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Things you went overboard doing and wasted money on
- Thread starter In Cold Blood
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Yes, and it looks right out of animeIsn't Shiba Inu a dog breed?
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My ape me not understand your comment =/
I lost 250
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You lost 250 dogs?
I only have one dog
Ash Sparrow
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Apple TV Plus, all the movies only like 3 stars. I liked Shining Girls, but is that even getting another season. I really dont watch much on there.
Peggies
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In Cold Blood
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Many years ago my brother in law was buying skateboards for an "investment". He spent like 5k on these different skateboards from well known skaters and skateboards makers. I laughed at him and said he was stupid to think they would be an investment.
Well he recent sold them all and made a killing. I think he sold them for like 40 or 50 thousand dollars.
Maiden Voyage
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One time I paid $30 for breakfast.
Grildon Tundy
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DoorDash. Eating out is already about 2-3x as expensive as cooking at home, and then DoorDash fees and markups basically double THAT cost (at least when you're ordering for one). So I spend 4-6x as much as is necessary.
But it's just so nice to feel like a King who has a magic food-summoning device.
But there's a price break at 30!
But it's just so nice to feel like a King who has a magic food-summoning device.
But there's a price break at 30!
Tams
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Tams
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At least they aren't huskies. Needy fucks.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
I just paid 250 real dollars for two metal posters for my game room. Fucking displate ads on FB finally got to me. Gaming in general I've spent way too much on. Considering full time job/gf/kid it's kinda silly the size of my backlog.
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Maiden Voyage
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Which ones did you get?
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Two of these:
On in the bathroom and the other above his bed on the ceiling.
But I'll echo Skips question
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Con-Z-epT
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You should have bought yourself a cardboard cutout!
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I wanted the mumble feature. Soothing
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Bro I got the ultimate experience now. Gentle nighttime farts, staring at me from the corner in my house while you whisper in Nigerian.
All of that for 3000 fak...real dollars?
UMBASA
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
Sick!
Quasicat
Member
Spending 6 years and $60,000 on the required two degrees in teaching. I took a $20,000 pay cut from the yogurt factory I was working in to get my dream job. Even now, 20 years later, I would be making more money watching blueberries go by on a conveyor belt all day over teaching.
That being said, I still love helping my students learn.
Heimdall_Xtreme
Jim Ryan Fanclub's #1 Member
It's funny, in the most important university in Mexico, I only paid 5 dollars for the entire college degree xD
Putonahappyface
Member
About 10k on a TV, speakers and AV equipment. I still regret it.
I've had the collecting bug nearly all my life. Not sure anything was completely out of control but if you take it all together then it definitely cost me a lot of money and time
- sports cards
- retro gaming
- comics (issues)
- comics (collected editions)
- Star Wars collection
- books
- toys/action figures
- music (CDs)
- movies (VHS and DVD)
- stamps
- pins
- audiophile stuff
- computers/pc gaming
Not sure I regret anything but a lot went to donation or goodwill. Toys have been passed down to my son so that's cool. Movies music etc has been replaced w digital hoarding which is a bit more harmless. Retro gaming collection got sold for a nice profit. I only collect comics collected editions now and keep my 3 pcs upgraded. Also the audiophile gear I stopped luckily after I had solid gear and I noticed the diminishing returns. Luckily I didn't get into that hobby when I was younger.
- sports cards
- retro gaming
- comics (issues)
- comics (collected editions)
- Star Wars collection
- books
- toys/action figures
- music (CDs)
- movies (VHS and DVD)
- stamps
- pins
- audiophile stuff
- computers/pc gaming
Not sure I regret anything but a lot went to donation or goodwill. Toys have been passed down to my son so that's cool. Movies music etc has been replaced w digital hoarding which is a bit more harmless. Retro gaming collection got sold for a nice profit. I only collect comics collected editions now and keep my 3 pcs upgraded. Also the audiophile gear I stopped luckily after I had solid gear and I noticed the diminishing returns. Luckily I didn't get into that hobby when I was younger.
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H4ze
Member
I second this... What a nasty habit that was.. easily a few thousands a year for like 5 years in a row.
Glad I got rid of it tho, at least mostly.
Cyberpunkd
Member
I would say for years I wasted so much on buying average action flicks, nowadays I really watch something with artistic merit, I have limited time, might as well use it well.
Except when new season of this comes out:
fran.fernandez
Member
Started with a movie replica proton pack 20 us 3D print. Ended plus 1000 us but is 100% real deal with uniform 
Dural
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Legos and Chinese knockoff Legos. I purchased several buildings, I wanted to make a small street, and have only finished one of them. Part of it is that I had a 1yo at the time I started buying them and he kept destroying them. I finally finished the one a year and a half ago as my son was old enough and left them alone. My wife had another baby and now he does the same thing with destroying the Legos, but he's even worse. He'll pull chairs from one room or find something to climb on to get to them and fucking smash them. I did recently build a workbench in the basement so he wouldn't be able to get to them but I haven't started a build yet. Hopefully in the next couple years I'll finally be able to finish them.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Was engaged once.
Was also a drug addict once.
I'll let you figure out how and if those two relate.
Was also a drug addict once.
I'll let you figure out how and if those two relate.
Maiden Voyage
Gold™ Member
A tale as old as time. Sucked d for crack and your dealer liked it so much they put a ring on it.
gaming_again
Member
I got really into guitars for like four months. Like most men do at some point, I guess. But I was 37 with all the attendant disposable income that brings. Oops.
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EverydayBeast
thinks Halo Infinite is a new graphical benchmark
PSA Cards, collectors would be proud of me, went overboard and ordered trading cards after not collecting them for 20 years. Growing up it was Pokémon cards, the entire late 90s, early 2000s than I sold them like an idiot now a lot of people are trying to make $ off those cards incredibly rare.
In Cold Blood
Member
Anyone else think minidisc was the way of the future?
I have a ton of blank minidiscs and a player Recorder.
One day it will make a comeback
I have a ton of blank minidiscs and a player Recorder.
One day it will make a comeback
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jshackles
Gentlemen, we can rebuild it. We have the capability to make the world's first enhanced store. Steam will be that store. Better than it was before.
About 6-7 years ago my kids got me back into Magic: The Gathering. Every new set that came out, I bought two complete copies (the factory boxes that come from people redeeming the digital sets in Magic Online): one to play, and one to collect. Started with Kaladesh, bought all the sets up through the Dungeons and Dragons one a few years back. I also bought the matching Ultra-Pro binders for each set. A few years ago, I stopped playing because the game got really stale and Wizards started releasing a million sets a year.
I have 17 lovely Magic sets on my bookshelf that are all sleeved up in cool binders. They're fun to look at, but holy shit that was a lot of money.
I have 17 lovely Magic sets on my bookshelf that are all sleeved up in cool binders. They're fun to look at, but holy shit that was a lot of money.
Happosai
Member
You could like let me borrow one of those D & D sets. You know, Spring cleaning and all that jazz?
I plundered about $5K on super rare horror films (over 600 on different formats) between 2012 and 2015. Sold everything real cheap too...including some oops titles by Code Red which were worth more.
bitbydeath
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It was being given away for free, for 6 months if you bought a PS5…
My subscription will probably lapse soon.