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Posted: 9/6/2019 10:16:00 PM EDT

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2000 bucks for the wedding rings for my first wife and me.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:18:14 PM EDT

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$25K on an O-320 aircraft engine for my aircraft build.
I should have spent a few more thousand and got an IO-360.

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Ugh. I'm building a 7A because I have a 2100 hour O320 laying around that got tagged with the Lycoming rod bushing AD and figured it would be an easy overhaul......

I think Lycon has the answers for your "I wish I had 180hp" blues.....they've got an O320 making 180HP on the dyno on their website and it's 20 lbs lighter than an O360....

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:19:01 PM EDT

[#3]

NRA life membership.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:21:26 PM EDT

[#4]

1st Wife. Cost me 50k in lost wages and extra unplanned expenses over 5 years, not counting the opportunity costs of losing our house to foreclosure since the cunt wouldn't sign it over to me (even though I could afford it and there was not a chance in hell that she could).

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:23:11 PM EDT

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College.

Don't use it for the job I have now. Maybe it helped get hired at some point.
I code also; all self-taught.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:24:24 PM EDT

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I can see that.....

The morning the buyer drove it away, the battery was dead and I had to boost it with my Jeep. The guy made it 600 miles and the DEF pump died.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:24:27 PM EDT

[#7]

All the packs of cigarettes I bought over the years. Expensive and foolish.

I quit decades ago and have probably saved $45K since then.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:27:28 PM EDT

[#8]

I'm buying a house with a substantial foundation issue so I guess I'll get back to you guys in 12 months.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:31:32 PM EDT

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Well, there was this boat.
I lived the proverbial two happiest days of my life when I bought it and when I sold it.
I was fishing one Saturday morning and got to rescue a family off a burning yacht 3 miles off the coast until the Coast Guard arrived; so it had that going for it.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:33:23 PM EDT

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Interesting to read NV being a disappointment to some.

If you read the huge GD NV thread, you'd think they were optical blowjobs

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They’re wasted on someone like me. I got to play with pvs-7s when I was in so that was the minimum that I wanted to get.

Glad I didn’t sink more money into them. Even after buying a good helmet I just lost interest in the whole thing. I can go outside and watch critters in the yard or spook around on public land like a weirdo. Although they do really reveal the night sky if stargazing is of any interest to you.

My wife thinks they’re retarded because you can’t see through walls with them and they don’t do anything a flashlight won’t do.

Unless you need to passively watch something at night or you have a place to shoot at night I would recommend a hard pass.

I’m hoping that maybe attaching them to a telescope will make them worth it someday.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:36:18 PM EDT

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A stupid couch. It was really expensive, so we hoped that meant it would actually be durable and last a long time. It was worse than the cheap couch it replaced.

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Been there.
Ex wife #1 was a colossal waste of time and money. I would have been good if I hadn't bailed 5 or 6 years before she drank herself to death. I could have inherited her stock which is worth more than gold

1st house she had to have in the early 80s when all housing was artificially inflated to 80k or 90k because the state was backing the loans for that amount. I gave the keys to the bank in the 86 recession when it was worth 20k.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:39:08 PM EDT

[#12]

$75K building an addition onto my first house. I should have sold the piece of shit instead

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:41:19 PM EDT

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A succession of new BMWs, when I'd really, really love to still be the one owner on some of the early models.

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:41:25 PM EDT

[#14]

first house

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:48:15 PM EDT

[#15]

5k on a privacy fence or anything off the tool truck

Posted: 9/6/2019 10:49:43 PM EDT

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Oh this is a good one too.

When my restaurant went out of business I had $600 to hold me over for a few months (COL in college town was nothing in 2011) but my girlfriend got fired at the same time so I gave her my savings to stay afloat. Day after I called her up to make plans and she was out for drinks with her friends

She proceeded to piss away the whole $600 on bullshit while I went unable to find a job and eventually had to move into my parents house at 27 years old. I've since learned that most women are fucking terrible at personal finances and will suck up not only all available time but also all available money, if you let them.

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Women have it good.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:07:45 PM EDT

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A truck I spent 10 grand on fixing and sold it to a neighbor. Now he hates the truck and it leaks in his driveway.
Nobody won.

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Sorry Bro but this made me lol

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:09:37 PM EDT

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Engagement ring.

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This.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:11:14 PM EDT

[#19]

Shit I think you beat me to that thing.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:11:38 PM EDT

[#20]

A LaRue OBR 556. Worst firearms purchase I have ever made.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:13:49 PM EDT

[#21]

s&b shortdot. 2408.xx$

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:15:13 PM EDT

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A $375k house that we loved but we knew had issues. Put $25k into it so far and MIGHT be able to sell for $300k.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:16:08 PM EDT

[#23]

Lawn tractor.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:16:44 PM EDT

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Engagement ring.

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This. Thread/

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:19:19 PM EDT

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Engagement ring.

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Nailed it.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:25:29 PM EDT

[#26]

This thread makes me feel good that I didn't buy my wife the big ring until we were married and had been together for years anyways.

Buying strangers expensive jewelry seems like a bad choice

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:27:50 PM EDT

[#27]

My third marriage license.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:32:05 PM EDT

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The ex.

