Board 8 > What's the biggest waste of money you've ever spent?

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Grand Kirby
04/17/21 1:05:46 AM
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Not simply something that you didn't like spending money on, like car repairs that sucked to pay but you still needed to do it, but something that you paid for and got negligible or negative value from doing so.

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Big Bob
04/17/21 1:47:12 AM
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College.

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Zachnorn
04/17/21 1:53:19 AM
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Big Bob posted...
College.
This. Been working a job for years that didn't require it, couldn't keep or get jobs that need it. And I make MORE money from my job that doesn't require it.

I guess that's why it's called a BS degree.

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banananor
04/17/21 2:48:56 AM
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I've been pretty frugal in my life.

I bought a $700 suit once. I also bought a $599 USD playstation at some point. Whatever, it was something i barely played aside from co op dark souls

When i was young, i lost (aka left in the hotel room) a bus ticket going from Michigan back to my home state. My horrible girlfriend at the time was going to be such a pain about it that i just bought another so i wouldn't have to admit that i lost anything, even though i could absolutely have talked my way through the station workers

I've never shared that story. In retrospect it was such a pointless waste

I'll come back if i think of others

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ChaosTonyV4
04/17/21 2:53:52 AM
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I bought a Dune Buggy some dude built sight unseen for $2000, got it delivered and it was a manual, which I didnt know how to drive. In order to get it road legal I needed to get stuff checked out on it, but that involved driving it, and I was in the military and was afraid if I got a ticket for intentionally driving unlicensed and uninsured it while I learned, Id get a formal reprimand.

Had to sell, couldnt find a buyer. Ended up trading it for two guns and $500, lol,

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azuarc
04/17/21 3:05:29 AM
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I'm not sure where I stand with my house just yet. That easily wins if it's the correct answer.

Failing that, I spent $750 earlier this year to repair a water line to my fridge that wasn't actually broken -- it was the mechanics within the fridge itself that weren't working. (TBF, I had called some corporate plumbing outfit over for an emergency situation on a Sunday, and I used that to feel them out for what would have otherwise been an even bigger job. That would have trumped the $750 if I had gone forward with their plans to carve up my yard to get to a pipe.)

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IfGodCouldDie
04/17/21 3:48:50 AM
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Spent $2000 dollars one night when I was in my early 20s. Booze, strippers, and illegal narcotics were what the money was spent on. At the time it was super fun but when I look back on it now, I consider that to be the biggest waste of money I have ever spent.

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Nanis23
04/17/21 4:09:45 AM
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Teeth Whitening "operation" at my local clinic
It cost something like $200 and in the end I just got some ointment that I could order from ebay for like $20
What a damn scam

Edit - checked it again and it was $400, not $200
Fucking hell

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Zylothewolf
04/17/21 6:27:42 AM
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I bought Playstation VR for
about 450 dollar just to experience the real Resident Evil 7, a game I bought for like 15 dollars....

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MZero
04/17/21 7:08:17 AM
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Christmas 2018, bought a plane ticket home for about $1000, got to the airport and realized I left my passport at home. Didn't have enough time to go home and couldn't change my flight or get a refund. So I ended up not going and basically spent $1000 to disappoint my family

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XIII_rocks
04/17/21 7:32:26 AM
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I missed a return flight a couple of years back, I guess the value of it would have been about 500-600 usd. That was dumb.

Can't think of anything else offhand. I made a pretty big loss on a car when I sold it but I absolutely loved the car so it's hard to call it a "waste" of money.
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LordoftheMorons
04/17/21 7:36:45 AM
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I guess I've collectively probably spent over $1000 on games I've never played and probably will never get around to playing

Not sure about a single purchase, but nothing immediately springs to mind

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ShatteredElysium
04/17/21 10:03:57 AM
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Put down a $1500 deposit on a venue for my wedding. When we had to reschedule due to COVID they wouldn't refund it, which whilst shitty wasn't unexpected, but what was extra shitty is they weren't even willing to rollover the deposit to a new date either. Not even part of it. The options were pay us the rest and use the venue that date or lose the money completely.

I actually had to kick up a fuss just to make sure I didn't owe them more money. They made us sign in the cancellation contract that we couldn't post anything negative on social media / etc and we couldn't show the cancellation contract to anyone. I posted negative reviews anyway as that is illegal to include in a contract. I then forwarded their contract to the FTC for unfair business practices.

Seriously fuck that place. I was more than willing to give them the full amount and still use them if they just let us move the date.
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ChainLTTP
04/17/21 10:09:30 AM
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IfGodCouldDie posted...
Spent $2000 dollars one night when I was in my early 20s. Booze, strippers, and illegal narcotics were what the money was spent on. At the time it was super fun but when I look back on it now, I consider that to be the biggest waste of money I have ever spent.
This sounds fucking awesome.

My answer is Octopath Traveler.
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Dark Young Link
04/17/21 10:44:17 AM
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Big Bob posted...
College.


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Peace___Frog
04/17/21 10:46:25 AM
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azuarc posted...
I'm not sure where I stand with my house just yet. That easily wins if it's the correct answer.
This

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bryans7
04/17/21 10:48:52 AM
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Aecioo
04/17/21 11:31:29 AM
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IfGodCouldDie posted...
Spent $2000 dollars one night when I was in my early 20s. Booze, strippers, and illegal narcotics were what the money was spent on. At the time it was super fun but when I look back on it now, I consider that to be the biggest waste of money I have ever spent.

eh

I did this a few years back in New Orleans and would do it again. Yeah there are obviously better uses for that money but a good time is still a good time

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ChainLTTP
04/17/21 11:39:55 AM
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I'm very fortunate that I don't really like strippers or gambling that much. It's kind of hard to spend more than a few hundred bucks on an amazing dumb night if you're just buying booze (unless you get bottle service somewhere, but that's lame as hell).

