Most ridiculous thing someone has spent money on

[johnnydepth]

I know, I know, everyone has the right to do what they want and spend money how they want. In another thread someone mentioned they thought spending $13k on a ring was crazy and it had me thinking about things people spend their money on. I've heard many stories over the years but for me this one had to be the biggest waste of money I have ever heard of. Guy has a race car and he spent $500,000 (let that sink in) on upgrades so the car would go 0.5 seconds faster in the 1/4 mile (let that sink in).
Any other stories out there?

 

[blakealridge]

I probably spent tens of thousands on men I dated before I realized how ridiculous that was.

 

[ElsiDawson]

There's a sequined pillow on the shelf over my bed...


I asked my girlfriend to update my wishlist for me with a bunch of kitschy shit (I'm not good at shopping, and I already have enough admin, she was thrilled to do it). I told her to vary the items and I'll check on it when I get back from work. Kiss, kiss, see you later.

I fuck off to fuck at work, share a couple glasses of wine, head to a meeting with one of the duo partners, have a couple beers, pour myself into a cab and head home. Girlfriend is done the list and doing something else (out? napping? whatever). I start flipping through the stuff she added: a pink plastic Polaroid camera, some bad bitch heels, a hoodie dress with ears, a mirrored display hang for jewellery...

and the sequined pillow. It does this cute thing where you brush the sequins one way and the pillow is all black, but if you brush them the other way, it's white and there's text underneath that says "I fucking hate people." Classic. I have a giggle, I put on some games, I work my way through some more Malbec and, before bed, I go to turn off the computer and I see it there still. The pillow itself is $15 so I'm going to buy it (completely defeating the point of a wishlist) and give it to her for the lols.

Add to cart, select shipping, it says it'll be here in two weeks. No! I'm drunk! I want it now! Send me my sassy pillow, Amazon, I'll pay you! I click some expedited shipping option to get it here by Friday, put through the charges, and go to bed.

I wake up the next day. I spent $15 on the pillow and $80 on the shipping. To get it here by Friday. I'm not even going to be home on Friday. I groan at how dumb I can be sometimes and go about my life.

Wednesday comes around, I get an email saying I need to pay duties on the pillow before it gets through the border. Fuck it, I've already come this far. Have another $32.

Thursday, I leave for Squamish and set up shop there. Friday, my sister calls me. She's at home watching the bunny rabbit while I'm gone. Sister tells me there's a package here for me, I ask her to open it. She does. She says, oh, it's a pillow case.


wait, what?

It's a pillow case.

I've spent $130 on a $15 pillow CASE?!


Had to get another pillow the next time I was at IKEA, another $15. And it put it on the shelf to remind myself that I fucking hate people, and sometimes, I am people too.


Bonus--I can't even have it on the couch, the bunny would eat the fucking sequins and die shitting them.

 

[jamasianman]

Someone brought in a three tiered unicorn cake. The top layer was not cake, so it was probably just 300-400 dollars. The one before that was for someone's 27th birthday, came with a candle you light and add to it and a wreath of small lights. It was so extra it hurt.

 

[westwoody]

I spent thousands every year on my bike.
Ended up almost killing myself on it and lost my nerve.
Last year I sold it off for peanuts.

 

[Relax10]

op2:

waiting on someone to tell the story of a bridge they bought :lol:.

 

[Sub-Slut]

Porn.... Yep.

 

[ElsiDawson]

Porn.... Yep.

But it was bespoke porn! And it was so very good... I had such a great time with it.

 

[sybian]

I bought a 1860's original Sioux Warshirt.....I'm not even going to tell you the price tag , but I could've bought a fully loaded 2 year old diesel pick up instead.
Shoot forward a few years.....the freaking things so valuable, I'm afraid to even hang it in a glass case, for fear of UV damage., and one day after I'm gone it most likely will end up in the Dakotas in a Heritage site.
I have many rare items in my collection that are quite valuable, tomahawks ,rare Spurs and saddles....and an original Warshirt is the Holy Grail, but I shake my head at myself sometimes when I think about it.
It was one of those things I knew I'd never see another, never mind have the chance to purchase one.
My next dumbass financial indiscretion might be an original 1860's 44.40 Henry Lever Action,...if I can find one for under 25 thousand, I just know I'll be walking home with it.

