Random Friday Fun Discussion: What is the worst purchase that you have ever made?

albionmoonlight · 03-03-2006, 07:57 AM

Big ticket, small ticket. Doesn't matter. We all have purchases that we regret. Sometimes because we spent too much money, sometimes because the thing was absolute crap. And sometimes because the whole thing just plain sucked.

So, what is the single worst purchase that you have ever made? The one that makes you wish you could invent a time machine just to go back and tell yourself not to make the purchase.

Raiders Army · 03-03-2006, 08:03 AM

Navman 635 iCN GPS. Cost about $600 (with accessories) and the routing logic on it is messed up. I can't download maps to the SD card either.

A close second place is the 1997 Eclipse I bought brand new. Nice car, but our 2nd kid necessitated a larger vehicle. We had the Eclipse for one year. Ouch.

Bee · 03-03-2006, 08:09 AM

The Philips CDI. I have no idea what I was thinking...

FrogMan · 03-03-2006, 08:12 AM

I see it as a purchase since it's money we decided not to spend at the time. Got to do with when we got our house built. We decided at the time not to spend the $500 to get the basement insulated, thinking we could do it later. We, in fact my dad, ended up doing it a year and a half later, it cost us about twice as much, if not more and we had to do it ourselves, drilling and screwing into concrete that was a year and a half old as opposed to a week old. If you don't know the difference, you can basically put nails through a week old concrete foundation. A year and a half later, it's a pretty big fight...

FM

Joe · 03-03-2006, 08:14 AM

Maximum Football

rafini · 03-03-2006, 08:17 AM

Ex-wife

FrogMan · 03-03-2006, 08:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rafini

Ex-wife

as in mail-order bride?

FM

Poli · 03-03-2006, 08:38 AM

The Survivor computer game.

Raven Hawk · 03-03-2006, 08:39 AM

1996 Mercury Mistake (I mean Mystique)

rafini · 03-03-2006, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

as in mail-order bride?

FM

They just don't make high-quality blow-up dolls nowadays.

Buccaneer · 03-03-2006, 09:01 AM

Two comes to mind:

Big Ticket: A 1986 Jimmy for $5500, used on a ranch, from a friend of mine who works up in Wyoming. Totally out of place here in the city and out of character for me.

Small Ticket: Civ3 Limited Edition, $79.95.

Kodos · 03-03-2006, 09:09 AM

My Roth IRA. My grandparents gave me a couple thousand bucks towards the end of the 90s. I decided that rather than piss it away on stuff, I would open a Roth IRA. Also, in a extremely atypical move, I didn't procrastinate. So I get it set up, make my deposit. The first day, the value goes up slightly, just as one might expect after YEARS of the market going up. I get a nice feeling for having done something worthwhile with the money. The next day, the stock market begins it's historic plunge. After time, between the slumping economy and yearly fees, the IRA plummets to about 40% of what I initially deposited. I should have just bought myself some stuff...

My second worst purchase was the Dreamcast...

condors · 03-03-2006, 09:09 AM

Desent to Undermountain-worst pc game i ever paid for and expected to like very much (was made with d&d rules supposedly but was unplayable)

JonInMiddleGA · 03-03-2006, 09:10 AM

The house I'm currently in.

(not because of the house, but because the purchase landed me here in inbreeding hell)

Warhammer · 03-03-2006, 09:14 AM

Butter · 03-03-2006, 09:17 AM

My 1999 Chevy Venture. I just paid it off 2 years early, but if I get 2 more years out of it, it will be a miracle. I've yet to find a friend who has owned a domestic car that wasn't a total piece of shit.

Meanwhile, my '97 Corolla just hummed past 150k miles with no sign of slowing down.

JPhillips · 03-03-2006, 09:31 AM

Season Ticket Football

cthomer5000 · 03-03-2006, 09:32 AM

Great topic... off the top of my head I think I'll say my Rio MP3 player that had like a 40 meg capacity. This was like 1998 I guess when they were brand new. Total waste of money and time.

