Biggest waste of money.....

OliveOyl_2

around £50K in legal expenses and 4 years of our life; attempting and failing to get to see OH's youngest.

supersavershal

I have a wide range of "biggest wastes of money".I have a camcorder, karaoke machine, 5 sets of straightening irons, every piece of baby equipement ever made, an ice-cream maker, a juicer, and a wardrobe of "sale" clothes that dont fit or I dont like.

tooties

ho hum

about 3k on beauty courses and equipment that rarely get used.
about £150. on keep fit stuff thats in the shed.
Goodness knows how much on clothes and shoes that have never or rarely been on.
same applies to cd's (all sold now).
thats just off the top of my head im sure there is loads more though
tooties

Snow_White_5

A gym membership that I used 4 times in 12 months.
A sports club membership: 14 quid a month and I have been once this year.
A basketball course: I've attended about 15% of sessions.

Anyone see a pattern here?!

millionaire_in_training

I spent £1000 on a bookkeeping course. Not long finished apying it actually but only ever did 2 assignments. Mug or what?

wherediditallgo

Loads of embarrassing stuff -

• More than gym membership that I only used when I got the free personal trainer included
• One of those telephone box thingys Argos used to sell that supposedly reduced your call charges (it never came out of the box)
• Tupperware-type storage containers - I now have so many that I need a storage container to store them in
• A coffee-maker that got used twice
• A pair of designer trainers I saw in a catalogue that were advertised at size 7 for "only" £45 in their sale - pity I didn't realise they were a child's size 7. I was too embarrassed to send them back, so these 4" long things sit in a carrier bag at the bottom of the wardrobe.
• A webcam that was used once to make sure it worked, then never again
• Lots of computer cables bought on the basis of "just in case"

I'm now sorting things out to sell on - if I get 10% of what they cost me, I'll be happy. At the moment, they're reminders of "absolutely must have" situations that should have been "don't really need" ones.

lynzpower

my degree. Cost me best part of 12k and never used it.

tooties

oh goodness i forgot about that one lynzpower! me too

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Skint_Catt wrote: »

£200+ I paid out for a college course a few years ago. They called me to tell me there wasn't enough interest and so not going ahead, but I never got round to collecting my refund money (cash). How STUPID was I??????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you claimed it back? You should still be able to.

Good luck.:beer:

taka

Stepper keep fit thingy... still in its box cluttering up my hall - oh it came with a free gym ball... and I don't own a pump to pump it up with :rotfl: Actually anything I've ever bought fitness wise... I just HAD to have it but now gathers dust inc the videos/DVDs