couple of years...was fun that first summer though..but now, no time and money to maintain it, what a pity.

[urameatball]

4 years ago.
walked into a motorcycle dealership because my friend wanted to look at bikes one afternoon.
walked out 30minutes later with a deposit on one. didn't even have a licence yet!

[doraemi]

mine seems minor to the rest of you

Guess denim Jacket $25
Guess wallet $20
Mexx Purse $20

sales sales, impulsive buy! then regret afterward...its just sitting around covering in dust

[steve.m]

$160 philishave 3 rotary head shaver.
d'oh what a peice of $hit.
Tortured my face with it 3 times.

Called and begged the store I purchased it from and even philishave for refund.
they said sorryit is used. Now into my 7th year of boycotting all philishave products. :o

Braun rulez.

[Keelie]

i impulsively bought a pair of leather boots the other day for about $100. i've been wearing them around the house trying to convince myself that i want them. they are really comfy, but not exactly what i wanted.... this time last year i bought another pair that fit that same description. *sigh*

[jckc]

I don't see other fellow female RFDers here :)

Are they really that good at controlling themselves? Or, they refuse to admit that all the clothes and jewelleries they have are results of "impulsive" buying?

I love buying bags. I have over 15 bags/handbags/purses/backpacks to match different outfits at different occasions. I know I will use them one day ;) I know I will.

[craigclone]

I regret buying most of my ties, I never seem to use them. I did buy a 65 buck tie once on impulse at the Eaton Center then was walking through the mall and it hit me that I'd spend SIXTY FIVE bucks. Turned right around and returned it.

I regret NOT buying a house 10 years ago. I had (have) a cheap apt.
Still its only 650/month for a 1 bdrm so who's complaining. Aside from house prices raising like 20-30Grand this year.

Sorry! Don't want to 360 the thread. ;)

[afong56]

i once impulsively bought a blazer jacket that i've worn exactly 3 times in the last 15 years. i'm too embarrassed to say how much it cost, but suffice to say it cost more than you spent swizz, on your entire xbox rig.

[Txiasaeia]

heh...ya i noticed so many ppl buy things "just when they come out" so that they can be included in the group of those who can claim "i've got one"

for all of u who own an xbox, ps2, and a gamecube......and perhaps a DS or gameboy.......do u really play all of them? i'm sure most of it is just collecting dust

Little embarassed to say it, but I spend quite a bit of time on my gamecube and my gba sp (commuting back and forth). Fun systems!

[Nyte]

I make a lot of impulse buys, but I don't necessarily (and usually don't) regret them.

Almost bought a mini fridge a couple weeks back, lol.

[Cruel_Angel]

600 bucks on these hugo boss boots i wore twice.
600 on a dsquared hat i wore like 3 times.

600 seems to be the magic number.

[Homer88]

this 2nd handed TT Case... definately not worth the 90...

[warpdrive]

Hewlett Packard Omnigo PDA. $500...(before the era of the Palm Pilot). It was unusable.

[CSR]

VC 15 Jersey

[callous]

bought a Palm M515 a few years back thinking I"ll get my life organized... Barely used the thing, and sold it 3 mos later. Probably a big waste of money.

Hey bro, still in denial? LOL How can it "probably" be a big waste of money unless you sold it for the same price you bought it at

[guest10586]

Aren't most people cheapsakes on RFD? I know I am, if I was making impulse buys I wouldn't care if they were on sale.

[surreybc]

I bought 250 dollars of groceries at superstore to get the 30 dollar off coupon. I bought 8 containers of shampoo that smell like wet cardboard.
and other crap i wouldn't have bought.


On the positive, I resisted buying the fossil watch. It was a real back and forth struggle.

[chatbox]

Some of my impulsive purchases that came in handy later on (i.e. didn't exactly planned it out):
My bike (cycling, not motorbike): $2600 + tax
Thinkpad T41p: $3000
Rio Carbon: $250
Palm T3: $460, portable external battery add-on: $80
Sony Cybershot P100 (boxing day), with memory stick: $400 + tax

I'm still trying to figure out why I need a Palm PDA... :confused:

[urameatball]

VC 15 Jersey
haha, poor kiddo :P

[jb22]

I got in on the <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=167 target=_blank>Dell</a> Axim X3 deal back in November 2003, was actually right after I joined RedFlags. I do use it, mainly for watching ,ovies on the go, but once I get a PSP and use that for watching videos I doubt my Aim will get too much use.

