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Topic: The dumbest financial mistake you ever made (Read 1302 times)

hero member
Activity: 873
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Paying over 200BTC for a BFL Single, that only made back about 12 BTC.  Yeah that sucked.  I hope they all rot in jail!
hero member
Activity: 490
Merit: 500
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Investing in BITCOIN!!
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Activity: 249
Merit: 10
as per the other thread

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cough cough donations to rebuild 2000 BTC

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as you can see.. I am totally over it :|

Damn its okay buddy!

I`m starting over too lol. I had only 3 btc though, not that much compared to you lol. But I gambled that away as well.
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Activity: 249
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Buying a BFL pre-order is probably dumb as it gets for me.
legendary
Activity: 2170
Merit: 1427
I first heard about BTC in 2011 and it was valued at $10 a pop (and people said it was over-priced lol). Seems like 99% of people heard about BTC early but only few have taken it seriously enough.

+1

I sold loads when it hit $10, If I kept them, I would be worth Millions!! I kick myself everyday since.

No need to. A lot people say I'm holding bitcoin till it reaches $100K they will most likely sell before even hitting $10K
full member
Activity: 196
Merit: 100
10k for a pizza just pure history!!!
If it is not already on most BTC wikis it should be updated!
sr. member
Activity: 952
Merit: 251
Failing to appreciate the power of compound interest over time
when I was young enough to do something about it ..

Buying that damn pizza for 10,000 BTC  Grin Grin

Triff ..
legendary
Activity: 910
Merit: 1000
★YoBit.Net★ 350+ Coins Exchange & Dice
as per the other thread

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cough cough donations to rebuild 2000 BTC

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as you can see.. I am totally over it :|
legendary
Activity: 910
Merit: 1000
★YoBit.Net★ 350+ Coins Exchange & Dice
I just posted this up today in another thread!

won 2000 bitcoins gambling back in october 2012.
lost 1500 bitcoins a few days later to the same site... I had developed gambling addiction.. and only way to get over it was loose big time.. after a massive win Sad

when BTC got to $1400 I was mega depresssed. That was the lowest I had been in the hole drama.

Now I am kinda over it. If BTC went back to $1400 I wouldn't be to fussed..

Not like I would of held them all till it reached $1400... probs would of sold em all at $30 thinking $30 was the max it will get to LOL Sad

sr. member
Activity: 280
Merit: 250
🌟 æternity🌟 blockchain🌟
I never scammed anyone...it is nice but dumb.  Shocked Grin
copper member
Activity: 2310
Merit: 1032
I first heard about BTC in 2011 and it was valued at $10 a pop (and people said it was over-priced lol). Seems like 99% of people heard about BTC early but only few have taken it seriously enough.

+1

I sold loads when it hit $10, If I kept them, I would be worth Millions!! I kick myself everyday since.
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Activity: 100
Merit: 10
Not saving more enough for investment..
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Activity: 84
Merit: 10
I first heard about BTC in 2011 and it was valued at $10 a pop (and people said it was over-priced lol). Seems like 99% of people heard about BTC early but only few have taken it seriously enough.
hero member
Activity: 519
Merit: 500
I should have walked away from a property I was $200k under.  I felt like I should do the right thing and be responsible so I kept it, but I could have walked away like everybody else and save myself a $200k loss.
legendary
Activity: 1554
Merit: 1000
Almost everytime I make mistake. I'm a bad trader so I just buy and hold now.
legendary
Activity: 1540
Merit: 1000
I once accidentally placed a sell order not realising that it would automatically execute and lost 0.2BTC Sad then I also paid attention in school and when I think about it if only I had ignored school when I was 13 - 14 and did all the research I've been doing now I would be a hell of a lot smarter and I could have passed my GSCE's properly.
hero member
Activity: 588
Merit: 500
Will Bitcoin Rise Again to $60,000?
Selling 2800 darkcoins at 0.001/coin
sr. member
Activity: 479
Merit: 500
getting a girlfriend  Tongue .  Seriously, that was the biggest financial drain I ever had.  Other than that, I guess buying an HD DVD player thinking it would win out over Blu-Ray Cheesy

true that -- never lost anywhere near the same $$ on anything else. but it's been worth it for me. ahh, trade-offs. Smiley
full member
Activity: 135
Merit: 100
getting a girlfriend  Tongue .  Seriously, that was the biggest financial drain I ever had.  Other than that, I guess buying an HD DVD player thinking it would win out over Blu-Ray Cheesy
hero member
Activity: 519
Merit: 500
I got into bitcoin in 2010. I even solo mined several blocks. I then got bogged down by trying to finish college, forgot about bitcoin, formatted my computer and lost all the coins. Yeah, that one stings.

You could have bought a slice of pizza with those blocks that you solved in 2010.  Such a waste, a good slice of pepporoni!
member
Activity: 98
Merit: 10
I got into bitcoin in 2010. I even solo mined several blocks. I then got bogged down by trying to finish college, forgot about bitcoin, formatted my computer and lost all the coins. Yeah, that one stings.

Oh that sucks, how much bitcoin did you have?
sr. member
Activity: 479
Merit: 500
i racked up a lot of debt my senior year of college.... kind of assumed the job market would be a bit more receptive. Smiley
legendary
Activity: 1120
Merit: 1000
Getting debts that I couldn't afford to pay, because the future ended up being different from what I imaginated.

But then bitcoin came and saved my life.
legendary
Activity: 1456
Merit: 1081
I may write code in exchange for bitcoins.
Gambling while drunk....


Gambling while sober sometimes works out pretty good, and either way I have fun trying.  Gambling while drunk means I go down the tubes fast, too fast to even enjoy it.
legendary
Activity: 1036
Merit: 1000
Thug for life!
I got into bitcoin in 2010. I even solo mined several blocks. I then got bogged down by trying to finish college, forgot about bitcoin, formatted my computer and lost all the coins. Yeah, that one stings.

good.  thanks for contributing to deflation

I'm sure there are lots of lost coins from those of us who thought bitcoin was only play money back in those days... Tongue
sr. member
Activity: 252
Merit: 250
I got into bitcoin in 2010. I even solo mined several blocks. I then got bogged down by trying to finish college, forgot about bitcoin, formatted my computer and lost all the coins. Yeah, that one stings.

good.  thanks for contributing to deflation
legendary
Activity: 1036
Merit: 1000
Thug for life!
I got into bitcoin in 2010. I even solo mined several blocks. I then got bogged down by trying to finish college, forgot about bitcoin, formatted my computer and lost all the coins. Yeah, that one stings.
legendary
Activity: 1148
Merit: 1001
things you own end up owning you
I was reading a thread on Reddit about the dumbest financial mistakes people made, and reading through the thread was really interesting and informative, I my self have made few dumb mistakes especially when it comes to my career, I also made a mistake about not investing when I first heard about Bitcoin (it took me a while to decide).


So I want to know what is the mistake you mostly regret ? it doesn't have to be about Bitcoin...
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