What's the worst thing you've ever wasted money on?

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mwa wrote: »

I wasted close to 2k on Venture portraits of us with our beautiful 8 month old DD to keep us with the Joneses, all my friends had them and at the time I really felt the need to keep up for some reason. We now have a 10 month old DS and DD is nearly 4 and those pictures make me feel sick every time I look at them!!

Had a free session from Venture once. Bunch of robbing dogs they are !!!!

Luckily, I told them to !!!! off when they wanted more money.

Rachel021967

A £500 bus pass for my daughter to get to college. Should of researched the route. She will have to cross a busy dual carriageway in the dark and during rush hour. I think not. So we've had to buy a season ticket for the train. I hoping they will refund the bus pass but I'm not hopeful.

Percy1983

You should have a good chance of getting some money back on the bus pass, phone who issued it as soon as possible and explain.

3yearstogo

thanmuwa wrote: »

How much is your other testicle worth? :rotfl:

pmsl!!! oops


I purchased a dog who has one testicle for £450! I bought him to use as a stud dog with my girl dogs but his testi didn't come down so I can't breed him else I will create more genetically incorrect testicle thingys on more dogs. Shame too cos he was so pretty... He is still in our family though but I didn't get to breed my girls this year... been burned twice through dog breeding!

I paid a girl £300 to use her stud dog and she ran away with my money! I did eventually find a nice person and did get my puppies in the end and had 4 little bundles of joy! :T

humblebumble_2

A pretty decoupage storage box that I paid £100 only to find the lid had been lined with fabric backed on a cornflake packet!!!!

gingerlemonindigo

I like throwing things away. In transit at Frankfurt Airport, I carefully ripped up and threw in a bin my airline ticket thinking it was an unneeded receipt part or something. I had to sprint back from the boarding gate to the sales desk and buy another one for over 100 euros. I didn't tell my partner who I was travelling with what I had done (when I remembered a bit later what I must have done with the 'lost' ticket), because I was too embarrassed by my over-zealous efficiency. I was SO f***ed off with myself. I hate making mistakes but if I make a mistake that also costs me money, I never forgive myself.
I have also wasted money on partworks (Atlas Editions), and a season ticket for Vancouver's ski fields in the year when they had so little snow I could go snowboarding only a few days.

debtdesperado

Gingerlemon - I have done this before too, coming back from the US....

The irony was that 1. I had maxed out my credit cards so literally had to beg (tears, pleading, the works, in front of a huge queue) to be waived the admin charge to issue a new ticket otherwise I would have been stuck... and 2. the only reason I had cleared out as much rubbish as possible was that I had bought so much stuff that I could barely fit it it my new suitcases....

humiliating is not the word!

antonioni_2

George Best: "I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered."

But he did try to mend his ways... "In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life."

jubarnes26

Have loved reading all your stories & isnt it great that we all realise now what mistakes we made & look after our money much better.

Can't think of any major money wasting but i hate losing money due to my own laziness or incompetence.

I read a lot and often take out 11 books or so from the library, frequently forget to renew them and a couple of months back had a £40 overdue fine cos I "forgot " for 4 weeks.

I really wanted a 4 x 4 cos i was involved in a work at home direct selling business and everyone used to turn up to the monthly meetings with one with their logo's on the back wheel. so I bought a Nissan terrano for £3000, loved driving it but not a good idea when it costs you £50 a week to run and you only have one income so sold it approx 18 months later for £1000. Much happier now with my little C3 that Tesco's kindly gave me for free!!

Best investments -1) my gorgeous cocker spaniel who cost £450 but brings us hours of pleasure every day.

2) GPS receiver off ebay for £40 which kept us occupied over the school hols geocaching , we are getting exercise, spending time together as a family & discovering beautiful areas of local countryside for free. Highly recommend this to anyone.

MoaningMyrtle

A diamond necklace, really need the £800.00 now, but I feel guilty if I wear it. Have tried to resell it but don't want to lose 50%-60% on the purchase price.

Regarding dogs, I am a dog lover but my daughter is allergic to them so my cash is safe there!