Oilers9911 · 03-03-2006, 09:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kodos

My Roth IRA. My grandparents gave me a couple thousand bucks towards the end of the 90s. I decided that rather than piss it away on stuff, I would open a Roth IRA. Also, in a extremely atypical move, I didn't procrastinate. So I get it set up, make my deposit. The first day, the value goes up slightly, just as one might expect after YEARS of the market going up. I get a nice feeling for having done something worthwhile with the money. The next day, the stock market begins it's historic plunge. After time, between the slumping economy and yearly fees, the IRA plummets to about 40% of what I initially deposited. I should have just bought myself some stuff...

My second worst purchase was the Dreamcast...

I'm STILL very happy with my Dreamcast purchase. I fire it up from time to time and play some Hydrothunder etc. Still loads of fun.

chinaski · 03-03-2006, 10:19 AM

way back in the day when I didnt know a whole lot about PC's, monitors specifically, I bought a 22" .28dp monitor for $1,400. I havent even been able to sell it on craigslist for $10.

chinaski · 03-03-2006, 10:20 AM

I also paid off my wifes college debt and then divorced her a year later, that trumps the monitor by about 34k.

BrianD · 03-03-2006, 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oilers9911

I'm STILL very happy with my Dreamcast purchase. I fire it up from time to time and play some Hydrothunder etc. Still loads of fun.

I would say the Dreamcast is worthwhile just for Crazy Taxi alone.

SplitPersonality1 · 03-03-2006, 10:24 AM

A 1979 Dodge Omni that I bought in 1990 for $300. The damn thing didn't even make it home before it broke down.

bob · 03-03-2006, 10:28 AM

About 6 months before getting married, my now ex convinced me to purchase half of a duplex in a not great, but not horrible yet neighborhood. Many problems with the house, but over time nothing that couldn't be fixed on our own.

5 months after getting married, she decides that she wasn't ready to be married yet. In the meantime, neighborhood has gone to shit (gov't switched apartment complex nearby to gov't assisted housing, and crime shot up), a few more problems on the home appeared, and now 7 other homes are on the market.

Place takes a year to sell, and I lose a ton of money (not including the improvements we had made to the place like new carpet). But at least I'm out of there.

Joe · 03-03-2006, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rafini

They just don't make high-quality blow-up dolls nowadays.

Actually, they do.

Brillig · 03-03-2006, 10:39 AM

A toss-up between Battlecruiser 3000 and the Ultimate Ultima Final Super Duper End of Time Edition (whatever that last pile of crap was called...)

moriarty · 03-03-2006, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by George W Bush

Maximum Football

That's what you get for pre-ordering it back in 2001.

cthomer5000 · 03-03-2006, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

I would say the Dreamcast is worthwhile just for Crazy Taxi alone.

Jet Grind Radio is a top-10 game of all-time for me. Outstanding freakin' game.

Lorena · 03-03-2006, 10:50 AM

I can't remember the cost, but we bought a cream colored leather sofa without thinking our 2 year old would eventually get a hold of a pen.

FrogMan · 03-03-2006, 10:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dodgerchick

I can't remember the cost, but we bought a cream colored leather sofa without thinking our 2 year old would eventually get a hold of a pen.

you mean, your kid was 2 when you bought it?

If so, woah, what were you thinking???

FM

Lorena · 03-03-2006, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FrogMan

you mean, your kid was 2 when you bought it?

If so, woah, what were you thinking???

FM

He was a little over a year old when we bought it, he'll turn 2 next month.

LOL, exactly, what were we thinking?

bbor · 03-03-2006, 11:41 AM

Nintendo 64..POS.

st.cronin · 03-03-2006, 11:44 AM

Football Mogul

1stAnd10 · 03-03-2006, 11:53 AM

Gamecube

FrogMan · 03-03-2006, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1stAnd10

Gamecube

don't know what you were looking for with it but we got one for our son and it's been the best thing since sliced bread in our house. Sure, he's only 8 but I play with it too

FM

AlexB · 03-03-2006, 12:00 PM

Not a massive outlay, but after I bought myself a fucking cool jumper in Feb 2003 for about £90. This jumper was the dog's bollocks - looked cool.

