What is your most expensive decluttering regret?

[Klunick]

A $250 Bissell Crosswave. Ended up buying another one but this one gets used often unlike the one I decluttered so at least there is a positive side.

What is something you tossed/donated that you ended up regretting that was an expensive oops moment?

[catherine]

We did a huge purge two years ago in order to move from a 2100 sq.ft. house to a 680 sq.ft. one. We were on a mission to get rid of things. My DH was a producer of TV shows and he had tons of equipment. Tape decks, VCRs, cameras, you name it. My kids wanted some of it--especially my son-in-law who is a picker by profession (he wasn't then but he is now) and he knew the value.

A man came by in a van and bought it all for about $75. My son-in-law restrained himself because he didn't want to upset his FIL, but I know that both he and my kids were VERY regretful that they weren't there to pull back the reins in on their father. I was a little bit more careful about relinquishing things I was on the fence about, so I really don't have any regrets.

[iris lilies]

At the moment, i cannot think of one and I pitch a lot of stuff.

I tend to be forward looking and seldom look back in regret at little things. I have a few big regrets but they have nothing to do with Stuff.

I don’t even know what a Bissell cross wave is. So I can look it up but I don’t think that I will.

[razz]

Some things I should have discarded long ago rather than regret giving up. I had some shares I wanted to cash or sell but DH wanted to see if they would recover. They did not!

[ApatheticNoMore]

I got rid of an air filter years ago figuring "I don't really have a use for this afterall do I?", then I eventually had to buy another (not for covid, for fires). So there is that.

I thought I'd tossed N95s, and covid hit and I was like "man ..." but a few months later I found them hiding in a first aid kit (which you know was kind of logical really...) So that's not a decluttering event, that's losing track of stuff.

I gave away hand weights and missed them during covid. Now I can go to the gym again, and don't care, but will keep some.

[bae]

Nothing really. Life's too short.

[Klunick]

At the moment, i cannot think of one and I pitch a lot of stuff.

I tend to be forward looking and seldom look back in regret at little things. I have a few big regrets but they have nothing to do with Stuff.

I don’t even know what a Bissell cross wave is. So I can look it up but I don’t think that I will.

It vacuums and mops at the same time. Used for hard floors and area rugs.

[Klunick]

Nothing really. Life's too short.

Good for you!!

[Rogar]

I thought about it and really couldn't come up with anything. I may hang onto more than I should, but other than some inherited family items, they can be replaced if it turns out to be a big deal.

[ToomuchStuff]

Nothing really. Life's too short.

I wish I could say that very thing. For me, giving something up, or not, involves the same regret, the time wasted one way or the other. Not the item.