Things you have completely wasted money on

[cronullasharks]

So I just took a heap of rubbish to the tip which included a treadmill we bought about 15 years ago for about 3 grand, probably got used about 10 times in total. Got me thinking about other stuff I've just flushed money down the toilet on (not including crap like cigarettes and junk food etc).

Also once signed up to do an online diploma in business and marketing years ago, cost about 3 grand as well. Didn't even start the course once it all turned up in the post.

Anyone got any other stories like that?

 

[Tommy Chong]

So I just took a heap of rubbish to the tip which included a treadmill we bought about 15 years ago for about 3 grand, probably got used about 10 times in total. Got me thinking about other stuff I've just flushed money down the toilet on (not including crap like cigarettes and junk food etc).

Also once signed up to do an online diploma in business and marketing years ago, cost about 3 grand as well. Didn't even start the course once it all turned up in the post.

Anyone got any other stories like that?

Just good times, mate… Too much wasted on good times.
There’s an Animals song to sum it up perfectly:

 

[chrismpw]

I bought a used Tesla model 3 using my retirement lump sum. It was to be my "rest of my life" car. Couldn't get on with the screen, terrible automation and constant changes with updates. Then the crack head Musk dropped the prices causing terrible depreciation, so when I finally had enough and sold it 3 years later I lost 22 grand on it.
Its about the only waste of money I can think of. Normally I've been pretty careful, but the tesla made up for a lifetime's care.

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

I bought a used Tesla model 3 using my retirement lump sum. It was to be my "rest of my life" car. Couldn't get on with the screen, terrible automation and constant changes with updates. Then the crack head Musk dropped the prices causing terrible depreciation, so when I finally had enough and sold it 3 years later I lost 22 grand on it.
Its about the only waste of money I can think of. Normally I've been pretty careful, but the tesla made up for a lifetime's care.

I do wonder when i see Telsa drivers of their moral journey they have been on purchasing this electrified car, from saving the planet to white supremacy etc.

 

[Littlesue]

So I just took a heap of rubbish to the tip which included a treadmill we bought about 15 years ago for about 3 grand, probably got used about 10 times in total. Got me thinking about other stuff I've just flushed money down the toilet on (not including crap like cigarettes and junk food etc).

Also once signed up to do an online diploma in business and marketing years ago, cost about 3 grand as well. Didn't even start the course once it all turned up in the post.

Anyone got any other stories like that?

Don't you have those frrecycle sites where you can give stiff away?

 

[COYBL25]

I bought a used Tesla model 3 using my retirement lump sum. It was to be my "rest of my life" car. Couldn't get on with the screen, terrible automation and constant changes with updates. Then the crack head Musk dropped the prices causing terrible depreciation, so when I finally had enough and sold it 3 years later I lost 22 grand on it.
Its about the only waste of money I can think of. Normally I've been pretty careful, but the tesla made up for a lifetime's care.

Similar.

Pre kids and the missus, I bought a nearly new, light accident damaged / repairable Alfa GTV insurance write off.

Got a proper body shop to do the work. It was a stunning car, but like all Italian cars, had electrics like spaghetti and couldn’t sell it on, as no one would touch it with it being a write off.

Lost a fortune on it.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

That everton membership?

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

In hindsight, my CD collection was a complete and utter waste of money with no resale value. I guess I had some good times playing them all, but yeah, long live the vinyl revival.

 

[davids]

In hindsight, my CD collection was a complete and utter waste of money with no resale value. I guess I had some good times playing them all, but yeah, long live the vinyl revival.

I have hundreds of tape cassettes taking up much needed cupboard space,which for some reason I can't convince myself to bin. Price of memories.

 

[Alanbileysfeathercut]

Aldi middle aisle.

 

[Tommy Chong]

In hindsight, my CD collection was a complete and utter waste of money with no resale value. I guess I had some good times playing them all, but yeah, long live the vinyl revival.

You can say the same about DVD's and BluRay's.

I had a mate who built a movie collection in the 00's like it was going out of fashion!
He spent a small fortune. Then streaming sites came along, and now he's stuck with a whole library of low-res rubbish.

 

[StreetEndBlue]

These are possibly my two big wastes of money.

Started putting a bit of timber on when I got into my 30s so joined a gym paying £40 a month. Times I went in the two years I was a member...0.

Also bought my first Everton season ticket in the summer of '95 and had one ever since. Trophies won since I've had a season ticket....0.

 

[goldfinchmule]

Life insurance..at the moment.

 

[BainesontoastNEW]

You can say the same about DVD's and BluRay's.

I had a mate who built a movie collection in the 00's like it was going out of fashion!
He spent a small fortune. Then streaming sites came along, and now he's stuck with a whole library of low-res rubbish.

Yeah, I know a few people who did this. Just think of it like this: at their peak around 2000 (ish), you'd be looking at £15 (ish) for just a standard DVD. If you had 100, which was very easy to achieve at the time, you'd be looking at £1500 just for those.

What a waste.

 

[cronullasharks]

Don't you have those frrecycle sites where you can give stiff away?

We've had floods where I live over the last few weeks and a lot of stuff got waterlogged in my shed, it was stuffed.