Things that are a total waste of money

IvaBigWun

So the recession is here eh? And isnt it just all a focking shambles?

Anyway, is these crunching times what do you think is a total waste of money?

For me:

OTT weddings. Go to the Registry Office and have a weekend in Donegal to follow.

Boy Racers. Whats wrong with a 3 grand car?

State of the art HDTVs Can you really tell the difference enough to justify the extra cost between that and a normal one?

Sky +. No explanation needed.

Any herbal. alternative, holistic, homeopathic therapy or drug. There are a load of charlatans charging 50 quid an hour for utter sh!te.

Organic food. Meh. Grow your own.

Extended Warranties. Just say no.

Pets.

Vain

Membership to Boards and hookers both have had dirty people in them.

Royal Seahawk

Smoothies. waaaay too expensive for what ya get.

abi2007

the way i'm feeling now, has to be alcohol.

super_furry

Royal Seahawk wrote: »

Smoothies. waaaay too expensive for what ya get.

Especially those Innocent Smoothies. €3.60 for a tiny bottle of pulpy crap.

banshee_bones

IvaBigWun wrote: »

OTT weddings.

Boy Racers. Whats wrong with a 3 grand car?

State of the art HDTVs Can you really tell the difference enough to justify the extra cost between that and a normal one?


Any herbal. alternative, holistic, homeopathic therapy or drug.

Organic food. Meh. Grow your own

em not all homeopathic remedies cost a fortune! iv actually found the stuff i get in the healthfood shop to be far superior to other products on the market and have saved me alot of money.
and what about people that dont have the luxury of their own garden! what about us people who live in the city with no access to a community vegetable garden nearby? or even a patch of grass near our apartments!

galwayrush

Good point regarding weddings, heard figures of 30K + for an average one now days.FFS :eek:

tiger325

pricey coffee

Profiler

IvaBigWun wrote: »

OTT weddings. Go to the Registry Office and have a weekend in Donegal to follow.

You'll have to get the female perspective on that one in the main, but I'm sure we've all been to a wedding sometime and thought

"whit?... naw yer takin the pish wae aww that"

IvaBigWun wrote: »

Pets

Have to disagree with that 100%

We got my Mum a wee dog for her 65th, best present she ever got, her words worth the food, the trips to the vet, the pet insurance and then some, cheap at 5 times the price.

Havermeyer

Shares.

At the present moment in time, anyway.

only someone who has never had sky+ could say it's a waste of money

efb

IvaBigWun wrote: »

So the recession is here eh? And isnt it just all a focking shambles?

Anyway, is these crunching times what do you think is a total waste of money?

For me:

OTT weddings. Go to the Registry Office and have a weekend in Donegal to follow.

Boy Racers. Whats wrong with a 3 grand car?

State of the art HDTVs Can you really tell the difference enough to justify the extra cost between that and a normal one?

Sky +. No explanation needed.

Any herbal. alternative, holistic, homeopathic therapy or drug. There are a load of charlatans charging 50 quid an hour for utter sh!te.

Organic food. Meh. Grow your own.

Extended Warranties. Just say no.

Pets.

Sky+???? Where's the extra expense on that?

I Sky+

Kiera

super_furry wrote: »

Especially those Innocent Smoothies. €3.60 for a tiny bottle of pulpy crap.

I need to read slower. I thought you said "a tiny bottle of puppy crap"

higgo1888

Advertising Visit Ireland ads on RTE.

tony1kenobi

Sewerage systems.

HalloweenJack

Posh ****.

sillymoo

nummnutts wrote: »

Shares.

At the present moment in time, anyway.

Bank shares are looking quite cheap at the moment, must be a january sale on.

Rory123

Billed mobile phones!

mobby

Electric tooth brush

MagicMarker

Have to agree with the car thing... When I first started driving I really wanted a new car! But now that I'm older I really couldn't care less. There's no doubt that it's great to drive a new car, but really, it's not worth it.

My pics would be anything music or movie related. Anything you want is widely available on the internet.

galwayrush

Car Tax.:(

MagicMarker

galwayrush wrote: »

Car Tax.:(

That reminds me, I need to renew mine:(

galwayrush

galwayrush wrote: »

Car Tax.:(

especially if you live in leitrim :pac:

4zn76tysfajdxp

Burning money.

