What Have You Regretted Buying But Kept It Anyway?

Chet

Chet

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I bought a new couch when I moved here. The old one was borderline so I junked it and went for new. Well, I wish I hadn't now, but how to get rid of it?
 

A small, rear engine riding lawn mower.

Used it a few times and discovered it was more trouble to use on my relatively small yard than the work it saved.

Paid $375 for it used.

Advertised it on Craigslist for $350.

Got an offer for $300 which I turned down and now I'm sorry I did.

Still sitting in the garage.

Tires flat, battery dead, possibly in need of a carburetor cleaning.

If I want to attempt to sell it now, I'll have to put money into it first and still probably won't get the $300 I was offered for it before.

Dang it!!!! Shoulda took the $300!!!! šŸ¤¬ :mad:

Guess I'll end up donating it to one of those charity car donation places who also take riding mowers.

I need to get it out of my garage.
 
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Where should I start. I have a workshop and basement garage full of tools, and things I have bought and used perhaps only one or two times. Slowly I am selling some of these items online/EBAY.

I used to be an avid Muskie fisherman, but gave that up years ago. However, one of our daughters is having a big garage/yard sale at their lake house in late April, and I have sorted out all my Muskie stuff...rods/reels/lures, etc., to take over there. I have priced everything at about half of what it sells for on EBAY, and if she is able to sell all this stuff, I should get well over $500.

I haven't really "regretted" buying all this stuff, but now, as I begin the journey towards the end, it becomes increasingly important to shed some of this excess....if for no other reason than not having to put the kids through the hassles of getting rid of much of it.
 
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I recently bought a glass thermometer which I thought was like the ones from the days of yore. Well, it is some big old thing with all kinds of numbers on it and I haven't a notion what they mean or what they are for. It was expensive and I will keep it and see if my son can figure it out. Of course there were no instructions for it. I do not like those infrared things that read skin temps. I finally found one for the mouth that my doctor put me on to. I want to know what my accurate internal temperature is.
 
I bought an electric chain saw. There's nothing wrong with it. But when I bought it, I was much more limber, and didn't need a walker. I spent about $300 on it. It's never been used, unpacked in the box. It still has that anti-rust grease stuff they use on rifles and guns. I keep thinking of putting an ad someplace, but then I forget about it for another 5/6 years.
 
officerripley said:
A sleep number bed, holy red stapler was it expensive, takes up too much room (we foolishly bought the king-size) and wasn't worth the $$ at all.
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OMGOSH thank you, almost bought one two years ago and decided it was way to expensive. Seems I made the right decision. I also heard that the mattress are ā€œhotā€. Is that true?
 
hollydolly said:
My leather sofas.... They're beautiful , but they are not comfortable to sleep on, even for a little snooze, so they're pretty useless when it comes to extra guests or if any of us want to have an afternoon kip...
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I had a leather sofa, hot in the summer so youā€™d stick to it, cold in the winter so you needed to cover it with a blanket. Hated it. Son needed a sofa, yay, he said it was better than sitting on the floor. šŸ˜‚. Just barely, I think.
 
Aneeda72 said:
OMGOSH thank you, almost bought one two years ago and decided it was way to expensive. Seems I made the right decision. I also heard that the mattress are ā€œhotā€. Is that true?
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Didn't notice the mattresses being hot, seemed about the same as other beds we've had; my problem with the bed is that you spend all this money to help your back and I don't think it helped ours at all. No doubt other people have gotten help from it but not us; just the way it goes sometimes, I guess.
 
officerripley said:
Didn't notice the mattresses being hot, seemed about the same as other beds we've had; my problem with the bed is that you spend all this money to help your back and I don't think it helped ours at all. No doubt other people have gotten help from it but not us; just the way it goes sometimes, I guess.
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The best thing I ever did for my back pain was something I wasn't even doing for back pain.

I went through a bout of sleep apnea way back in the early 00's. Every time I'd start to drop off to sleep, I'd feel like I was suffocating. I think it might have been due to congestive heart failure. I developed edema in my lower legs, too.

One night I started getting claustrophobic lying in bed, so I got up to go sit in the living room in my recliner. Not reclined either. Just straight up. Next thing I knew, I was waking up the next morning after a good few hours of much needed sleep.

"Wow", said I to nobody in particular. "I can get to sleep if I sit up."

For the next three or four years, I slept sitting up in my comfy chair.

Not only did it cure my sleep apnea, but my back pain was gone too.
 
Aneeda72 said:
OMGOSH thank you, almost bought one two years ago and decided it was way to expensive. Seems I made the right decision. I also heard that the mattress are ā€œhotā€. Is that true?
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Best mattress I ever bought is a Purple mattress. Purple is the name brand. It's about 3 years old now and as good as new. It's priced about the same as your average good quality mattress. Most comfortable thing I've ever slept on (I mean, any thing categorized as a "mattress").
 
Murrmurr said:
Best mattress I ever bought is a Purple mattress. Purple is the name brand. It's about 3 years old now and as good as new. It's priced about the same as your average good quality mattress. Most comfortable thing I've ever slept on (I mean, any thing categorized as a "mattress").
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What category of mattress is it?

Meaning the material used. Is it memory foam or gel foam, etc.

I've heard memory foam gets hot.
 

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