Although I have spent $1400 on dinner in a night (worth it).
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masterplum
04/17/21 11:55:06 AM
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Huh

I really am not sure? Noting answer is probably an expensive car repair on an already dying car.

More interesting answer is probably....

Oh, my ex wife really wanted two $600 paintings on our honeymoon and I caved. They are at my parents house across the country and I havent seen them in half a decade

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Bartzyx
04/17/21 3:26:09 PM
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I once booked a pair of flights for the wrong date and had to pay an extra like $300 to get it fixed.

I once bought a bicycle for $600 that I ended up riding like twice. Was able to sell it for $400 a couple years later though, but that was a big waste.

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pjbasis
04/17/21 3:32:34 PM
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I lost all my saved money (about 30k) on a business venture

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BetrayedTangy
04/17/21 3:41:21 PM
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Comic books

I've spent 800 on a single one, but I could actually make some money off that one. It's the smaller issues combined that feel like a waste

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paperwarior
04/17/21 3:54:18 PM
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I guess I paid to fix a vehicle and then wrecked it.

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ChaosTonyV4
04/17/21 4:59:25 PM
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Anyone wanna share details? Theres some potentially interesting stories in some of these

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Punnyz
04/17/21 5:15:55 PM
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I'm probably a bit more boring than yall since I'm super frugal.
anything I own that I dont' "need" i usually hustle to get it for free or super cheap. Like gaming crap or figures

I TECHNICALLY cannot say my Switch. Its fun but I just barely play it, but I can't say it since I essentially got it for free. Maybe Smash hype made me go through the hustling effort but ehhh, it collects dust now

any time I go to the bar with friends. I much rather just by a bottle and drink at home. But people love the bar scene. IDK. the bill just racks up so high, man. Even just a few drinks.

Yea I'm boring


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Seanchan
04/17/21 5:18:52 PM
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I feel the pain of throwing bad money at an old car. Finally learned my lesson, bit the bullet, and bought a deserved new car.

Bought an XBox 360 back in the day that I ended up playing all of about 2-3 exclusive games on. That certainly seems like a waste in retrospect when I already had a PS3.

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WhiteLens
04/17/21 5:23:04 PM
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Punnyz posted...
I TECHNICALLY cannot say my Switch. Its fun but I just barely play it, but I can't say it since I essentially got it for free. Maybe Smash hype made me go through the hustling effort but ehhh, it collects dust now

Well maybe if you got a capture card you could stream yourself playing something on the Switch.

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Tirofog
04/17/21 5:24:54 PM
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Big Bob posted...
College.


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Whiskey_Nick
04/17/21 5:32:45 PM
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Ico or College. Tough call which was worse.

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KazGT6
04/17/21 5:33:05 PM
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MZero posted...
Christmas 2018, bought a plane ticket home for about $1000, got to the airport and realized I left my passport at home. Didn't have enough time to go home and couldn't change my flight or get a refund. So I ended up not going and basically spent $1000 to disappoint my family
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Punnyz
04/17/21 5:39:16 PM
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WhiteLens posted...
Well maybe if you got a capture card you could stream yourself playing something on the Switch.
yea but t hat might involve another investment that'll disappoint

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LordoftheMorons
04/17/21 5:51:48 PM
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Oh actually I have a better answer

When FFXIII came out, I bought a 360 rather than a PS3 because I thought the exclusive I was most interested in was Tales of Vesperia. I only ever ended up buying three 360 games, two of which were not exclusives (FFXIII and Arkham City), only ended up playing Vesperia for like an hour, and bought a PS3 later anyway to play th MGS series.

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WhiteLens
04/17/21 6:05:58 PM
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Punnyz posted...
yea but t hat might involve another investment that'll disappoint

That is a good point.

As for this topic, I could say the Xbox One since I barely played it. But I feel like that just highlights a lack of self-management rather than having a problem with the console itself because I still have full intention to play games on it.

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TomNook
04/17/21 6:10:43 PM
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One time when I was really young, I got conned into buying like $200 worth of products by one of those predatory mall kiosks. It was astounding how well they convinced me. I'm kind of glad I learned the art of bullshit on something that small early on.

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KazGT6
04/17/21 6:22:54 PM
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TomNook posted...
One time when I was really young, I got conned into buying like $200 worth of products by one of those predatory mall kiosks. It was astounding how well they convinced me. I'm kind of glad I learned the art of bullshit on something that small early on.
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XIII_rocks
04/17/21 9:06:46 PM
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ShatteredElysium posted...
Put down a $1500 deposit on a venue for my wedding. When we had to reschedule due to COVID they wouldn't refund it, which whilst shitty wasn't unexpected, but what was extra shitty is they weren't even willing to rollover the deposit to a new date either. Not even part of it. The options were pay us the rest and use the venue that date or lose the money completely.

I actually had to kick up a fuss just to make sure I didn't owe them more money. They made us sign in the cancellation contract that we couldn't post anything negative on social media / etc and we couldn't show the cancellation contract to anyone. I posted negative reviews anyway as that is illegal to include in a contract. I then forwarded their contract to the FTC for unfair business practices.

Seriously fuck that place. I was more than willing to give them the full amount and still use them if they just let us move the date.


Holy fuck. Bastards.
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SwiftyDC
04/17/21 9:15:28 PM
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First thing that comes to mind is my Peloton.

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KommunistKoala
04/19/21 12:41:01 AM
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my b8 premium account

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IfGodCouldDie
04/19/21 1:28:57 AM
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KommunistKoala posted...
my b8 premium account
Should have just got gamefaqs gold.

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