But in March 2003 I went off on an 16 month sojurn into South East Asia and Australia - thought well it might get cold occasionally, so took my fuck off cool jumper in the ruck sack as my one cold weather item. After 1 night in Bangkok (great song btw!) I realised I had ridiculously overpacked, and one of the casualties was my jumper - as I was drunk as a vicar, instead of sending it back home for some reason I just chucked it out after having worn it twice, basically at a cost of £45 a night out. Muppet.

AlexB · 03-03-2006, 12:02 PM

Dola, next thing that springs to mind was the debut Hundred Reasons CD - I think of a hell of a lot more than that why I shouldn't have bothered

SackAttack · 03-03-2006, 12:05 PM

A $100 copy of Shining Force on the Genesis back during my PlanetPS2 days. Thought I could afford it, payroll had a hiccup, and suddenly I was broke for a month.

FrogMan · 03-03-2006, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jari Rantanen's Shorts

Not a massive outlay, but after I bought myself a fucking cool jumper in Feb 2003 for about £90. This jumper was the dog's bollocks - looked cool.

But in March 2003 I went off on an 16 month sojurn into South East Asia and Australia - thought well it might get cold occasionally, so took my fuck off cool jumper in the ruck sack as my one cold weather item. After 1 night in Bangkok (great song btw!) I realised I had ridiculously overpacked, and one of the casualties was my jumper - as I was drunk as a vicar, instead of sending it back home for some reason I just chucked it out after having worn it twice, basically at a cost of £45 a night out. Muppet.

am I the only in need of a flere diagram here?

FM

rkmsuf · 03-03-2006, 12:08 PM

what exactly does a male jumper look like?

IwasHere · 03-03-2006, 12:11 PM

BBCF anyone.

Hey, how is that FOFC BBCF League doing now days? Any openings?

st.cronin · 03-03-2006, 12:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by IwasHere

BBCF anyone.

Hey, how is that FOFC BBCF League doing now days? Any openings?

sucker

Foot Mog taught me to wait for good news before throwing my bread away.

JonInMiddleGA · 03-03-2006, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

what exactly does a male jumper look like?

Jiminy Christmas, that's the best straight line (pun not intended) I've seen in months.

BrianD · 03-03-2006, 12:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jari Rantanen's Shorts

Not a massive outlay, but after I bought myself a fucking cool jumper in Feb 2003 for about £90. This jumper was the dog's bollocks - looked cool.

But in March 2003 I went off on an 16 month sojurn into South East Asia and Australia - thought well it might get cold occasionally, so took my fuck off cool jumper in the ruck sack as my one cold weather item. After 1 night in Bangkok (great song btw!) I realised I had ridiculously overpacked, and one of the casualties was my jumper - as I was drunk as a vicar, instead of sending it back home for some reason I just chucked it out after having worn it twice, basically at a cost of £45 a night out. Muppet.

I may need to ask for an English to English translation for this one.

AlexB · 03-03-2006, 12:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JonInMiddleGA

Jiminy Christmas, that's the best straight line (pun not intended) I've seen in months.

I was going to post a

to rkmsuf, but I get the query from this

I guess jumper doesn't work over the pond then for blokes... Sweater?

rkmsuf · 03-03-2006, 12:22 PM

So a sweater is a jumper over there?

This is all very confusing. And I'm a bloke now.

AlexB · 03-03-2006, 12:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BrianD

I may need to ask for an English to English translation for this one.

I guess it's the "dog's bollocks" bit? Just means that it's the business - based on the idea that the balls of a dog must taste good as they lick them all the time. I'm guessing it's also the basis for the 'nuts' in poker.

stevew · 03-03-2006, 12:24 PM

I want a Fuck off cool jumper to match my fuck off cool visor at work.

rkmsuf · 03-03-2006, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jari Rantanen's Shorts

I guess it's the "dog's bollocks" bit? Just means that it's the business - based on the idea that the balls of a dog must taste good as they lick them all the time. I'm guessing it's also the basis for the 'nuts' in poker.

