Maybe you bought it and it’s still in the original wrapper.
I can’t say I’ve ever done this. I have a few things I bought I used once or twice.
Now I wouldn’t count items you still plan to use but stocked up on. Like for instance, I doubt anyone loses more gloves per year than I do. So whenever there is a sale on gloves I buy a bunch. I still have one pair of winter gloves I haven’t used. But I wouldn’t count that, 'cause come Novemeber I’ll use them and I’ll lose them before Dec 1st
So I mean something yhou bought fully intending to use but never did. Like a dress, a piece of gym equipment, a food item that looked good but you wound up throwing out.
A tank top that was on super clearance - I couldn’t resist the price but ended up never wearing it because I just didn’t like it that much once I got it home.
Baby clothes will be outgrown before they are worn once in a while if I buy them ahead of season.
Not a whole lot though. I could add more to a list of 'things that were only used once."
Oh, I have hundreds (maybe thousands) of dollars worth of software I’ve never used. I was talking to a programmer friend of mine about this once, and he said “Oh - ‘shelfware’ - I have tons of that, too.”
I have a brand new electric movie screen I’ve never used (but I hope to install it someday).
Oh, and the 3,500 lb winch I never installed.
I’ve got some tools I’ve never used. I once bought a motorcycle I never rode. (only got it cause I knew I could make a few bucks reselling it, and I did)
When a local hardware place went out of business, I bought up all kinds of stuff, I just now remember. I got enough lawn sprinkler stuff to do the Rose Bowl! Just hangin’ in a plastic bag on the pegboard. I will say that I have used a bunch of other stuff I picked up there, only years and years later. Screen and patio door rollers, drawer sashs, “L” brackets. My garage is like a Home Depot (except without all the good stuff!)
Not me , but my husband bought a very expensive camera once, when we were on a tight budget and without consulting me. As far as I recall it was never used once and was sold on Ebay many years later for, of course, a loss. That was probably the biggest fight we ever had.
I bought an electric food slicer that is a smaller version of what you see in delis. After opening the box and seeing this large blade sharp as a razor, I decided I’m to klutzy to wash the blade. I gave it away 2 years later. I always picture myself having the blade slip and slicing deep into my leg or my grabbing it and losing a thumb and a few fingers.
Books that I intend to read “someday.”
Clothing that didn’t fit, but I thought it might “someday.”
Software.
Food I never got around to eating, and had to toss.
Cat toys that the cats are indifferent to.
A Bowflex machine that I will “someday” assemble.
A cello that is damaged, but I’ll “someday” have repaired.
An expensive camera that I will “someday” sell.
A second electronic catbox. It’s still in the original box.
A maternity bathing suit. I’ve been using an old racing suit.
Various and sundry meats, fruits & vegetables I meant to cut up/make into something. My husband has been working unexpectedly late the last few weeks, making extensive, super-involved food preparation impractical (thanks to the toddler in the midst of a “helpful” phase - it’s been hard to find something for him to help with that doesn’t involve knives or can entertain him long enough for me to finish the dangerous bits). Also, every night my husband is late, he promises to come home at the regular time the next day so I can use up the stuff around the house, only to be dragged back in again. This has led to two pounds of wasted meat (I didn’t want to freeze it again, only to have to defrost it later). Fortunately, I got smart this weekend and cooked everything already, then froze or refrigerated it, so hopefully this week won’t be as wasteful as the previous two.
Dress shirts I haven’t worn that I bought right before I got offered my job here where we have a t-shirt, shorts, sandals dress policy.
A router (wood working power tool) that I bought for a project. The project changed and I have yet to do something that will require it. I have plans though.
A few shirts (dress shirts), a couple books (I do read most of the books I buy or check out from the library, but there are at least 2 or 3 on my bookshelf that I haven’t read and don’t really want to). Can’t think of too much else… I’m pretty frugal, and it bugs the hell out of me to waste money so I try to really think through all my purchases realistically.
I’ve got a dovetailing jig, still in the same sealed box that I bought it in nearly two years ago. I’ve made good use of the router, but just never got around to making boxes or drawers.
Similarly, there’s a benchtop drillpress and band saw, also both still in their boxes. The drill press will have been mine for two years, come Christmas.
We’re about to move, and having a dedicated space to set up as a workshop is a “must have.”
I’ve also got the “Design Premium” version of Adobe Creative Suite 4, still in the box. Just haven’t had the time to install it.
I bought a joiner/planer that needed a motor to drive it, but I never bought a motor for it. Then I discovered computers and that was essentially the end of my woodworking hobby. Even if I went back to that hobby, I would join a local club of retired men (and a couple women to be sure) who have their own very well equipped workshop. I tried donating the joiner to them, but they have better equipment.
I have many CDs that I have never played and a number of Videos, both DVDs and videotapes, I have never watched. Someday…
I bought a Pilates machine from QVC once. (I was drunk!) My husband set it up and used it once or twice. I didn’t. It’s up in the attic now. Maybe some day …
I helped my neighbor bring home a new exercise machine this weekend. (The perils of being a nice guy with a pickup truck!) I’m counting the days before I see it used as a clothes rack.
Dad bought one of those treadmills right after the hospital stay for the angioplasty. It got set up but never used like I knew would happen. $1,000 wasted.
