Things You've Purchased that are Surprisingly Good

• Ironman92

  

  Food, clothing....anything.
  
  Mine:
  
  Chocolate chip cookies at restaurants (Bob Evans, Max Ermas, LaRosa's...even KFC and McDonalds)
  
  Bedroom furniture from Big Lots
  
  Rain X windshield treatment.
  
  Mine are shitty but you guys will have good ones that I can't think of.
• reclegend22

  

  Tickets to a Cleveland Rockers game. I ended up not using them and it turned out to be one of the best investments I ever made.
  
  Tickets to Lion King on Broadway. When I walked into the theater you would have thought I was being forced to french kiss Magic Johnson. The performance was actually pretty riveting, however. The creativity behind that show is sheer genius. Amazing. Honestly, this might be the most pleasantly surprised I've ever been with regard to something I was at first hesitant to purchase.
  
  The album Urban Hymns by British rock band The Verve. Bought it on a whim in high school solely because of "Bittersweet Symphony" and after one listen-through that was my third or fourth favorite song. When I take my occasional respites from hip-hop to recharge my musical horizons, this is usually one of the first albums I reach for.
• said_aouita

  

  Darn Tough brand (merino wool) running socks.
  
  Make in Vermont. Greatest socks ever made.
  
  
  http://darntough.com/
  
  Treat your feet to some merino wool socks and you'll never go back to cotton again.
• Sonofanump

  The Walmart brand of compression shirts and shorts.
  
  Genesee Ice
• NWIndianNation01

  

  Bacon wrapped steaks from Aldi...yum!
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Hooker in Vinton County. turns out no teeth are a good thing.
• Rotinaj

  

  ernest_t_bass;1244638 wrote:Hooker in Vinton County. turns out no teeth are a good thing.

  Pics?
• Steel Valley Football

  My OC membership. I thought this place would suck, but, boy, was I wrong.
• Cher

  cocaine
• BR1986FB

  A bench press tool called a "Slingshot." Allows me to handle a bit more weight with no pain in my shoulder. Also keeps the elbows tucked at the sides and locked in the proper "groove."
• Crimson streak

  

  reclegend22;1244534 wrote:Tickets to a Cleveland Rockers game. I ended up not using them and it turned out to be one of the best investments I ever made.
  
  Tickets to Lion King on Broadway. When I walked into the theater you would have thought I was being forced to french kiss Magic Johnson. The performance was actually pretty riveting, however. The creativity behind that show is sheer genius. Amazing. Honestly, this might be the most pleasantly surprised I've ever been with regard to something I was at first hesitant to purchase.
  
  The album Urban Hymns by British rock band The Verve. Bought it on a whim in high school solely because of "Bittersweet Symphony" and after one listen-through that was my third or fourth favorite song. When I take my occasional respites from hip-hop to recharge my musical horizons, this is usually one of the first albums I reach for.

  
  I 2nd the lion king. Just the other day I had some scallop wrapped with bacon from target. They were bangin
• said_aouita

  

  ccrunner609;1244756 wrote:i buy tools from Harbor Freight. Cheap and they work just as well as others

  Does Harbor Freight sell window air conditioners?
• wes_mantooth

  

  Roku
• Cher

  wes_mantooth;1244819 wrote:Roku

  I had a Roku and it was a piece of shit.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  ccrunner609;1244756 wrote:i buy tools from Harbor Freight. Cheap and they work just as well as others

  
  Just like the Chinese kids who make them.
• Pick6

  

  BR1986FB;1244666 wrote:A bench press tool called a "Slingshot." Allows me to handle a bit more weight with no pain in my shoulder. Also keeps the elbows tucked at the sides and locked in the proper "groove."

  Is that something that helps you hold form, or cheat, or both?
• BR1986FB

  Pick6;1244934 wrote:Is that something that helps you hold form, or cheat, or both?

  It doesn't help you "cheat" in that you have to control the weight but it will add a few lbs to your bench. I have a bum left shoulder and it helps me bench pain free. Also use it for weighted dios & pushups.
• Steel Valley Football

  Ronnie James Dios?
• THE4RINGZ

  

  I needed a new chainsaw for cleaning up around the house, etc. Not big time lumber cutting. I did some research online and decided to purchase a Poulan Pro saw. I paid $169 for a 20" bar saw. Once I got the throttle and idle tuned in that thing runs like a champ. It was about half the price of the Stihl saw I was originally planning on buying.
• Ironman92

  

  I bought a cheap ass washer from Sears......cheapest one they had and it's still going after 12 years....a ton of loads (about 10 a week)
• BR1986FB

  Steel Valley Football;1245232 wrote:Ronnie James Dios?

  LOL...just saw that. Was supposed to be "dips."
• bases_loaded

  

  Andro Gel
• Ironman92

  

  bases_loaded;1245553 wrote:Andro Gel

  
  Lol
• pmoney25

  

  Tickets for the Wicked musical.
• raiderbuck

  $10 tickets to an improv show in Chicago. First improv show I've ever been to. Loved it. Great cheap date