That's a waste of money that is, so it is.

Chuck Stone · 14-04-2013 4:46pm #1

What do you think is a waste of money that others don't?

Me?

New cars - depreciation is ridiculous. (Check out the bangernomics thread).

Having to get the latest €500 phone and upgrade every year.

Expensive toiletries. Shure it gets washed down the plug hole doesn't it?

Going for a meal pissed - what a waste. Burger or kebab suffices when drunk.

Y'all?

14-04-2013 4:52pm

Motor tax

Zebra3 · 14-04-2013 4:53pm

Bland mass marketed beers.

anncoates · 14-04-2013 4:55pm

Expensive meals full stop.

I'll go because my partner likes it, but just don't see the point myself.

becost · 14-04-2013 4:55pm

Toilet paper. I prefer to use socks and throw them in with the washing or if it's a runny one, I relieve myself in the shower.

mikemac1 · 14-04-2013 4:57pm

TV licence

o1s1n · 14-04-2013 4:57pm

Zebra3 wrote: »

Bland mass marketed beers.

Expensive 'craft' beers :pac:

Vito Corleone · 14-04-2013 4:58pm

Subscribing to boards.ie :pac:

0ph0rce0 · 14-04-2013 4:58pm

becost wrote: »

Toilet paper. I prefer to use socks and throw them in with the washing or if it's a runny one, I relieve myself in the shower.

+1 to that except i use my boxers

Courtesy Flush · 14-04-2013 4:58pm

becost wrote: »

Toilet paper. I prefer to use socks and throw them in with the washing or if it's a runny one, I relieve myself in the shower.

I agree toilet paper is ridiculously expensive
To just flush it down the toilet like

14-04-2013 4:59pm

Apartments

14-04-2013 4:59pm

Extended warranties, if it survives the first year, chances are it will last its lifetime - whatever time the manufactures decide that is (usually shorter than you'd like).

0ph0rce0 · 14-04-2013 4:59pm

Girls who buy dildos, when i have a perfectly good cock here for you's

Czarcasm · 14-04-2013 5:00pm

Subscribing to Boards.ie.

BGozIE · 14-04-2013 5:00pm

Cigarette's

becost · 14-04-2013 5:02pm

Toilet cleaners. I prefer to use the force of my stream to sandblast the leftovers from from the sides of the bowl.

IM0 · 14-04-2013 5:03pm

cant stand people who say "thats a waste!" , is it really? well its not yours! I pay for it I get to 'waste' it..**** off please

Three Seasons · 14-04-2013 5:04pm

Paying for access to boards' sex and sexuality forum.

Also paying to advertise on boards.ie.

The Backwards Man · 14-04-2013 5:05pm

Going to the same pubs every week, getting pissed with the same people every week, eating the same rubbish on the way home every week.

Pilotdude5 · 14-04-2013 5:06pm

A landline phone.

becost · 14-04-2013 5:08pm

0ph0rce0 wrote: »

+1 to that except i use my boxers

I never thought of that. You can get multiple applications from the same garment as opposed to one or at the best two uses from a single sock.

lost in cork · 14-04-2013 5:08pm

sky movies ,total waste of money

Steve O · 14-04-2013 5:10pm

If you bought a house in the boom.

becost · 14-04-2013 5:17pm

Flashy and expensive brand name deodorants. The air fresheners in the 2 euro shop smell much nicer and last twice as long.

Chuck Stone · 14-04-2013 5:19pm

becost wrote: »

Toilet paper. I prefer to use socks and throw them in with the washing or if it's a runny one, I relieve myself in the shower.

becost wrote: »

Toilet cleaners. I prefer to use the force of my stream to sandblast the leftovers from from the sides of the bowl.

Toilet, piss and shit fetish?

