What is the stupidest thing you ever bought?

[backbreaker]

Apparantly I'm a sucker for attractive saleswomen. Nothing like seeing a petite woman in a business skirt that is easy on the eyes use casual flirting to get what she wants. I was SOLD my Lexus SUV by a classy petite redhead back in arkansas. I was SOLD on why I needed an electronic body fat scale at sharper image about years ago by an attractive blonde working there.

but at least thoose things were things I had a legit use for. I always wanted a hybrid (my suv) and It's nice to know exactly what your body fat is.

But today.. I think I outdid myself. Today, getting ready to head to Kentucky later on tonight.. very later on tonight.. I, someone who has literarly an attic full of it.. was sold that ulgyist peice of crap luggage that I ever saw in my life. If I had to describe it, it's metallic **** brown.

I went in to the mall today looking for a new belt. I have seeming to lost my fav black belt and I need another one. So I am passing the luggage area and this latino, very very nice...fake everything.... doesn't matter.. very vey easy on the eyes. so I am passing and she says "hey you... you look like you need some luggage". My dumbass, throwing logic to the wind says "maybe"

I had on some brown slacks and a white polo with my brown ban lether watch, she points to this god awful ugly suitcase set and says "it matches your outfit". Here I am saying to myself, an EX car salesman mind you "don't get sold, don't get sold, don't get sold"... then she looks at me, while I'm looking directly at her legs, and says "I know you can afford it can't you?".. If I were smarty I should have said I'm broke. but no... I whip out the Amex and buy it. the whole time thinking what the **** am I doing? I saw well.. I paid 200 dollars for this encounter, I might as well get some DJ practice in..so I talk to her, she is actually receptive.. gives me a number, which i sprobably fake, I don't even really care and i leave. I threw the number away as soon as I left her site.

I didn't even like her. I wasn't even interested. I just got sold by an attractive woman. it's like my cryptonite. I can't say no.

well.. now at least I'm going to put it to use the best way I can. I called my GF and told her I have a suprise for her. She's too much of a sweetie to say what I know she wants to say..."What the **** is that!!".. so I want to see just how long she can go though LAX, having everyone look at her doodoo brown suitcase set before she says something. Ik now I know.. tourture.. i'll make it up to her. trying to make the best out of a bad situtation by entertaining myself.

anyway.. what is the worst or stupidest thing you ever bought?

 

[speakeasy]

Can't you get a refund?

 

[backbreaker]

Humm.. refund you say? didn't think of that. I don't have enough time now I hvae to pack but I'll leave it in my trunk and do it when I get back. Thanks!

 

[KontrollerX]

For me probably the Gamecube.

Aside from Resident Evil 4 and the last Zelda game for it this machine was a glorified dust collector.

 

[Ken785]

why did you throw it away? why did you buy the suitcase yet throw the number away??...even if it was fake.. you were better off offering her the 200 just to bang her..

 

[Ken785]

my stupidest thing was i paid $6000 for laser skin treatment for my acne scars which didnt work...i was only expecting it to be about 2500-3000 but when the salesman said 6k i was like WHOA!...then he said they have the latest "state of the art" machines and blah blah...at the moment i just signed for it without thinking...i seen the guy before me that had a consultation just storm out...but i didnt do that being the dumbas$ that i was.

on top of that...the service svcks...the people that do the treatment do it real quick and if you dont buy the topical creams they sell you they get mad at you, i even think one of the ladies that work in there is racist. never ever go to dr.risper's laser dermatology in irvine,ca.

 

[Bible_Belt]

What is the stupidest thing you ever bought?

Every item in which a sales person created a sense of urgency. If you can't get the same deal tomorrow, then you should walk away. Sales people will tell you anything to get you to believe that you have to buy this instant.

 

[azanon]

A Handspring Visor Platinum (PDA) about 7 years ago or so for $300 bucks. Last I checked, they go for $5 dollars on eBay. I thought I looked sophisticated taking notes on it at work. In reflection, I probably just looked like the biggest nerd there. I will be very careful before I buy anything that could begin to be referred to as a "gadget" again.

 

[backbreaker]

A Handspring Visor Platinum (PDA) about 7 years ago or so for $300 bucks. Last I checked, they go for $5 dollars on eBay. I thought I looked sophisticated taking notes on it at work. In reflection, I probably just looked like the biggest nerd there. I will be very careful before I buy anything that could begin to be referred to as a "gadget" again.

IN HS I saw the Jay-Z video "give it to me" and had to have a Motorola 2 way pager. that's in my top 3 for stupidest things I've ever bought. Paying 200 bucks for a pager. yeah. very smart.

 

[speakeasy]

I spent $300 for lazer whitening my teeth. I later found out that the $20 home kit from Rite Aid down the street works just as well.

 

[mpimpin]

I continue to Spend a lot on Cell Phones which I can't seem to keep more then a few months at the max. And yet I still refuse to ever buy insurance. I think I just like the excitement of a new toy every few months.

 

[penkitten]

i saw a lady buy snow man poop at the cheveron on christmas eve....
snow man poop!!! for $1.99 plus tax@@@

 

[Ken785]

aww c'mon...nobody is as stupid as me??? fvck i feel like a retard!...i guess i was soo insecure about my scars at the time..

 

[Serialized3]

I bought a snowboard that was way too short and stiff to learn to snowboard on. It washes out quite a bit (I think the salesman underestimated my weight when he was helping me pick out the board).

I was going to return it, but someone in my house (probably me) lost the receipt.

Goodbye $200

Any smaller, advanced snowboarders interested in Rossignol Scope 157?

 

[backbreaker]

funny you mention that. I'm seroiusly considering buying a surfboard. I'm in the ocean enough. It looks pretty fun. Knowing me however the first time I'd try I'd break my neck.

Oh yeah.. I bought a virtual boy. that is pretty dumb as well.

And remember thoose little cupcakes that already had a bite taken out of them when you bought them? Talk about the stupidest marketing gimmic ever... yeah.. I'm going to pay full price for 3/4ths of a ding dong. I literarly begged my mom to buy me a box.

I thought about lasix surgery but I just can't do it. I actually don't mind my contacts and my glasses when I wear them give me that "look".. when I'm trying to pull it off.

 

[KontrollerX]

I've heard the effects of that surgery don't last anyway BB.

If so that'd just be throwing away money.

 

[joekerr31]

i believe less is more. i hardly buy anything. i've got everything i need and don't really need any more stuff.

but looking back on it. i once bought a train ticket and travelled about 8 hours by train to see a girl. the week with her sucked, got in a big fight, went home feeling like i wasted my time and money.

that was back in my AFC days and is probably the stupidest thing i ever bought.

 

[ChapStick]

I'm actually considering getting my teeth whitened by laser.. $300 isn't that bad. I mean, your teeth stay white for a longer amount of time, plus my teeth get so sensitive after using whitening strips.

 

[ValleyDJing]

I remember when my older brother bought this cheap ass $20 snowboard from Kmart...lol! We were gonna be going to the mountains for like 1 day and he just had to go snowboarding even though there wasn't even any good runs. I told him just to forget about it, that it wouldn't last the day anyways. Sure enough it lasted about 2 little bunny hill runs before he went off this jump and snapped the damn thing like a twig. I must have laughed and rolled around in the snow for about 15 minutes straight.

 

[Ace of Flames]

I can't think of anything in particular I've bought, but I hate being obligated to buy things I know I'm not gonna use. Like something for school (i.e., books), or when you have to buy a whole set of something when you only want one thing out of it. Those kinds of things just aggravate you, know what I mean?