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Dumbest purchase
- Thread starter Nebulous
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I got sold an overpriced roof replacement. I'm horrible with salespeople they run rough all over me. Set me back about 3 years. A definite fml moment.
I bought a top years ago and i like the style a lot and the colour suit me perfect, i was so happy to wear it .... and was happy also cost very little.
Happy moment didn't last long, when i was out and was wearing it i notice a colour on my handbag i thought i cut myself or something but when i moved more my handbag to check the handbag where was touching my top had the top colour all over the bag ... anyways i went back to the store and i end up getting my money back for the top also the money of what my handbag cost
maybe i got the money back but i could never get the same handbag and i loved it
Happy moment didn't last long, when i was out and was wearing it i notice a colour on my handbag i thought i cut myself or something but when i moved more my handbag to check the handbag where was touching my top had the top colour all over the bag ... anyways i went back to the store and i end up getting my money back for the top also the money of what my handbag cost
maybe i got the money back but i could never get the same handbag and i loved it
Any time I buy clothing or footwear online. You'd think I'd have learned that it generally doesn't look like it does in the picture and rarely fits right. 
Never heard of those, so I found some online pics. Kind of remind me of those old-timey cast iron cornbread stick pans.
Yeah, similar, this ones are actually made of like a silicone, so so very flexibleNever heard of those, so I found some online pics. Kind of remind me of those old-timey cast iron cornbread stick pans.
Amazon product ASIN B09H77CJ81
So.....I don't get what's so dumb about that. ??
Just seems silly to buy a mold to make subway bread...I don't know, maybe I'm overthinking it, lol
Yep, maybe you're overthinking it.
OTOH....I've been hauling around an "antique" original breadstick pan for 20 years & thought I had something special there. Now I see that Home Depot has new, improved ones for $20.
We all love our little extras now and then, nothing wrong with it at allYep, maybe you're overthinking it.
OTOH....I've been hauling around an "antique" original breadstick pan for 20 years & thought I had something special there. Now I see that Home Depot has new, improved ones for $20.
If I had a nickel for every time I purchased a car through two separate dealerships that ended up being in very unsafe condition and basically made me bankrupt in repairs... I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.
Anything that causes me buyers remorse. Here are just a few of those financial regrets that I will share:
- Most of my doctor visits. A lot of those ended in me getting into medical debt that I've paid off.
- I don't like paying for Health Insurance when I know they're barely going to cover the cost of my next doctor visit. I might as well refuse health insurance seeing as I always get stuck with the blunt of the bill and get harassed by the hospital to go to the bank and take out a loan if I'm paying them monthly.
- In July of last year I got pulled over by a cop and got a speed ticket with mandatory court date while he was accusing me of going 30 over the speed limit which I was not guilty of. I was facing community service and doing time at a county jail. I had to pay my lawyer 600 dollars just to deal with that mess. I still maintain that I was not in the wrong.
- Every purchase and deal I made at Game Stop
- There's been a few games on Xbox that I wish I could get a refund on. Nope, I'm stuck with those things.
- There's been a few movies at the theater where I got up, requested a refund, and left.
- Paying close to 900 dollars to get the kitchen floor a face lift when the floors in the entire house started collapsing inward from water damage. I didn't even own that house so I don't know why I bothered.
- I have many financial regrets with my first marriage. My ex wife didn't work most of the 11 years we were together so a lot of my pay checks were blown on who knows what. During our separation / divorce when I gave her money to help with the kids, she blew it on her boyfriend and proudly bragged about it to me. My family told me to start consulting with my lawyer before giving her anything at all.
- Spending money on bad dates. Mainly girls who just used me for a free meal and then ghosted.
- In 2006 I bought my first laptop. It was faulty. It would crash while showing the blue screen of death. The computer store I got it from refused to exchange it for one that worked.
- Loaning my former best friend turned enemy money. Not once did he ever pay me back. He was a user and still is one.