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I bet that a Lot of guys feel that way.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:38:21 PM EDT

[#29]

$1200 for software I used for about 10 minutes

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:38:49 PM EDT

[#30]

Crypto.

Awhile back I sold a house for 30k profit. Had I waited another year it would have been 130k.

Posted: 9/6/2019 11:53:45 PM EDT

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Night vision. I only spent $1500 on some gen 3 autogated pvs-7s, and they got old fast. Not really sure what they’re worth and don’t want to get scammed trying to sell them.

Regret.

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3rd gen 7's are nice.

At $1500, I can think of a dozen people that'd swipe that up in a heartbeat.

Posted: 9/7/2019 12:26:49 AM EDT

[#32]

Sleep Number bed. It was over 2 grand 20 years ago.
Save your money folks. It's a friggin air mattress

Posted: 9/7/2019 1:02:01 AM EDT

[#33]

I have wasted a shit load of money on cars and modifications for cars but never really regretted it. I have lost way too much money gambling and never regretted it.

The only thing I have ever regretted purchasing is a pair of those fucking $400 Beats headphones...Biggest POS ever

Posted: 9/7/2019 1:06:12 AM EDT

[#34]

my house
my car

Posted: 9/7/2019 1:27:35 AM EDT

[#35]

$53k on 2 associate degrees that i don't use

Posted: 9/7/2019 1:30:52 AM EDT

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Can't really think of any big ticket items I truly regret. Sometimes I think about buying a MG as not being the best financial decision. But then I bought another

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Worst is probably a $1000 laptop that didn't last very long. But at the same time I regret cheaping out on its replacement and having to spend time/money to return it because the screen was godawful.

ETA post a few up reminded me I regret my mattress purchase. When with a higher-end hybrid somethingorother from one of the fancy stores instead of mattress outlet or whatever. Feels nice to lay on, but anytime I'm asleep for >8 hours I wake up with my back hurting. Also seems to be sagging already after a few years, supposed to be a 15 year mattress.

Posted: 9/7/2019 1:48:01 AM EDT

[#37]

$2,000 mitsubishi 65 inch dlp tv

Needed a stupid fucking lamp bulb that went out every few months and it wasn't always easy or cheap to get a replacement.

Thank God for LED TVS.

Posted: 9/7/2019 1:49:09 AM EDT

[#38]

A camper.. 28 footer.

Posted: 9/7/2019 2:12:10 AM EDT

[#39]

That first drink.

Cost me seven figures.

Or maybe it was the last drink.

Or all of the drinks in between.

Posted: 9/7/2019 2:32:18 AM EDT

[#40]

2 Giant brand hybrid bikes. Considering how little we've ultimately ridden them, we would've been better off saving that money and put it toward a Pelican Bass Raider I'd rather have.

Posted: 9/7/2019 2:36:44 AM EDT

[#41]

A business my wife wanted, $80,000 down the drain

Posted: 9/7/2019 2:41:28 AM EDT

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Same as you OP but with a new motorcycle.

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This. I bought the one and only brand new vehicle I have ever had, a 2010 Kawasaki Ninja 250r and rode it off the lot. I didn't want to do any kind of financing so I paid in cash and it pretty much took all my savings to do it. (I was 20)

I really thought I was going to like it and ignored what everyone said about getting a 250. The 250 never really bothered me, but the newness of riding a bike wore off quickly and it sat parked for most of the time I had it. Riding solo was entertaining for a while, but without someone else to ride with I just drove my truck instead.

Finally sold it with only 1400 miles on it a year and a half later to some guy who wanted to get it for his wife

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Paid over 4K if I remember correctly, got back like 2k and really just kicked myself for ever doing it.

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Posted: 9/7/2019 2:45:08 AM EDT

[#43]

My house. Too expensive.

Posted: 9/7/2019 2:47:59 AM EDT

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Bought a dwm Luger sent it to a guy who does restoration since it had been blued before and took 2 years to come back as he broke the dam thing and it doesn’t fire right. So all that

Posted: 9/7/2019 3:09:05 AM EDT

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Figured this and the engagement ring would be the most quoted.

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The ex.

Figured this and the engagement ring would be the most quoted.

The engagement ring is just a down payment. The marriage license is what really costs you....

Posted: 9/7/2019 3:16:33 AM EDT

[#46]

Engagement ring for a marriage that was annulled after one month together.

Posted: 9/7/2019 5:13:13 AM EDT

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Umm $200 or so on a Ruger 10-22 that doesn't work worth a damn. I need to get it fixed. I can be impulsive sometimes but I generally research the shit out of most of my purchases.

Posted: 9/7/2019 5:29:58 AM EDT

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All my ammo and firearm purchases before the 2016 election.

A .50 AE Desert Eagle for $1200, sold for $750.

Posted: 9/7/2019 5:41:26 AM EDT

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My house, it was my first house, it was nothing special to me it was just fixed rent. It feels like a fucking huge anchor I want to be free from. I should have never bought the fucking thing, but apartment living sucks. In the long run it did save me money vs. the constant rent increases. Who ever buys it will probably get a hell of a deal because I don't mind getting fucked over if I can get out of it quickly.

The place I just bought actually feels like my place, I love it, I care about it, a completely different feel than my first(current) house. I cannot wait to move there and be free from my current miserable anchor(nothing wrong with my house itself, just the location of it).