Topic: What was the highest waste of money that you don't regret? (Read 187 times)

My 20th birthday at the club , i spent more than 1k$ that night but it was awsome

I disagree it as calling it a waste of money, because you have travelled for other destination, had a different experience, might have met international people or different people too. All such experiences does have value and you might have enjoyed to the fullest and that is a refresh yourself with more positive vibes. So when you spent money on yourself is not called waste.

Mine was a motocross bike ( 12000$ ) probably my best spend money on a hobby to this date and i've had many hobbies and expensive too

I once signed in for a fitness course to lose weight. it's expensive and didn't work at all! but I appreciate that the money wasted can remind me I can be a person with weak will and inspired by this, I started to exercise myself and made a plan, which was put into practice with self-discipline  it's lesson I learned with those wasted money

I think it’s not regrettable to waste time on emotional matters. After all, it’s perfect to experience it.

I bought a massage artifact for my mother on Mother's Day last year.

Because of greed, I was cheated of three thousand dollars.

Scammed ten thousand dollars.

well, when it comes to the waste of money, I regret. Oh, I will say all those clothes I bought which I hardly wear. every time I do it, I'll be more cautious next time I buy clothes. those clothes helps me to be a better person in suit choosing and matching. I like who I am and what I wear today, it shows my evolution in clothes and my mental development alike. I truly know that I don't look who I was before and those clothes I bought, but that's exactly what made the current me.

Last year I spent a lot of money on tickets at Disney to play some children’s events, and there was still a long line up, but my girlfriend was very happy, so I don’t regret the money

Traveling to Antarctica is one on my bucket list, I wouldn't regret being there if I've got a chance with any day of my life. I just used to watch videos of people who went there.

It wouldn't be called as a waste of money if you have spent it wisely and the satisfaction that it brought is 10.

Only if i have that capacity ? i will choose to cruise not only in antartica but around the world.

But so far the highest expense or waste that i did is that I Travel from 1 city to another city for 1 week, i did not go to work without Leave , i spend too much for Gas , and i spend too much for foods and hotels just to unwind.

but not as huge as what you did .

I think there is a problem with the recharge of all online games, but this will indeed bring us happiness and also make game developers more advanced

Buying an Iphone and PSVita then selling them off after a couple of months at a very low price due to emergency needs of funds.
I don't regret it because I enjoyed my time playing and using both of it.
I have so many things that I have done that ends up being waste of my money but those are the most expensive that I have bought so far.

I spent $3000 for my wife to meet the backstreet boys and get front row seats. It is the best thing that has ever happened to her and the smile on her face after the show and look of pure bliss in someone who suffers often from anxiety was worth every cent.

I went to a Renaissance Fair with my husband and some friends. It was his first time, and he’s a pretty introverted person, so while he has fun watching everyone else dress up and act all goofy and old-timey, he doesn’t really participate. When we went to buy our first beer, the wench tried to sell him on one of those big mugs that looks like it’s carved out of wood but it’s just plastic. It cost $100. Yes, you get free refills, but we were not planning on drinking $100 worth of beer that day. I could tell by the look on his face that he wanted it- he looked like a little kid at Disney World. Without thinking, I whipped out my credit card and dropped $100 on a shitty plastic mug.

All day, he walked around proudly with his mug. He even took some big gulps and cheered “huzzah” once or twice. This might not seem like much but for my quiet, gentle giant, it is huge. I manage the finances in our relationship and I am CONSTANTLY cracking down on wasteful spending, so I think we were both amazed I made such a dumb purchase. Four years later, we still have that mug. He gets a big grin every time he sees it and teases me about my irresponsible impulse. And every time I see it, I just think about how much I love that big galoot...

I like this story so much, I’m glad I hung around reading comments until I got to yours 😊 I hope you have many more days where you feel as comfortable in your own skin as you did during those weddings!!!

