Buyer's Remorse!

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So going over the 'How to avoid impulsive buying' thread, made me think about the stuff I should have held off on purchasing.

Here's my (partial) list:
  • Kindle Fire - Purchased early last year because Amazon had a $30 discount on refurbed Kindles. Shipping and customs killed the deal. I even bought a case for it, but somehow, carrying a tablet to work was too cumbersome and I stopped taking it after a few weeks. Now a better Kindle is available for almost same amount on amazon.in :confused:
  • Xbox wired controller - Wanted to try it out, but after a few hours I realized I prefer Mouse + KB for my PC games.
  • WD 1TB portable drive - Totally impulsive purchase - walked into Croma to kill some time while waiting for a friend, walked out with this.
Let's hear some of yours!
 
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I do impulsive buying over the net. the list is very long and expensive too.
veedee tablet, toshiba ac100, wood carving knives kit, enormous collection of movie dvds many of which I didnt even watch, spending 55K on a home pc when I knew that I was leaving india in 6 months and already had work laptop, roccat kave 5.1 headset, "Le Chat" anti clockwise wrist watch, g-shock, 2 use'n throw lexmark printers at chroma, milagrow home cleaning robot, canon d550 when I had a fully working canon D300, many toolkits and so on...

PS: I dont have credit cards
 
Was feeling depressed once, 3.5 years ago, so ordered an ipod shuffle online. I prefer to keep my impulse purchases low-cost. :p
 
Last year, went to JJMehta to buy a Canon 1100D and instead came out with Oly E-PM1...later came to know about unavailability of third-party lenses/expensive OEM lenses.... :(

Also bought a macro adapter later from ebay for macro-pics but the pics seem more like abstract(due to razor sharp d0f and no AF)... :banghead:
 
letmein said:
Here's my (partial) list:
  • Xbox wired controller - Wanted to try it out, but after a few hours I realized I prefer Mouse + KB for my PC games.
  • this.
Let's hear some of yours!
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I have the same regret for buying this as well .. I was on holiday at home and wanted to play Burnout on the LCD I have at home .. so I bought a Wired Xbox Controller .. My vacation lasted just one week and haven't touched by Controller since then.

Also on the list Razer DA + Goliathus Alpha -- Bought it for gaming along with my Laptop .. played for 2 weeks before settling down to exclusively downloading/watching TV Shows .. despite any remorse I can't bring myself to selling these ... as I 'might' use them one day ..

Not to mention the many Android Apps I have bought which have 4.8 rating after just coming out only to never use them again .. Google Wallet is such a b**ch !
 
Made loads of impuslive buying since last 2 months damm :(

1) Went to buy a normal bath-tub under 70k, paid 1.6 for it with this this and this features :(
2) PS3 games and an additional controller, bought just for one day, just to try Fifa 13 :(
3) MB Air (this is my 4th lappy in last 2 yr), used 24 hr only
4) looked at Numark NS7fx, fall for it, bought it, is in transit (last yr bought Mixdeck, still unused) :(
5) looking on sale, bought various brand clothes costing 30k+, which are yet to be tried :(
5) bought a panasonic digicam at mall, even after having a nikon dslr and digicam too
6) bought citizen Eco-drive watch, even though i don't like wearing watch :(
 
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Members with additional items pls proceed to create "desperate" FS threads. We will be waiting there. Let us also have our fair share of impulsive buying.

The bug is catching on me. Went online for 2 minutes and bought the Canon 1100D :={
 
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Galaxy S3 - Sold an iPhone 4S because I wanted a big screen phone and wanted to try Android. Worst decision ever for me.

Xbox 360 and Samsung LCD TV - I used to be a hardcore gamer but i lost interest when I went to law school. I decided to get back into gaming so ended up buying Xbox 360 and Samsung 26" LCD. Both haven't been used for more than two years almost.

Nikon D3000 - Bought this because I was getting a very good deal about 2-3 years back. I haven't used it more than 10 times maybe. I prefer using my phone for clicking pictures. Waste of money imo.
 
Got an over the ear headphones for 8k last year thinking I will just get drenched in music. I didnt even use it for 10 mins. Hell I even forgot what make and model it is. Its lying somewhere in my cupboard. Maybe I should put up a FS thread soon :)
 
vpraveenis said:
Got an over the ear headphones for 8k last year thinking I will just get drenched in music. I didnt even use it for 10 mins. Hell I even forgot what make and model it is. Its lying somewhere in my cupboard. Maybe I should put up a FS thread soon :)
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8k earphones ! , i want to know which ones are those !!
my max one is only 4k and i'm drenched in music always (over 1050 english artists in last.fm) :p
 
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