Stories of time you have meant to buy one thing and bought much more.

[acarmody]

For instance, today I walked into Supercheap to buy some windscreen wiper blades, and ended up buying

• An air dual action sander
  Air 3" Disc cut off tool
  Murex 2.5mm arc welding sticks
  Electrode pocket thing
  Ground clamp for arc welder
  Cheap arse 1/4" socket set
  Marker sticks
  Oh and the wiper blades too (but nearly forgot them)

Not bad for $86 I say.

[somefool]

Not so much, 'much more' but a fair decent hit to the wallet.
Went out today to get quotes on twin dump 2.5 stainless steel exhaust tips..
..And my P2's. I took three steps into service SA, turned around and left Service SA. Queues Queues QUEUES!!

I now have the car booked on friday to get "Octane" tint installed.
oops :P

[nick_]

This is basically how my build up started. Luckily, most of these were bargains I couldnt really pass up at the time, hence why I went a little overboard.
Stockies needed new tyres = bought 17" rims and tyres
Rear pads were fkd and some cockhead cut me off in the first week of getting the car = slotted discs and decent pads all round
Bought a catback = it didn't match up to the standard Y pipe so I bought extractors and cats to suit
A few bushes and the rear shocks were stuffed = new fe2 spec suspension and complete nolathane bush kit.
Wanted RR's for more power = bought them and a turbo kit. Although, the turbo kit will be going into a tribute VB-VK V6 project in memory of mum's late partner Jamie. He loved his early girl commodores. He passed away from cancer on Mother's day.

[dirt drifter]

i went on ebay looking for a cam for my 355 im building and wound up buying a vs ss for 15k with a 400+rwhp cammed 6L + 6 spd conversion. does that count?

[VT-565]

I bought a CRS blower kit for a VT V6 which led to me buying a 66 thousand dollar cruiser ute...don't know if that counts either

[Tom_1569]

Im hopeless for this.
Go to Caravan and Camping expo, tow a new boat home.
Go to 4wd expo, buy "new" 4wd.
Go to a friends for dinner, buy a new rifle.
Generally going to buy a bolt or gasket I come home with $100+ worth of more tools.

My missus doesnt trust me to go and by maccas any more in fear of what I may come home with.

[Calaber]

Im hopeless for this.
Go to Caravan and Camping expo, tow a new boat home.
Go to 4wd expo, buy "new" 4wd.
Go to a friends for dinner, buy a new rifle.
Generally going to buy a bolt or gasket I come home with $100+ worth of more tools.


My missus doesnt trust me to go and by maccas any more in fear of what I may come home with.

Dinner was that bad?

[Stressball]

Someone I know got sent to bunnings for a gas bottle, came home with a ####off-huge 6 burner barbecue. Oops.

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[ari666]

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[Garth]

went to ikea to look at tables for the tv
walked out with a dining table
tv stand
dvd stands
display cases
and a bed.

[Julie]

lol this is me on a weekly basis, usually involves quick trips to coles or bunnings

[Trayner]

always happens to me , I cant help it

[Grennan]

Last time it cost me big was last tax time. Went to buy the new Xbox. Walked out with the new Xbox, a new 42" full hd tv, couple of new games and a tv cabinet.

[gopher]

went to the boat show last year with the intention of picking up a few bits and pieces for my boat
ended up with a new boat instead

[cracker]

Went out too purchase a couple of quite beers from the local establishment... you can guess how the rest ended up, because iv got no idea...

Dinner was that bad?

quality

[hi_ryder]

every time i go to safeway to get one thing like a can of deodorant and wheel out a shopping trolley worth 200 bucks... i put 6 dollars in the trolley wife puts in 194....

[Dayvo]

My old XY ford broke down outside a caryard .I went in to get some water for the radiator and drove out in a Statesman .

[JMP]

A bit different but this new girl started work where I was working a few years back, now I'm married and created a couple of kids.

[vkberlina]

Went to the butchers for some chops for dinner and walked out with the best part of a side of lamb and a side of beef about $400 of meat

Scott

[Torquative]

nothing much, went to a pick yourself wrecker on Saturday (where you do just that) just for a plug that plugs into the PWR or TC button on a VZ

So far Ive been back 2 more times

Got the harness and plug, plus
- leather gear knob
- leather handbrake cover
- 4x satin chrome door handles
- headlight switch with the foglight emblem (ive retrofitted foggies)
- 2x spare steering wheel radio controls (they break easily on the VZ)
- some loose nick nacks for other peoples cars, centre console light/switch and wiring, various switches, reverse sensor module, dual tone horns, various trim panels.

Cost $2 entry each time (not bad for 6 bucks)

Also while we were at it we bought a Berlina centre console for dads wagon - $50, bit of a sting but hey I saved far more on the other stuff ;P

Then again I also walked into Holden a few weeks back for $12 worth of seat clips so I could strip my seats down and fix a squeak, walked out with a mobile phone switch to replace my broken one, 2 HRT shirts, a HRT USB stick and a baby Team Vodafone race suit!

[STEEV888]

went to get a new set of wiperblades last week,

walked out with:
wiper blades
tyre shine
interior shampoo
5 microfibre towels
injector cleaner
glass wipes

the wiper blades didnt work and i havent even touched the other stuff yet... it was so cheap.

[elmaso]

this only happens when im drunk and have cash on me..
went to the servo to buy some smokes, came out with $40 worth of twisties and a ukelele...i try not to drink when i've been paid haha

[Bill44]

Ha, you blokes are amateurs. I walked in to my local servo to pay for a tank full of petrol, got talking to the owner of the sandwich bar in there, been married to her for 20 years now.

[acarmody]

this only happens when im drunk and have cash on me..
went to the servo to buy some smokes, came out with $40 worth of twisties and a ukelele...i try not to drink when i've been paid haha

Who doesn't get the munchies while their drunk?

This thread is gold, especially like the stories or people going to buy parts and just getting a new car.

Another one I will add, my mum and me went to do the fortnightly shopping, and came home with a puppy. Dad was not amused.

[Jonesy484]

i was with my dad last year, we went into harvey norman to buy a mini tv (plug your hard-drive into it and watch your stuff on your tv) we cam home with a 50" plasma a 42" LCD, a new tv cabbinet thing, a blueray player and 3 mini hd tvs. What my dad said to my mum when we got home, 'i got a great deal!' i love electronics shopping with my dad, got the old tv (32" LCD 6 months old) for my room