Have you ever put off using a popular product for years, only to try it later and like it?

Have you ever put off using a popular product for years, only to try it later and like it?
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Burt’s Bees lipbalm. I used to see it all the time and write it off as some new packaged ChapStick but when I broke down and bought one, I was hooked. That was 5 years ago.
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