‘What’s the worst financial decision you’ve made?’ – 23 people who will admit to being monumentally bad with money

13.

‘Bought a game (Outriders) for full price. Realised I needed online access through Xbox Game Pass to play, so I signed up only to discover the game was available on Game Pass anyway.’
–cheddawood

14.

‘Thought my student overdraft was basically free money when I was at uni.’
–v_clandestine

15.

‘In my adulthood I’ve probably splashed around £30,000 on takeouts, and all it’s led to is fatness and sadness.’
–AlwaysTheKop

16.

‘Dated someone who then gave me the whole ‘I think we should be friends, but maybe there’s space for us some day’ talk who then also said ‘if you just lived in my building things would be so different for us.’

So I signed a 13 month lease on a flat in said building. Did things become different? Yes… worse.’
–MattSR30

17.

‘I strongly believed that Ripple (XRP) was about to boom. I had £5k I wanted to put into it. I wanted a hardware wallet so went to buy one online. Postage was £1.99, or free if you went second class. I went second class.

In the 48 hours between when it would have arrived vs when it did, Ripple 4x’d. I would have had my house deposit together much sooner if I had paid the £1.99 postage!’
–bearchr01

18.

‘Gym membership. Had several, start strong and get value for money, then just end up handing over £40-£60 every month without actually setting foot inside the place. Sure I’ll repeat the cycle at some stage.’
–AD_WaiteJourno

19.

‘Sold a house in 2001 for £200,000. Made £90,000 profit. Spent all the money travelling. House is worth £700,000 now, and I would have been mortgage free for the last 6 years if I had kept it.’
–Geezer-McGeezer

20.

‘Buying a new car! Not worth the stress over every little scratch, on top of depreciation. Rather buy a clean used version.’
–OneDay_OneLife

21.

‘Lent a girl I was seeing £400 so she could supposedly pay off a credit card bill. The following week, she’d bought a new PS3. When I pointed out that she still owed me back, she got the face on for ‘telling her what to do with HER money!”. Goes without saying that when we broke up, she never paid me back.

I was young and foolish. Lesson learned.’
–TacticalTeacake

22.

‘A whole steering wheel, pedal and driving seat set for the Xbox.

Used it a handful of times and it’s sat in the loft ever since as it’s a bollocks to keep putting up and down in the living room.’
–smushs88

23.

‘Bought a vintage Vespa overseas planning to ship it back. Took it out for a spin and crashed it very quickly that day. Never rode it again, and sold it for a quarter of what I paid.’
–LegolasleChat

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