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What is your biggest extravagance?

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    #92
    antimatterx
    Registered Users Posts: 2,679 ✭✭✭antimatterx


    Probably my iPhone. I'm fairly good with money, but my phone is my only waste. It cost about ~€900 and then €43 a month after that (including insurance). I know it's wasting money, but it's my only treat to myself really.

    My outgoings are the usual subscriptions (Netflix, Spotify, Prime, Irish Times, Dropbox etc). I'll be moving out of the folks place in a year or two so I'll have a mortgage and utilities then soon.


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    #93
    Ultrflat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭Ultrflat


    I think my most expansive extravagance was on my teeth it work out at about 10k. I had it done in Ireland simply because I wasn't risking something like that in another country.

    You cant beat being able to smile... So its worth every penny :D


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    #94
    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,318 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    Everything I have is absolutely essential.


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    #95
    blue note
    Registered Users Posts: 4,507 ✭✭✭blue note


    I'd generally say I don't splash out on extravagances, but I can think of loads of examples where I did.

    We're getting a stove fitted and could have gotten a good one 600 quid cheaper. But we like the look of the one we've chosen, so we'll pay it. The logic being that we'll be looking at it for long enough.

    I've gone skiing every year for the last 4 years. I pick Austria because it's the best value, but don't count the pennies when I get there.

    I buy expensive coffee beans (over €30/kg). But I don't often buy coffee out, so that justifies it to me.

    For a wedding gift from my wife I got a new golf club for €400. The logic was that it's the only excuse I'll have to spend that on a golf club, but to be honest there's no real justification for spending that on one club. It's a disgraceful price. And I won't be doing it again any time soon.


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    #96
    [Deleted User]
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    ShatterAlan wrote: »
    Why didn't you just get two separate matresses?

    I have a king size bed 200cm x 180cm and have 2 90 X 200 matresses of differing firmness in the frame.

    Oh I would have, but it's not a standard size bed so it was going to be a custom mattress anyway. At least this is double sided so it can be flipped, most off the shelf mattresses are just rotation only.
    AllForIt wrote: »
    Do you ever swap positions when you're on that mattress, just to see what if feels like?

    I've fallen asleep on his side a couple of times, to me it feels like I've snoozed on concrete!


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    #97
    Pkiernan
    Registered Users Posts: 4,315 ✭✭✭Pkiernan


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    ... The money he spent would put a deposit on a bungalow in the midlands....

    2 grand?


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    #98
    splashthecash
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    I do a lot of running so have an expensive pair of Nike runners that a couple of years ago I would have never thought of spending over €200 on a single pair. :D


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    #99
    gibgodsman
    Registered Users Posts: 564 ✭✭✭gibgodsman


    Most I have ever spent in 1 go, 2,150 on new parts for my already stupidly good PC which I upgraded in January with an i9 9900k and 2080 Super among other upgrades

    Though I have been saving ALOT for a wedding and Mortgage so I felt like I deserved the expense as without it I would be spending loads on outings weekly


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    #100
    crisco10
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    For me, it's got to be going to Rugby matches. Between Ireland and Leinster, I probably go to all their home games and around 4 away games each season since around 2006 (when I started to have my own money).

    All those €50 tickets in April/May really add up!


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    #101
    [Deleted User]
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    A future extravagance will be something plastic surgery related on my face. A bit of a lift and a tuck. I'm not too concerned about wrinkles it's sagging and lack of firmness that would bother me.

    I love love high end makeup and skincare but don't buy them too often. I do have my eye on this though. Thing about buying lipsticks and glosses online is you can't really test them. Not that you can do that these days anyway.


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    #102
    kowloon
    Registered Users Posts: 13,318 ✭✭✭✭kowloon


    gibgodsman wrote: »
    Most I have ever spent in 1 go, 2,150 on new parts for my already stupidly good PC which I upgraded in January with an i9 9900k and 2080 Super among other upgrades

    Though I have been saving ALOT for a wedding and Mortgage so I felt like I deserved the expense as without it I would be spending loads on outings weekly

    Keep telling yourself that! :D I'd still be on my computer even if it was a pile of junk.


