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MomLife
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03/28/19 at 12:07PM UTC
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What was your last purchase fail?

I just bought an empty spray bottle because I wanted to fill up olive oil and use it for baking! I thought it would be great for evenly spraying foods but it turns out that the actual spray bottle didn’t work and trickled out olive oil like a leaky sink. Your turn.

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Bonnie McGuire
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Instructional Designer+ Corporate Advocacy Guru
04/22/19 at 3:21PM UTC
We were remodeling our kitchen with the intensions of selling the house and we ripped out our perfectly good white dishwasher for a used stainless steel model I found on Craigslist for $10 - they warned us it didn't work all that great but it was really just going in for looks. Turns out it works TERRIBLE and on top of that we decided to stay in the house so now I have to buy a new dishwasher to displace the perfectly good one we tossed....
Anonymous
04/19/19 at 12:59PM UTC
Matching bottles for my bathroom that are very minimalist. I wanted my bathroom to look like a “zen” hotel bathroom. I now have no idea which one is body wash, shampoo, face wash etc.
Anonymous
04/16/19 at 4:58PM UTC
Buying "cheaper" clothes online - never the right size and they shrink after 2 washes!
Anonymous
04/11/19 at 2:55PM UTC
I bought keto protein bars that were around $40 bucks and taste like dirt.
Maggie B
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Business and Data Analysis Consultant
04/05/19 at 4:32PM UTC
Look into a Misto - it's a spray bottle specifically made for olive oil. That stuff doesn't spray well unless it's pressurized! I wouldn't consider it a fail, but I recently purchased a clothing rack from a closing Sears, and it's still in my car. I haven't been able to carpool with people because I've had this rack in my car for over a month.
Volition1028
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Bringing Glamour to Life One Space at a Time
03/31/19 at 7:46PM UTC
I purchased a Silhouette to see if I would like it more than my Cricut. I definitely did not. The Silhouette never felt as user-friendly as it should or could have been. Luckily, I was able to sell it to someone else and recoup most of my money.
Laura Ruiz
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An engineer & a foodie.
03/31/19 at 3:23PM UTC
I impulsively bought some leggings from an ad I saw on Instagram. I paid 15 dlls a month ago and they haven't arrived. I was able to track them until they arrived to Mexico, so now I don't know where they really are. To be fair, the Mexican postal service sucks, so it's not really the store's fault, but 15 dollars is a week's worth of gas or a few days of food and I kinda regret it now.
Keri Wilson
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Business Excellence Consultant
03/31/19 at 4:58PM UTC
Same, but mine was "bras guaranteed to be the most comfortable you'll ever wear!". OK, I realize you shouldn't really buy a bra online, but the ad was so well done!! A month later they finally arrived from China. They're just ok. Because it took a month, I'd already bought another bra...
surfnwrite
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03/31/19 at 2:49PM UTC
Most clothing that I buy because I have a discount.
Katie Farello
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Creative Marketing Manager at Fairygodboss
03/28/19 at 9:08PM UTC
I'm the queen of forgetting to cancel subscriptions when the free trial is over. Currently paying for 3 different live tv streaming services....
Volition1028
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Bringing Glamour to Life One Space at a Time
03/31/19 at 7:48PM UTC
Try canceling them the same day you sign up. That has almost always worked for me.
Anonymous
03/28/19 at 2:22PM UTC
i bought a bracelet at an art fair because it was beautiful, completely forgetting that i hate wearing bracelets. :(

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