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Wow, I almost bid on one of those guys...

My dumbest purchase probably were 2 Model M for 35€ that came without a cable. They are still not tested, just cleaned.

In my opinion, I have only ever made 1 stupid keyboard purchase. I bought a white alps & dolch pcb w/ switches combined for 40$. I harvested the Dolch for switches, so it wasn't a total loss. But on the other hand, I have white alps..

i bought this thing once and i regretted it

I think my dumbest purchase was a vinyl rig which set me back about $1200 maybe 8 years ago - it has only ever played an album all the way through once in that time. 

A couple of years ago I spent $100 on getting two of my favourite albums remastered on vinyl with the intention of starting to use it.  They're still sitting in the box they shipped in

hi i'm clacktalk, i'm a thockaholic

i've purchased hhkb's on three separate occasions only to realize each time that i'm not a fan. i've been clean for 4 months though. baby steps, RIGHT?

You're a fan, you just haven't realised it yet.

All boards before hhkb

Not up for debate, it's the truth.

An IBM RT 6247440 that I hoped was a prototopre, but turned out to be the membrane version.

Whoa whoa whoa. You respect americone dream. There is nothing dumb about that purchase!

I regret everything because I end up thinking it's all dumb, I be a dumby

On topic: Some really no-no 3d printed keycaps from shapeways. Cost me almost $40 for 6 caps, and I ended up taking most of them off, except for 2 keycaps that I need on my blank HHKB to help find where the 5 and 0 are.

On the brightside, I won a nice pink swirl Fn from a raffle a few days ago, which matches quite well with the 5 and 0 pinks, so all is not lost. Credits to Roastpotatoes for the awesome work

hi i'm clacktalk, i'm a thockaholic

i've purchased hhkb's on three separate occasions only to realize each time that i'm not a fan. i've been clean for 4 months though. baby steps, RIGHT?

take some giraffe steps and nuke the ****ers and buy a real board instead

HERE ARE SOME PEOPLE GETTING READY TO MAKE DUMB PURCHASES:

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he's back!   

I bought big speakers for like $200 and then went back home and can't use because too loud -.-

Also I don't even listen to music that much, got baited by Massdrop...

I bought big speakers for like $200 and then went back home and can't use because too loud -.-

Also I don't even listen to music that much, got baited by Massdrop...

Yea.. I'm so sick of music,   

I don't need artificial feelings...   i have real feelings...  and I am happy 99.9% of the time..

Oh yea..  I got a scooter..  the fad toy from way back..

I rode it maybe twice.. and realize, hell bikes are way easier and less stressful to ride.

Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 24 July 2015, 04:44:09

Oh yea..  I got a scooter..  the fad toy from way back..

I rode it maybe twice.. and realize, hell bikes are way easier and less stressful to ride.

I feel like you're the king of dumb purchases. The anecdote about the scooter merely strengthens my feels.

I Deny nothing..

Oh yea..

Nintendo DS..

Now,  I got it to play der' advance wars yea?

But, I quickly realized that my neck started to hurt..  Soo... I ended up playing the series on emulator..

So.. yup... I used my DS maybe 30 hours total..

HA! I did the same. Bought mine to play a Castlevania game. Finished the game twice. Haven't picked it up since. ><'

Mice: In my search for the perfect mouse, I bought a crap load of them. I figured out from mouse #2 that I couldn't do side buttons (think Naga). Finally got comfortable with a Roccat Tyon, cuz of them topside finger buttons. So now i have a logitech g700s, a corsair 65, corsair 95, func 3, mionix avior 8200, roccat kone pure, and a few no name mice in a box...I should have mailed them back and what not...but going to the post office...><'

Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 24 July 2015, 06:09:03

Oh yea..

Nintendo DS..

Now,  I got it to play der' advance wars yea?

But, I quickly realized that my neck started to hurt..  Soo... I ended up playing the series on emulator..

So.. yup... I used my DS maybe 30 hours total..

HA! I did the same. Bought mine to play a Castlevania game. Finished the game twice. Haven't picked it up since. ><'

Mice: In my search for the perfect mouse, I bought a crap load of them. I figured out from mouse #2 that I couldn't do side buttons (think Naga). Finally got comfortable with a Roccat Tyon, cuz of them topside finger buttons. So now i have a logitech g700s, a corsair 65, corsair 95, func 3, mionix avior 8200, roccat kone pure, and a few no name mice in a box...I should have mailed them back and what not...but going to the post office...><'

Got mine for Pokemon X, played ~30 hours, haven't touched it since

Bought a wedding once, still paying it off. Courthouse wedding apparently not appropriate in women's minds. Much regret. Could have used that money to fit my house out with HHKBs and secondary SSKs 5 per room.

I bought big speakers for like $200 and then went back home and can't use because too loud -.-

Also I don't even listen to music that much, got baited by Massdrop...

Yo if its the a5+'s I'll take on the dumb purchase and buy them from you.

Bought a wedding once, still paying it off. Courthouse wedding apparently not appropriate in women's minds. Much regret. Could have used that money to fit my house out with HHKBs and secondary SSKs 5 per room.

Wedding costs a lot

Kids cost $245k Aprox

+ other expenses.



Moral of the story, being alone allows more money for HHKBs

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Quote from: fanpeople on Fri, 24 July 2015, 18:26:32

Bought a wedding once, still paying it off. Courthouse wedding apparently not appropriate in women's minds. Much regret. Could have used that money to fit my house out with HHKBs and secondary SSKs 5 per room.

Wedding costs a lot

If whoever I marry isn't happy with doing most of the centerpieces and gifts ourselves and thinks that a wedding has to cost at least $30k, they're definitely not the one for me.  I don't get why some people insist on massive weddings.  I'd rather have $30k for a house downpayment or towards retirement than a wedding.

Our wedding is off! I want 30k center pieces!

"Big" (up to a point...) weddings can be fun and can totally be done frugally if you try. Y'all are silly about some stuff.

My worst: 2 (2!) tek 475 o-scopes. Both have small issues. They weigh a ton, take up too much space (my home is 750sqft, no garage) and if I'm honest with myself I don't do the kind of work where cheap digital scopes "lie". The old ham would only sell the pair and wouldn't split them. I'd sell the things but everyone else is too smart to buy 2 analogue scopes with issues and a random complement of sometimes working probes.

At least I also got the service manual?