What's the most amount of money you have ever wasted?

Neewbie_noob

Sorry if this has been done before, but with recessionary times afoot, I thought I'd open a nice 'aul thread to remind us of bygone times when we all had money to burn or wipe our arses with. So fellow boardsies, what's the most amount of money you ever squandered?

I can't hink of any particular stories atm (see what I did there <-- ) but, I'll get back to you all with one when I do.

vicwatson

No, what DID you do there?

endacl

vicwatson wrote: »

No, what DID you do there?

I saw. Quite clever. Ish.

Neewbie_noob

vicwatson wrote: »

No, what DID you do there?

ATM = At The Moment
annndddd, wait for it
Automated Telling Machine, the bak thingy ...

Not like my good pun ??

Dodge

€1

Couldnt' decide between a Twix and a Picnic bar and went with Twix. Remembered I hated Twix

8 years later and I still haven't forgiven myself

Max Power

Bought a Boards.ie subscription. Load of ****...

Attabear

Paid the Household Charge.

Cat, meet pigeons.

Pigeons, cat.

oldyouth

22 years of smoking

demanufactured

Attabear wrote: »

Paid the Household Charge.

Cat, meet pigeons.

Pigeons, cat.

Jesus how did u let yourself do that.....

FatherLen

a trinity ball ticket.
got wasted before going and left (had to leave) after half an hour.

also the tux rental and a 60 euro taxi home.

mackeire

€18000 on a merc.

General Relativity

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Bought a Boards.ie subscription. Load of ****...

Sex and sexuality that good? :eek:

donegal_road

wasted in one transaction, or wasted gradually over time?

Attabear

demanufactured wrote: »

Jesus how did u let yourself do that.....

It was a moment of weakness.

Now I'm on their register. A REGISTER!!

sfwcork

3k On a horse at fairyhouse when i was 19.broke down the poor animal.I got over it

Funglegunk

~€3k on a 2 week trip to China that wasn't really worth it.

Max Power

mackeire wrote: »

€18000 on a merc.

Did you have to pay another €18000 for the edes?

Czarcasm

Nearly €30k (29k and some change) on a week long bender a couple of years back.

But WHAT a week that was!

sfwcork

Czarcasm wrote: »

Nearly €30k (29k and some change) on a week long bender a couple of years back.

But WHAT a week that was!

how did u spend that on a bender.Jesus I was in chelters numerous times with drink,gambling,hookers and still didnt get to a fraction of that

Mr Benevolent

€14000 on horses.
€1400 on an Alfa that fell to bits.
€1300 on an electric bike. Haven't used it in months, but it's perfect for getting rid of hills and wind.

Need I keep going?

Neewbie_noob

This one time, I put 4 hotels on all of my propertie son the monopoly baord ... I got fleeced when I got a property tax card from the community chest :mad:

ArtyM

Czarcasm wrote: »

Nearly €30k (29k and some change) on a week long bender a couple of years back.

But WHAT a week that was!

I would very much like to hear more about that week!

Festy

The most I say was around 3 fiddy

Hippies!

I didn't spend beyond my means. Not everyone partied. My balls are dry, the ball cream didn't work.

mackeire

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Did you have to pay another €18000 for the edes?

Ha ha ha, no.

Duggy747

Bought something in Eddie Rockets.

I was out of control during the boom.

Access Denied

Not needless spending, but when building the house the electrician talked me into those fooking downlighters...the bastids keep blowing, and now i need to save to get them out. they cost 800, just for the kitchen alone.

I wasn't bitten by the tiger, so have to say, the recession isn't really affecting me.

Czarcasm

sfwcork wrote: »

how did u spend that on a bender.Jesus I was in chelters numerous times with drink,gambling,hookers and still didnt get to a fraction of that

Most of it actually went on the hotel stay in a top hotel in Dublin for the week, then I was out partying all night, I was a ridiculous tipper too, lol, I didn't do anything like gambling or drugs or hookers, but I had an absolute ball at the same time, some great memories!

Where To

Sixteen years on education to become what I am now.

Zulu

I bought an apartment in 2005, so I reckon I'm winning this thread atm.

Rented Mule

FionnMcCool87 wrote: »

Bought a Boards.ie subscription. Load of ****...

The Sex and Sexuality forum ain't what it's cracked up to be.