Captain Slow IRL

Fancy toilet paper - you're literally flushing money down the toilet.

spadder

The greens.

starn

Miranda Many Reactionary wrote: »

Burning money.

Not if your KLF

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Foundation_Burn_a_Million_Quid

Acacia

Bottled water. And store bought sandwiches. And coffee. Basically, the delis in Spar , Centra and Londis are fooked.

towel401

efb wrote: »

Sky+???? Where's the extra expense on that?

I Sky+

Free to air FTW. most of the same channels, but you don't have to pay.

Car parking. anything spent on parking a car is money down the drain. There is usually a free spot nearby unless you live in Dublin but thats your own fault for living there.

Ringtones or any other form of 'mobile content', applications and the like. do people still buy those?

Any of Apple's iProducts

IvySlayer

TV license.

Thnx4theGum

The Government - lets sack the lot of them.

galwayrush

The War in Iraq:rolleyes:

Captain Slow IRL

Captain Slow IRL wrote: »

Fancy toilet paper - you're literally flushing money down the toilet.

Just wait a couple of decades, to see what you make of the effects of using sandpaper grade bog roll on your most delicate aera.
Then you'll be in a postion to comment on the value of fancy toilet paper.

Besides your man....do ye even buy toilet paper?

My blood simmered today to hear an for the latest bull****e diet product celebrity slim.
Why do even do that to yourself?

galwayrush

Thnx4theGum wrote: »

The Government - lets sack the lot of them.

+ Their advisors \ Quangos .

Rb

IvySlayer wrote: »

TV license.

Thnx4theGum wrote: »

The Government - lets sack the lot of them.

QFT.

Both are completely incompetent and yet we "have" to pay for them.

Bastards.

gandhi123

honestly??? Who buys this siht!!!:eek::eek:
http://store.thelaundress.com/Laundress-store/Laundress-category/205ironWater.html

Blush_01

Sweetcorn. All it is is yellow poo-decoration.

jester77

Electricity.

Few sods of turf on the fire with a big kettle to hanging over it for the tae, a few candles and a horny wife.... tis all you need!

Senna

Cloak rooms in night clubs, €2 to leave you coat in WTF.

towel401

gandhi123 wrote: »

honestly??? Who buys this siht!!!:eek::eek:
http://store.thelaundress.com/Laundress-store/Laundress-category/205ironWater.html

i think my ma did once. not sure though. maybe someone on boards bought it for her. it had a nice smell off it though

Rb

Senna wrote: »

Cloak rooms in night clubs, €2 to leave you coat in WTF.

:rolleyes:

uiscebeatha

Here in Germany there's an English shop in Cologne where you can get things that you can't generally buy here like salt and vinegar crisps, barry's tea. baked beans, malt vinegar etc.....

Probably over-priced but if ya tasted the sh!te tea they have here!!!:eek:

What I think is hilarious though is that for a postage fee of between €10.99 and €21.99 they will ship your order to the U.K.

can't see the logic of spending double the price plus postage on things that are all in the local shop... or that tesco will deliver for a fraction of the cost! :rolleyes:

http://www.english-shop.de/shipping.php?osCsid=c7cfa175dca6ce24fd2892aeeba5da19

Biggins

Eircom broadband service - RIP-OFF BIG TIME!

Back away from it as soon as possible.

Capt'n Midnight

Politicians

ongarite

OP obviously doesn't have fancy HDTV or Sky+.
Sky+ is one of the best consumer electronics inventions of the 21st century.

AlmightyCushion

Solid gold suits. I spend way too much money on them.

javaboy

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Solid gold suits. I spend way too much money on them.

Yeah but the caviar wipes clean off them so you probably save on cleaning bills in the end.

AlmightyCushion

javaboy wrote: »

Yeah but the caviar wipes clean off them so you probably save on cleaning bills in the end.

I only eat solid gold, diamond encrusted caviar.

deleriumtremens

Food. Just metabolize your own organs FFS.

Ross_Mahon

Designer clothes, Starbucks coffee, Brand new cars, New video games, DVD's, Music, Gym membership, heating bills, Marks & Spencers food, Taxis....I could go on and on...

Alicano

mobby wrote: »

Electric tooth brush

Got one for birthday last dec..have had a hollywood smile ever since!
Totally worth it.:D