Impulse purchase

What's the most expensive or unnecessary thing you have bought on impulse? For me it was a car. I bought it literally 45 minutes after seeing it. It left me broke for a WHILE.

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That ^ and

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Those two were my most $$$$$ impulse buys.

Subaru Forester. Woke up one day, said I think I'll look at cars. Drove home a brand new 2011 Limited Edition Subaru that night. Have not looked back since. Best impulse by ever.

Bought a '85 Pontiac Fiero V6 off of Craigslist. While it was an AWESOME car, and super fun, I realized that if it broke down I had NO IDEA how to fix it, and the parts would probably be hard to find. I sold it to a guy about a year later when the fuel injectors blew and I thought "yeah, this is probably just the beginning..."

I HAVE NO REGRETS THOUGH. That thing was boss.

Does it count as an impulse buy if in a month I'm taking few grand and buying the first motorcycle I like? Haha other wise I'd say the s10 I just traded/sold I didn't need a truck had a good car seen a nice lowered truck dropped just under three for it and now I traded it for a better gas millage car and a grand :( already miss my truck

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Originally Posted by carlson

Does it count as an impulse buy if in a month I'm taking few grand and buying the first motorcycle I like? Haha other wise I'd say the s10 I just traded/sold I didn't need a truck had a good car seen a nice lowered truck dropped just under three for it and now I traded it for a better gas millage car and a grand :( already miss my truck

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May I reccomend a Yamaha V-Star 650 classic??

HAhaha I love mine. She is a head turner and I constantly get compliments on her.

Very very comfortable ride.

Is there any other type of buying other than impulse buying? Lol Jk but you know how us herpers can be...."I see, I want!"

I don't really impulse buy, I'm pretty good with money. Sometimes ill buy something i find without waiting too long, but its always something I've already been thinking a lot about getting. For example: I've been looking at buying a newer/better vehicle since the summer. So if i went to the dealership and came home with a new car then some people may consider that an impulse buy but imo it really isn't bc I've been planning on getting one for 6months now lol. I never *plan* on buying a new bp, but if i find a hot one at an expo that is on my short list I wont hesitate to get it. Imo thats not really an impulse purchase either bc I had already been thinking about getting it for awhile and knew what i was looking for.

I don't really impulse buy too much... However, about 5 years ago I went through some kind of "high on life" moment after being discharged from a scary 9 day hospital inpatient stint and ended up adopting two kittens and a buying a gaming laptop. The laptop served me pretty well but I probably would've gotten something more modest if I'd given myself more time. The kittens have since grown into 17-18lb twin monster cats but I love 'em dearly.

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Originally Posted by reptiliachnids

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That ^ and

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Those two were my most $$$$$ impulse buys.

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Well worth it to me.

Wasn't looking for a snake at all when I went to the reptile show. I walked in for sphagnum moss and frozen mice. Left with both those things.
Aaaaaaand this Spider Mojave from Chris Hall(Python Paintjobs)

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Originally Posted by reptiliachnids

May I reccomend a Yamaha V-Star 650 classic??

HAhaha I love mine. She is a head turner and I constantly get compliments on her.

Very very comfortable ride.

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I see yours it is nice an actually one ive looked at but also looking at a crotch rocket I won't know till money in hands and I see something shiny :) lol

Eh, my pied black pine snake is the closest to an impulse buy. I saw her on kingsnake when I was browsing for a suboc and just happened to check out the pines and bulls section for fun. Couldn't bring myself to close the tab for a couple days, and then did some quick research. Ended up getting a payment plan worked out and had her home shortly after. She's one of my favorite snakes now :D (and my only "pied" :P )

My male Stripe House snake... i wasnt ready for new snake... dont want new snake really... and even if that was only 20$ that purchase change my way of looking on reptile and herp community world...

CALL IT blasphemy SAYING IT ON THIS FORUM BUT.. THERE ARE WAY COOLER THINGS THAN BALL PYTHONS IN HERP WORLD..

