Your Strangest Impulse Buy?

[BlackCurtains]

This necklace. It's pretty disturbing.

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I found it in a little antique shop downtown. I picked it up at first because I thought it was a cool zombie head. Then I noticed something inside the head. When I took a closer look, yep, it was a bound and hanged woman. She even has on high heels.

It was waaaaay to bizarre not to buy. The best part was that the owner of the shop, a little old man, had no idea. It's sterling silver so he offered to polish it for me and I asked if he knew anything about it and showed him the little woman. He was pretty speechless, lol. But he didn't raise the price or anything (it was $75) and all he could tell me about it was that the chain and clasp were used a lot in the 1920s.

And yes, I have worn it. It freaks my sister out, she thinks it's cursed, lol.

[tikibirds]

a box of various pinkie pies on ebay...

[DorkyDuck]

handicorn...

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we were selling them at my store and i was like im not leaving here without this

[Jocelyn]

Uhhh...Nazi coins, from an antique flea market. Apparently they've been sealed since 1943! The story is *supposedly* that the grandfather of the guy who sold them to our seller fought in Germany. He went to the bank right after the war ended and got a whole roll of Nazi coins to bring back home as souvenirs, and the ones. And now Nazi coins are outlawed in Germany. Or something. I dunno, we kinda got swept up in the moment and the story sounded cool, we didn't even realize how possibly-fake it sounded til after the fact lol. And we don't even have a coin collection, or any war memorabilia...

[Saja]

handicorn...

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we were selling them at my store and i was like im not leaving here without this

bahahaha

[pineapplecupcake]

I think my most random impulse buy was an antique hat. It's kind of a beanie with a tassel on it and on the front it has a moose sewn on it, enshrined in rhinestones. Oh, and it's bright purple. It's actually a Moose Lodge Hat (I guess the Moose are one of those clubs like the Elks or Eagles or Shriners). It was just so hilarious I had to get it.

[kaoskat]

An ugly chair from Goodwill about a decade and a half ago. I loved it. My mom hated it. She slowly inched it down the driveway, after telling me it couldn't stay in her living room, to the trash pile. Before I realized it, my beloved chair had been carried off by the garbage man. I still mourn that chair.....

[ashes]

A t-shirt that says "You are the Coco to my Chanel."  It made me giggle.

[zombienixon]

This necklace. It's pretty disturbing.

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I found it in a little antique shop downtown. I picked it up at first because I thought it was a cool zombie head. Then I noticed something inside the head. When I took a closer look, yep, it was a bound and hanged woman. She even has on high heels.

It was waaaaay to bizarre not to buy. The best part was that the owner of the shop, a little old man, had no idea. It's sterling silver so he offered to polish it for me and I asked if he knew anything about it and showed him the little woman. He was pretty speechless, lol. But he didn't raise the price or anything (it was $75) and all he could tell me about it was that the chain and clasp were used a lot in the 1920s.

And yes, I have worn it. It freaks my sister out, she thinks it's cursed, lol.

That's actually pretty metal.  I'd just make sure someone's soul isn't trapped in there.

[BlackCurtains]

Oh yeah, I think it's an awesome art piece. It has so much detail. I just wonder what was going through the persons mind when they were making it.

[Saber-Toothed Crow]

Mine was a plush My Neighbour Totoro Catbus kleenex box holder It even has a sound device in the tail, but it just makes a generic meowing noise. I found it in a second hand store for a dollar and it was just so random I couldn't NOT buy it haha. Pretty sure it is a knockoff, but I love it all the same. Everyone who sees it says it's creepy as hell though, lol

[Crystal-Sushi]

Probably a vintage 1970s roller disco top/jacket thing. Everyone who's laid eyes on it thinks that it's an ungodly abomination but I love it (never get to wear it though)

[ringwraith10]

BlackCurtains  -- dude. That's pretty cool. In a very disturbing way. You could write a very awesome story about that necklace.

[Kittywhiskers]

I have no idea. I need to stop going on eBay in the middle of the night.

...For now, I'll say it's that huge spool of black satin ribbon. I have way more than I'll ever know what to do with. It's just kind of... there. Forever. I'll never use it all.

[buddyboymama]

Haha, love this thread! I think I need a Handicorn. My daughter loves finger puppets.

Mine was a fish phone I bought at Big Lots. It was one of the old style phones with a cord. The base was shaped like a rock, and the handset was shaped like a fish ... so I was talking into a fish. If you search vintage fish phone on eBay, that's what it looks like. Wish I still had it.