3ndahalfof6 · 14-04-2013 5:23pm

burning it, would be up there.

wolfpawnat · 14-04-2013 5:37pm

Most brand meats, the "own brands" are from the same fricken factories. Paying €9 for a chicken you can get with Tesco on the label instead for €4! MADNESS!!!!! It's the same. My partner went to a meat factory, he saw how it is done first hand! All the one what you buy, minus the difference of a fiver!

Sky Movies, Same shíte on everyday for a week! I got it for 6 months for a complaint for free. 1-3 good movies a week, all of them on Film4 so meant fúck all!

Expensive phones, I am sorry, but people feel they have to get the newest one, which is every 6-12 months, for 100's I have a shít pile I have had for 4 years! Left it in a coffee shop the other day, so shítty, it was still there when I came back looking for it!!!!

Then there is all this BS around having kids too! People buying 900-1200e travel systems (buggies for kids usually up to 2 years old), are you for fúcking real? That's beyond insane.

pragmatic1 · 14-04-2013 5:37pm

Buying alcohol at the pub. I love the pub but prices are a joke.

lost in cork · 14-04-2013 5:39pm

desigher label clothes for toddlers ,they grow out of them in months

Marsden · 14-04-2013 5:43pm

Designer label clothes, can't understand paying extra for a brand name. Better quality I'd pay extra for but a fookin logo, never.

Sunnyisland · 14-04-2013 5:43pm

Wedding dress ?

wolfpawnat · 14-04-2013 5:48pm

realies wrote: »

Wedding dress ?

SIL got one, 500, 250 alterations, 230 dry cleaning afterwards, and the coup de gras...... 120 for a box to store it in. I just laughed!

Chuck Stone · 14-04-2013 5:52pm

Marsden wrote: »

Designer label clothes, can't understand paying extra for a brand name. Better quality I'd pay extra for but a fookin logo, never.

I'm kinda fussy about footwear. I've a thing for suede runners. Would have no problem dropping €80 on a nice pair of runners if they caught my eye.

Marsden · 14-04-2013 5:55pm

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I'm kinda fussy about footwear. I've a thing for suede runners. Would have no problem dropping €80 on a nice pair of runners if they caught my eye.

But would you pay extra for the same suede runner with a logo on it?

Or is suede some sort of brand I've never heard of?:(

southsiderosie · 14-04-2013 6:07pm

realies wrote: »

Wedding dress ?

Wedding dresses.
Wedding favors.
Dry rubbery chicken with overcooked vegetables at wedding receptions.
Wedding receptions in general.
Wedding invitations.
Wedding cakes.

So, pretty much everything associated with the wedding-industrial complex.

The one thing I would gladly pay a lot of money for is the photographer - nobody cares about your save the date cards of the napkins with your names on them, but the pictures last forever.

Chuck Stone · 14-04-2013 6:11pm

Marsden wrote: »

But would you pay extra for the same suede runner with a logo on it?

Or is suede some sort of brand I've never heard of?:(

The nice ones are almost always Addidas or Puma.

14-04-2013 6:18pm

3D films.

Paying extra money to watch a film while being distracted by having big glasses on your face, which actually seem to darken the image, and make you focus your eyes all weird (which can't possibly be healthy and gives me a headache). All so you can say afterwards "but it looked so REAL!!", when it didn't.

Miss Lockhart · 14-04-2013 6:19pm

I think lots of things are a waste of money but I wouldn't say it to somebody who chooses to buy them. It's not a waste if you gain pleasure and satisfaction from the purchase. I'm sure others see some of my spending as a waste too.

For me it's most of the trappings of a traditional wedding, alcohol, cigarettes, magazines and newspapers. But if people enjoy spending their money on them then more power to them.

southsiderosie · 14-04-2013 6:20pm

Chuck Stone wrote: »

I'm kinda fussy about footwear. I've a thing for suede runners. Would have no problem dropping €80 on a nice pair of runners if they caught my eye.

Chuck Stone wrote: »

The nice ones are almost always Addidas or Puma.

Don't go to Seoul or Tokyo - you will shoe-shop your way into bankruptcy!

