What expensive purchase do you regret spending money on?

[Teadrinker11]

Or purchases, whatever it was you spent money on and was so expensive, why do you regret it? Impulse purchase in the heat of the moment? I think the most expensive things I regret spending money on are expensive beauty products which I didn't need. I enjoy using them, but regret spending precious money on them. What expensive things do you regret spending money on?

@MagicMatilda

Brought a house, as I put the key in the door I massively regretted it and knew it was all wrong.

I send utter empathy. I've just done the same stupid thing.

So many. The No No, various bits of kitchen tat, a jacket from Uniqlo that was so heavy I couldn't bend my arms when wearing it. A wood burning stove that was wrongly installed so it couldn't be swept. A beautiful make up palette by Dior that's too big to fit in my handbag. Shoes that hurt my feet. 2 custom made dresses that don't suit me or fit my lifestyle.

Everything except the make up palette has been regifted/donated/recycled. This thread has reminded me that the palette also needs to find a new home.

My Aga. It was ridiculously expensive to buy, and it's so expensive to run that I have switched it off. God, what a mistake.

Enrolling my children at several private schools in different cities just in case XH moved jobs was also an expensive mistake. My life is littered with expensive errors, really.

My Dyson Air Wrap, by contrast, is one the best things I've ever bought. I use it every day and love it. My hair is naturally fine and dead straight (but not in a salon-type straight way - just hangy). The Air Wrap gives it bounce and volume and curl. The DC also use it.

@MagicMatilda

Brought a house, as I put the key in the door I massively regretted it and knew it was all wrong.

What was wrong about it?

Philips lumea - I'm quite fair but it wouldn't crack the dark leg/underarm/bikini line hair. Ended up givingit away.

E bike. I HATE cycling. Lockdown made me do irrational things. Had it for ages sitting in the hallway taunting me. Recently sold the fucker. So glad it's gone. I lost a LOT of money on it.

As much as I loved my wedding I'd echo a previous poster. We could have had just as much fun for a lot less

Oh and the Dyson AirWrap. What an utter piece of shit. Luckily I got most of what I paid for it back when I sold it on EBay. Same with the 2 Apple watches I have been silly enough to buy.

@Fittleswade @MagicMatilda what was wrong with the houses?

A Nordic wood fired spa tub thingy. It's still in its plastic wrapping 3 years later. I genuinely have no idea what came over me.

A miaustore mini cat water fountain to replace our old reliable CatIt one which had come to the end of its natural life.

The new one looks lovely, and the ceramic is arguably much more hygienic and sustainable than plastic, but the packaging needed a crowbar, and the pump is terrible and very whiny and headache inducing. It's also really fiddly to clean the pump (even with tiny hands I'm convinced they're going to get stuck inside the tower every time, partner can't even get their hands in, and it has to be cleared at least daily).

The water also has to be changed completely every 2 to 3 days to stop it building up foam. There's no filter, and you actually have to unscrew the casing of the pump so you can clean the blades of the fan itself.

Cat-It, come back, all is forgiven! (Actually thinking of buying a mini Cat-It fountain or ust the same old model again. Filters or no filters, it was a lot less stress and the cats actually preferred it.)

@ZenNudist

Why not seal it? You can buy stuff to seal stone. We seal our stone floor after professional cleaning

What do you recommend? I keep looking. Not sure what to buy.

@FirstAconite

A Nordic wood fired spa tub thingy. It's still in its plastic wrapping 3 years later. I genuinely have no idea what came over me.

That sounds great.

Mind you I thought a portable sauna was a good idea, so what do I know. 🤣

A mulberry handbag

[quote Eucalyptusbee]**@Fittleswade* @MagicMatilda* what was wrong with the houses?[/quote]
I’ve lived rural for 30 years, recently divorced and bought an apartment in a town. I miss birdsong and pitch black nights.

I echo Mulberry bags. DH bought me the Roxanne when ds was a baby, no way to push a pram and carry that dead weight over my arm at the same time. Used once.

I bought a massive project of a house when pregnant, moved in two days before ds was born. Instant hatred. Cost a fortune to renovate and shift it.

Made-to-measure Katherine Hooker jacket that makes me look like a fat Cheryl Cole in Fight For This Love.

Mulberry Iris handbag for my 50th. It’s lovely to look at but so awkward and heavy to carry. I do use it because of the cost but don’t like it.

@NutellaEllaElla

Oh god and the Babyliss big hair. Fucking gadgets, I need to stop buying them!!

I love my big hair!! It's getting on a bit, so if you want sell yours let me know

Cordless dyson. Useless with small kids, dogs & mud. Lasted about a month.

I might offer to buy some of the things mentioned!

@NutellaEllaElla

Oh and the Phillips Lumea. I don't have time for that.

My lumea changed my life! Hair free from the eyebrows down and haven't touched a razor in months. It IS time consuming for the first 3-4 months but honestly worth it (well for me it was) in the end.

My regret... Vivienne Westwood handbags! Plural, fell for it 3 times. Cost hundreds and the material on the handles wore away within weeks, never again. (Although maybe the fabric versions rather than the shit faux leather fair better)

@FirstAconite

A Nordic wood fired spa tub thingy. It's still in its plastic wrapping 3 years later. I genuinely have no idea what came over me.

this really made me laugh, the 'elephant in the garden' type of thing - we've all been there....

So many things!! I don't learn! Probably one of the most pointless of my expensive mistakes was £500 of makeup and brushes (literally never, never wear makeup) just before an interview to be a nanny for a hugely prestigious family. I didn't even get the job so that was a humongous waste.

Birkenstocks. Most uncomfortable sandals ever.

A bugaboo donkey. Bought it when DC2 was born as DC1 was only 18 months old. Cost £1400. DC1 decided at 18 months old that she hated the pushchair. It got used as a double twice.

Our first house. Fucking moneypit. Bought it for £37K. (early 1990s.) The houses for sale around it were £40K at the time, so we thought we were smart saving £3K.

The survey must have been wank! It needed a new roof, a new garage roof, new windows, new doors, a new boiler, and 30 conifer trees removing before we could get insurance! Cost us £15K - over 2 years (in the early to mid 1990s! So like £30K now) for everything, and we ended up having to take out loans.

The neighbours who moved in next door, after the lovely elderly couple died 6 months apart, (3 years after we moved in) were horrible too. Very noisy and obnoxious. Made our life miserable. We sold up after 5 years there. 2 years after the cunty neighbours moved in.

Fortunately the house increased in value by some £35K in 7 or 8 years, but we still massively regretted buying the house.