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    #103
    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,474 ✭✭✭Obvious Desperate Breakfasts


    SnowyMay wrote: »
    Really? What brand, if you don’t mind me asking?

    I’d spend about €16 on a pair of tights / stayups (Falke brand) and, bam, ladders in them after about one wear.

    Then again, I’m a clumsy biach.. :)

    Hey! The expensive ones I used to buy were Wolford. Sadly, I can’t afford them anymore but actually, a make I really like isn’t actually that expensive is Gipsy. They are very keenly priced and are good quality. I get them on ASOS mostly though I’m sure they have their own site. I agree that Falke are not great. By cheapo ones, I mean that I never buy tights in Penneys or Dunnes. They are just not worth the low price. M&S is pretty decent for them but my rec would be Gipsy.

    I love tights. I’m so glad I live in a country that is cold enough that wearing them isn’t gross and sweaty most of the time. :pac:


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    #104
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    A future extravagance will be something plastic surgery related on my face. A bit of a lift and a tuck. I'm not too concerned about wrinkles it's sagging and lack of firmness that would bother me.
    That's something I'd do, also. I'm paranoid about getting one of those turkey necks. I have eye wrinkles due to years of squinting when I should be wearing glasses, but it's the sagging I really dread. You have nothing to worry about, though, having the countenance of a young but somehow wise child.


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    #105
    frozenfrozen
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    Very cool seeing all the mentions of Jack B Yeats works. My dad has a huge collection of all the Cuala Press prints and a good few illustrations are by Jack B. Must do more learning about it for when they're eventually mine

    Not many extravagant purchases for me, I tend to do the buy once cry once thing, an extravagant purchase was probably a set of Technics 1210 mk2 turntables. I got a huge amount of use out of them but they just sit now. Having said that I just looked them up on ebay and I've probably broken even or maybe they have appreciated slightly, so maybe not so extravagant after all!


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    #106
    ELM327
    Registered Users Posts: 21,497 ✭✭✭✭ELM327


    50k on a Tesla model S.
    Before that it was 15k on a 60's american car, and similar on a 80's rolls royce.

    I like cars.


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    #107
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    I own a racehorse. Patchy form so far, and outgoings are significantly greater than prize money.

    I’m also a member of one of Dublin’s more prestigious links golf courses.


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    #108
    Church on Tuesday
    Registered Users Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    kowloon wrote: »
    Once you've had one you can never go back to regular eggs.

    "If you eat caviar every day, it's difficult to return to sausages."


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    #109
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    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    That's something I'd do, also. I'm paranoid about getting one of those turkey necks. I have eye wrinkles due to years of squinting when I should be wearing glasses, but it's the sagging I really dread. You have nothing to worry about, though, having the countenance of a young but somehow wise child.

    Or jowls :(


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    #110
    Clazbeag
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭Clazbeag


    Brunch (all of this pre Covid). I'd happily go out to a place with friends and get egg, avocado and sourdough and spend €15 when I know I could make it for a €5 at home. Instead we get some good coffee or a cocktail, and enjoy a couple of hours catching up somewhere nice. It can often tip into a few drinks afterwards so a "brunch day" could end up costing about €75 quid all in!!!! It would only be once a month and I wouldn't swop it for the life of me:)


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    #111
    Necro
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,127 Mod ✭✭✭✭Necro


    My car is my biggest extravagance tbh, and it's not that fancy :o

    Got a job which required an 130km round trip to get to daily and had a crap car so took out a loan and forked out for a new one.

    Love it really though, even though I'm now back only 15 mins drive from work!


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    #112
    [Deleted User]
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Or jowls :(
    We're lucky in this regard, at least we have the option of getting rid of them. I know it's only a first-world problem but if you had jowls or turkey-neck in the 1990s, you had it for life. I'm glad that cosmetic surgery has lost its stigma, there is no valid reason for anyone to feel bad about improving their self confidence.


