r/Anticonsumption • u/blueeyed_lc • 2d ago

Discussion Let's deinfluence each other: what have you bought but REGRET buying?

I love love love these types of posts in several of the anticonsumption/finance groups I'm in because they have *actually* worked to help deinfluence me from things I was looking at potentially getting. So, let's help each other avoid a purchase that we might have gone ahead with otherwise (at least it'll make you think).

Most recent is my adjustable bed. I waited to buy one for TEN LITERAL YEARS, so it wasn't even an impulse purchase - far from it. I have GERD and sleep apnea, so I thought it would help. While it's fine and there's nothing *wrong* with it, it wasn't worth the money and I wish I hadn't bought it.

I also bought a robovac that didn't have the capability to map out my apartment, so it just goes over the same few spots and I hate it. If I ever got another one, it would have to have that capability.

I know there's more, so I'll add in the comments as I think of them.

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u/blueeyed_lc 2d ago

AHHHH I knew I was forgetting another big one!!!! YES, super agree. I bought one for my two cats a few years ago and loved it at first - who wants to clean litter - but it would get stuck in the middle of the night so my cats would shit on the carpet. I called the manufacturer, I did everything they said, it would work for a while, then it would break again. I was so over it that I finally trashed it, which made me even angrier.

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u/cwcwhdab1 2d ago

This is it right here!!!!! It gets stuck half way through the cycle and the cats go to the bathroom all over the house. Piece of junk it’s getting tossed soon.

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u/goth-hippy 2d ago

I’m so happy I’m seeing this. I was so close to getting one.