Expensive stuff you have bought in the boom.....and would not now

Doom · 13-12-2011 04:58PM #1

A surf board €350.00 ??? used twice
A campervan €21000.00 sold it again in the nick of time
A motorbike €4000 ??? for the great Irish weather
A tv wall bracket €200, whats wrong with the fcukin stand it comes with.
A drivers watch/computer €350.00, used three times.
A sat Nav, €250, why a map costs €5

So what you waste your money on, besides a house and car?

canonball5 · 13-12-2011 04:59PM

A house worth 150k less than I bought it for:)

MrStuffins · 13-12-2011 05:00PM

Shares in the banks.

I'd get them much cheaper now

foxyboxer · 13-12-2011 05:03PM

€12 for soggy sandwiches, a small side of hunky dory's with a crap cup of coffee from O'Briens.

Sean Quagmire · 13-12-2011 05:03PM

The smug vulchers are circling

Wertz · 13-12-2011 05:04PM

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

The smug vulchers are circling

...and the spelling hawks.

foxyboxer · 13-12-2011 05:05PM

Knew things were amiss during Christmas 2006 when Brown Thomas had a set of candles (well fancy ones) for sale. A snip at €1,100.

:eek:

Tabnabs · 13-12-2011 05:05PM

Thankfully not me personally, but I remember people buying this stuff

http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/water-selling-for-euro45-a-bottle-in-dublin-1462746.html

Calibos · 13-12-2011 05:06PM

An Audi TT. Finish paying for it in April Thank Fcuk. Que..lots of other bills and loans starting to get payed and cleared a lot quicker and come this time in 2012 I should be back to not owing a penny for anything, have a huge increase in monthly disposible income and be able to start saving again bigtime.

.....that said, I don't regret the car. I love it to bits, have enjoyed my 5 years to date with it and look forward to enjoying it for another 5 at least. Would I go out and buy a new one now though? Obviously not.

Brendog · 13-12-2011 05:06PM

portable DVD player.

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

13-12-2011 05:07PM

oh la-di-da

hoorsmelt · 13-12-2011 05:07PM

So what you waste your money on, besides a house and car?

Your Ma

ronan45 · 13-12-2011 05:08PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

Knew things were amiss during Christmas 2006 when Brown Thomas had a set of candles (well fancy ones) for sale. A snip at €1,100.

:eek:

I think your exagerating here. They were candle stick holders as opposed to candles :rolleyes:

Doom · 13-12-2011 05:10PM

Tabnabs wrote: »

Thankfully not me personally, but I remember people buying this stuff

http://www.herald.ie/lifestyle/water-selling-for-euro45-a-bottle-in-dublin-1462746.html

Remeber this....
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/its-great-gas-as-oxygen-bar-gives-shoppers-second-wind-338976.html

canonball5 · 13-12-2011 05:12PM

cocaine

TheZohanS · 13-12-2011 05:12PM

Calibos wrote: »

An Audi TT. Finish paying for it in April Thank Fcuk. Que..lots of other bills and loans starting to get payed and cleared a lot quicker and come this time in 2012 I should be back to not owing a penny for anything, have a huge increase in monthly disposible income and be able to start saving again bigtime.

.....that said, I don't regret the car. I love it to bits, have enjoyed my 5 years to date with it and look forward to enjoying it for another 5 at least. Would I go out and buy a new one now though? Obviously not.

Audi TT is a cracking car, I assume you have the MK1, I don't think the new one is a nice, its lost some of it's charm.

I didn't go crazy during the boom, was in college for a fair bit of it so that kept me quiet. I'd say the most extravagant thing I bought was maybe furniture for my place.

ArseBook · 13-12-2011 05:12PM

A laptop made by the Macintosh computer company. It was literally a polished turd.

Ah, those were the days...

canonball5 · 13-12-2011 05:13PM

foxyboxer wrote: »

€12 for soggy sandwiches, a small side of hunky dory's with a crap cup of coffee from O'Briens.

Sure a soggy sandwich is better than a soggy biscuit

force eleven · 13-12-2011 05:20PM

The boom passed me by I'm afraid, but the bust sure hasn't.:mad:

44leto · 13-12-2011 05:22PM

So much, but the biggest squander I laid out was going out and week/end breaks. Taxis everywhere, usually going out, on average 3 times a week and at least 3 week/end breaks a year and a big holiday.

Now if I get out once a week,,great,,and as for a holiday or a W/E break, I might manage 1. I gotten use to my new lifestyle and I feel better for it and I was definitely no happier living the big lifestyle. So I am not moaning or am I discontent.

ArseBook · 13-12-2011 05:23PM

force eleven wrote: »

The boom passed me by I'm afraid, but the bust sure hasn't.:mad:

'Tis great that the finished the Moate bypass road alright.

Snakeblood · 13-12-2011 05:25PM

I bought an apartment and uh. Nothing else particularly extravagant. I'm poor and apartmentless now though. But not negative poor.

foxyboxer · 13-12-2011 05:26PM

ronan45 wrote: »

I think your exagerating here. They were candle stick holders as opposed to candles :rolleyes:

I should hope so! Think it was Jo Malone ones. Didn't stick (pardon the pun) around to enquire further :pac:

Sky King · 13-12-2011 05:33PM

"Triple vodka and red bull. How much is that Mr. Barman, €23.50? Ah no bother, sure we're all loaded these days!"

[/2006]

44leto · 13-12-2011 05:38PM

Sky King wrote: »

"Triple vodka and red bull. How much is that Mr. Barman, €23.50? Ah no bother, sure we're all loaded these days!"

[/2006]

I remember those drinks, I notice Redbull (usually a fiver or more on its own) stays on the pub shelves these days.

I remember a mate of mine paying 176€ for a bottle of champers on his CC in a pub, to celebrate United winning something!.

He was a builder, I bet he wished he saved a bit more during the boom now.

ir555 · 13-12-2011 05:42PM

Audi A4 Avant Quattro Sport - fully loaded...

As the loan was so easy to get (quick online one from Halifax) there was another good few K thrown in to blow on more unecessary items....

Look forward to the final payment soon and doubling the awl disposable monthly income..

Could be worse I suppose - car is still running and is a nice wagon!

D

MrStuffins · 13-12-2011 05:48PM

Sky King wrote: »

"Triple vodka and red bull. How much is that Mr. Barman, €23.50? Ah no bother, sure we're all loaded these days!"

[/2006]

Here's €30, keep the change!

13-12-2011 05:48PM

An apartment.
A volvo S60 (actually I would buy this car every time if I had the money)
A mobile home.
A trip to the rugby world cup in france.
Some dresses that were up to €300 each - worn once. Shoes to go with said dresses for about €100 a pair :rolleyes:
Handbags - a lot of radley handbags
A diamond ring during a shopping spree in New York (would do that again - the trip, not the ring)

Senna · 13-12-2011 05:50PM

Nothing major, but if you add up all the €20-€100 items i bought off ebay or the net and never used or didn't need in the first place, it would probably add up to a few grand easy.

CamperMan · 13-12-2011 05:52PM

Oreo biscuits.. I now settle for rich tea or cheapo digestives.. times are hard

Siuin · 13-12-2011 05:56PM

Doom wrote: »

A surf board €350.00 ??? used twice

Yeeeep, same here. Also, the accompanying wetsuit.

+ guitar (have come to terms it will never happen for me), half my wardrobe and nearly every book I bought for college (suggested by the lecturers, but completely unnecessary).

Expensive stuff you have bought in the boom.....and would not now

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