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    #113
    Kamu
    Registered Users Posts: 503 ✭✭✭Kamu


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    We're lucky in this regard, at least we have the option of getting rid of them. I know it's only a first-world problem but if you had jowls or turkey-neck in the 1990s, you had it for life. I'm glad that cosmetic surgery has lost its stigma, there is no valid reason for anyone to feel bad about improving their self confidence.

    Absolutely not, if it makes the person feel better about themselves they should have no hesitation (besides the fact it is a medical procedure) with undertaking cosmetic surgery.

    However I know first hand how addictive it can become, or in other terms, how it may change a person's mindset.

    Girl from school had a birthmark and spider veins removed. She later started to get her lips done. Got her nose done and was adamant that was it.
    She started getting Botox last year and there are talks of her getting her breasts done next year.

    I've no doubt it won't end there. It's sad to see really.


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    #114
    SnowyMay
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    Obvious Desperate Breakfasts wrote: »
    Hey! The expensive ones I used to buy were Wolford. Sadly, I can’t afford them anymore but actually, a make I really like isn’t actually that expensive is Gipsy. They are very keenly priced and are good quality. I get them on ASOS mostly though I’m sure they have their own site. I agree that Falke are not great. By cheapo ones, I mean that I never buy tights in Penneys or Dunnes. They are just not worth the low price. M&S is pretty decent for them but my rec would be Gipsy.

    I love tights. I’m so glad I live in a country that is cold enough that wearing them isn’t gross and sweaty most of the time. :pac:

    Thank you. I will investigate these! Off to do some online shopping!

    Ok - on topic - sometimes I spend too much on online clothes and electronics shopping. I only got into in last year and.. well - it’s dangerous for somebody with impulse control problems like me.


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    #115
    Garzard
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    Scale model kits - few things I look forward to more than sitting down on a weekend night with a few beers, a decent film in the background and putting together a historic piece of engineering; mainly German vehicles and tanks from WW2. Some companies have recently released kits with full interiors, engines and automotive components to be assembled, adding to the challenge and joy of it - done properly and with patience, the kits look fantastic when finished. Have a fair collection built up now!


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    #116
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    At the start of the lockdown stuff a mate of mine into the scale models who's into that(and bloody good at it) sent me a couple to keep me occupied. WW2 planes(was never into tanks really). Hadn't put one together since I was a kid, so the first effort was a bit meh. Then he gave a loan of an airbrush and after viewing a load of youtubes on the subject the second one was better, the third is the only kit I ever built that doesn't immediately look like a lump of badly painted plastic. I can definitely see the appeal, though I'm a bit impatient so... :D

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



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    #117
    Ultrflat
    Registered Users Posts: 1,016 ✭✭✭Ultrflat


    Does spending €1800.00 on a longines watch for my ex wife count.

    To be fair tho its a damm nice watch :D


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    #118
    antodeco
    Registered Users, Subscribers Posts: 13,437 ✭✭✭✭antodeco


    For me, cars and watches. Currently have a collection of cars and and a collection of watches. Easily 6 figure sums at this stage...


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    #119
    Garzard
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    Wibbs wrote: »
    I can definitely see the appeal, though I'm a bit impatient so... :D

    Don't you muck about with watchmaking though? :pac:


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    #120
    All that fandango
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    blue note wrote:
    For a wedding gift from my wife I got a new golf club for €400. The logic was that it's the only excuse I'll have to spend that on a golf club, but to be honest there's no real justification for spending that on one club. It's a disgraceful price. And I won't be doing it again any time soon.


    So wait you bought your own wedding present from your wife?


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    #121
    Deadmou5e
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    Gave up gambling 16 years ago and put a €5er away in a jar every day (a lot less than I used to lose gambling) and said I’d treat myself once I got to 1000 days so bought a Rolex with it. Still have it and only wear it for special occasions.


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