Most worthless item you ever purchased for yourself?

[Bozono]

TurboGrafx 16 as a kid and bunk acid.

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: huberm
few years ago thought it would be funny to buy these things called terdcutters. They were like $20, and they would make designs out of your poop when you were taking a dump.

never used them once.

roflmao

 

[Coquito]

$200 for a 4x cd burner

My store bought pc shorted out not two weeks later. I didn't have a burner again till 40x drives were common.

 

[Legend]

$400 worth of OCz RAM before I became a frugal bastard. I started with 2 sticks of 512, and then expanded to 4, thinking I could keep my CPU OCed 3.0->3.6, but now I can hardly OC. Some $150 value RAM would do the same job.

 

[Rage187]

Originally posted by: Ausm
My wedding ring and honeymoon.

Ausm

preaching to the choir.

 

[quakefiend420]

Originally posted by: tfinch2
PDA

qfmft

i bought mine and played with it for about a week...

probably gonna sell it soon

 

[Flashram]

Anandtech subscription.

 

[Kaervak]

PS2 setup, console, two controllers, memory card & four games. Put a total of about 15 hours on the system from March to last week when I sold it.

ZipZaps. pretty cool for about a week, but they're just collecting dust.

 

[MikeyIs4Dcats]

CDRs....have a ton just sitting around. probaby burned less than 50 CDs in my life.

 

[cisco911]

Canon powershot s1 IS. Man i hated that camera....

Lights for my puter case.... but hey they do flash to the music ya know...

I just had to have the first brushless motor for rc cars from Novak, Sent it back 3 times before they got the bugs worked out (lasted 2 years being used VERY heavy after that).

Anything with FORD on it.

Acer 266 mmx pc for 1200 without monitor

 

[simms]

Bluetooth headset. Used it about a week and thank god was able to unload it for almost the same price (maybe even a little more, whew!)

 

[revnja]

A Windows Mobile PDA. Bleh.

Next would have to be a copy of World of Warcraft. It was fun up until I hit level 27, now it's just boring and repetitive.

 

[IGBT]

..one of those fuggen Ionic Breeze POS junk from the you know who Sharper Gadget ImageJunk Store. Still can't beleve I bought that thing. :|

 

[Slacker]

Originally posted by: radioouman
Masters degree

LoL (sorry)

 

[Schfifty Five]

Originally posted by: thirdeye
I bought a bowflex that I literally used 5 times

Damn, aren't those things like $2000?

 

[Continuity28]

I bought an engagement ring expecting some woman to come running...

There goes a perfectly good $5.

 

[imported_Tick]

Probably a dozen different games that weren't worth it. BF2 is cool though, like an expanded CS:S.

 

[JonnyStarks]

Paintball gun. Damn I thought I was gonna get more into that

 

[doze]

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

I also spent a lot of money on CD's then, but that was a time when tapes were crap and cd burners did not exist so it was worth it at the time, and I don't regret it. I've spent a few thousand on computer parts I didn't really need over the last 5-10 years. Been able to sell some, and rebuild computers for friends/family but never really got back what I spent.

Other than that I've probably wasted more money on booze and women.

 

[Horus]

A big long list of games (MW4, etc) that I never finished.

A CF Logistics branded Zippo. I don't smoke!

 

[JinLien]

SoftRAM
Airbrush compressor
MamiyaFlex 2"1/4x2"1/4
Bachelor of Industrial Design
Diploma of Film & Animation
Diploma of Computer Network System
MS Access Developer Certification
A+
MCSE
CNA

 

[Sphexi]

Originally posted by: pontifex
City of Heroes
Final Fantasy 11
Planetside
Asheron's Call 2

You bastard, that was one of the best MMOs evah...I still have my discs, even though it's not online anymore.

 

[intogamer]

82.XX for like 6 diecast 1:24/1:20 cars

Thought it was cool but errr

2x radio control bmws

$60 of mag subs from ebay... haven't gotten them yet