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Well that was one hell of an impulse spend

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GetUps · 16/02/2023 15:25

I've just been to the dentist. Check up, all good, £23 on the NHS.

But the dentist did a brilliant job of up selling and I seem also to have spent £230 on being fitted for teeth whitening trays and that's only half of the total cost!

I might buy a sports car tomorrow 😆

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JammyDodgerrr · 16/02/2023 15:46

Ah fab!! I'm whitening my teeth at the moment😁

CloudPop · 16/02/2023 15:49

Dentists are incredibly highly skilled upsellers. Like you, I go in for a checkup but never walk away without having committed to a least a couple of hundred pounds of extra treatment

MrsAvocet · 16/02/2023 16:00

We once bought a yacht when we'd nipped out for a tin of paint and I can't even blame anyone pressuring us for that one! 😂

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GetUps · 16/02/2023 16:07

MrsAvocet · 16/02/2023 16:00

We once bought a yacht when we'd nipped out for a tin of paint and I can't even blame anyone pressuring us for that one! 😂

OMG that's brilliant.

She was so incredibly skilled. There was no pressure at all, just helpfulness. I completely recognised what she was doing at the time and even now I feel quite grateful to her for being so good at it. 😆

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larchforest · 16/02/2023 16:14

You have an NHS dentist???!!!

Blimey.

JammyDodgerrr · 16/02/2023 16:25

@larchforest Is there no available nhs dentists in your area?

TheSquirrelOfDisappointment · 16/02/2023 16:28

My late uncle once popped out for a loaf of bread and came back with a campervan, so yeah, these things happen.

fgswhywouldIdothat · 16/02/2023 16:31

We once called into a car dealership as I was so desperate for a wee, and ended up buying a car. I mean we were going to do it at some point, like in the next 6 months, but really on that particular day we were supposed to be going to Aldi.

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 16/02/2023 16:42

I went out last week to join the local swimming pool, not only did I not manage to do that (staff decided to ignore a middle aged dumpy women attempting to throw money at them) but I have bought a bloody expensive elliptical trainer instead. Being delivered asap!

cravingtoblerone · 16/02/2023 16:43

Went out to some fencing panels at a garden centre one day and accidentally bought a Hyundai i10.

Fluffnotscruffy · 16/02/2023 16:51

I went to M&S for knickers and got distracted by a brand new shiny Renault Clio in the shopping centre lobby. An hour later I was the proud owner of a brand new Renault Clio.

Nannylovesshopping · 16/02/2023 16:53

Went to buy dog biscuits, came home after ordering jules fuchsia pink sofa, never did like it, got rid of as soon as!

Alphabet1spaghetti2 · 16/02/2023 17:04

@cravingtoblerone @Fluffnotscruffy
those are amazing - not even remotely related purchases!

itsgettingweird · 16/02/2023 17:07

This thread is brilliant!

I don't have the funds for such impulse buys but I'm gutted because I'd like to have bought a pink sofa instead of biscuits. (gF not dog because I don't even own a pet 🤣🤣)

Dontsayyouloveme · 16/02/2023 17:11

Do t worry, I’ve just put £395 on an empty credit card for 6 sessions of radio frequency to lift my arse! Wtaf! I’m so pissed off with myself 😡😩😢! I really need to learn to say NO!!

BevMarsh · 16/02/2023 17:13

Went out for some curtains hooks and a reel of Velcro but was drawn to the travel agent where I booked 7nights in Ibiza.
I had been thinking about a holiday but had never been drawn to Ibiza nor knew/know anything about the Island.
Due to go to Ibiza in July and I'm still a bit annoyed at myself and the travel agent who must have somehow hypnotized me into booking

JorisBonson · 16/02/2023 17:14

I was beating myself up for getting a pizza 4 days before payday, I feel better now 😂

DanteThunderstone · 16/02/2023 17:15

Went to buy socks at M&S, came home with a 300 pound (in 2001!) leather trenchcoat. I think the vibe I was aiming for was The Matrix but I looked more like the Gestapo guy from Allo Allo.

DanteThunderstone · 16/02/2023 17:16

Also I once bought a pet rabbit cos I was sad. it should be illegal to sell animals to tearful teenagers.

DanteThunderstone · 16/02/2023 17:17

I've now googled and the plump fascist I was left resembling is apparently called Englebert Von Smallhausen.

VanillaSox · 16/02/2023 17:17

Met a friend for a drink. In passing he showed me a a pic of house he had looked at with his husband who didn't like it to be polite I looked at the pic. I viewed it the next day, bought it moved in a month later.

Gonegrey31 · 16/02/2023 17:17

I went to Costco for kitchen towel rolls and came home with a new Volvo . Still don’t know quite how this happened!

Crostimosti · 16/02/2023 17:22

My dentist appointment next week is costing over 2 grand. No NHS anywhere and I need work doing - its not even cosmetic!

And my parents are paying as I don't have that kind of money - my impulse spend is a scone in a cafe with my toddler every now and then 🤣

RagzRebooted · 16/02/2023 17:30

Went grocery shopping and bought a boat.
It was an inflatable 3 man dinghy from the Middle Aisle at Lidl... DH tried to dissuade me, but I was getting increasingly overexcited and loud about my boat and we were getting looks, so he agreed.
That was 2 years ago and I'm yet to use it as we are half and hour from the sea and no where near a decent river, but 8 have hope. I refuse to be parted from my boat. Also, it was £40.

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 16/02/2023 17:31

w=Well I was going to post about the time I went out to buy a Christmas present and bought a grandfather clock instead, but the people impule buying cars are rather more 'You did WHAT!' than mine.

Recipient loved it though, she'd always wanted one.