What is your most regretful yoyo purchase?

[LinksLegionaire (Bandalorian)]

@beezy

limited colorway$

That is beautifully clever.

[Nemyo (Owen)]

@iYoyo58

Worst yoyo I’ve gotten, that would probably be the flying Panda. I threw it for the first time after I opened it, not only did the string break but the yoyo split apart. Once I got the spacers, bearing, new string, etc. I noticed cracks on the rubber on the yoyo. Which surprised me because I was throwing over marble. A few days later, the response had worn off, which I found frustrating to constantly buy Duncan Friction Stickers, then a few days later same thing happened that had happened on day 1, but this time, I lost the cheap, loose spacers. So I had to buy an axle kit, which I found useless seeing that I only had three cheap Duncan throws (Throw Monkey, Metal Drifter, and Flying Panda) so I donated the rest to my cousin, who was modding his FH.

Second worst purchase was the YYF Whip. The day I got it, it looked cool, I liked how smooth it was and I liked the shape too. But some rocket scientist decided to put in a super skin tight bearing seat on the yoyo. As a result of this, the bearing cracked, which cut the string, and rolled down a road. The thing was pretty beat, and to make matters worse, it had gone from super slight plastic vibe, to full on wobble. And that isn’t the end of it, because many of you guys know what happens next. Yup, the whip shatters and nearly blinds me on my left eye. Luckily I had my contacts on so it was really no damage, but you will notice a scar on my chin from the plastic that got past skin deep.

Those are pretty much the worst purchases I’ve ever experienced. And that’s why to this day, I don’t trust YYF or Duncan.

Soo, with all that said, could any of that happened with, I dont know, a YOYOJAM?

I believe you just got unlucky with your MASS PRODUCED yoyos, because my Whip played like a dream and took abuse great, I actually would play 5a with it and throw it up into trees just for kicks. I’d also throw my Hayabusa (Not flying Panda, but made by Duncan) into the street via offstring just for fun as well, and it never broke. And it was going 30ft+ in the air, so I honestly dont know why you are so mad at those companies for supposedly making “Untrustworthy” yoyos. They are good companies and they make great yoyo designs. Kudos to them for being so successful.

I won that Whip in the 11/11 contest yyf had back in 2011 (NO WAY) and I really regret giving it away to a friend. Does that count?

[Yerret]

@beezy

Only regrets are when I got caught up in the hype over the latest and greatest model yoyo, had to get the limited colorway$, and then just wasn’t feeling it. Happened a couple of times.

Now I just try to contain my excitement and let the dust settle before deciding on purchases.

Me too. I agree that time will tell which yoyo’s rock, and which are less rock-y!

[skitrz (⛷ Where's that Snow Weasel!)]

Regret buying a yoyo? Never!
Regret not buying a yoyo, on occassion. :-\

[AFairhurst (Alex Fairhurst)]

I’ve never made a purchase I regretted. But I have done some bad trades.

My first trade ever. This guy had a 28s Wooly Marmot. I was a newbie and I thought those things were crazy rare and worth $$$$. I traded a much more rare Goose Bay Gnarwhal + a Battosai for that thing. Come to find out that 28s Marmot were done TWICE. So it was the least rare of any 28s yoyo. Also Marmots aren’t that good and both the yoyos I traded blew it out of the water.

Oh well. You win some you lose some.

[PlasticWhip (WildCat23)]

@Alex Fairhurst

I’ve never made a purchase I regretted. But I have done some bad trades.

My first trade ever. This guy had a 28s Wooly Marmot. I was a newbie and I thought those things were crazy rare and worth $$$$. I traded a much more rare Goose Bay Gnarwhal + a Battosai for that thing. Come to find out that 28s Marmot were done TWICE. So it was the least rare of any 28s yoyo. Also Marmots aren’t that good and both the yoyos I traded blew it out of the water.

Oh well. You win some you lose some.

Actually, I really like the Marmot.

[vicvonboom]

I always manage to find something positive in my purchases, maybe just to justify the original purchase even if it did disappoint.
But the one I do regret was the purchase of this new model from a new company. It was a hybrid Deleon/ carbon fiber and zinc. This thing took like 6 weeks to arrive and besides having to assemble it which included putting9 balls in the bearing. Geez, really?? So I’m all jazzed to throw it and first throw it starts vibing insane and jumping around on the string when all of a sudden, yup you guessed it, Flames start shooting out of the catch zone and burning pieces fly everywhere. Sure enuf. Right near the curtain and after putting out the fire and trying to at least save the string. All was lost. The company has since disappeared. A very bad purchase. Live and learn.

[JonQ]

When I started I bought a yomega raider and a hyper warp heavy wing. Both are horrible considering that’s almost $40 worth of product that can be outperformed by a whip or classic. Ugh I hate raiders too.

[dynikus]

I’ve gotten a few yoyos I wasn’t too fond of. I was able to trade or sell them away though, hopefully to people who liked them much more than I.
I got an AYYA Pyro, I forget the #. I’m sure it’s a great yoyo, and in the right hands, it’s probably awesome. I just didn’t know it was responsive. Not the yoyo’s fault, just mine for not doing research. The thing itself was pretty dang good looking though.

