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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:33 AM
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What was the last thing you regret buying?
Why?
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GirlAfire Donating Member (391 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:35 AM
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1. It Wasn't a "Buy," but...
...I really regret giving my ex $200. I have nothing to show for it; he's a jerk.

I could have used that $200.
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:42 AM
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2. A garlic press
to replace my Pampered Chef garlic press that didn't require peeling the garlic cloves. The new one is a piece of shit compared to my old one. Unfortunately, Pampered Chef won't ship to Germany so I'm SOL for now. :(
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:59 AM
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6. Why wont they ship overseas?
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 03:34 AM
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33. I have no idea
but a lot of companies don't ship overseas. I suspect it has something to do with the hassle of taxing their items based on each countries VAT rates?
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:11 AM
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8. Get it from eBay ...
http://cgi.ebay.ch/Pampered-Chef-Garlic-Press-with-Cleaning-Tool-New_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ390050006761

They ship anywhere. We bought ours here, not Pampered Chef but looks like the same and works fine without peeling the cloves first. :hi:
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theNotoriousP.I.G. Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 03:35 AM
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34. You are my hero!
I'm ordering one today! Thanks so much. :hi:
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:43 AM
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3. Wii.
I have not used it and Wii Fit as much as I thought I would.
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VMI Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:36 AM
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14. +1 on both counts.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:45 AM
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4. I replaced my son's X-box when it died
it had the three-ring death twice before, so I replaced the whole thing.

It's not that I mind him having it (I love to do things to make my kid happy), but he never seems to remember that chores come before play.
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Crankie Avalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:46 AM
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5. On Monday night I bought a six bottle carrier of Magic Hat's Lucky Kat...
...it's not a bad beer, but I didn't realize this deli was going to charge $13 for it. If I had kept walking another block or two to a place I usually go, I could have had Torpedo IPA for $11.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:00 AM
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7. Are you saying you paid $13 for a 6 pack (12 oz bottle)?
that seems pretty expensive.
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Crankie Avalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:57 AM
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16. Yeah, Things are expensive in Manhattan.
Below 96th Street, anyway.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:01 PM
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17. Hell yes...
I can live in Inwood or Marble Hill for $1500 for a 3BR/2BA...that same apartment costs "what!!" just 15 minutes down the 1-line.
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:14 AM
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9. My laptop. We're a Mac family. I came into a bit of cash and I needed a laptop; I offered to get a
PC so Mr. Brickbat could play computer games on it. It's a piece of shite. I bought it against my better judgment. Never, ever, ever, ever, ever again.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:16 AM
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10. What's wrong with it?
What makes it so bad?
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Brickbat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:09 PM
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21. Well, all right, it's mostly a software issue. It doesn't run the games properly. And the mouse pad
conked out after three months.
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:29 AM
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11. You mean besides a wedding ring?
:shrug:
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Tommy_Carcetti Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:31 AM
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12. Sausage Biscuit from Dunkin Donuts.
It's rather dry and grainy tasting. Not nearly as good as the ones you find at McDonalds, not to mention the gold standard of sausage biscuits, Cracker Barrel.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:35 AM
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13. A Black & Decker Burr Mill coffee grinder from Target
POS broke after about four months.
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Chan790 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:54 AM
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15. Enzyte.
Just kidding. No...I regret buying cheap produce. Totally not worth the savings.
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Auggie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:14 PM
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18. A sport coat for a job interview
Damned expensive thing. Didn't get the job either.
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:17 PM
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19. a hamburger at the National Zoo
had me puking my guts out on the DC Metro.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 07:47 AM
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42. under cooked?
isn't that the best zoo?
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 07:52 AM
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45. it had to have been
I've eaten their food before and was fine. But that burger hit me like a ton of bricks.
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Abies Donating Member (201 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 12:18 PM
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20. Allstate Insurance
Because it isn't really insurance if they deny your valid claim.
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:49 PM
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22. non-Reese's peanut butter cups.
Ooey gooey, too-sweet pb, and the chocolate is gritty and tasteless.
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Initech Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 01:51 PM
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23. Mexican food at a local taco bar last Saturday.
Killed my stomach and of course I went outbar hopping with my buddies afterward. Not a very good combo if you ask me. :puke:
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RobinA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:16 PM
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24. Little Green
carpet cleaner. Doesn't work that well and it's a pain in the butt to boot.
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Broken_Hero Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 02:57 PM
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25. The movie Borat
it was such a...well, it wasn't for me, btw anyone want a Borat dvd?
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 07:48 AM
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43. lol, I'll pass
I'm with you, I don't see what people saw in that movie. There were a couple of scenes that I snickered at, but on a whole it seemed to be over hyped.
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 03:02 PM
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26. A Belikin wireless router,



Which I promptly returned to the store. I just didn't work and the tech support suuuuucked!
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:17 PM
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30. Mine has worked awesome.
I was using others before and neither one gave me a solid signal. I've had zero troubles since the Belkin one. Go figure. :)
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AllenVanAllen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 11:17 PM
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32. I might have gotten a defective one.


