Things you regret buying

allan gould · #1 20-12-2007, 11:36 AM

Its that time of year again but what have you bought that you regret buying?
I have to confess that I've purchased some crappy cheap eyepieces that I shouldn't have as well as some 1 1/4" coloured filters that have not seen any use for the last 6 years.
Whats been your impulsive purchase that you have lived to regret.

Glenhuon (Bill) · #2 20-12-2007, 12:29 PM

The worst things I ever bought were my first 150mm newt, turned out to be a real pain to collimate, and probably the same set of filters you got

Bill

cahullian · #3 20-12-2007, 12:42 PM

worst thing I ever bought was a wedding ring

Gazz

DJVege · #4 20-12-2007, 12:53 PM

My laser pointer from ebay. Not really that bad, but dunno if it has a filter in it or not.

Interesting, Gazz...I'm in the market for a wedding ring! LoL. Bad purchase, then?

cahullian · #5 20-12-2007, 01:01 PM

The ring was great but the finger I put it on could have belonged to a better person.

lol

Gazz

RB (Andrew) · #6 20-12-2007, 01:13 PM

LOL Gazz !!

I regret buying my first astro mag.
It should've come with a Reserve Bank warning label: Danger Slippery Slide.

h0ughy (David) · #7 20-12-2007, 01:16 PM

I regret not having an observatory and buying eyepieces - I dont use them anymore? Also buying mags - they are not good for the wallet and forum members posting cheap bargins and nice gadgets to buy..........

cahullian · #8 20-12-2007, 01:16 PM

Ha Ha Andrew we can all Sympathise with you on that one.

Gazz

Rodstar (Rod) · #9 20-12-2007, 01:26 PM

No regrets here.....

but I am sure my wife may regret some of my purchases..

sejanus (Gavin) · #10 20-12-2007, 04:41 PM

i regret buying all the whizz bang goto gear and should have bought a big dob to begin with

wavelandscott (Scott) · #11 20-12-2007, 04:56 PM

I'd have to say the 'Ab Roller 2000 (with workout video)" or the "Hand Hammered Chinese Wok (with authentic recipe book)"...neither has gotten much use since they were acquired in a fit of insomnia from late night TV. I will never part with my Ginzu Knives nor my "Rotato" (which will nicely peel a potato or apple). Gee Whiz those Infomercial People sure know how to sell!

With respect to Astro Gear, I'm pretty happy with most of my gear and don't really regret any purchase...although as others have noted, my lovely wife my not necessarily share my opinion.

leon · #12 20-12-2007, 08:59 PM

I don't regret buying anything, and/or being into this hobby, if it were not for this interest and friendship I have received here, I would have been in some very ordinary situation,

Leon

Outbackmanyep · #13 20-12-2007, 09:43 PM

Hey Guys, im seeing a trend here, lets see if i can make this formula work..... Telescopes and Acc = Happiness x money........Happiness = money / wife........ Wife = Relationship x wedding ring / Money

Compromise = Wife x Happiness / Telescopes x Money

Am i on the right path here??

Maybe someone can double check my formulae......

GrahamL · #14 21-12-2007, 06:16 AM

formula looks good ..one of the entries can be variable though and as such
can make it hard for the formula to always work

CoombellKid · #15 21-12-2007, 06:32 AM

A Meade #140 barlow, the coatings started to pit some months after buying
it. It has been kept in the same ep box as my other ep's and barlows, treated
with the same respect I give all my optical equipment and is the only one
that has been effected. Next would be the Meade LPI although I enjoyed
playing around with it with some cool results, the novelty lasted about 5
minutes. Brought for $240 managed to get $70.00 resale.

regards,CS

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #16 21-12-2007, 07:51 AM

I could say that I regretted buying that wobbly 60mm refractor off Ebay.
But it started me off me off in this hobby, fed the obsession and gave me many many hours of viewing pleasure over the year that I used it.

astropolak (Joe) · #17 21-12-2007, 08:03 AM

I regret buying everything astro that I had to sell a year or so later - at half the purchase price. Most of the stuff was actually working good except I wanted "better".
This would include:
LX90 8"
Saxon 60/900 mak
set of 4 Bintel Plossls
pair of 20mm supeviews
Meade QX 20mm
Meade S4000 26mm
Meade S5000 14mm
TAL 25mm ultra wide
TV Panoptic 22mm - a lemon with damaged optics I unknowingly bought on this forum
Vixen zoom 8-24

I hope and pray that now I have put a stop to this madness or at least put a hold on it...
Joe

davidpretorius · #18 21-12-2007, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cahullian

worst thing I ever bought was a wedding ring

Gazz

beat me to it!!!

rogerg (Roger) · #19 21-12-2007, 10:44 AM

I regret buying my Losmandy GM-8. I'm disappointed with it's capabilities and think in the end the Sphinx would have suited me better and had the same tracking capabilities for half the price

.. but now that I have the GM-8 I'm persevering with it and will probably eventually sell it to fund a new CCD or primary telescope.

Garyh · #20 21-12-2007, 11:15 AM

After selling my classic C-8 in 1990 which I had since being a teenager, I bought a ebay 6" reflector about 5 years ago....absolute rubbish! wouldn`t even focus to a nice diffraction disc...luckily I got a full refund and bought some better stuff from a proper supplier!
cheers