What is the Dumbest Thing You Have Ever Spent Money on?

[Ima saver]

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I bought a machine that you step on , and it measures the amount of fat on your body. It works, but it was a waste of money.

[shengmei]

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I don't buy any exercise equipments anymore. I love biking. It is fun and it saves money on gas.

A good bike caliberated to fit a person perfectly is better than any exercise equipment.

[boefixepa]

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I hear you on the dogs! I have three Alaskan Malamutes totaling over 250 lbs!! I did wait until I owner my own home, but still yes they are expensive, but I don't regret it and I'd get rid of alot of things before them.

I do have a compact car. One fits nicely sitting in the back seat (without a kennel) and I rarely take all three any place at the same time. Too much dog, not enough of me. Though I have taken a three hour car ride in a hyundi elantra with all three of them.....don't want to do that again!

Yes, I spent $600.00 to kennel them for the whole week I went to the bahamas....so worth it!

[vsjhoc]

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Today I had to replace the license plates on my car because one (license plate) was stolen. On impulse, I ordered personalized "vanity" plates with my initials. I paid $52 for ordering them and then will have to pay $26 a year. Completely stupid. I thought, my savingadvice.com friends will be horrified. Please don't disown me!!!

[Broken Arrow]

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We are horrified! Horrified that you didn't tell us what it said! At least tell us that, and we won't disown you.

[Ima saver]

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That is right, I have often thought about getting one, but didn't know what to put on it!

[vsjhoc]

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That is right, I have often thought about getting one, but didn't know what to put on it!

How about "IMASVR"?

[shengmei]

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University textbooks. I should have bought them used or shared them with other students. Now I don't want to dispose of them because all I see is $100 there, $200 there, etc, etc...

No you spent the money wisely. I once brought one book that was an older edition than claimed. I ended up getting two Bs instead of two As.

For the $100 I saved, I lost about $1000 in scholarship opportunity. I would gladly spent the $100 in the first place.

[boefixepa]

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That's a great one for IMA!!!! Do it IMA DO IT DO IT says the little devil on your shoulder!

Personall mine would me one of the following

MalCr8 = Malamute creat and SUV for hauling the the dogs around or
MalMvr = Malamute mover!!

Course...have to have the SUV first and that's not happening any time soon!

[Ima saver]

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well, I bought a lava light, but it still works!!

[Broken Arrow]

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Boe! This is suppose to be "SavingAdvice". Whatever happened to the "Saving" part?

[shengmei]

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I spent about $1000 on my five cats...that included the $300 eyeglasses one of the cats chewed up.

However, they were stil cheaper than therapy

[Cashguy]

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I spent about $1000 on my five cats...that included the $300 eyeglasses one of the cats chewed up.

However, they were stil cheaper than therapy

LOA

[tgavin71]

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a home gym that looked great in the shop but has so many parts and is so complicated to put together that just thinking about it gives me a headache. It is taking up space in our shed. Half in and half out of the box.

[Lenae]

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The stupid futon bunk bed for about $200. It was so hard to put together after having to disassemble it for a move, it never got put together back again...

The $300+ I gave to my ex-boyfriend when he broke up with me a month later, a week after we moved in another house. That move cost me another $200 deposit. We both ended up moving out seperately a month later (oh well, the unpaid ulities were in his name).
(I made a good investment that summer signed up for Yahoo Personals and quickly met and married the man of my dreams!)

The drinking problem I used to have definitely cost me thousands!(quite last summer) I quite smoking this year...