Another purchase that I don't regret but know I was getting ripped off was 1 gb CF card I bought while in Italy. I paid around $300 Canadian for it back in August in Milan but I felt I had to get a bigger card as I was eating up both my 256mb and 512mb card pretty fast. Now I was in Italy for a month so I figured I wasn't sure when I'd be back so I wanted to take as many pics as I could.

[Headhunter]

Buffy Seasons 1-4 on DVD; still haven't opened them, now there's a deal on 1-6 that's like $50 cheaper. Small difference, but...

[koshimaro]

600 bucks on these hugo boss boots i wore twice.
600 on a dsquared hat i wore like 3 times.

600 seems to be the magic number.

dsquared huh...someone is a high roller :cheesygri

I don't really have enough money to impulse buy.
Most of what I buy I get bored with and sell a few months down the road
Some that I can remember:
Tungsten T w/foldable keyboard: $200
Motorola Timeport P935 - $170
Way back in the day I paid $120 for a StarTac :cheesygri

[dtcanada]

Brought an Acura Integra for $5000.. took it for a joy ride on queen.. missed a red light on queen and university.. almost made it.. on the last lane.. BAM I GOT HIT.. brought it to the local garage.. never picked it up.. came back to the garage serval months later (when i had the money).. the damn ass sold my car!! couple months later... his garage got burn down by some "accident" - I swear i didn't do it

[Txiasaeia]

Buffy Seasons 1-4 on DVD; still haven't opened them, now there's a deal on 1-6 that's like $50 cheaper. Small difference, but...

Don't even remind me... been shelling $120+ on X-Files seasons, up to season 7, saw seasons 1-8 at Bestbuy the other day for just under $500. Ouch.

[NDman]

Lots of impulsive buys, but they are all small purchases... clothing, little things here and there. There was a couple of times I almost fell for some HDD and <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=167 target=_blank>Dell</a> deals here. But I chickened out at the end cuz I didn't have much money. :P

[bluetroll]

VC 15 Jersey

hahahaha..... thatz a good one.... ya i spent $150 + taxes on an authentic VC jersey.... thinking i could wear it for 7 years after he signed the extension.... ugh... now i wear it as a beater.

[CSR]

hahahaha..... thatz a good one.... ya i spent $150 + taxes on an authentic VC jersey.... thinking i could wear it for 7 years after he signed the extension.... ugh... now i wear it as a beater.

ditto... but i still have the tag on.. mayb exchange for a CB4?

[zeroace]

The one regrettable impulse buy I remember is getting into the whole Star Wars Episode 1 craze..

I bought the lightsabers which ended up being almost 100 dollars.. Plus all the other Star Wars junk that I still have......... I can't remember what else.. A couple DVDs I got were odd impulse buys that I regret now too...

[bluetroll]

oh... i bought a notebook on boxing day.... cost me 1400 +tax.... i definitely don't reget it now... i absolutely love it...

i also got a leather jacket too on boxing day.... then i realized it was too much and returned it to danier....

[charger]

I bought an SMC 802.11g router to replace my b router. It was because I do a lot of transfers in my LAN. Still it was too expensive,

I am not reading the hot deals section of this website and I am not going into stores.

It's not that I really spend that much money, I just buy a lot of little things that make my credit card bill be about 300 a month. That may not be much, but I am unemployed and not eligable for EI. Good incentive to get off my butt and look for work

[eelfliw]

My first car. Turned out to be a money pit.

[SwiZz]

spent around over $200 maybe worth of magic cards in grade 12.......god dammit

bought a remote control card in summer of grade eleven for $40....played it 2wice, gave it away to cousin.

ahhh i bought fuzion frenzy for 29.99 after reading the "recommend some good 4-player xbox games" thread...

why do i keep coming back to rfd..... :mad:

[slippy]

snowboarding jacket last year boxing day
haven't gone snowboarding at all
but i'll use it eventually

[canadiantofu]

When I was in Vegas..I met this girl at the casino bar ....nevermind.

It would have to be a first general IPaq when they first came out. What a waste of money that was..

[monkey-boy]

Wow... I don't even know where to start. Ok I'll start a little over 2 years ago when I first discovered <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=78 target=_blank>ebay</a> and RFD.

