What was your worst / most regrettable purchase thread (#2)

I searched and all I found was an archived thread, so I thought another one would be appropriate..

I leased a car 1.5 years ago (fully loaded Audi A4). Payments are $612/month. The worst part is, I pre-purchased $900 of miles which I now realize that I don't need. I got a good deal on the money factor (buy rate), but I did a 2-year lease and the residual was terrible and thus the high payments. There isn't a day that goes by that I wish I had a $200/month Toyota Camry or an older used car.

Shame on me. When I get married soon, I'm sticking to a used Acura or an Accord.

My first car! I had to replace the alternator every 2 years. And I totally agree with you since now I drive a Honda civic.

The hooker I got in Montreal that gave me an STD

ArbolLoco said: scott1961 said: The hooker I got in Montreal that gave me an STDshould have used a Mastercard, they would have replaced your broken penis.

or atleast doubled the warranty on hooker's quality.

scott1961 said: The hooker I got in Montreal that gave me an STD

pictures?

scott1961 said: The hooker I got in Montreal that gave me an STD

Thats what you get for not supporting domestic products!

First place: I bought a Cutco knives demo set and "bought into" Vector marketing, a company targeted high school students with the promise of an attractive minimum hourly rate for time invested. I bugged the crap out of my friends and family members only to have several of them cut themselves on the ridiculously sharp knives and to get screwed by the company when they refused to honor the minimum rate guarantee after I made my 40 pitches. Plus, the 40 pitches were billed to be 1-hour including commute time. When you're visiting friends and family, an appointment rarely lasted just an hour. Worst purchase and investment ever!

Second place: did the same thing with Amway in high school (see a trend here). However, this time I wised up a bit and stopped after just a few pitches. Also, I only ended up with like $150 in product, which I could actually use. The demo knives from Cutco were useless for me as a teenager and there was no eBay at the time to resell them.

Third place: 4-cylinder Toyota Camry. Pressured by parents to buy this boring a$$ car just a few years out of college. I could afford more and knew I wanted a V6 at a minimum. So I bent to their pressure - don't get me wrong, it's a great car - and bought the Camry. Nine months later, I bought myself a Viper for my 25th birthday. Went way overboard in the other direction. I blame the Camry In my defense, both cars turned out to be great. The Camry is still alive and kicking today with many miles. The Viper was hit by a drunk driver (while parked with no one in it) and I was reimbursed by insurance what I had paid for it two years and 24,000 miles earlier. I have never bought new or over $15K price since then.

Spac3d said: Unless they were paying for the Camry, how did they pressure a 24 year old with his own money to buy a car Actually, I have a great relationship with my folks and consult with them on major financial decisions. As for the Camry, this was my first, new car purchase. As I mentioned, their advice was in fact correct, just not for me at the time. I think had I purchased a used Acura or Lexus, I would have been happier and the decision would have proved financially prudent. And, no, they did not pay for the car; however, we treat our money as one and the same.

My ipod video. Paid $400 and now sells for $250 and double the storage size.....

1. ANY crap I buy in Hot deals.... including the FAR stuff (which I didn't need in the first place!!!). I have so much stuff I DIDN'T need, and can't eBay it because OTHER people don't need it either!!!

2. ANYTHING I ever bought for the EX... LOL!

3. EVERYTHING I ever bought off WOOT!

4. The brand new cars I USED to buy.... even though they lasted about 10 years each! The Dodge Diesel (NEW) was the last new one I bought, because I figured the ENGINE would take the 300 to 400K miles I would put on it...(and now I am fixing the rust on the lower panels of the doors (CHEAPLY, by doing it myself)). The truck will fall apart before I sell it and buy a new one!

5. ANY bleeding edge technology. I got a GPS (C330) as a gift, with a list price of 400... I sold it, waited 6 months and bought a TomTom 910 (on clearance, for $124)... I never buy brand new tech. I had a timex sinclair (what a waste), and ran a BBS on a commodore 64 (the 20 Megabyte External Hard drive cost $700+)...

6. Golf Clubs (LOL)... what a waste of time and money!

You'll be hating the audi soon when you have to make repairs on it.

That's why I have an Accord.

Worst/most regrettable purchase: (2 of them actually), WoW and Asheron's Call (or AC for short, for those of you that know the MMOs). Absolutely mind-bogglingly addictive AND boring at the same time. My first out of college job was DOA before I started my 1st day so spent the next 10 months doing nothing but playing AC and goofing off. Similar story with WoW.

Thank god my wife (now)/gf (then) made me pick between her or the game. I still play some FPS games to have some -balanced- fun but nothing like I did back then.

Firedrake said: Cars are always the worst. I bought a Honda Prelude in 1998 that was 2 years old, and spent the next 6 years modifying the hell out of it. Spent ~$40K on that car, not including the $16K purchase price. Sold it in 2004 for a grand total of $11K for everything. It was a blast, but not a blast worth $45K. Lesson 1 says I should have kept the car stock and put the remainder in an energy sector fund, or bought a house.yea but it must have been a real blast when the VTEC kicked in, yo.

