Most worthless item you ever purchased for yourself?

[shilala]

About 7 years ago I bought a carpet shampooer for our Kirby.
It was a worthless POS.

I'm super finicky and mega-cheap so it damn near kills me if I buy something that doesn't work out.
That's the last thing I can think of where I really fvcked up.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
PDA

Same here. Luckily I realized I wasn't ever going to use it while I was still within the return/refund period

 

[BlueWeasel]

Originally posted by: ironwing
Webcam and USB/ethernet/USB extender to run the webcam out to a hummingbird nest. The birds moved on before the extender arrived.

:laugh:

 

[robothouse77]

hmm, the majority of these seem to be 'high tech trinkets' (pdas, ect..)

dang those advertising agencies!

 

[Taggart]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: Taggart
Lucent Technologies for ~$84/share in 1999. Sold at like $7/share a few years ago. Yikes!

wow, that really sucks...how many shares did you have?

Not too bad, like 20-25 or so. It was about a $1K loss though. I was in college then, so it seemed more painful at the time!

 

[DAGTA]

Star Wars Galaxies. I bought the collector's edition ($80) and signed up for a year of online service ($160, I think) before realizing what a total unfinished POS that game was. Of course, Sony had a policy of not refunding any prepurchased time. So, of my 13 months, I played about 3 weeks before giving up on that crap.

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: robothouse77
i'd have to say my CD collection from the mid nineties. boy what a mistake...

LOL!

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Battlefield 2?

oh yeah, forgot about that one too!

what's wrong with BF2? is it that dissapointing?

 

[Accipiter22]

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: ironwing
Webcam and USB/ethernet/USB extender to run the webcam out to a hummingbird nest. The birds moved on before the extender arrived.

:laugh:

hahha birds FTW!

 

[Newfie]

Battlefield 2.....Fun at the beginning....but not worth the money to me anymore.

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: robothouse77
i'd have to say my CD collection from the mid nineties. boy what a mistake...

LOL I was thinking the exact same thing when I read your thread title.

I recently was doing some cleaning in my room and I went through my old CD's I bought in the 90's as well. I picked up the "Friends" soundtrack and thought to myself, "ok, WTF was I thinking when I bought this?". I hastily proceeded to throw that POS into the trashcan.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Battlefield 2?

oh yeah, forgot about that one too!

what's wrong with BF2? is it that dissapointing?

it gets old and boring really fast. still pretty buggy. players are total asshats.

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: pontifex

Originally posted by: jbourne77
Battlefield 2?

oh yeah, forgot about that one too!

my current, and still after months, favorite game.. why do people not liks this game so much?

 

[Mrfrog840]

Originally posted by: Accipiter22

Originally posted by: BlueWeasel

Originally posted by: ironwing
Webcam and USB/ethernet/USB extender to run the webcam out to a hummingbird nest. The birds moved on before the extender arrived.

:laugh:

hahha birds FTW!

 

[kyzen]

PDA
2 Airsoft guns
2nd climbing harness

 

[Gibson486]

DVD/RW for my laptop......I have not burned a DVD on it yet.....cost me $150.

 

[OutHouse]

1. a telescope. got it for about 100 bucks at sears. The novelty lasted about a week, but it was cool to see the moon really close. so i took it and exchanged it for a $100 socket set. best thing i could have done. that socket set has been used a lot!

2. a Espresso/cappicino (sp) maker. like the telescope was fun for about a week but it quicky wore off. i have had it for about 10 years and last weekend it went in the trash.

 

[Ausm]

My wedding ring and honeymoon.

Ausm

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: Citrix
1. a telescope. got it for about 100 bucks at sears. The novelty lasted about a week, but it was cool to see the moon really close. so i took it and exchanged it for a $100 socket set. best thing i could have done. that socket set has been used a lot!

2. a Espresso/cappicino (sp) maker. like the telescope was fun for about a week but it quicky wore off. i have had it for about 10 years and last weekend it went in the trash.

The telescope only sucked because you got a cheap department store one.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: Ausm
My wedding ring and honeymoon.

Ausm

QFT

I just signed the divorce papers today.

 

[Geekbabe]

lol, probably a bra

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: virtualgames0

Originally posted by: Citrix
1. a telescope. got it for about 100 bucks at sears. The novelty lasted about a week, but it was cool to see the moon really close. so i took it and exchanged it for a $100 socket set. best thing i could have done. that socket set has been used a lot!

2. a Espresso/cappicino (sp) maker. like the telescope was fun for about a week but it quicky wore off. i have had it for about 10 years and last weekend it went in the trash.

The telescope only sucked because you got a cheap department store one.

yep.

never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never, never,never, never, never, never, never, never,
buy a telescope from a dept. store or store in a mall.
they are total crap.

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Geekbabe
lol, probably a bra

WOOT!!!
got pics? lol j/k

 

[TomKazansky]

Originally posted by: bmacd
Jaguar XJ6
worst investment ever, and I can't emphasize investment enough!

-=bmacd=-

i feel your pain. I bet it was a b!itch to fix those electrical issues it has.

 

[Ausm]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose

Originally posted by: Ausm
My wedding ring and honeymoon.

Ausm

QFT

I just signed the divorce papers today.

Been down that road X 2 be ready to be every creditors bitch

Ausm