OT:Regret Purchase?

[Foofoogal]

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Wondering if any of you ever bought anything like at auction that you thought later, "what was I thinking?"
Just wondering cause I am winning something I don't even want now. Pays to read the description in the heat of passion. lol I even put a few bids in to cover it.
Praying for a sniper. lol
Buyers remorse anyone?

 

[Dixon Cannon]

Don't even ask! I have a closet full of junk that will one day be put back on auction at EchoBravo; errors and rejects all. Hidden from sight they are, lest I receive additional humiliation from my girl if she discovers my pile of shame.

Which prompts the question; has everyone heard that great parody song by Al Yankovik about eBay? here's the link: http://www.arking.com/ebay/

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HYokLWfqbaU

-dixon canon

 

[miss_elise]

yes, quite a few times when i have gotten excited about something, paid more than i would normally for something...then to have it arrive and it not fit, or be not as attractive as described...

i usually hide them in one side of my closet for a while... i do have plans to re-sell things on ebay or something though...

 

[Blondie]

YES ! I won a pair of shoes i call The Banana shoes, when i found them on Ebay i some how managed to trick myself into believing they were the ideal shape , you know, a 40's round toe , like babydolls, ( they were red , the ideal colour ) and when they arrived they were so wrong !
I think i must have hoped they would morph into what i wanted while in transit, they didn't
They were a really weird shape, kinda like a banana, anyways i never buy shoes now online unless there are pics from all angles.
Oh , i resold them on Ebay. Hope no one here bought them

 

[Nashoba]

I bought a sewing basket at the flea market on saturday that when I got home, I couldn't remember why I had been so excited to buy it.

 

[Lauren]

Oh yes. I have been there. Kind of caught in the moment "Oh! Wow! One of these exists! I have to have it just because it does!"
Then the... "oh wait... it's not my size". And my bank account says "no." And "I hope I get outbid".
But sometimes I'm glad I did it anyways.

 

[jayem]

Oh yeah, I have ton of those items. I especially love the items I bid on knowing they're too small, and telling myself 'You'll lose more weight!'. Nope.

 

[Foofoogal]

Well, no sniper so maybe when it gets here I will fall in love. :eusa_doh:

 

[miss_elise]

can you post a pic...maybe we can point out the good parts?

 

[ShoreRoadLady]

Oh, yes. Usually in the form of fabric bought in-store, not on Ebay. And then I wonder why, why did I buy three yards of the polyester print, when I know I don't like polyester? Or why did I buy a large patterned fabric for a skirt when I don't need the visual bulk?

 

[The Shirt]

I have a wedding dress that will fit one of my thighs. I may have to set the date a few years later just so I have enough time to starve myself for a while to get into it. Spur of the moment craizies I call them.

 

[Aurora]

A few items, but the main ones right now are a 1930's dress (sheer!) and a cocktail suit - Both of which will fit, but they're just too posh for me!
I was really excited until about an hour after bidding had ended, then I was thinking about how re-list them!
Lovely dresses, just not me

I'm currently trying to only bid on the last day, which usually gives me a good few days to a week to really think about, and come up with a reasonable price/reason for buying/where to wear it etc... It's going well... Apart from the necklace in "Shoe us your purchases"!!

 

[epr25]

I bought these. I wound up paying $150 for them. I wound up wearing them for my wedding so I justified the high price that way. But I put in a huge e-snipe bid and they were cheap until the last minute but I felt sick after the auction was over. I was so upset about it when my hubby asked is I had won them I just said that I didn't want to talk about it. I posted them on the purchases thread and the nice ladies on here made me feel better about it.

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[AllaboutEve]

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If it's any consolation EPR, they are lovely shoes and if you were to buy a pair like that at the majority of the UK vintage fairs you'd end up paying around that price anyway!

I do know what you mean about that sick feeling though!

 

[Mojito]

Not too many regrets...I spend a fair bit on the purchases I do make, so don't buy that often (maybe one or two ebay items per fornightly pay) and weigh up how much I want the item carefully. Sometimes I do take a deep breath after an auction seeing how much money I've committed!

I do sometimes buy pieces I'm uncertain about because they were bargains, and for the most part have loved them when they arrived. I've done some very silly things, though - bought an i-Pod ripoff without properly reading the seller's feedback (which would have told me the seller was dodgy) and bought a spelter and ivorene sculpture I should have known had problems, but I bid in hope that these issues would somehow not matter when it arrived. It's stuck in a drawer somewhere, having broken in transit. All part of the learning process.

epr25, if it's any consolation even I love the shoes, and I'm not usually all that into peeptoes. What a lovely colour and style!

 

[Miss Dottie]

Hoo boy--does this thread speak to me today! I have been on this buying frenzy and just bought a vintage suit just because. Not like I wear them for my job, but just in case I interview for this one position that I'm not sure I even want. Bah! But you never know when a nice vintage suit will come in handy, right?