ArbolLoco said: Firedrake said: Cars are always the worst. I bought a Honda Prelude in 1998 that was 2 years old, and spent the next 6 years modifying the hell out of it. Spent ~$40K on that car, not including the $16K purchase price. Sold it in 2004 for a grand total of $11K for everything. It was a blast, but not a blast worth $45K. Lesson 1 says I should have kept the car stock and put the remainder in an energy sector fund, or bought a house.yea but it must have been a real blast when the VTEC kicked in, yo. LOL... I'm sure he had some NO as well. The real blast is when the V1 kicks in late. I must have been pulled over more than 20 times with the Viper. The "take-the-cake" ticket was $450 for doing 105 in a 55. The officer didn't appreciate my response that I was slowing down from 150 as I came around the bend.

Venturion said: First place: I bought a Cutco knives demo set and "bought into" Vector marketing, a company targeted high school students with the promise of an attractive minimum hourly rate for time invested. I bugged the crap out of my friends and family members only to have several of them cut themselves on the ridiculously sharp knives and to get screwed by the company when they refused to honor the minimum rate guarantee after I made my 40 pitches. Plus, the 40 pitches were billed to be 1-hour including commute time. When you're visiting friends and family, an appointment rarely lasted just an hour. Worst purchase and investment ever!

I actually did the whole Cutco/Vector thing right after high school.. and it was worth it!

1) I got a bunch of great knives (at a steep discount that made them worth the price)
2) I made $1000 in a couple weeks (sold a few but mostly from the $13/appointment or whatever the rate)
3) People that actually bought the knives are still quite happy with them. They're good knives! (just overpriced)

I'll never buy the argument that a knife is too sharp. Sharper knives = less injuries than dull knives, if you use them properly

But back to the topic: most regrettable purchase was that 1.5L bottle of vodka that damn near landed me in the hospital.

We liked the Cutco knives that we've bought. 10+ years and no complaints.

1. Anyways, the worst purchase this year was a $60 500watt power supply. Don't get me wrong, it's a good power supply, but I misdiagnosed the problem for an older system and should have bought a new motherboard instead. Now it sits on the shelf. Aye..

2. I overpaid for the 3-year 24 hour fitness by like $100. At least I still go several times a week and the sales guy gave me a nutrition pack that he says is worth $129.

3. Those Thinkpads X60, T60, that were on sale earlier this year were a piece of crap. Overpriced and unreliable. It was a valuable lesson learned to stray away from Dell.

Venturion said: blok said: no offense but that is quite pathetic Come on now, it can't be worse than this purchase.

LOL! Busted, man!

Who are you to wave you finger..?

This post has some echos in my life. When I was in high school I opened a "Mail Order Business" with the "help" of a company called Mail Order Associates. I had myself all worked up about how much money I was going to make. I spent a lot of time deciding on a product, placed two expensive ads ... waited for orders ... and waited ... and finally a few orders came, but not even close to paying for the cost of the ads ... and never got one "follow up" order their "instruction course" claimed I should expect.

Was this my worst purchase? No way. I learned a ton about how money is made - and how not to make money - and also gained a healthy dose of skepticism towards any "get rich" claims. When I see people in their 20s, 30s and beyond getting involved in such schemes, I feel thankful that I long ago learned my lessons and do not even contemplate such foolishness now.

Venturion said: First place: I bought a Cutco knives demo set and "bought into" Vector marketing, a company targeted high school students with the promise of an attractive minimum hourly rate for time invested. I bugged the crap out of my friends and family members only to have several of them cut themselves on the ridiculously sharp knives and to get screwed by the company when they refused to honor the minimum rate guarantee after I made my 40 pitches. Plus, the 40 pitches were billed to be 1-hour including commute time. When you're visiting friends and family, an appointment rarely lasted just an hour. Worst purchase and investment ever!

Second place: did the same thing with Amway in high school (see a trend here). However, this time I wised up a bit and stopped after just a few pitches. Also, I only ended up with like $150 in product, which I could actually use. The demo knives from Cutco were useless for me as a teenager and there was no eBay at the time to resell them.

Third place: 4-cylinder Toyota Camry. Pressured by parents to buy this boring a$$ car just a few years out of college. I could afford more and knew I wanted a V6 at a minimum. So I bent to their pressure - don't get me wrong, it's a great car - and bought the Camry. Nine months later, I bought myself a Viper for my 25th birthday. Went way overboard in the other direction. I blame the Camry In my defense, both cars turned out to be great. The Camry is still alive and kicking today with many miles. The Viper was hit by a drunk driver (while parked with no one in it) and I was reimbursed by insurance what I had paid for it two years and 24,000 miles earlier. I have never bought new or over $15K price since then.

Lifetime subscription to REPLAYTV.
I LOVE the unit and the ability to fade out when commercial break starts and fade in at the end of the commercials. BAM! No commercials.

But, after a year of enjoying this fantastic service, I decided to quit T.V. So, after canceling cable, I only get snow on my set. One day, maybe I'll rejoin the world of television and have a use for this baby!

DavidScubadiver said: Lifetime subscription to REPLAYTV.
I LOVE the unit and the ability to fade out when commercial break starts and fade in at the end of the commercials. BAM! No commercials.

But, after a year of enjoying this fantastic service, I decided to quit T.V. So, after canceling cable, I only get snow on my set. One day, maybe I'll rejoin the world of television and have a use for this baby!

quit tv? interesting. how's that going for you? it's almost impossible for me to imagine not having some kind of tv access...

DiMAn0684 said:

And next wife will be a doctor?

Noop! Just another Trophy Wife...