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What are some impulse buys that you've immediately regretted? (dubvee.org)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a bad habit of impulse buying the most random stuff, but to my credit, most of those turn out awesome. If you wanna hear about great impulse buys, that'd be a good topic for another "ask" post (which I will leave as an exercise to the reader).

Here, I want to hear about your worst impulse buys; ones that you regretted almost immediately.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

My worst impulse buy was a 64oz container of what I thought was bulk mac and cheese powder from a local big-box store. Was going to use it on popcorn, to cheese up random dishes, etc.

What I got was, indeed, a 64oz container of cheese-flavored powder, but it was more like cheese-flavored salt. I guess it was for seasoning popcorn or something? I tried that, and it was not good on popcorn.

Either way, I used one teaspoon of it and that was it. That stuff was terrible and not at all what I thought I was buying.

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

What I got was, indeed, a 64oz container of cheese-flavored powder, but it was more like cheese-flavored salt. I guess it was for seasoning popcorn or something...more like cheese-flavored salt

Flavacol?

I have a carton half that I think is half that size that will probably outlast me. Every now and again, I refill a salt shaker with it.

If that's what it is yeah, I don't dislike it, but it's definitely far from being what I'd call the most-critical component of nice popcorn.

I think that that plus coconut oil is probably authentic, but I'm not married to movie-theater popcorn, so I don't care much about authenticity.

What I did wind up doing was getting an oil sprayer and spraying chili oil mixed with olive oil to bring down the heat, and then putting Flavacol on. Can add some other powdered seasonings to that, but just the above works pretty well for me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It may have been? It was in a clear plastic jug with the branding/info on a sticky label on the front. It's been forever ago, so I can't recall. If it wasn't Flavacol, then it was probably the Sam's Club equivalent generic.

Whatever it was, it wasn't anything like the mac & cheese powder I was expecting.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

I can't recall ever having done so, though I rarely buy things, just reuse old things for decades. I probably should loosen up a bit...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

A huge CRT TV for retro gaming. Nearly killed myself trying to get it up the half-flight of stairs into my house. Nowadays I have a small lightweight CRT that is perfect for my needs.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Reminds me of this big screen TV I used to have. Got it for like $20 and was so happy with the purchase...until I had to get it home.

It was one of those giant CRT rear-projection TVs that was the size of a wardrobe and weighed twice as much. I lived on a 3rd floor apartment. My friends hated me...until we finally fired up Halo on the Xbox lol.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

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