Instant Regrets

[Medic_wheat]

Ever buy something and have instant buyers remorse?

Only you are unable to return saiid item and stuck with it?


If so please share your story.

I don’t have an example to share at the moment. However I am sure I have at lest a few stories.

[crazydean]

I have had buyers remorse from Craigslist purchases a few times. Typically because of condition.

I bought a PS3 super slim for like $60. The guy handed it to me in a plastic bag. I didn't realize it until my drive home but it smelled so bad with cigarettes that I had to roll the windows down in my car. I started cleaning it as soon as I got home. It almost went in the trash like 50 times. Also, I didn't realize that there was a version without a HDD. Anyway, I made it work and I'm happy with it now. Although, I wouldn't do it again.

[HuMan]

Bought a vintage Thinkpad laptop off eBay, didn't realize the screen was busted, no returns. It lacked a CD drive but still had a hard drive and even a battery. I made the best of things by surgically removing the LCD case and putting Windows 95c on the hard drive with some software, it's quite a decent keyboard computer now. Until I can one day find a compatible CD drive, a USB one works ok with the unofficial USB stack driver for Windows 95.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I have had buyers remorse from Craigslist purchases a few times. Typically because of condition.

I bought a PS3 super slim for like $60. The guy handed it to me in a plastic bag. I didn't realize it until my drive home but it smelled so bad with cigarettes that I had to roll the windows down in my car. I started cleaning it as soon as I got home. It almost went in the trash like 50 times. Also, I didn't realize that there was a version without a HDD. Anyway, I made it work and I'm happy with it now. Although, I wouldn't do it again.

There was a PS3 without an HDD??  Are you sure?  I thought the lowest it went was 20Gigs.  I know the 360 had one, came with a 20 MB card or something for saves.

[Necromancer]

There's a 12gb super slim.  All flash no hdd.

I can't think of any instant regrets.  I'm a cheap ass, so I usually think about purchases for a bit before pulling the trigger; if anything, I end up regretting waiting too long and missing out on a good deal.

[TDIRunner]

The 12 GB flash PS3 still has the space to add an HDD later.  However, it's my understanding that if you format an HDD in that model, you will lose the 12 GB of flash memory.  I remember thinking that the only reason I could come up with for someone buying that unit was they had a non working PS3 with a salvageable HDD that they wanted to transfer over.   

[TDIRunner]

I have had buyers remorse from Craigslist purchases a few times. Typically because of condition.

I bought a PS3 super slim for like $60. The guy handed it to me in a plastic bag. I didn't realize it until my drive home but it smelled so bad with cigarettes that I had to roll the windows down in my car. I started cleaning it as soon as I got home. It almost went in the trash like 50 times. Also, I didn't realize that there was a version without a HDD. Anyway, I made it work and I'm happy with it now. Although, I wouldn't do it again.

That happened to me once.  I met the guy outside and the smell wasn't as noticeable.  However, on the way home, I really started to notice it.  I never could completely get the smell out and I resold everything with the smoke smell fully disclosed.  They guy who bought it from me didn't care.

[Arkhan]

I regret nothing.

BUY EVERYTHINGGGGGGGG

[gex]

Can't think of anything that's given me buyers remorse. Sellers remorse would be the big one for most people I would think. Which I'm sure everyone has experienced.

[PunkicCyborg]

I regretted buying my first house and my motorcycle back in the day but in the end I sold the house for a better house and sold the bike for candy cabs and couldn't be happier now

[Medic_wheat]

There's a 12gb super slim.  All flash no hdd.

I can't think of any instant regrets.  I'm a cheap ass, so I usually think about purchases for a bit before pulling the trigger; if anything, I end up regretting waiting too long and missing out on a good deal.

This is what typically happens to me as well.

[xelement5x]

Hmm, I bought Brandish for the SNES at kind of a premium for the time and really regretted it, but the game is still fun and I'm happy I have it because Falcom is badass. 

Normally I'm good about CL pickups, if anything I am pickier because people are horrible.  There are times I've had stuff misrepresented and I'm not afraid to just walk away from it or try and haggle more.  Sucks because we both wasted time but I'm not gonna be intimidate by someone to buy their crap, hopefully they learn to actually take a picture and not use stock photos in the future.

[Punch]

Nothing really, just want to tell how surprised I am to learn that there's a 16GB flash PS3, when 90% of the games just dump the entire disc to the HDD to be playable.

[crazydean]

Nothing really, just want to tell how surprised I am to learn that there's a 16GB flash PS3, when 90% of the games just dump the entire disc to the HDD to be playable.

Yeah...the first game I bought was the Bioshock collection which requires you to download the game. The first one fit but not the second. So, it was unplayable until I bought a HDD. However, I bought a 320GB from a local repair shop for like $20 and the mounting bracket off eBay for another $2.

[SignOfZeta]

You know that Nike site that lets you design your own shoes (Nike Free). It’s a great way to end up with a really tacky pair of slightly better than flip flop crapola and lose like $150.