re: Have you ever bought something and had a serious case of buyers remorse?

Hardest lesson I ever learned was when I bought my first truck. I came from a low income family and had to take out student loans to attend college while working a full time job as a restaurant cook. Needed a vehicle and my parents were to far in the poor house to assist. Went to Toyota dealership first and then to Nissan. Both told me I could not be financed because I had no credit. Not bad credit.....no credit history. Nissan salesman says he has a guy who can help me. Picks up the phone and calls some salesman named John at a high risk shithole dealership. I was elated that this guy would get me in a vehicle. I was so young, dumb, and naive that I ended up paying 15,000 for a 9,000 truck over 3 1/2 years. Payments were bi-monthly at around $220 every two weeks. I thought it was $220 a month. I was just so happy I got a car that I never even bothered to look at the terms to understand how bad I was getting fleeced. Hard and humiliating lesson to learn but that kind of stuff happens at times to young people who were not given proper financial guidance before having to go it on their own at an early age.