In fact, yes I do!

AMD A8-3870K 3.0GHz Quad-Core
Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 Micro ATX FM1
G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1866
Apevia X-TRPJR-BK/450 ATX Mid Tower w/450W Power Supply

Just bought all that, for around $275 shipped to overhaul my eight year old tower. That's a new processor, motherboard to hold said processor, power supply to power everything, a case to put it all in and new RAM because the board won't take the current ram I have. A monster of a budget PC. Since I already two hard drives, Windows 7 Ultimate, and peripherals I'm getting a Hemi for the price of a 2 cylinder. ;)

50 lb bag of flour at Costco. For real.
Why would anyone who doesn't own a bakery buy a 50 lb bag of flour? Because I had the $12 and I wanted to make a loaf of bread, that's why.

That was in the spring. I still haven't made that bread.

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Originally Posted by Xaila

I don't really impulse buy too much... However, about 5 years ago I went through some kind of "high on life" moment after being discharged from a scary 9 day hospital inpatient stint and ended up adopting two kittens and a buying a gaming laptop. The laptop served me pretty well but I probably would've gotten something more modest if I'd given myself more time. The kittens have since grown into 17-18lb twin monster cats but I love 'em dearly.

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^ That's awesome! I'm not really a cat person at all but I'd love to get a Maine Coon if I weren't allergic.

I bought a guitar after I was in a car crash and nearly died. Always wanted to learn to play, had a helluva wake-up call during that with how finite life is, so I bought one and am patiently torturing anyone within hearing attempting to learn to play it, lol! :D

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50 lb bag of flour at Costco. For real.
Why would anyone who doesn't own a bakery buy a 50 lb bag of flour? Because I had the $12 and I wanted to make a loaf of bread, that's why.

That was in the spring. I still haven't made that bread.

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Lmao...that is awesome

I'm horrible about impulse shopping. I buy Blu-Rays like they're going out of style. I pretty much can't walk through a Best Buy or Walmart without picking up at least 2 or 3 (sometimes 7 or 8) movies. My biggest impulse buy this year was my 55" LG Cinema 3D TV. I was walking through Best Buy one day just to kill time and I started looking at the 3D TV displays. About an hour and two stores later, I was on my way home to swap cars so I could pick up a big TV. Then I had to go home and figure out what to do with the perfectly good, one year old, 46" Samsung I already had.

Oh, second biggest impulse buy this year was my camera. Canon Rebel t3i that I HAD to have so I could take better snake pics...

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I'm horrible about impulse shopping. I buy Blu-Rays like they're going out of style. I pretty much can't walk through a Best Buy or Walmart without picking up at least 2 or 3 (sometimes 7 or 8) movies. My biggest impulse buy this year was my 55" LG Cinema 3D TV. I was walking through Best Buy one day just to kill time and I started looking at the 3D TV displays. About an hour and two stores later, I was on my way home to swap cars so I could pick up a big TV. Then I had to go home and figure out what to do with the perfectly good, one year old, 46" Samsung I already had.

Oh, second biggest impulse buy this year was my camera. Canon Rebel t3i that I HAD to have so I could take better snake pics...

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Haha! I got a 47" Insignia on discounted to the price of a 42". And I thought I was bad haha.

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Haha! I got a 47" Insignia on discounted to the price of a 42". And I thought I was bad haha.

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Yeah, I'm pretty bad. I mentioned that I have a problem with impulse buying Blu-Rays, but what I didn't mention was the number. As of right now, it's somewhere around 325, but that number goes up every few days...

Wow that's a lot do you just have a wall of DVDs? I'm not sure i like that many movies even haha

Me and the wife have been going back through and updating our collection with blurays, we've got about 30 or so which includes newer movies and child hood favorites like Mulan and Sand Lot.

I'd love to see a picture of your collection!

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