People shared the times they splashed some serious cash and lived to regret it – 21 exquisite cases of severe buyers’ remorse
13.
‘Does putting 2k through the online slots count?’
–Material_Page_9723
14.
‘Being naive when buying my first house in 2003. I was on minimum wage and it was £30k. I loved the house but never thought about the consequences of living on a council estate.
‘Within a year I’d had several windows smashed, shed constantly used for drug taking, garage burgled (and demolished by insurance as it was asbestos), eggs and stones thrown at windows, a car dumped and torched on my drive (I had cctv but police never came for it or any other issues I suffered) and never able to open the windows because of the stink of drugs smoked outside.
‘It was the worst 18 months of my life, but every cloud… The housing market went ballistic so I sold it for £64k making £22.5k profit!’
–Strange-Direction-85
15.
‘A microcar… I had heard you could drive one on a CBT moped licence as it was a quadracycle… I spent two grand getting one only to find out it was too heavy… the law states it needs to be under 350kg and limited to 28mph. The vehicle I got was 500kg and could do 50mph.
‘That was an expensive mistake on my part.’
–Serious_Nature_6882
16.
‘My ex wife’s engagement ring.’
–No_Lunch_75
17.
‘This one I feel. Could be worse, she could have lost it, asked for another which you bought for Christmas and then she fucked her boss which ended up costing you a house in the divorce.’
–Novel-Tiger9663
18.
‘I purchased a high mileage convertible car for £3k on one of the really hot days in early summer. We needed a car but not urgently.
‘I have no mechanical knowledge and had no checks done. It’s since cost almost the same in repairs (ABS issue, exhaust, clutch, flywheel, various MOT issues). Not my finest moment.’
–Photinus_963
19.
‘£2500 on a cinema sofa. It’s just a normal reclining leather sofa with a cup holder, and it vibrates. Seems like a disproportionate amount of money to spend on something I spend all my time farting on and getting covered in Wotsit debris.’
–Justsomeguytbhm8
20.
‘An Audi A5 Coupe, it’s a lovely car, but my daughter is in a rear facing car seat and it’s a nightmare to get her in it. I went to the car showroom browsing for something practical, left with a Coupe and a smile until we tried to do the nursery run…’
–SwiresOnTheMove
21.
‘When I set up my new business in an effort to reduce my tax liability I bought the most expensive Macbook I could. I thought it would be a treat and it’s 50% off if you account tax.
‘I’d never used one before and didn’t anticipate how different it felt to my Windows laptop. It got opened, set up and sat in a draw while I’ve continued to use my Windows laptop.’
–BigFaithlessness618
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