Buyers Remorse, ... In Reverse

[amberleadavis]

Or the 1967 E-type Jag my dad sold while I was at school one day and right before I was to turn 16.

 

 

 

Your dad probably thought he was saving you from [a] wrapping the Jaguar around a tree, or spending all your money on fiddly E-Type parts, or [c] unexpected fatherhood as a result of all the young women asking for rides in such a car.

 

Most likely , of course!

 

 

My dad bought me a 1962 Corvette (yes, the convertible) days before my 16th birthday and my mom sold it the day before I turned 16. Years later she explained that while I probably wouldn't have wrapped myself around a tree, she was sure she would have lost one of my brothers.

[Nyanzilla]

Some years ago I had the opportunity to buy a Pelikan M620 for 140€. To-day it's hard to find and costs >300-400€.

[Kelly G]

Years ago, back when I thought spending $100 on a fountain pen was a huge purchase, I desired a Pelikan 900 Toledo and could have picked one up for half the price they are now. Alas...

[chravagni]

The Pelikan M205 Taupe. The Karstadt-yellow m200. And some m215: I have got the blue-black and the one with rings, I deeply miss the others.

 

But I mostly miss the taupe.

[Misfit]

Pilot Vanishing Point in raden Galaxy. There are some out there, but the $304 I didn’t want to pay is now $499 or some higher prices.

 

Happily I got the Pelikans I’ve wanted recently.

[Claud]

Glad I did not pick up this hobby until last year. If it grabs me I just buy it . A few minutes ago a Pelikan 760 OB , 18K nib, 150th Special Edition. Not bragging, but us older gents and ladies have more disposibal funds.

[Runnin_Ute]

During my sophomore year in high school, a few short months before I would turn 16 dad sold the 1970 1/2 Chevrolet Camaro Z28. Similar to this one. Only dark green metallic paint with white stripes, black interior. Dad had time slips from the local drag strips showing it had run 13.4 in the quarter and had trophies for class wins.

 

Sold it to a kid at my high school, a senior. I later heard from someone who knew him that he blew at least two motors in it. Loved that car.

[amberleadavis]

OH MAN THAT'S SO SAD!

 

My first car was a 1966 Mustang (the original owner bought it back after I had it for a month), the second was my favorite car - 1969 Mercury Cougar with a 428. She never met a gas station she didn't want to visit, but gas was under a dollar a gallon so that was okay.

[inkandseeds]

No pen regrets, but a book regret. Back around 1991, i was working at a used book store. In one of the company’s stores, there was a pristine copy of U.S. Grant’s Personal Memoirs, considered to be the finest military autobiography. Not only was this a first edition, but it was a special red leather edition like none i have ever seen elsewhere. There is more, but a little background first.

 

For those of you who don’t know the story of the book, after serving two terms as president and after taking a round the world tour, Grant and his family settled in New York and Grant went into business with a partner. His partner eventually skips town with all the money, never to be seen again. Grant is left broke. To settle his debts, he sells his personal property. Then things got bad as Grant is told that he has throat cancer and is dying. Wanting to provide for his family, he considers writing his memoirs. Publishers have offered him contracts, but he knows nothing about publishing so he approaches Samuel Clemens, a.k.a. Mark Twain, about the offers. Twain, who hated publishers, suggested that they publish it via subscription. Twain finishes his memoirs but dies before they are published. You can see the change in the writing of the last volume as he was suffering.

 

The more: I opened the first volume of the memoirs and it is inscribed in the flowery writing style of the late 19th century. It read something like “To Samuel Clemens with deepest heartfelt thanks and appreciation, Mrs. U.S. Grant”. I open volume two and there was an inscription writtten and signed by Samuel Clemens accepting the gift of the books. Only $3,000 which i didn’t have. Always have regretted not figuring out a way to buy it.

[inkandseeds]

Oops, my previous post should read “Grant finishes his memoirs” instead of “Twain finishes..”. I tried editing my post but the internet gods have deemed me unworthy of editing.

[vinnied]

An orange or yellow Mandarin Packer Duofold: they have always been a touch too expensive for me

Maybe one day...