Comments on: Things I Bought That I Regret

By: John

John — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:27:59 +0000

When Cd’s came out, I was thrilled to listen all my music in the brand new format (1984) I started buying almost every album that contained 1-2 good songs that I liked, when I got married I owned about 500 hundred cd’s but instead of keep them all I started to sort between the ones I didn’t listened anymore and the ones I continued to listen to..I sold almost 400 hundred of them in a shopping site like e-bay (I live in Mexico) and all the music from those cd’s I keep it in an external drive…so in some cases you don’t have to get rid of everything but you can sell it at least for a part of the cost that you shelled out. But I regret having to buy all that music, now I’m more selective and careful with the music I buy.

By: minny

minny — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:57:40 +0000

How funny, I love this article. The list of things I regret buying is too long to look at and stay sane!

It must be a rare person who has a short list!!! I have learned my lesson – pretty much – but it still happens – doh!

By: Susan

Susan — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 17:01:15 +0000

For some reason, it’s the wrong decisions that I make on small expenditures that really get to me. For instance, I won $10 in the lottery and thought to myself, I will save this, just because it was unexpected and it was nice to win SOMETHING! Anyway,I was shopping and got really hungry. All that I wanted was a piece of fish from Luby’s cafeteria and I thought, okay, I’ll eat a whole piece and not just half like I usually do and I won’t get anything else. Keep in mind that I’m hungry and I’ve been walking a lot. So, I’m walking through the line and see these beautiful salads, sweet potato casserole, blah, blah, blah, blah. AND before you know it, I’ve incurred $10.79 at the register. If I hadn’t been so famished, I would have said, “Forget it,” but I didn’t. Later I was thinking while riding on the bus, why did I do that? Half of a piece of fish would have been just fine, but the salad and wonderful sweet potato casserole appealed to my visual as well as hunger sensations and that’s what got to me. I think that is what happens to a lot of us, it’s the inital visual or instinctual appeal that grabs us in a weakened state. I know it’s small, but I’ve done that on bigger items as well and the mindset is the same. I’m learning though. Oh yea, one more thing, the servers that work in these chain cafeterias expect tips now and for a cheerful person to refill your water glass, I guess it includes a 15% gratuity.

By: Lou Russo

Lou Russo — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 02:06:48 +0000

While I agree that I have bought things I later regretted, I disagree about the new car thing. I have bought 3 new cars in my life. The first was a 1981 Toyota Tercel. I had it until 1991 when I traded it in on a new Camry. I kept that until 2005 when I bought a new Nissan Altima, which I still have. All of them have given me great service. I’ve had several used cars that I regretted buying, however.

By: wandaa

wandaa — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:18:41 +0000

Jewelry. Need I say more.

And I agree, new homes, new cars, too many clothes, movies and music…

Yep. We’ve wasted the money too.

Sign…

By: Tightwad

Tightwad — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:04:16 +0000

We bought an RV brand new and paid $15,000.00 for it ten years ago. We used it three times. Sold it for $8,000.00. What a loss!

By: gettingby

gettingby — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:40:12 +0000

When I was about to by a new car, I lost my job (1999 – company went bankrupt). I almost did it anyway, because I needed a car. However, I froze with checkbook in hand and backed out. That was a good decision. I have since discovered that Hertz and Enterprise have good deals on used cars. Hertz doesn’t usually sell any over 30 thousand miles and 2 years old. I was shopping for a car with Hertz Car Sales for a long time. They are great, at least out here. They give you the car alone for a test drive and allow you up to 20 minutes or so. Something came up and I was unable to buy. I actually don’t own a car, which is the pits in So. Cal. But I do rent and I do look for the best deals. If you have a good older car and want to drive a new one, renting is the way to go. (As long as you look for specials.) You can even rent from a “prestige” collection. That way you can drive a Jacquar or whatever for a weekend, give it back, pay for the pleasure but not for the ownership!

By: David G. Mitchell

David G. Mitchell — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:57:07 +0000

Heibi — When we had our marble polished professionally, it looked like new when the job was done. I don’t know what results you will get but you should get several bids and talk to the people who will do the work about your expectations before you sign anyone on.

By: robpayne

robpayne — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:12:10 +0000

Hear hear what you makes very good sense although if we all did it,we would have even less of a new car industry.I have been in the motor trade all my life and at one time
held a new car(volume) franchise-even then I bought ex-manufacurers
(management cars) I am now retired(i thought) and living in France.keeping my brain active by sourcing and supplying used cars for my expatriate pals ,thus saving them a fair bit of cash (God knows where they get the prices from over here !!)and a lot of hassle

By: Heibi

Heibi — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:24:04 +0000

I didn’t know that I was supposed to be maintaining my marble! Does this polishing process take out water stains?