Pat McGhee · 14-04-2013 6:21pm

wolfpawnat wrote: »

SIL got one, 500, 250 alterations, 230 dry cleaning afterwards, and the coup de gras...... 120 for a box to store it in. I just laughed!

HA!! I got mine for less than €28 on ebay. Need to get it altered alright but not a hope I'll be shelling out €250!

€120's a bargain for a box ;-)

14-04-2013 6:22pm

southsiderosie wrote: »

Don't go to Seoul or Tokyo - you will shoe-shop your way into bankruptcy!

Or marry Imelda Markos!

shopaholic01 · 14-04-2013 6:26pm

Bottled water (while it's from taps anyway).

Cody Pomeray · 14-04-2013 6:29pm

Holidays. Most people work so hard for their holidays, and then constantly stress themselves out with Ryanair and logistics and getting drunk and damaging their bodies that I wonder if they get anything out of them for what they pay.

You could probably go into hospital and get sedated for 2 weeks and come out far more refreshed.

Maybe some the nurses could wheel you under a sunbed for 15 minutes a day.

You come home glowing like a Sardinian underwear model when you've just spent a fortnight on Saint Dympna's Ward. Result.

KenSwee · 14-04-2013 6:32pm

Already been said but yes, prams are totally overpriced and lose money by about 80% when you buy new. We saw a Quinny system in a shop for €1100.
Bought a year old model on Adverts for €150!!

Any Apple product.

BMW'S and Mercedes cars.

Mens magazines.

Brand Milk.

bnt · 14-04-2013 6:45pm

I agree with Holidays as a waste of money, but only if you go during "holiday season" when the prices of everything are jacked up.

What's that you say? You have kids in school, so you have to go during "holiday season"? As if parents weren't already exploited e.g. pram prices as above, and also the sheer cost of childcare & education these days. I think spending money on "grinds" is also a waste: you shouldn't be paying people to make your kids study. They'll forget it all the day after the exam, anyway ...

Chuck Stone · 14-04-2013 6:47pm

southsiderosie wrote: »

the wedding-industrial complex.

That made me lol.

Sounds kinda sinister.

pablomakaveli · 14-04-2013 6:55pm

Women buying loads of shoes. My girlfriend has like 87 pairs and still buys more. Cant get my head round it.

summerskin · 14-04-2013 7:02pm

bnt wrote: »

I agree with Holidays as a waste of money, but only if you go during "holiday season" when the prices of everything are jacked up.

What's that you say? You have kids in school, so you have to go during "holiday season"? As if parents weren't already exploited e.g. pram prices as above, and also the sheer cost of childcare & education these days. I think spending money on "grinds" is also a waste: you shouldn't be paying people to make your kids study. They'll forget it all the day after the exam, anyway ...

I spend a minimum of €10k per year on holidays for my family, and would gladly spend more if I could. Two weeks at a 5 star all inclusive plus long weekends at various spots throughout Europe are fantastic, the most relaxing time of the year and a great time for us to spend together with no distractions.
I don't understand how people can do without good holidays to be honest.

Now, for a waste of money I'd say getting so drunk you don't remember the night, spending a fortune on gadgets, paying for Sky TV, and buying over priced coffee, especially those Tassimo machines and the likes. Just buy a decent filter machine or even a cafetiere and pay a fraction of the price for a better coffee.

14-04-2013 7:03pm

pablomakaveli wrote: »

Women buying loads of shoes. My girlfriend has like 87 pairs and still buys more. Cant get my head round it.

What about men buying shoes?

schnitzelEater · 14-04-2013 7:12pm

The Health Service.

holystungun9 · 14-04-2013 7:20pm

becost wrote: »

Toilet paper. I prefer to use socks and throw them in with the washing or if it's a runny one, I relieve myself in the shower.

I use a corkscrew. Then I open a bottle of wine to celebrate my ingenuity.

That's a waste of money that is, so it is.

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