What are the worst tech purchases you or your family have ever made?

I watched a video recently and wanted to know what other have bought over the years.

  • mikezane@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    My brother and I saved up money for a few months and bought the Nintendo Virtual Boy… We were not too happy with it so we thought we just needed to buy better games. That was not a viable solution for that POS.

    • backalleycoyote@lemmy.today
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      22 hours ago

      Mine was the Powerglove. I begged for it for my birthday and the price was high enough that was the only present that year.

    • zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      The virtual boy is a good contender here. My friend got one at launch and it was laughably bad. I myself couldn’t use it for more than ten minutes without getting a headache.