# Things people buy and end up not using. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2019, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-buy-and-end-up-not-using/827822 "2019-01-15T20:49:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2019, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-buy-and-end-up-not-using/827822/81 "2019-01-19T05:40:21Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > Cheaper in-ground pools are actually a framework of wood or other materials that is then covered by a liner—it’s kind of like if you built an above ground pool in a deep hole and backfilled around the sides. > Mine is like this. It’s not as flimsy as it sounds since this pool is probably 35 years old. You just need to get it re-lined every decade. > With that said, it seems a bit of a challenge to move such a structure to another resting place. Really? I was just familiar with the concrete ones, but here in the upper Midwest, very few people have in-ground pools. Makes sense, with all the freezing and thawing. Another thing people buy and probably don’t use is some variation of a Vegetti maker - one of those gadgets that turns zucchini, carrots, squash, etc. into noodles. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-buy-and-end-up-not-using/827822/82 "2019-01-20T01:31:58Z")
> [@minor7flat5](#): > > We shall see… > > My contractor is also a close friend, so I expect the price to be reasonable. He indicated that it would be roughly a few thousand, due to the cost of fill and the labor to make it look pretty. > One factor I didn’t think of: he wants me to find out from the township if they allow burying of the broken concrete debris in place or if we will need to have it carted away–an unknown that will affect the cost. Thats similar to my friends. Now, if they can just back a big dumptruck up to your pool and just dump it out - well thats cheap. But in their case it would be basically one wheelbarrow load after another to navigate the path from the street to the pool. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-buy-and-end-up-not-using/827822/83 "2019-01-20T02:04:12Z")
> [@pohjonen](#): > > I have a [Suzuki Q Chord](https://reverb.com/item/1075389-suzuki-qchord-synthesized-autoharp-guitar?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgpS3_uz43wIVKx-tBh356gigEAQYBSABEgKWfPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds&pla=1). > > At least I didn’t pay real good money for it. I got it at the Goodwill auction. It will be handy for the drum functions if I ever get around to doing any recording. 🙂 No, you need to become a [rock star](https://www.google.com/search?num=50&safe=off&biw=1033&bih=594&tbm=vid&ei=dtVDXPmqE8_KsQWEjKLgAg&q=Suzuki+QChord&oq=Suzuki+QChord&gs_l=psy-ab.3...142948.142948.0.143318.1.1.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..1.0.0....0.OlcHTiHBzLA) with it… or at least [take it to church](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGVsqItKHnA)! By the way, when we got married, we said No Gifts… which apparently is some kind of Lutheran code for “Load these lovebirds up with gadgets!” We got four coffee bean grinders, three cheap pasta machines, two electric whisks (?), two Mr. Coffees, and three underpowered Dustbusters. We kept one of the grinders. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-buy-and-end-up-not-using/827822/84 "2019-01-20T03:13:06Z")
A Boomerang. I keep trying to throw the damn thing away but it keeps coming back to me. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-buy-and-end-up-not-using/827822.md?page=4)