Ever buy something and wait a year to open it up?

[aphex]

Got a Samsung ML-1710 laser printer for around $50 or so last summer, but never had a use for it so i sent it off to my dads to save space...

Well the time has come to use her, so i got it back from my dads and im about to break her open.....

With my luck, she wont work

Anyone else do this? Buy something, only to open it a year later?

 

[Hector13]

i boutght an 80 gig harddrive from staples from who knows when... it was like $50 when i got it (which was real cheap at the time). figured I would have a use for it at some point... sadly, it is still new in its box under my bed (or in my closet?).

 

[MoPHo]

I still have Altered Beast for Sega Genesis that I never opened...

 

[Pepsei]

It's called a baby, and you don't really buy it, but you pay throught the nose.

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: Hector13
i boutght an 80 gig harddrive from staples from who knows when... it was like $50 when i got it (which was real cheap at the time). figured I would have a use for it at some point... sadly, it is still new in its box under my bed (or in my closet?).

eh I need a HD...

want to sell me that?

 

[z0mb13]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
I still have Altered Beast for Sega Genesis that I never opened...

OMG that is super old..

 

[MoPHo]

Originally posted by: z0mb13

Originally posted by: MoPHo
I still have Altered Beast for Sega Genesis that I never opened...

OMG that is super old..

It's like wine, the longer it ages the better it is. Except my sega genesis is broke...

 

[Dacalo]

I have some unopened Dreamcast VMUs.

Black transparent I believe.

 

[DaveSimmons]

oh yeah.
- HTPC case, TuaCel 1.0A, motherboard gathering dust for a year (a busy year).
- Pinnacle DC10 analog vid cap card I got off of eBay a couple of years ago and never installed
- i810 mATX mobo I was going to use for a music jukebox
- Asus CUSL2 mobo I was going to use for a server (ended up using a Tualatin 1.3 and Gigabyte mobo for combined server + jukebox)
- pile of games I've been too busy to play
- pile of DVDs I haven't watched yet

I could really use a 4-day work week to get in more playing, watching, and building

 

[fredtam]

A can of green beans. I hate those fsckers but it was the only food left in the house.

 

[Wallydraigle]

I have a couple PS2 memory cards on the desk that I never opened. I've also got a couple VHS tapes that are unopened. One of them is the Terminator. I bought that one, but just never opened it. Someone gave me Blair Witch 2. I never saw the first one, and I heard the second one sucks balls, plus it's on VHS, so I just never opened it. I have a HP printer that I did open, but never used. I opened it to get the ink cartridge out of the box to use in my other printer. I just threw away some ancient Hershy bars that I got really cheap and never ate.

 

[knivox]

Originally posted by: aphex
Got a Samsung ML-1710 laser printer for around $50 or so last summer, but never had a use for it so i sent it off to my dads to save space...

Well the time has come to use her, so i got it back from my dads and im about to break her open.....

With my luck, she wont work

Anyone else do this? Buy something, only to open it a year later?

I actually have a Samsung ML-1430 printer from 10/2002 in my closet I haven't opened yet. I ordered it when my old printer broke, but I ended up getting another inkjet printer as a gift, and using that.

 

[shopbruin]

actually my favorite people are those who have it for a year, decide they don't like it, and try to return it!

 

[JonnyStarks]

Originally posted by: freesia39
actually my favorite people are those who have it for a year, decide they don't like it, and try to return it!

I personally enjoy people who have purchased inkjet/laserjet cartridges, wait 6 months to open it, and claim it doesn't work.
Then get surprised when it can't be returned.

 

[sparkyclarky]

Just a DVD or two - it took me a while to get in the right mood to watch the masterpiece that is Citizen Kane.

 

[ElFenix]

some computer games, a book or two...

i've got a box of marvel uber comic book cards that is unopened from like 12 years ago

 

[andylawcc]

its called a pack of condoms

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: andylawcc
its called a pack of condoms

ooh... ouch.

i could use em

 

[aphex]

Originally posted by: JonnyStarks

Originally posted by: freesia39
actually my favorite people are those who have it for a year, decide they don't like it, and try to return it!

I personally enjoy people who have purchased inkjet/laserjet cartridges, wait 6 months to open it, and claim it doesn't work.
Then get surprised when it can't be returned.

Haha, we had a guy do that at my CC, cept it was on a 100 pack of cd's and it was 1/4 used.

 

[nageov3t]

I have an unopened copy of Final Fantasy I (vintage, not the re-release). hanging on to it for nostalgia's sake

 

[MaxDSP]

several PC components (RAM, HD, fans, etc) and several DVDs. In fact, I have an unopened 80 GB HD thats been sitting under my bed for like 10 months

 

[gotsmack]

Originally posted by: MaxDSP
several PC components (RAM, HD, fans, etc) and several DVDs. In fact, I have an unopened 80 GB HD thats been sitting under my bed for like 10 months

why does everyone keep their unopened computer stuff under their bed?


I do this too!

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
I still have Altered Beast for Sega Genesis that I never opened...

i think that was for master system. in any case, it sucks, don't bother opening it; you're not missing much.

 

[z0mb1e]

Originally posted by: MoPHo
I still have Altered Beast for Sega Genesis that I never opened...

That's like a gaming mortal sin, one of the best games for SG, tell me you've played other copies before!

 

[arcas]

A few years ago, I bought a barebones 1u rackmount system. After a change of plans, I never built/bought a rack so this guy is still sitting in the box.