It was offered at a great price over at Woot.com so I didn't pass it up. They reimbursed me the entire amount plus shipping. A friend ended up getting me a Netgear for my B-day.

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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 07:44 PM
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27. The Quarter Pounder with Cheese I just had. Cause I'm on a diet and
I'd eaten dinner earlier.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 07:51 AM
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44. There are worse things to eat
I just looked at the nutrition information the frozen pizzas I enjoy.:wow:
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 06:59 PM
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54. Pizza did me in last winter.
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 09:28 PM
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28. Some expensive skin products at a department store.
You go in for the free sample and end up spending $100. And the cream isn't any better than the cheaper stuff at the drug store.

Why do I fall for this scam!!!
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 05:07 AM
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37. Sometimes I fall for it too.
You are right. The cheaper stuff you can buy at Target or Walgreens works just as well, if not better than the over priced products at department stores.
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quakerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:06 PM
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29. rechargable batteries
I have buyers remorse on candy bars. I hate spending money, and I always think of some way I could have saved money or lived without whatever I bought. I used to go to stores, and find things to buy, fill a cart, and then go back around the store a second time to put things back. I still do that on a smaller degree, but my wife hates stores, so I don't have the time and do more pre-rejecting of purchases.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 07:52 AM
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46. Why don't you like the rechargable batteries?
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-07-09 10:18 PM
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31. Chinese food.
$25 for food that lasted me all of three hours was pretty stupid with money as tight as it is for me.
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MajorChode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 03:50 AM
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35. A tamale from a street vendor in Juarez...
shortly before spending a lot of time at the porcelain altar praying to Montezuma for mercy.
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Inspired Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 05:05 AM
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36. Western style boots. What was I thinking?
They were very expensive and they look so stupid on me. Funny how I didn't realize that when I first tried them on at the store where I bought them.
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 05:31 AM
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39. Don't give up on them. I have a pair that I had to get used to wearing -
they are very different from anything I would normally wear.

Turns out they are very comfortable and I really like them now. I had them rebuilt -they are handmade in Mexico - when they reached age 15 years, and they are better than new.

mark
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 05:28 AM
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38. I bought a guitar body with the intention of putting parts into it and on it
to make another solid body electric guitar.
Nothing I have fits, or even comes close enough to fake it, and I can not return it.

I will try to sell it at a flea market or on Craig's list.
It was around $35, not a tragedy, just annoying.

mark
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 07:07 AM
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40. Wall clock for 4.99 at Benny's- in 2 hrs the second hand fell off
Can't open the clock to fix it as the housing is sealed.
But for entertainment value, we get to watch the minute hand drag the fallen second hand for 10 minutes, then drop it again every hour.
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 07:45 AM
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41. Did you return it?
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 08:14 AM
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47. nah, we're mildy amused - and the rest of the clock still works
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 08:18 AM
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48. Stoner 95161 Invisible Glass Reach and Clean Tool
I like a clean windshield, this tool doesn't provide enough leverage to properly clean a windshield.

I like the name though
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PRETZEL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 08:28 AM
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49. wedding ring, n/t
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 08:46 AM
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50. Clothing from Roaman's on-line.
Got the stuff and it looked terrible in person. Very cheap crap. Sent it all back but I lose on the shipping. Not doing that again.

:hi:
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NJmaverick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 08:48 AM
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52. That place sounds like a rip off
how could an online clothing vender charge for returns?
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 11:02 AM
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53. They don't refund the shipping charges you pay
to have the stuff sent to you plus you then also have to pay to ship things back unless there was a real problem with something (other than you didn't like it) and call them up to insist they also pay for the shipping on the return. Their customer service has been great as far as that kind of thing goes, it's just their merchandise is really cheap looking once you see it for real.
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hippywife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Oct-08-09 08:46 AM
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51. Clothing from Roaman's on-line.
Got the stuff and it looked terrible in person. Very cheap crap. Sent it all back but I lose on the shipping. Not doing that again.

:hi:
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