@iYoyo58: If you beat something to death, it obviously won’t work well. I know someone who keeps buying cars. They’re actually great cars, like he got an old iroc-z, which I don’t believe is known to be particularly unreliable. But he runs these cars into the ground. He doesn’t do oil changes, keeps going back to a worthless mechanic that doesn’t fix any problems (once he said that the chip in his key wasn’t working. The key was just a chunk of metal that couldn’t have even had a chip), and then when the car falls apart, he blames it on the car and thinks it’s a piece of junk.
You can’t blame a yoyo for getting damaged when you drop it. You can’t call a company bad because your string broke and caused the yoyo to roll away. And I’m sorry, but I don’t believe at all that a tight polycarbonate seat (which btw, tight bear seats = a seat too big for the inner race, doesn’t affect the outter race at all) CRACKED the outter race of your metal bearing.
And you must have knocked it against something with a ridiculous amount of force to get it to shatter and explode with enough force to cut deep enough to scar you.

@jonQ: raiders can’t be outperformed by whips or classic. They’re for completely different play styles. I’ve never used a heavy wing, so can’t comment on that.

[Mctron]

@SR1

@Pajama Man 8398

@iYoyo58

@JamesMay

I regret getting my Protostar. It has been giving me problems since day 1.
I regret getting my Pocket Change. It is one of the worst yoyos I have ever seen.

tell me about it, YYF really needs to step up in quality control.

Worst yoyo I’ve gotten, that would probably be the flying Panda. I threw it for the first time after I opened it, not only did the string break but the yoyo split apart. Once I got the spacers, bearing, new string, etc. I noticed cracks on the rubber on the yoyo. Which surprised me because I was throwing over marble. A few days later, the response had worn off, which I found frustrating to constantly buy Duncan Friction Stickers, then a few days later same thing happened that had happened on day 1, but this time, I lost the cheap, loose spacers. So I had to buy an axle kit, which I found useless seeing that I only had three cheap Duncan throws (Throw Monkey, Metal Drifter, and Flying Panda) so I donated the rest to my cousin, who was modding his FH.

Second worst purchase was the YYF Whip. The day I got it, it looked cool, I liked how smooth it was and I liked the shape too. But some rocket scientist decided to put in a super skin tight bearing seat on the yoyo. As a result of this, the bearing cracked, which cut the string, and rolled down a road. The thing was pretty beat, and to make matters worse, it had gone from super slight plastic vibe, to full on wobble. And that isn’t the end of it, because many of you guys know what happens next. Yup, the whip shatters and nearly blinds me on my left eye. Luckily I had my contacts on so it was really no damage, but you will notice a scar on my chin from the plastic that got past skin deep.

Those are pretty much the worst purchases I’ve ever experienced. And that’s why to this day, I don’t trust YYF or Duncan.

lol yeah because if their really low end yo-yos are not good, then you KNOW you can’t trust them.

just lay off.

This kid (iYoyo58) doesn’t seem to get it. He only loves YYJ and everything else is crap, apparently. I’m sick of this kid bashing every other company except for YYJ when really YYF outdoes YYJ in every single regard with the exception of 4A. It gets so irritating.

And YYF, even though they aren’t my absolute favorite, is obviously doing quite well and they don’t deserve all the hate they get. They produce some of the absolute best throws available today at a cost no one else has and their competitive team KILLS the competition. Quit dissing and hating on YYF. It’s retarded.

YYJ makes some great throws, Trigger, PHENOMizm, HEX,Destiny,Theory and I am sure there are many more. YYF doesn’t make throws that outdo YYJ, I like both companies, but I like and recommend YYJ more. Every company has there great throws and some that are just MEH, I do think that YYJ should discontinue some of there more outdated models and focus more on new stuff. Both companies have produced alot of good 1a yoyo’s and it ultimately comes down to preference. Don’t just assume that YYF outdoes YYJ in every way except 4a. How many newer YYJ’s have you played. If I see a yoyo that catches my eye from any company I will try to pick it up. Roll Model, Severe, New Velocity and many more. I don’t care so much about the company I just trust YYJ more. You are being exactly like Iyoyo58 by blindly defending YYF. You are no better, it easy to say the company you like is the best. But almost every major company makes great throws. Both Yoyofactory and YYJ are great. I love both of them for different reasons. They both make some killer throws. So stop the arguing. They both make the same thing that serve the same purpose but they sometimes approach it in different ways. Stop flaming and just throw

Rant over

Also Yoyofactory prices when they are not onsale or part of some deal or around the same as YYJ save for a few YYJ models that are OP Eneme, I am looking squarely at you.

[dingo54]

2012 supernova

[Y0Y0SR2PR0]

buying the supernova on black friday thinking the freq wave will be there by christmas

[SteveB327]

888. It’s the only throw I wish I didn’t buy.

[A_Soviet_Locust]

Wet Whistle. Just not a very nice yoyo. I love the Dropbear though. Shows you that just because you dislike something from one company, doesn’t mean the company is bad.

[Infinitehexick]

YYF StarBright. I just can’t find anything to like about it

[LinksLegionaire (Bandalorian)]

@A_Soviet_Locust

Wet Whistle. Just not a very nice yoyo. I love the Dropbear though. Shows you that just because you dislike something from one company, doesn’t mean the company is bad.

Really? I thought the Wet Whistle was one of the most fun yoyos ever. I regret trading mine away

[Eric.Artifact]

The werrd hour! >:(

[Sanchez202]

I probably could have used the money I spent on a brand new yogi glacier express a while back to get more SPYY yoyos for my collection. It’s not that it was a bad yoyo, I just didn’t like it.

[key2007]

XD

[myself]

Yomega power brain xp wing… as my first yoyo. it was horible!!!