Buyers Remorse Thread

[Bradandez]

It's just not any ordinary bait, it's BRADANDEZ Brand Bait!

We should get back on topic. Many would think I'd regret buying RO 3D, but I didn't! At first.

[OCG]

Boom's good and you know it.

Find me one positive review then
Lost World was for example good game IMO and it had both positive and negative reviews but I only seen negative ones for Boom. When some game is decent, at least one review is positive. There is no way a good game will have all negative reviews.

[iHeckler9]

I regret buying the other two movies in any 3-for-2 movie sale.
I got this awful Garfield movie which was comparable to Foodfight! in terms of animation and plot.

[PluMGMK]

I recently went to a bookshop with two ancient gift-cards in my pocket, and no idea about what I was going to buy. I felt I had to get something, but browsing around the shelves soon got really uncomfortable, I'm not sure if it was the temperature, the humidity or my own metabolism going somewhat awry. Anyway, I eventually came across a small paperback about the mysterious MH-370 flight that disappeared. After several minutes of internal debate, I decided to get it. I charged it to one of my gift-cards (evidently the newer one since there was no surcharge) and left the shop somewhat relieved.
After a walk out in the (relatively) fresh air, and half an hour of reflection, I realised I would probably never read it. Then a few weeks later I heard on the radio that the next phase of the investigation into that flight's disappearance was only beginning now, which made me feel even worse about the whole thing.

[Pirez]

My most ill-advised purchase is definitely Hyrule Warriors. Played it 40 minutes and then never booted it again. A big load of wank.

[Matyuv]

Can't think of any recent ones, but buying Xbox 360 back in the day turned out to be pretty stupid. Stopped using it pretty fast and I only ever play like 2 games on PC now.

[The Jonster]

Bumping.

One of the most recent Buyers Remorse scenarios I've had was 2 years ago in college. I was thinking I had lost my Mario Kart 7 game while I was on the road, so I bought another 1 at GameStop and immediately open it (was new) and start playinh it. The next day, I found my missing game in a very obscure section of my backpack and it left me both relieved and annoyed since I now had 2 copies, and I could only sell 1 copy. So...yup, there goes about 22 dollars from my pocket!

[Steo]

Bought the NES Classic Edition last year, used it about 3-4 times and realised the real thing is much better. They're rare though and I possess one so fair enough.

More recently bought a crappy SCART to HDMI scaler to try and wasted like €30 on it, then had to go with Hoodcom's suggestion of an expensive good scaler. That €30 could've just went towards the good one lol. The 5 or so frames of input lag makes it unplayable and it only looks good on a still image due to the crappy de-interlacing which causes the picture to judder on moving images. Waste of money unless you want to watch a VHS or DVD on a modern TV.

[The Jonster]

I also regret that 1 time I blew $____ buying delicious food for myself rather than video games. Ah, to be a foodie or to be a video game addict. Sometimes I just can't choose between the two and I try doing both instead!

[Steo]

I also regret that 1 time I blew $____ buying delicious food for myself rather than video games. Ah, to be a foodie or to be a video game addict. Sometimes I just can't choose between the two and I try doing both instead!

Replaying games and stuffing your face

I've been there haha. I never really put on weight for some reason though.

[The Jonster]

I regretted agreeing to let my mom throw away some thousand amount of dollars so i could get braces for my teeth, I should have just remained firm and said “No, I don’t want them”.

Edit: I’m unsure if this counts as buyers remorse though...sorry if it doesn’t. But it still involves me to a point of throwing away money for something that ended up being useless since I broke the retainer and my parents didn’t want to fix it so my teeth returned to normal after awhile (they are still pretty straight though)

[Steo]

I said no to that and I'm sorry about it because I have awful teeth and don't want to get them at age 26.

That fake Jaguar controller is another one. It doesn't even work

[The Jonster]

I once bought my mother chocolate for one Mother’s Day and she got mad since she claimed she was on a diet, because my dad and sister got her chocolate too. Three days later I see her eating all of it and I’m like “I should have just gotten her perfume instead”. Would have totally helped with her “diet”.

[Aaron]

Well, I didn't pay for these, but if it's ok I will just say it anyway:

So last Christmas I opened my presents and I got 3 games for PS2, 2 of which were terrible:

Medal of Honor Vanguard
Dirt Track Devils

The only game I liked from these games was Burnout 3. I instantly knew it's going to be an epic game just by looking at the cover of it:

[The Jonster]

I regret buying all the apps that I bought on the phone that I lost in college. See, back when I was in school I had this old cell phone that had all these interesting rare games on it, and so at the time I paid money and decided to download some of them (some were Rayman but i don't remember which ones). 3 days later, I realize I can't find my phone, and after searching where I possibly could have left it in the classroom, I determined that i had lost it. Man, and I didn't get to play them that much...sigh.

[Steo]

I regret buying all the apps that I bought on the phone that I lost in college. See, back when I was in school I had this old cell phone that had all these interesting rare games on it, and so at the time I paid money and decided to download some of them (some were Rayman but i don't remember which ones). 3 days later, I realize I can't find my phone, and after searching where I possibly could have left it in the classroom, I determined that i had lost it. Man, and I didn't get to play them that much...sigh.

Are they not linked to your account?

[The Jonster]

It wasn't an Iphone. In fact I don't even remember what kind of phone it was, this happened 4 years ago.

[Steo]

If it was android they'll be on your Google account.

[The Jonster]

I suppose I could try checking but I’m not gonna get my hopes up. I’ve been on an iPhone for so long that I can’t remember which phone it was.
.....Nokia? Nah I just don’t remember...oh well.

[Steo]

Was it a Lumia?