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Most extravagant thing you have bought?

Oranage2 · 2010-12-08 20:34:14

Besides the obvious house and car, unless of course its something super cool like a tree house or Delorean. Mine is an 800e fish tank - Don't even like all that much but for some reason I thought it looked cool at the time! So whats yours?

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#32 08-12-2010 10:21pm
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My laptop for €700 at the time. Thought it was a good investment, 4 years on it still works lol

Prob my tour of italy at the summer, cost around €1000 but it was worth it!

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#33 08-12-2010 10:25pm
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I only buy what I have the means to afford.

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#34 08-12-2010 10:26pm
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tesco value bananas

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#35 08-12-2010 10:28pm
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My fiancés engagement ring!

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#36 08-12-2010 10:32pm
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e700 on bits & bobs for the computer. Only when I totted it up did I realise how much I'd spent. Last bits going in over the next few days!

e5000 spent on gambling five years ago... never, ever again.

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#37 08-12-2010 10:33pm
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1 Vietnamese mail order bride.

BOOM.

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#38 08-12-2010 10:38pm
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A 1958 VW Camper project which has now become a money pit. :eek:

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#39 08-12-2010 10:41pm
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Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

A 1958 VW Camper project which has now become a money pit. :eek:

I recently bought a 1963 one, extravagant but lots of fun

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#40 08-12-2010 10:43pm
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OAOB wrote: »

I recently bought a 1963 one, extravagant but lots of fun

Nice, got mine in 1996 before the craze started. Only got stuck into it last year.

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#41 08-12-2010 10:45pm
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A craftmatic Adjustable bed.

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#42 08-12-2010 10:47pm
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Probably a ps3.

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#43 08-12-2010 10:47pm
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J2D2 wrote: »

My fiancés engagement ring!

+ 1 Same as!!

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#44 08-12-2010 10:51pm
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Skinback wrote: »

My Tag Heuer Carrera watch for 1600e.

The carrera are a very nice watch, but my favourite Tag is the Monaco Twenty Four Calibre 36 Chronograph.
Shame Saint Nick cant stretch out his budget this year :rolleyes:
Which model have you got?

http://www.theweeklydope.com/2010/10/tag-heuer-monaco-twenty-four-calibre-36.html

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#45 08-12-2010 10:53pm
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Berty wrote: »

€2990 Laser Surgery on my eyes.

Never looked back though. (Boom Boom)

Was that a complication?

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#46 08-12-2010 10:55pm
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Copper23 wrote: »

I only buy what I have the means to afford.

Well many people have the means to afford extravagant stuff, so... same thing.

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#47 08-12-2010 11:00pm
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Most recently my candy cab. ****ing monitor was damaged during the move though. Has still yet to be fixed.

Still..looks pretty!

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69246954&postcount=1874

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#48 08-12-2010 11:01pm
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o1s1n wrote: »

Most recently my candy cab. ****ing monitor was damaged during the move though. Has still yet to be fixed.

Still..looks pretty!

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=69246954&postcount=1874

I am so jealous

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#49 08-12-2010 11:04pm
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Maybe not the most expensive purchase of my life, but the one that offered the least return on the investment was when I was driving home one day I happened upon a sign for a poultry fair.

One thing led to another and I arrived home with a bag of ducks.

They made ducklings, they run everywhere and steal my things.

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#50 08-12-2010 11:05pm
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My fiancés engagement ring, that is three people's answer so far. We have the women spoilt... They are worth it tho... If I hadn't of bought that I suppose the money would've went on an Rx8..sigh..

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#51 08-12-2010 11:05pm
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Bought a new Harley about 2 months ago for cash.

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#52 08-12-2010 11:07pm
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kowloon wrote: »

Maybe not the most expensive purchase of my life, but the one that offered the least return on the investment was when I was driving home one day I happened upon a sign for a poultry fair.

One thing led to another and I arrived home with a bag of ducks.

They made ducklings, they run everywhere and steal my things.

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awh...cute!

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#53 08-12-2010 11:09pm
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daithi09 wrote: »

My fiancés engagement ring, that is three people's answer so far. We have the women spoilt... They are worth it tho... If I hadn't of bought that I suppose the money would've went on an Rx8..sigh..

Yeah if i didnt get engaged i probably would have 'wasted' mine on holiday to America....

/wonders what may have been

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#54 08-12-2010 11:13pm
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talla10 wrote: »

Yeah if i didnt get engaged i probably would have 'wasted' mine on holiday to America....

/wonders what may have been

Well in fairness I can do without the RX8 but can't do without my baby...although shoulda bought a cz,ha..

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#55 08-12-2010 11:15pm
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Not the most expensive thing ive ever bought but if you're looking at sheer rip off/extravagance then bottle service in nightclubs in vegas and ibiza. 300euro for a bottle of vodka thatd cost 25 euro in an off license, and then being subject to minimum purchases per table e.g we had to buy 3 bottles to get a table + tax + mandatory tip.

was worth it though, got to live it up and wont forget them nights! or remember a lot of them!

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#56 08-12-2010 11:17pm
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I once spent €600 on a iPod back in 2003, 40GB. Battery died soon after and had to lug around a battery pack with 4 AA batteries in it.

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#57 08-12-2010 11:19pm
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Bought a coat for €180 today. May not be extravigant to most of you but I'm poor. It's such a cool coat though

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#58 08-12-2010 11:23pm
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A city centre apartment

-Alison

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#59 08-12-2010 11:23pm
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kowloon wrote: »

Maybe not the most expensive purchase of my life, but the one that offered the least return on the investment was when I was driving home one day I happened upon a sign for a poultry fair.

One thing led to another and I arrived home with a bag of ducks.

They made ducklings, they run everywhere and steal my things.

duckling1red.JPG

duckling2red.JPG

I hope for your sake and theres that you don't have Polish neighbours.

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#60 08-12-2010 11:24pm
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£400 (€500ish) on a DVD player back in 2001. It had surround sound outputs back when that was a big deal rather than standard and that cost me an extra £100. Thing is I didn't even have surround speakers at the time (only planned/hope to get them at some future point). The player died exactly 2 days after the 1 year warrenty ran out.

Fúck you panasonic.

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#61 08-12-2010 11:25pm
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Around 700 euro on weed in Amsterdam one time. I don't really get or spend much money. That's probably just the most unnecessary thing I've paid for.

Great holiday!

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