On Sunday afternoon I spent money I don’t have, four thousand rand to be precise on a certain item (electronic appliance). By money I don’t have I mean I "payed" by credit card for it.
Come Monday morning I’m surfing the net & BAM… there’s the very same item for half the price (yes 2 grand) and it’s not even on special! Damn!… Of course I felt like the biggest fool to ever walk this earth. I might as well have taken 2000 in cash and burnt.
The thing is I didn’t know at the time that I was being ripped off. At the same time no one forced me into buying, I did it of my own free will. On my way home I did wonder if I’d made the right choice. It even crossed my mind that I could have paid too much but I just said it must be "quality". Of course "too much" meant 500 to 800 bucks & not 2 grand! Crap!
If I hadn’t opened the item and messed up the packaging the second I got home then I’d take it back to the damn shop without a doubt but I’m stuck with it. How could I possibly live with myself and the item? Going home and looking at it everyday? Am I now supposed to think of all this as one of those harsh lessons that life teaches us? Am I supposed to just admit that “life is a b$tch” and move on? How? Especially when the truth is I want my money back but the reality is I’m not gonna get it. What do I do or say to myself to make it all okay? How can I possibly recover from this "feeling like the biggest idiot" syndrome?
Has the same kind thing ever happened to you and how did you handle it? I hope better than me because I really just want to strangle myself. I’ve even decided that if anyone asks I’ll just say I paid 2 grand for the item and that’s a secret I’m taking to my grave.
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