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Coping with bad purchases

stickonatree

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Originally Posted by Uncontrol
I was wondering, especially for the members here on tighter budgets, how do you cope with poor purchases on non-returnable items?

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:Out of a $4500 purchase I lost about $250. Not bad actually.

???

hopefully you got that TaT suit order you wanted in there somewhere?
 

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Originally Posted by whodini
I just meet up with white folks on the weekends and call them racists for laughs.

We should hug it out
 

Holstein Bilter

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Originally Posted by Uncontrol
I recently ordered a large amount of clothes from Yahoo! Japan and MBOK, and while I am pretty happy with most of it, a few items didn't really work out -- namely some pants on which the inseams are too short.

I was wondering, especially for the members here on tighter budgets, how do you cope with poor purchases on non-returnable items? I'm thinking of flipping them back onto YJ, but after fees and shipping to Japan I doubt it would be worth my time. I may just have to toss them, because having clothes I don't like laying around always feels like a huge burden.

But yeah, I have depression and though I'm on medication for it I still tend to get irrationally upset about things. It's not so much the amount of money wasted. For me, it's the mere fact that something was a waste and I cannot think of a productive use for it.

How do you cope?


Craigslist or Ebay...
 

morse9443

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I feel your pain brother. My recent purchase from JP doesn't fit and I'm trying to sell right now. The trouble of selling and re-ordering and waiting, etc., has gotten my panties in a major bunch!
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morse9443

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Originally Posted by Uncontrol
What'd you order?

SD 103's from Rakuten store Vari. I have Sammy S0500 in size 34, so I though 34 would work with these too. Not even close. But I really like em, so waiting to sell in order to re-order......
 

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Fade to Black

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i bought a pair of Dior jeans one size big last season, it was the last one left and i bought it anyway because hedi slimane was leaving and at that point didn't know if he was coming back.

i cope by telling myself Kanye's are even baggier. i'm wearing them today actually and when i look in the mirror it doesn't look so bad over boots...

moral of the story: If it don't fit, WILL IT TO FIT.
 

Fade to Black

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? you talkin to me?

Nah slim, baggy Dior is the way to go these days. That sizing down 2 business is OUT.
 

thekunk07

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Originally Posted by Fade to Black
i bought a pair of Dior jeans one size big last season, it was the last one left and i bought it anyway because hedi slimane was leaving and at that point didn't know if he was coming back.

i cope by telling myself Kanye's are even baggier. i'm wearing them today actually and when i look in the mirror it doesn't look so bad over boots...

moral of the story: If it don't fit, WILL IT TO FIT.


+1. did the exact same ****. i'm a 33, 34 and bought a 32 and a 36.
 

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