Purchases you regret

[iiyyja]

My most recent one is Cyberpunk 2077. God, the writing is sooo bad. I quit playing after 20 minutes. The options to customize your character were kind of limited. There was only one haircut option I didn't hate. I like how my character turned out, but I couldn't fully tailor him to my liking

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[Alienfish]

A lot of computer games, especially those on Steam. Also nerdy anime stuff I don't really like anymore...just why lol.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

I've mentioned this one a lot, but letting my friend build me a gaming PC. It's loud, doesn't run multiplayer games very well, audio jack is messed up and it cost me a lot more to get all the extra additions (speakers, monitor, wifi adapter, powerline adapters. etc.). I really trusted him with this and it ended up being the biggest regret purchase in my life. So much time and money trying to resolve issues with it. It made me really resent PC gaming after I was finally going to give it a shot. It's basically one big paperweight at this point.

 

[slzzpz]

New Pokemon Snap. I just could not enjoy it.

 

[michito]

- The smash bros game for 3DS. I loved playing SSBB with my friend, so I bought SSB4 since it had just come out. Turns out what I mostly enjoyed was the story mode + multiplayer, not the fighting game itself, so I grew bored of it soon. Haven't touched it in years, but might go back into it someday... it's fun, but not my thing. Considering if I should get P4AU when it comes out or not...
- Apollo Justice. Since the cartridge was PAL I thought it would come in all languages like every other PAL game. Turns out they only hold 2 languages, so I ended up getting one in german & french. I dont speak any of these languages lol. Again, I dont regret this one100%, I mostly just wanted it for having it in physical, but it would've nice to actually be able to play it lol (it was a good excuse to learn languages tho! I know random german words now. Püppchen.)

Games aside, a few months ago I found out I love figure collection and I have spent a considerable amount on them already. So far I'm enchanted with the figures I got and plan to get more, but I'm scared I will stop liking the character someday because they were mostly impulse buys and I tend to not care much when my hyperfixation passes. I know I can resell them, but still.....

 

[Ghost Of Mascevanje]

Initially, I thought that this was a thread solely for videogame purchases, but it's most likely for any kind of regretful purchases.

There's probably numerous purchases that I regret making, but I can't remember many of those at the moment. The only one that does come to mind is a digital converter box that I purchased just last year for an old CRT TV (well, it's not that old. It was actually from 2003, but in technological years that's probably considered ancient now, ha ha). While the converter box didn't function terribly, it also didn't operate as well as I thought it should have (and I did use it in combination with an antenna). Barely got like 5 channels on it, and even then the signal would often be weak (so the channels froze quite a bit during specific times). Making things worse, the TV soon started acting strange, and its screen display began shrinking more and more with each passing day. So I threw that TV out and used the converter on another old, similar TV that I had in storage. For some reason, on that one it just wouldn't get any channels at all. In the end, I regretted spending nearly 50 dollars on that purchase.

To recapitulate: I spent nearly $50 on a digital converter box for an old CRT TV and it was all mostly for nothing (I'm going to have to try and re-sell that junk when I can).

 

[moo_nieu]

no idea haha. im not one to spend money on expensive or random things often so i usually feel good about the purchases i make

 

[Bluelady]

Most of my purchase regrets are food purchases. Stuff like different flavors of instant noodles, new Oreos flavors, or chips. Out of all of them, the worst food that I've ever tried was the Cherry Coke Oreos. I like Cherry Coke and Oreos so I should like this right? Nope. It had a nasty cherry flavor with some type of Pop Rocks. I hate Pop Rocks.

My most recent regret was buying a wooden bed-in-breakfast serving tray. I bought it with the intention to serve my family whenever we would get sick. However, the legs of this thing are rounded, so you couldn't have it standing upright on a table without it folding over. It didn't come with a latch, so the legs kept opening when I would have them folded. My mom spilled her drink because the tray got caught on one of her lacy table runners.

It's just an awful product. I left a negative review on Amazon. If anyone is thinking about buying a bed-breakfast tray, then I would either recommend one with built in legs or a chaffing tray.

 

[Violet Witch]

Recently it’s got to be Marshals amiibo card from eBay. Even though it works perfectly with my Switch Lite, the seller didn’t state that it wasn’t an official amiibo card. I’ll give them credit for cleverly photographing their “amiibo” to make it look like it was bigger than it actually was with the design being printed perfectly to match the official one.

