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Post A List Of What You Wish You Never Purchased!

post #1 of 27
12/17/09 at 5:32am
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So most education costs, right? In our world we can try stuff before we buy it. Sometimes we end up with purchases that we thought were good but end up bad. List what they were and why. You will feel better afterward.
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post #2 of 27
12/17/09 at 8:05am
My exwife lmao!
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post #3 of 27
12/17/09 at 11:41am
X2 on the ex-wife - the current one is exceptional

I might add the Sony VR-6 (if I got the model # correct) I bought at a flea market for $1. They were ear-killers, and happily the dog chomped them. I pity the poor phool who paid pfull retail for these.

Also, the Yee Audio preamp - what a piece of c***p.
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post #4 of 27
12/17/09 at 12:36pm
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Post A List Of What You Wish You Never Purchased!
1. Lehman brothers stocks and shares perhaps?
2. Everything Sarah McLachlan has ever released after Fumbling for Ecstasy (you knew she was doing drugs on that album eh?)
3. Most things the Cowboy Junkies have ever released since Crescent Moon
4. Anything Celestion have made since being sold out and relocating
5. Tesco's citrus fruit like oranges and grapefruit: they never have any flavour compared to Marks & Spencers' fruit. Just pith and sour watery juice
6. A spare integrated amp for the other integrated amp to listen to music at nights. I don't think I can daisy chain two integrated amps to one another.
7. All the Cocteau Twins singles for the B sides which were subsequently released onto one great big Singles Collection album
8. All the Buffalo Tom singles for the B sides which were subsequently released onto one great big Singles Collection album called "B-sides"
9. Most artists collections of B sides.
10 .Most artists recordings of live albums with a first ever "produced by the artist for the first time". I.e. they don't know what they're doing.
11. CDs with jewel cases that are cracked
12. CDs with the plastic teeth retainers that are cracked
13. CDs when the vinyl LP shows up later.
14. Vinyl LPs which have fewer tracks than the CD
15. CDs which have fewer tracks than the vinyl LP
16. Both CDs and vinyl LPs which have fewer tracks than the MP3 digital download from the bands' websites
17. CDs and vinyl LPs which are rated 'indispensible' by Rolling Stone magazine
18. CDs and vinyl LPs which are rated 'indispensible' by The Times magazines.
19. CDs and vinyl LPs which I know I love, but import from the USA and pay customs for because the neurotic American seller decides that a single vinyl LP needs to be boxed in a 80cm x 60cm x 30cm box with styrofoam to protect it against cosmic x-rays, gamma radiation and being bumped around, only to be intercepted by Customs and charged the same price of the vinyl LP and packaging/postage costs, and held for ransom. THEN, the band decide to do a UK limited edition vinyl LP release for £13.99, undercutting the original import I paid.

20. Shall I go on?
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post #5 of 27
12/17/09 at 12:42pm
I regret buying my steel string and classical guitar, not because I do not like to play them in itself, but I should have made the leap and go solid wood instead of laminated.

Easy for me to say now that while I still kind of suck feel that I have outgrown them which is a healthy sign in itself, but still I wish I would have bought some more expensive ones, cause now I have to down the road to get any joy out of playing.
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post #6 of 27
12/17/09 at 1:43pm
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1. Non name brand cologne, the smell goes away the moment you walk out the door.
2. Too tight shirts, they were too tight in the store, how tight are they after a wash?
3. Too tight shoes, life is too short for too tight shoes.
4. Ex-Wife goes number 4, as there was some fun in the adventure!
5. The Super Shammey towels, the essence of being put together.
6. All those super choppers that are not worth the hassle to try and return that do not work like TV.
7. Any small device that makes the I-pod have a portable speaker. Sounds like a small boom-box.
8. Any pair of sunglasses that I broke or misplaced permanently in one week.
9. A bands box set with rarities that are rare because they are bad!
10. A fake Rolex watch from Mexico. They make your wrist green and self destruct in two weeks.
11. Any food in a restaurant that was overpriced and marginal at best.
12. A Bean Bag Chair. Try and sit in one.
13. Any product manufactured with bird feathers that don't stay in one place.
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post #7 of 27
12/17/09 at 1:44pm
My headphone rig. Honestly, I rarely ever use it, and it's not worth selling.
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post #8 of 27
12/17/09 at 4:49pm
My first pair of IEM's or coming to this website to look for iem's will that work? Just got my 600 dollar Mages in the mail today and i love everything about them but damn this website has cost me alot lol.
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post #9 of 27
12/17/09 at 4:59pm
UE11
Enough DIY parts for three Millett Maxes.
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post #10 of 27
12/17/09 at 10:44pm
Ford Pinto
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post #11 of 27
12/18/09 at 6:48pm
2008 Honda Civic LX 4 door (2009 Toyota Corolla is better)
All the expensive gifts for my ex-fiancee who never appreciated any of it, including the engagement ring (had to get a bigger one because she didn't like the first one)
Various receivers/speakers (too impulsive on my part)
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post #12 of 27
12/18/09 at 7:27pm
- My photocromic prescription glasses, those lenses cost a lot and work very well...if only i weren't so stupid to have them put on such a small frame, that they are useless even in moderate sunlight.

- Those Sr-225 collecting dust in a drawer.

- A pair of leather boots i can't wear for they are too tight...i bought them just because they were cheap..and seemed comfortable for the first two steps when i tried them

- Some vinyl LPs off ebay that never arrived ( probably got stolen )

- Music CDs which though not issued on mainstream labels nor containing mainstream music, are mastered like crap and clip like madness. While i can tolerate all that on the new Heaven and Hell album...i can't stand it on prog rock like the new Riverside or IQ.

I HATE spending money for CDs with poor sound quality.
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post #13 of 27
12/18/09 at 7:38pm
All the modifications to my car and last years tuition.
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post #14 of 27
12/18/09 at 7:43pm
Westone 3's
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post #15 of 27
12/18/09 at 10:46pm
Ooh a nice substitute for the daily "annoyment" thread.
1 HTC Hero
2 Xbox 360
3 A dell pc, I told my dad it was a bad idea but noooo. (though I like the extra keyboard buttons)
4 A 24 pack of disappointing ginger beer from Costco yesterday. I'm getting the nice bottled ones next time.
5 A plasma ball which makes a scratchy high pitched noise which apparently isn't grounds for returning it.
6 A pen with post it notes that are black for some reason and you can't really write on their shiny finish anyway.

More in a while; this is fun.
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