I’ve been a fat guy all my life. Like, really fat. Dressing comfortably was always my preference because being stylish just isn’t an option at my size. This was always a source of anxiety at any social event that required dressing up. When I realized I had 4 weddings of close friends all coming up within the year, I decided to bite the bullet and get some decent “formal” clothes. I spent $800 on a suit jacket, $250 on two pairs of dress pants, a little over $300 for 3 shirts and 3 silk ties that were between $70 and $100 each. I stood for all my measurements and had everything tailored to my exact specifications. Did a fitting and had a second round of alterations on the pants so they actually looked decent, even though I wore them under my gut. People were floored when I showed up to the first wedding. I received so many compliments and actual double takes. Being introduced to new people felt completely different. I felt impressive. Some of those weddings were the best times of my life and it was due, in no small part, to how those clothes looked and made me feel. Some of those friends have big pictures from their weddings hanging on their walls, and I don’t cringe in embarrassment when I see myself in them. Those clothes cost more than I had/have ever spent on clothing in any ten year period, and they were worth every penny.

Finally found the motorcycle I wanted years ago but could not get. It was not running, but after around dumping $3,500 into it and doing a full frame up restoration and custom job on it. I have the bike I wanted years ago, but better. Yes I did everything myself, full paint job Tank frame fenders everything. I also did a full engine rebuild, remade the wiring harness, everything was all done in house. So I put a touch over 3K into a bike that is only worth about $1,500. on a good day, but hell it is mine and I built it.

Edit: here is a link to the bike at 99.5% done. I still have a few odds and ends like I have a couple 30mm ammo cans I want to paint up and put on the4 back. And I'm redoing the reconfiguration of the foot controls to forward controls. Being 6'5 it is not very comfortable at the stock placement.

My Couch. I moved out of my moms house last year (2019 so no covid) and I always wanted a good couch. I tested so much. I went to so many funiture stores. Looked at so many different models. And then choose mine. Its actually from Ikea. Three seats and long enough to let someone sleep on it. In a grey but I saw they were also having a black cover so I am thinking about getting that one. Extremely comftable. I wanted a couch where you could chill out and love how fluffy it is without losing the ability to sit on it. In some couches you are not able to lean on the back and still have a straight back. You can sit on the back board and the armrests. They are flat so you can also put a cup of tea on them. Its also not too low so you dont feel like sitting on the ground (which I do strangely often compared to my love for this couch) but you can let yourself fall onto that damn thing! It also looks easy and simple.

So I dont want the suggestion of someone who tried a LOT of couches and happens to be me then buy the Vimle couch from Ikea.

Spending hundreds of euros on broken musical instruments because they were pretty. I have since bought spare parts and started repairing them.

I found my destiny.

A quick 7 day trip to Maui in February a couple years ago with one of my teenage daughters, who happened to be free the same week I had off. Work was grinding me down and I needed a break.

My wife and the rest of the family couldn't go, they were working or in school. The tickets were expensive, $850 each for bare-bones economy narrow rock hard seats, it was a 12 hour flight that was packed to the brim - I was getting bedsores by the time we arrived.

We rented snorkeling gear and a car, and spent every day from dawn to dusk snorkeling, sitting on the beaches and hiking in the mountains; we did the Hana road, the Seven Sacred Pools and the Haleakalā volcano national park at sunset, and took tons of photos. We ate spam musubi for breakfast, poke and somen noodles for lunch and loco moko for supper. Slept like babies with the windows open wide in the cool nighttime breezes.

The best way to blow $5,000 EVER. So much what I needed at that point in my life.

Just shy of $20,000 to go to Antarctica travelling solo (small cruise ship). More than I've spent on every other vacation I've taken combined.

Was one of the best trips of my life. It also gave me enough space and clarity to realize how toxic my ex was to me so that I could find the strength to leave not long after I got back.

I'll always want to go back to Antarctica. The inner peace I found there changed my life.