I guess if people licked their nuts that might make sense.

KWhit · 03-03-2006, 12:27 PM

XBox.

03-03-2006, 08:12 AM	#4
FrogMan Hattrick Moderator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Pintendre, Qc, Canada	I see it as a purchase since it's money we decided not to spend at the time. Got to do with when we got our house built. We decided at the time not to spend the $500 to get the basement insulated, thinking we could do it later. We, in fact my dad, ended up doing it a year and a half later, it cost us about twice as much, if not more and we had to do it ourselves, drilling and screwing into concrete that was a year and a half old as opposed to a week old. If you don't know the difference, you can basically put nails through a week old concrete foundation. A year and a half later, it's a pretty big fight... FM __________________ A Black Belt is a White Belt who refused to give up... follow my story: The real life story of a running frog...

03-03-2006, 08:38 AM	#8
Poli FOFC Survivor Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Wentzville, MO	The Survivor computer game. __________________ Cheer for a walk on quarterback! Ardent leads the Vols in the dynasty forum.

03-03-2006, 08:39 AM	#9
Raven Hawk College Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Thunderdome	1996 Mercury Mistake (I mean Mystique) __________________ Owner of The Shreveport Pride in The CFL

03-03-2006, 09:10 AM	#14
JonInMiddleGA Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA	The house I'm currently in. (not because of the house, but because the purchase landed me here in inbreeding hell) __________________ "I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis

03-03-2006, 09:14 AM	#15
Warhammer Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dayton, OH	MOO3

03-03-2006, 08:03 AM	#2
Raiders Army Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Black Hole	Navman 635 iCN GPS. Cost about $600 (with accessories) and the routing logic on it is messed up. I can't download maps to the SD card either. A close second place is the 1997 Eclipse I bought brand new. Nice car, but our 2nd kid necessitated a larger vehicle. We had the Eclipse for one year. Ouch.

03-03-2006, 08:09 AM	#3
Bee Pro Starter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Fairfax, VA	The Philips CDI. I have no idea what I was thinking...

03-03-2006, 08:14 AM	#5
Joe Pro Starter Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Minneapolis	Maximum Football

03-03-2006, 08:17 AM	#6
rafini High School JV Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Virginia Beach	Ex-wife

03-03-2006, 09:01 AM	#11
Buccaneer Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Colorado	Two comes to mind: Big Ticket: A 1986 Jimmy for $5500, used on a ranch, from a friend of mine who works up in Wyoming. Totally out of place here in the city and out of character for me. Small Ticket: Civ3 Limited Edition, $79.95.

03-03-2006, 09:09 AM	#12
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	My Roth IRA. My grandparents gave me a couple thousand bucks towards the end of the 90s. I decided that rather than piss it away on stuff, I would open a Roth IRA. Also, in a extremely atypical move, I didn't procrastinate. So I get it set up, make my deposit. The first day, the value goes up slightly, just as one might expect after YEARS of the market going up. I get a nice feeling for having done something worthwhile with the money. The next day, the stock market begins it's historic plunge. After time, between the slumping economy and yearly fees, the IRA plummets to about 40% of what I initially deposited. I should have just bought myself some stuff... My second worst purchase was the Dreamcast...

03-03-2006, 09:09 AM	#13
condors College Starter Join Date: Oct 2000	Desent to Undermountain-worst pc game i ever paid for and expected to like very much (was made with d&d rules supposedly but was unplayable)

03-03-2006, 09:17 AM	#16
Butter Coordinator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Dayton, OH	My 1999 Chevy Venture. I just paid it off 2 years early, but if I get 2 more years out of it, it will be a miracle. I've yet to find a friend who has owned a domestic car that wasn't a total piece of shit. Meanwhile, my '97 Corolla just hummed past 150k miles with no sign of slowing down. __________________ My listening habits

03-03-2006, 09:31 AM	#17
JPhillips Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Newburgh, NY	Season Ticket Football __________________ To love someone is to strive to accept that person exactly the way he or she is, right here and now.. - Mr. Rogers

03-03-2006, 10:19 AM	#20
chinaski College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon	way back in the day when I didnt know a whole lot about PC's, monitors specifically, I bought a 22" .28dp monitor for $1,400. I havent even been able to sell it on craigslist for $10.