 

[Big_Guy_Rye]

You know that movie you saw religiously as a kid or teen, it was the best piece of entertainment ever. And then today as an adult you notice that the blu-ray disc is being sold in the bargain basket at Wal-Mart, so you spend the $5 on it for the sake of nostalgia.

...then you take it home, and it's actually the worst movie ever made? Like you want to kill yourself for wasting your youth on this film?

Then you get hungry, wishing you could've used that $5 on a big mac, or something else?

 

[clu]

First time at a charity auction (silent auction), I got swept up in the glitz of it all and bid on a bunch of things thinking maybe I'll win one of them. I won all my bids. It was all over the place, from deluxe Bob the Builder gift sets I ended up giving a relative to autographed movie memorabilia. Plus it was in the US so I had a fairly embarrassing time with customs.

The lesson: you think you'll just go for the open bar and play it cool, but it's a trap.

 

[ElsiDawson]

Plus it was in the US so I had a fairly embarrassing time with customs.

Coffee spewed.

 

[theimp]

I went "middle age crazy" after my last divorce. Spent $45000, in one year on dating (not pooning). Had a great time and collected a shit ton of, wonderful, memories. It was over the top and expensive, and then I discovered this passtime. So much fun and I don't have to break any hearts...much better.

 

[nightswhisper]

I spent 72K on my engagement ring for her. :\

Anyway it didn't work out either.

 

[westwoody]

charity auction.

At a benefit party for the World Wildlife Fund there was an auction to have a picture taken with a tiger. The real, man eating, giant cat kind. I bid high and won unexpectedly.

Set a date, go to park for picture...and holy shit this thing is huge. Way bigger in person than I thought, especially the teeth!!
His handler gets the cat to lie down and it seems semi relaxed, a few other winners were there and got pictures. A few chickened out. I got two pictures and I look ready to pee my pants, because I was.
I wish I could have put my arm around it or something, but it gave me a look and I didn’t push my luck.

Spent a lot of money for two pictures of myself looking like an idiot.

 

[vanperb]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned anything about their education. I've looked at BCIT, VCC and Blanche Macdonald and their respective degree, diploma, etc programs. I can't imagine being in debt to Blanche Macdonald till my early 50's.

 

[blakealridge]

I think you need to share these pictures with us.

At a benefit party for the World Wildlife Fund there was an auction to have a picture taken with a tiger. The real, man eating, giant cat kind. I bid high and won unexpectedly.

Set a date, go to park for picture...and holy shit this thing is huge. Way bigger in person than I thought, especially the teeth!!
His handler gets the cat to lie down and it seems semi relaxed, a few other winners were there and got pictures. A few chickened out. I got two pictures and I look ready to pee my pants, because I was.
I wish I could have put my arm around it or something, but it gave me a look and I didn’t push my luck.

Spent a lot of money for two pictures of myself looking like an idiot.

 

[rlock]

At a benefit party for the World Wildlife Fund there was an auction to have a picture taken with a tiger. The real, man eating, giant cat kind. I bid high and won unexpectedly.

Set a date, go to park for picture...and holy shit this thing is huge. Way bigger in person than I thought, especially the teeth!!
His handler gets the cat to lie down and it seems semi relaxed, a few other winners were there and got pictures. A few chickened out. I got two pictures and I look ready to pee my pants, because I was.
I wish I could have put my arm around it or something, but it gave me a look and I didn’t push my luck.

Spent a lot of money for two pictures of myself looking like an idiot.

Your rational mind's going "it's OK, they got this thing handled". Your animal instincts though, they still know the tiger could pull your head off like a dandelion if it wanted too.

 

[TheodoreLino]

If you want to know about the strangest spending money, chat with the person who won the roulette)) In just one beer, they will tell you how it was possible to spend 100 thousand in one evening)