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Expensive items

Piper

I can't help feeling that £80 for sunglasses was a bad deal. Specsavers roped me in for a deal with my normal glasses with transition lenses.

Looking back though I've bought a few expensive items and then felt cheated a bit later on.

Some of my not so good expensive purchases

  • Terracotta plant pot bundle £88.12
  • Farmhouse wooden chair and table set £215
  • Monster High doll series 1 £270 - ps. my parents said this was a bad deal I thought it was a bargain.
  • Leather seats for my Peugeot to replace the gross cloth material seats the car came with £400

What expensive items have you bought before?

Parents

  • Re the Sunglasses.  Yes it is a bad deal.  Considering what they cost to produce.  As are the other things you list.

    If you want prescription sunglasses, and actually have your prescription - you can order them online for a fraction of the price Specsavers and others charge on the high street (and they wonder why fewer people shop on the high street)

    Pot bundle?  Likely cheaper elsewhere too.

    I'm no expert in Monster High doll's but if you collect these things then you'll know the value - and the value isn't always measured in cash.

    Ordering car seats from car manufacturers is rarely cheap.  They make fortunes in extras. 


    BUT I've bought many things that were meant to be a 'bargain' saving me a fortune on the prices of others, and they turned out to be junk.  I've just bought a lawnmower that Which recommended yet it broke after three uses and has to go back - so yeah, it was expensive rubbish.

  • in reply to overwhelmed & underwhelmed ( O & U )

    I hear buckets and spades for the beach are quite well priced and not a regretful purchase... Grin

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  • in reply to August
    August said:
    not a regretful purchase...

    This actually means that you might not regret it but I possibly will.  Especially because you know where I am going this morning.  It's not exactly warm today!! Laughing

    Sometimes I DO regret being Autistic and HAVING to follow through on more or less everything I say.  I'm beginning to realise why people say 'fingers crossed' as they head off into potential disasters now !! Laughing