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I see posts talking about good BIFL items but I don't hear much about the other side of products that are bad or products you bought but don't even use.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

My dental aligners :(

I've been trying to get braces since I was a teenager, so long that I kind of lost sight of why I wanted braces. I was almost 30 when I finally took my savings to an orthodontist and told him I wanted braces, and he told me that the aligners would work better than braces.

And he was right. That's not the problem. I got so caught up with the general idea of braces that I'd forgotten that my goal as a kid was to fix my jaw, not my teeth. Even braces won't do that at my age. Those savings would have been better spent on surgery.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

So many untouched videogames.

My ab roller.

The 1kg bag of brown rice I bought to be healthier.

Amazon Prime.

A fake olive tree that sits in my living room.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I bought an Instant Pot back in 2017. I've never used it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Lol me too. Only because it uses just enough wattage to blow the fuse in my tiny apartment.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hotdogger. Doesn't work as advertised.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Then you send it back to the company for a refund?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

My Seat Leon. I had been warned about VW Group’s new platform but holy hell, even the most dire warnings didn’t tell the truth.

The car crashes every day. Nothing works. Even basic functions, like keyless entry on the door handles. If it rains, nope doesn’t work. How about the speakers switching into centre speaker only? How about a reversing beeper stuck until the car is not just turned off, but left turned off for 10 minutes? How about Apple CarPlay which doesn’t work? The list is endless. It’s so so poor. After one update, the car sensors got confused about being in a left hand driving country, so cruise control wouldn’t overtake cars in the slow lane.

And I can’t afford to switch to another one.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

New appliances make me genuinely tremble. I haven't bought a TV in a decade or two, but I might need to buy one soon and the "options available" right now sound nightmarish, similar to your car situation.

I'm all for smart devices, as long as I can flash them. If it needs software I don't control -- no thank you

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Don't let the TV see a network and use a Chromecast. It makes life so much easier than any of the integrated trash

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

And if you have to go the other way, please only buy pure Android TVs and not those fancy Web OS craps. There are lots of side loaded app freedom on pure Android TVs.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm so happy I stated using the Steam refund system more actively. At this point I refund about 80% of my purchases - simply because a lot of the games do not engage me after the first 40 minutes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

That and playing demos before buying

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