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What newly purchased item have you destroyed within the first hour/day that you used it?

Asked by rebbel (35553points) August 17th, 2010

Just came up in the chatroom, this question.
Whenever i buy something new, say, a pair of jeans, i manage to fall from my bicycle for the first time in years and torn my trousers kaput.
I found out that i am not the only one in the world to whom these things happen.
Have you the same luck, with brand new stuff?
If yes, care to share?

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chyna's avatar

Yes. I was cutting the tag off of a new item, $8.00 panties if you must know, and I cut into the cloth. I totally could kick myself.

Austinlad's avatar

I love putting on and wearing a brand new shirt—you know that feeling, before it’s gone to the cleaner or through the washing machine—and I never fail to spill something on it before the day goes by, no matter how careful I am. For me, spilling something on a new shirt is like getting the first scratch on a new car. Ugh!

Austinlad's avatar

The other thing that makes me crazy is dropping a teasured electronic device the first time. Last year I dropped a brand new, uncased iPhone on the concrete floor of my garage… which is is I always use a case now.

rebbel's avatar

I am sorry for your panties, @chyna and your shirt and iPhone, @Austinlad, but it really comforts me that i am not the only unlucky person around :-)

partyparty's avatar

I bought a really lovely flower vase, and in my excitement getting the bubble wrap off, I dropped the vase and it shattered into a thousand pieces :(

ucme's avatar

Nah, can’t say that’s ever happened….....oh there was that one time I bought the wife some edible undies. Those baby’s were toast that very same evening. Yummy yummy!!!

rebbel's avatar

@ucme
That is the definition of a lucky guy.
@partyparty
That’s a waste.
I hope it wasn’t one from the Ming Dynasty..

partyparty's avatar

@rebbel If only I had the cash LOLL :-)

aprilsimnel's avatar

Ripped a pair of designer jeans the day I bought them by inadvertently yanking the bag against a sharp point sticking out from a seat on the bus that I didn’t see. :(

There went $120.

Pied_Pfeffer's avatar

* An expensive blouse that was ruined while attempting to iron it before I ever had the chance to wear it. Note to self: read the care instructions first.
* An unopened bottle of Sambuca I dropped in the garage before getting it into the house. The place reeked of black licorice even after cleaning it up.

rebbel's avatar

@aprilsimnel
Ouch.
@Pied_Pfeffer
It’s yummy he, (black) Sambuca?!
I am one of the few in my company who likes the stuff.
Pity it broke.

rebbel's avatar

@MeinTeil
What, you wanted to cut the seal off of it with some scissors?

MeinTeil's avatar

Catastrophic failure during normal use.

free_fallin's avatar

Phones. I’m always dropping my phone.

rebbel's avatar

@free_fallin
It only counts if you just bought the phone :-)

Dr_Lawrence's avatar

Last year I bent the tempered steel shaft of my new lawn mower by hitting a railroad tie hidden by the tall grass. Irreparable.

I am much better removing labels from panties, however.

rebbel's avatar

@Dr_Lawrence
I am pretty good at removing panties too, by the way.
Ah, the labels.

MeinTeil's avatar

Yay pervs!

Brenna_o's avatar

Not always bad luck… But once i got a cpat from wal mart and it ripped and hour later when i zipped it up!

LuckyGuy's avatar

I put my new (cheap) sunglasses on top of my head when I went to use a porta-potty at a festival. I bent over a bit and they plopped right into the disgusting blue ooze. Gone!

chyna's avatar

@worriedguy Wins. Best disgusting story.

rebbel's avatar

@worriedguy
I expected a disgusting brown ooze.
Disgusting nonetheless.

filmfann's avatar

(obviously this happened years ago)
I bought a brand new WalkMan (think IPod), put it on my belt, climbed down a ladder into a manhole, and it caught on the manhole lip, detached, fell 20 feet, and landed right in the water sump. I got to use it maybe 15 seconds.

rebbel's avatar

@filmfann
Awwwww.
You are one, if you allow me, funny Walkman (think IPod) yet clumsy Jelly.
Your two legs in one trouser leg and a police officer story comes to mind too.

filmfann's avatar

@rebbel All the grace of Godzilla.

vagg's avatar

once bought a new pair of grey trousers , i ruined it by accidentally spilling chlorine on it.
I was so angry and i cryed!
After that i decided to dye it black with textile paint.
Then i wanted to iron it, and when i did, i burned it.
I only wore it once.

rebbel's avatar

@vagg
Now that is a double unlucky story.
It is kind of ringing a bell to me though :-)

YARNLADY's avatar

I had a bottle of Crown Royal fall through the bag when I was unloading the car at home. I took the broken bag and broken bottle back to the store and they gave me a new bottle.

LuckyGuy's avatar

@rebbel Of course, the blue was accentuated with all the brown, beige, and yellow colors of fall but proper decorum dictated I should ignore the details.

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