 

[Midoriya]

Same as moo_nieu, I don’t usually regret the purchases I make because I only buy something if I know it’s going to be useful to me for a long time.

 

[Belle T]

-checks Steam library-

I'm not sure I have time to discuss the 300+ regrets in my life.

 

[allainah]

All of my twitch bits/subs I bought last year

 

[Beanz]

the sims 4, i bought it a few days after christmas because it was on sale for $4. i had never played a sims game before other than a mobile version a few years ago so i thought that 4 would be a good introduction to the series since it’s the latest game. when i opened the game for the first time the ui was all wonky and since i had never played a sims game before it was difficult to make a sim. i instantly undownloaded it and luckily steam gave me a refund. i can understand why people like this game based on game play i’ve seen but it wasn’t for me. i should’ve never trusted EA in the first place because you know it’s all about money.

 

[bellasmaster]

i'd have to think about what i bought that i'd regret the most. i learned to try not impulse buying due to "sales", it being cheap or if i'm unsure about it. chances are it'll be there longer. and if not life goes on.

now one thing i wish i BOUGHT and didn't was the castlevania double pack for gameboy advance years ago. it cost $30 at the time i considered buying and i waited. then it randomly was impossible to find anywhere. now it sells for $178.21 complete with box, manual, etc.

 

[daringred_]

all of them lol. i have a weird relationship with money. even if i really want something, i still feel bad buying it. especially with stickers for my journal, since it feels like a waste, but i don't think regret necessarily always means you did a bad thing or made the wrong decision, just that you feel as though you did.

 

[bellasmaster]

i still feel bad buying it. especially with stickers for my journal, since it feels like a waste

to most people spending money on stickers would probably be a waste. for me i see it as a waste. but for some of the things i buy others feel it's a waste too.

you can't bring money to the grave. if journaling is your hobby and it makes you happy to put stickers in it for collage purposes i'm guessing then have at it. even if others or sometimes yourself see it as a waste if it's what makes you happy and you have fun doing it then do it. it's only bad when there's too much of a good thing. people who spend 10+ hours a day playing games for example. or spending their paycheck on material things instead of making sure their bills are paid off making them barely get by, etc.

 

[daringred_]

to most people spending money on stickers would probably be a waste. for me i see it as a waste. but for some of the things i buy others feel it's a waste too.

you can't bring money to the grave. if journaling is your hobby and it makes you happy to put stickers in it for collage purposes i'm guessing then have at it. even if others or sometimes yourself see it as a waste if it's what makes you happy and you have fun doing it then do it. it's only bad when there's too much of a good thing. people who spend 10+ hours a day playing games for example. or spending their paycheck on material things instead of making sure their bills are paid off making them barely get by, etc.

oh, i know, but i like saving money and knowing it's there for emergencies (namely vet bills) so i always feel bad spending it on material things of any kind, even something like chocolate. it's an automatic feeling though, and i just try to ignore it. it usually doesn't last long; only for a few days, and then i get over it because what's done has been done lol. on the bright side, i didn't feel any kind of regret buying my last batch of stickers, so that's progress.

 

[Croconaw]

Most of my regrets are indeed, food purchases. They were products I just didn’t end up liking. I hate buying new foods because it feels like a waste if I don’t like it. I really didn’t like some of the exclusive Mountain Dew flavors that are released around the holidays. I disliked the voodoo flavor (Halloween) and the gingerbread flavor (Christmas). Some of the flavors are obscure, but some are good. I don’t regret trying them, because that’s how I found my favorite flavor.

 

[skarmoury]

One purchase I regret is buying Turok on Switch. I played Turok as a child and I thought what I was buying on Switch was the version I used to play... but apparently it was a different one lol. I played Turok Evolution, not the original Turok game. Well, too late, it's on my Switch now and I can never get that $10 back.

I also bought Among Us on my Switch, but realized soon that I bought it only to force myself to like the game, because everyone liked the game. I've never touched Among Us on my Switch since I bought it, and I wish I could refund it but here we are.

Another regretful buy just recently was my phone screen protector. I bought it and had it put for $6 (mall price), but when I searched online stores, they sold for like 50 cents. I suppose I was too eager to have my screen protector placed, as I get very conscious having a new phone without a screen protector, but after that day at the mall I haven't gone out of the house ever again so my phone was always in a safe place in my room. Wish I had bought online instead, oh well.

 

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