What newly purchased item have you destroyed within the first hour/day that you used it?

Yes. I was cutting the tag off of a new item, $8.00 panties if you must know, and I cut into the cloth. I totally could kick myself.

I love putting on and wearing a brand new shirt—you know that feeling, before it’s gone to the cleaner or through the washing machine—and I never fail to spill something on it before the day goes by, no matter how careful I am. For me, spilling something on a new shirt is like getting the first scratch on a new car. Ugh!

The other thing that makes me crazy is dropping a teasured electronic device the first time. Last year I dropped a brand new, uncased iPhone on the concrete floor of my garage… which is is I always use a case now.

I am sorry for your panties, @chyna and your shirt and iPhone, @Austinlad, but it really comforts me that i am not the only unlucky person around :-)

I bought a really lovely flower vase, and in my excitement getting the bubble wrap off, I dropped the vase and it shattered into a thousand pieces :(

Nah, can’t say that’s ever happened….....oh there was that one time I bought the wife some edible undies. Those baby’s were toast that very same evening. Yummy yummy!!!

@ucme
That is the definition of a lucky guy.
@partyparty
That’s a waste.
I hope it wasn’t one from the Ming Dynasty..

@rebbel If only I had the cash LOLL :-)

Ripped a pair of designer jeans the day I bought them by inadvertently yanking the bag against a sharp point sticking out from a seat on the bus that I didn’t see. :(

There went $120.

* An expensive blouse that was ruined while attempting to iron it before I ever had the chance to wear it. Note to self: read the care instructions first.
* An unopened bottle of Sambuca I dropped in the garage before getting it into the house. The place reeked of black licorice even after cleaning it up.

@aprilsimnel
Ouch.
@Pied_Pfeffer
It’s yummy he, (black) Sambuca?!
I am one of the few in my company who likes the stuff.
Pity it broke.

Condom.

@MeinTeil
What, you wanted to cut the seal off of it with some scissors?

Catastrophic failure during normal use.

Phones. I’m always dropping my phone.

@free_fallin
It only counts if you just bought the phone :-)

Last year I bent the tempered steel shaft of my new lawn mower by hitting a railroad tie hidden by the tall grass. Irreparable.

I am much better removing labels from panties, however.

@Dr_Lawrence
I am pretty good at removing panties too, by the way.
Ah, the labels.

Pervs

Yay pervs!

Not always bad luck… But once i got a cpat from wal mart and it ripped and hour later when i zipped it up!

I put my new (cheap) sunglasses on top of my head when I went to use a porta-potty at a festival. I bent over a bit and they plopped right into the disgusting blue ooze. Gone!

@worriedguy Wins. Best disgusting story.

@worriedguy
I expected a disgusting brown ooze.
Disgusting nonetheless.

(obviously this happened years ago)
I bought a brand new WalkMan (think IPod), put it on my belt, climbed down a ladder into a manhole, and it caught on the manhole lip, detached, fell 20 feet, and landed right in the water sump. I got to use it maybe 15 seconds.

@filmfann
Awwwww.
You are one, if you allow me, funny Walkman (think IPod) yet clumsy Jelly.
Your two legs in one trouser leg and a police officer story comes to mind too.

@rebbel All the grace of Godzilla.

once bought a new pair of grey trousers , i ruined it by accidentally spilling chlorine on it.
I was so angry and i cryed!
After that i decided to dye it black with textile paint.
Then i wanted to iron it, and when i did, i burned it.
I only wore it once.

@vagg
Now that is a double unlucky story.
It is kind of ringing a bell to me though :-)

I had a bottle of Crown Royal fall through the bag when I was unloading the car at home. I took the broken bag and broken bottle back to the store and they gave me a new bottle.

@rebbel Of course, the blue was accentuated with all the brown, beige, and yellow colors of fall but proper decorum dictated I should ignore the details.