03-03-2006, 10:20 AM	#21
chinaski College Prospect Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland, Oregon	I also paid off my wifes college debt and then divorced her a year later, that trumps the monitor by about 34k.

03-03-2006, 10:24 AM	#23
SplitPersonality1 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Grafton, WI	A 1979 Dodge Omni that I bought in 1990 for $300. The damn thing didn't even make it home before it broke down.

03-03-2006, 10:28 AM	#24
bob College Starter Join Date: Oct 2004	About 6 months before getting married, my now ex convinced me to purchase half of a duplex in a not great, but not horrible yet neighborhood. Many problems with the house, but over time nothing that couldn't be fixed on our own. 5 months after getting married, she decides that she wasn't ready to be married yet. In the meantime, neighborhood has gone to shit (gov't switched apartment complex nearby to gov't assisted housing, and crime shot up), a few more problems on the home appeared, and now 7 other homes are on the market. Place takes a year to sell, and I lose a ton of money (not including the improvements we had made to the place like new carpet). But at least I'm out of there.

03-03-2006, 10:39 AM	#26
Brillig College Prospect Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Mountain View, California	A toss-up between Battlecruiser 3000 and the Ultimate Ultima Final Super Duper End of Time Edition (whatever that last pile of crap was called...)

03-03-2006, 10:50 AM	#29
Lorena Unregistered Join Date: May 2004	I can't remember the cost, but we bought a cream colored leather sofa without thinking our 2 year old would eventually get a hold of a pen.

03-03-2006, 11:41 AM	#32
bbor Pro Starter Join Date: May 2001 Location: toronto	Nintendo 64..POS. __________________ Pumpy Tudors Now that I've cracked and made that admission, I wonder if I'm only a couple of steps away from wanting to tongue-kiss Jaromir Jagr and give Bobby Clarke a blowjob.

03-03-2006, 11:44 AM	#33
st.cronin General Manager Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New Mexico	Football Mogul __________________ co-commish: bb-bbcf.net knives out

03-03-2006, 11:53 AM	#34
1stAnd10 n00b Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Richmond, VA	Gamecube

03-03-2006, 12:00 PM	#36
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	Not a massive outlay, but after I bought myself a fucking cool jumper in Feb 2003 for about £90. This jumper was the dog's bollocks - looked cool. But in March 2003 I went off on an 16 month sojurn into South East Asia and Australia - thought well it might get cold occasionally, so took my fuck off cool jumper in the ruck sack as my one cold weather item. After 1 night in Bangkok (great song btw!) I realised I had ridiculously overpacked, and one of the casualties was my jumper - as I was drunk as a vicar, instead of sending it back home for some reason I just chucked it out after having worn it twice, basically at a cost of £45 a night out. Muppet. __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

03-03-2006, 12:02 PM	#37
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	Dola, next thing that springs to mind was the debut Hundred Reasons CD - I think of a hell of a lot more than that why I shouldn't have bothered __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

03-03-2006, 12:05 PM	#38
SackAttack Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Green Bay, WI	A $100 copy of Shining Force on the Genesis back during my PlanetPS2 days. Thought I could afford it, payroll had a hiccup, and suddenly I was broke for a month.

03-03-2006, 12:08 PM	#40
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	what exactly does a male jumper look like? __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

03-03-2006, 12:11 PM	#41
IwasHere Banned Join Date: Sep 2004	BBCF anyone. Hey, how is that FOFC BBCF League doing now days? Any openings?

03-03-2006, 12:22 PM	#46
rkmsuf Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2001	So a sweater is a jumper over there? This is all very confusing. And I'm a bloke now. __________________ "Don't you have homes?" -- Judge Smales

03-03-2006, 12:24 PM	#48
stevew Hall Of Famer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the yo'	I want a Fuck off cool jumper to match my fuck off cool visor at work.

03-03-2006, 12:27 PM	#50
KWhit Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Conyers GA	XBox.

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