A buncha crappy jewellery from <a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=78 target=_blank>ebay</a> rofl $40
a pair of pioneer 12" subs in a bandpass box for $300
<a href=../autolink/redirectpage.php?linkid=167 target=_blank>Dell</a> Axim: $400 or so
Xbox: about $600 after the chip and hdd (sold for probly $400)
Xbox: $250 + $60 Live! kit and about 8 games (Sold for like half that)
Ps2: $250 + 6-7 games and 2 crappy ddr pads that i overpaid for
My first 2 cars: one was $50 and lasted about a month and the other is $4500 and is parked right now :o
my RC Spent $500 initially plus quite a bit more =(

Wow, thats not even the beginning. Crap it sucks looking back, I couldn't had so much haha. Now I know I'm going to buy a mac mini and regert it...... but we'll see.

[mochachicka]

The one regrettable impulse buy I remember is getting into the whole Star Wars Episode 1 craze..

I bought the lightsabers which ended up being almost 100 dollars.. Plus all the other Star Wars junk that I still have......... I can't remember what else.. A couple DVDs I got were odd impulse buys that I regret now too...

aww..me too! Man, all the promotions and the merchandising they had during the time Episode 1 came out really got to me I guess..we even ended up trying to collect all those cans with the characters on them and those stupid pogs that came with pizza from Pizza Hut...how sad

[zeroace]

aww..me too! Man, all the promotions and the merchandising they had during the time Episode 1 came out really got to me I guess..we even ended up trying to collect all those cans with the characters on them and those stupid pogs that came with pizza from Pizza Hut...how sad

Awww man.. I got the cans too. But I didn't think much of them because they were regular drinks to me. :) Our family just switched to Pepsi instead of Coke for a while. :cheesygri

I wish they had a high resell value but it doesn't look like it :cry:

[marry1]

wow...

I found good link...


Thanks...

[sfu_lifer]

Asus A620 PPC + 128MB CF/Wifi card + GPS CF card.
Total cost was around $575. I barely used it on my trip since it sucked so much juice it was usable for only 3 hours (plus the GPS software I chose didn't do realtime trip corrections, I had to pull over a few times to reorient the GPS and my trip planner). I barely use it nowadays. I only turn it on for streaming some music or when I wanna check email and I'm too lazy to turn on my laptop/desktop :grin:

Gamecube + about 15 games + 2 Wavebirds + 2 extra memory cards and I'm still buying games for it (i haven't picked up my RE4 pre-order yet). I haven't finished any of them yet and I barely put in any significant game time on it. I only bought the 'Cube since FS had it for I believe $89 AR a year and a half ago. At that price it was hard to refuse.

Most regretful purchase:
Sega Saturn way back when it launched in North America. I was thinking PSX the whole way but after I saw a Virtua Fighter demo running at EB, I just had to get it. I must've sunk at least $2000 on that console. I imported a whole bunch of games and bought a ton of peripherals for it and still barely played it.

[Icedawn]

um... I hate thinking about these... maaan...

2nd gen ipod - 650
2x 19" lcd monitor - 900 + 750 (the first one was a good purchase, the 2nd is hard to justify)
2x leather jackets - 300 + 400
jugs of tropicana in two terms of University - 200
diamond necklace - > 1000
burberry wallet - > 300

wow...thinking back.. I've wasted a lot of money.. wow... (I blame the last two on my gf)

[sfu_lifer]

I bought 250 dollars of groceries at superstore to get the 30 dollar off coupon. I bought 8 containers of shampoo that smell like wet cardboard.
and other crap i wouldn't have bought.


On the positive, I resisted buying the fossil watch. It was a real back and forth struggle.
I love my fossil watch. It's great when you're bored. Even though I cancelled my month free trial I'm still getting news and weather and sports. Can't complain :P. Now I'm just hoping to see my rebate.

[zeroace]

I made a list of questions to ask yoruself before you make the next impulse buy.

Feel free to add others so we all end up with more money and less useless crap. :cheesygri

1. Do I need this?
2. Who will this benefit?
3. Is it worth the money?
4. Why do I need it?
5. Where will it be in 6 months?
6. Who really wants it? Me or the person persuading me?
7. How long is the refund period?
8. How much is resell?