Intensive Care Bear

I've spent a lot of money on stuff i enjoyed over the years, music equipment, drugs ect so i wont say i wasted it. I do remember spending nearly a £100 on a pair of white Nike sunglasses, wtf was i thinking. Oh i also lost about 6 grand on cars.

paddyh117

Zulu wrote: »

I bought an apartment in 2005, so I reckon I'm winning this thread atm.

....not necessarily - if you bought it as an investment, then yes, but if you moved into it in 2005, and are still living there, then not a waste, as you would have had to pay to live somewhere no?

Zulu

Trust me, I'd love to turn back the clock on that one

General Zod

Bailed out the banks.

rabble rabble rabble

Monty - the one and only

€1000 on a stormtrooper helmet...stilll think it was worth it though

Esoteric_

17,000 euro on a shopping trip in London.

Zulu

Monty - the one and only wrote: »

€1000 on a stormtrooper helmet...stilll think it was worth it though

then it wasn't a waste

sebastianlieken

Who here has an Arts degree? lol

Monty - the one and only

Zulu wrote: »

then it wasn't a waste

in my eyes, no... most other people that I know, however, think I was nuts to do it though.

Staff Infection

€350 on a bass guitar having never played before, thought I was gonna be the next Paul McCartney (yes I'm that sad). Could only learn the bass line for "another one bites the dust" and "TNT" after about a year. So then I realised I wasn't a bass prodigy and sold it for €150 in the first music shop I walked into, man I'm an idiot.

johnwest288

Zulu wrote: »

I bought an apartment in 2005, so I reckon I'm winning this thread atm.

I bought 2 apartments in finglas in 05 and another 2 in 06 I think im winning:mad:

*PUKES*

johnwest288

Monty - the one and only wrote: »

€1000 on a stormtrooper helmet...stilll think it was worth it though

I can sell ya the rest of the suit for 19k, Interested? Pm me:P

Zulu

Monty - the one and only wrote: »

in my eyes, no... most other people that I know, however, think I was nuts to do it though.

I think so long you don't think its a waste, then to hell with them all! It's your money. :P

Birneybau

Czarcasm wrote: »

Most of it actually went on the hotel stay in a top hotel in Dublin for the week, then I was out partying all night, I was a ridiculous tipper too, lol, I didn't do anything like gambling or drugs or hookers, but I had an absolute ball at the same time, some great memories!

You spent it in Dublin?

As a Dub, I can think of way better and warmer places to blow 30k.

Czarcasm

johnwest288 wrote: »

I bought 2 apartments in finglas in 05 and another 2 in 06 I think im winning:mad:

*PUKES*

Does anyone know anybody who bought one of those Bulgarian properties?

You were a "nobody" if you didn't invest in foreign property! I remember the adverts just before the bubble burst advertising properties in major cities in the states even!

It just made me reminiscent of the timeshare properties in Spain sham during the 80's!

Pilotdude5

Bought a jacket for €180 reduced from €250 thinking I was getting a bargain. Lost it on a night out soon after and I liked it so much I bought it again for €160. I don't even wear it now and I spent €340 overall on it:rolleyes:

johnwest288

Czarcasm wrote: »

Does anyone know anybody who bought one of those Bulgarian properties?

You were a "nobody" if you didn't invest in foreign property! I remember the adverts just before the bubble burst advertising properties in major cities in the states even!

It just made me reminiscent of the timeshare properties in Spain sham during the 80's!

wusernt me:o

Czarcasm

Birneybau wrote: »

You spent it in Dublin?

As a Dub, I can think of way better and warmer places to blow 30k.

I'll PM you the next time I'm up there, I'm not much of a one for foreign travel though-

Went to Corfu a couple of years back and between an over-ripe melon from a beach seller (before I saw the "do not buy fruit from beach sellers" sign), a tiny bath that you had to sit in (at least I think it was a bath!), and a battered squid going down the wrong way which led to a burly Greek waiter giving me the heimlich manoeuver... put me right off foreign travel, I said I'd leave it to my wife, who just goes abroad with her family now, while I do the "getting away from it all" thing on my own!

I have a friend who wants me to come over to visit her in New York and I'd love to go just to see all the sights and stuff, but I'm thinking knowing my luck with foreign travel, it wouldn't bode well! My wife's brother is getting married in Scotland in February and I'm dreading that too!

Bought a macbook a few years ago that was overpriced and underpowered for what I wanted - I barely ever use it.

Irishcrx

€10,000 on a car when I was 18 , well €5000 for the car which I crashed into a wall and then another €5000 to repair it....I'm still paying it back and the car is long gone...