Beav
Hank Scorpio
OMG... I just realized I'm a Brony.
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Post by Beav on Apr 22, 2012 20:40:15 GMT -5
So I literally just bought 40 Cadbury Creme Eggs. Yeah. I'm THAT guy. Who else has made embarrassing purchases like this? And any comments on my humiliating purchase?
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Post by Big Daddy Bad Booking on Apr 22, 2012 20:49:33 GMT -5
Buying the 1999 Wild Wild West. Sure it was 4 bucks, but that's still too much!
I even went on a mini Disney VHS buying spree in 2009. All of those tapes were movies and such that even though I could have had on DVD, there is a certain sense of nostalgia in them. And yes, I converted them all to DVD (though it was pretty hard to do), and still own the original tapes.
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theryno665
Grimlock
wants a title underneath the stars
Kinda Homeless
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Post by theryno665 on Apr 22, 2012 20:59:18 GMT -5
I found one of the rare numbered limited editions of the Cannibal Holocaust DVDs at Borders and ended up getting this really cute girl ringing me up at the counter. There's no way to not look like a creep when you're buying a movie like Cannibal Holocaust.
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Post by turkeysandwich on Apr 22, 2012 21:15:25 GMT -5
Back in the early 2000's I wasted several hundred dollars buying into Don West's hype selling baseball cards on Shop at Home Channel. I never got anything as cool as what they were hyping on the channel. I did get a few cards that had some value at the time, but they were things like Daunte Culpepper rookie card that was worth about $120 at the time. I held onto it since I thought it would be worth "much more in the future." Now it's practically worth nothing. That goes for pretty much all of the cards I got. Eventually I sold almost all of my collection in a yard sale for about $30.
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Post by An Old Villain on Apr 22, 2012 21:20:24 GMT -5
Last August or September I started Christmas shopping. The previous year I had some tough financial times and things didnt goes as well as planned plus I generally hate Christmas shopping post Thanksgiving...add those factors to the fact that I planned to purchase an engagement ring and propose shortly after the holiday and youll understand why it was vital I spread the money out in advance. She said yes by the way.
Anyway, I find myself in a closeout store and the place has all these wonderful items that fit my needs for super cheap. Making my way to the counter I realize how strange it may seem.
*Time Life Remembering Elvis: 30 Years Later.
My mother is something of an Elvis collector and I normally snag her at least one Elvis related item per holiday.
* Mattel I Love Lucy Barbie "L.A. at Last"
The fiancee is a Lucy Collector and this is one of the few from that set she didnt have at the time.
* Brokeback Mountain DVD
At one of the Christmas parties we pass gag gifts (ha) with a $5 spending limit. A few if the people are fans of old westerns and at $2 this seemed the best purchase.
* Shampoo
...in a phallic shaped bottle.
The cashier played it straight when I came to the counter but I said something like "Im Christmas shopping early" she said it wasnt her place to judge me...with a Sam the Eagle face.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Apr 22, 2012 21:31:28 GMT -5
That is brilliant.
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Post by Insomniac on Apr 22, 2012 21:38:08 GMT -5
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Jiren
Patti Mayonnaise
Hearts Bayformers
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Post by Jiren on Apr 22, 2012 21:55:30 GMT -5
- Battlefield Earth on DVD
- DOA: Xtreme beach Volleyball
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Toxik916
Hank Scorpio
Sacramento Proud
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Post by Toxik916 on Apr 22, 2012 22:01:21 GMT -5
I once bought anal beads for a gag gift at a sex shop with a friend of mine that is a flaming homosexual. I got a few strange looks from the other customers and the gal at the counter because my friend initially went in the store by himself and was taking forever so I went in and yelled at him to hurry the f*** up.
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Sc
Don Corleone
Must think of something witty to put here...
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Post by Sc on Apr 22, 2012 22:28:12 GMT -5
Someone once told me they bought a bunch of BDSM toys at a sex shop as a joke gift for a girl. Unfortunately he was stopped for a random bag search at the train station.
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Post by Mehe is F'n hardcore. on Apr 22, 2012 22:53:16 GMT -5
So I literally just bought 40 Cadbury Creme Eggs. Well, I hope you brought one for everyone cause now you've gotta share! |
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agent817
Fry's dog Seymour
Doesn't Know Whose Ring It Is
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Post by agent817 on Apr 22, 2012 22:54:59 GMT -5
These two games:   I was relieved of it after purchasing them, though with the latter, having been a closet Britney Spears fan for a long time, I had been wanting to try it out but I thought about how it would look if I did get it. I got for dirt cheap at Gamestop back in 2007, even though I wanted to play it when it came out. I don't regret buying it, by the way. As for Rumble Roses, well a wrestling game with buxom women can look a little funny for a guy. It's still a decent game, though, gameplay-wise. |
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Post by VenomFang on Apr 22, 2012 22:57:41 GMT -5
I felt embarassed to buy cds because it seemed like everyone was downloading them and here I am the idiot buying them.
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Post by lildude8218 on Apr 22, 2012 22:58:09 GMT -5
In the 5th grade we had a yard sale to raise money for an end of year party for the entire 5th grade class.....or something? I can't remember what we were raising money for.
Anyways, one of the classes decided to go a different route instead of selling old junk. They were selling Invisible Goldfish (aka bags of water) and I can't remember what they were calling it but it was a stick with a string tied to it that you could use to "tell the weather." It came with directions like "If stick is wet, it's raining. If stick is moving then it's windy. Etc Etc."
I bought both of them just to help out with the fundraiser but looking back, it was an incredible waste of what little money I had as a 10 year old.
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King Ghidorah
El Dandy
On Probation for Charges of two counts of Saxual Music.
How Absurd
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Post by King Ghidorah on Apr 22, 2012 23:00:11 GMT -5
I have purchased every Hilary Duff CD in store.
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Post by S-Chrome on Apr 22, 2012 23:02:08 GMT -5
Porn. At the Virgin Megastore. On several occasions.
I ask myself to this day, "What the f*** was I thinking?"
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Post by mrsmitty on Apr 23, 2012 6:11:24 GMT -5
WWE Wrestlemania 21
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Post by El Cokehead del Knife Fight on Apr 23, 2012 6:14:31 GMT -5
Buying the Climax edition of Bayonetta and just got one of those "Are you serious?" looks from the checkout girl.
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theryno665
Grimlock
wants a title underneath the stars
Kinda Homeless
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Post by theryno665 on Apr 23, 2012 6:39:52 GMT -5
I was relieved of it after purchasing them, though with the latter, having been a closet Britney Spears fan for a long time, I had been wanting to try it out but I thought about how it would look if I did get it. I got for dirt cheap at Gamestop back in 2007, even though I wanted to play it when it came out. I don't regret buying it, by the way. I bought Britney's Dance Beat too, though for the PC and for like $2 at a KB Toys with a bunch of other cheap random crap. |
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The Sam
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Post by The Sam on Apr 23, 2012 6:54:48 GMT -5
So I literally just bought 40 Cadbury Creme Eggs. Yeah. I'm THAT guy. Who else has made embarrassing purchases like this? And any comments on my humiliating purchase? On my Year 10 school trip to Tasmania, I bought 20 creme eggs from the Cadbury factory because they were so cheap. So I know how you feel. |
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