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Purchases Made as Young Adult That You Regretted Later?
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Where to begin:
1st 17" MBP (90 days same as cash turned into 15 months with hella-interest) which I sold because it was too big to carry to class to buy a Black MacBook which I'm much happier with
2007 Avalanche a week after they came out... I love my truck but had to replace the alternator and battery within a month... and could have saved that note because my parents purchased me a perfectly good car in high school that was paid for... DON'T BUY A NEW EXPENSIVE VEHICLE WHILE IN COLLEGE DESPITE HOW GOOD YOUR JOB IS
That first can of snuff 3 years ago
2 Big Screen TVs in 3 years... could have done with just one
now though, i'm relatively debt free and have some really cool stuff tho
1st 17" MBP (90 days same as cash turned into 15 months with hella-interest) which I sold because it was too big to carry to class to buy a Black MacBook which I'm much happier with
2007 Avalanche a week after they came out... I love my truck but had to replace the alternator and battery within a month... and could have saved that note because my parents purchased me a perfectly good car in high school that was paid for... DON'T BUY A NEW EXPENSIVE VEHICLE WHILE IN COLLEGE DESPITE HOW GOOD YOUR JOB IS
That first can of snuff 3 years ago
2 Big Screen TVs in 3 years... could have done with just one
now though, i'm relatively debt free and have some really cool stuff tho
in the past few months quite a bit of stuff. I got out of school in Dec and got my first job with a healthy pay check I end up with quite a bit of money.
The 3500 or so I've dropped from going out to dinner with friends and then later at night...to the bars over the past 2 months. I was just trying to enjoy the last little bit of my college, but now it's time to take care of it. It's still enjoyable to go through my American Express statement saying, "I kinda remember that night" or "damn, that was so worth it." Bartenders tend to love me, as do my friends, because I buy people lots of shots and tip well.
Back in the 1980s, home video games were completely lame. To play a decent video game, you had to pay a quarter. I probably spent $5000 worth of quarters on video games back then. Would definitely be nice to have that money back (or better yet -- to have invested it in Microsoft in 1986. That would be worth $2 million today).
Now please tell me you really mend 350 and not 3500. 350 is much more understandable.
If it is the 3500 You either have to much money or are going to be screwed because you burned though all your money. I personlly think you have to much money if you can afford to drop 3500 in 2 months on blowing it on going out with friends.
Being able to drop that amount of cash to me speaks you do not understand the value of the dollar and will be screwed in the coming years when you go on your own.
Hell I make a little over 50k a year and I could not afford dropping that amount of cash in 2 months.
But both are equally realistic in this credit card world, where people don't own the money they're spending.
Oh come on, $350 in 2 months wouldn't be worth it. I'm sure it's $3500, which is imaginable if he goes out in a big city. It's crazy, but still doable.
Picture?
Picture?
I'm not proud of it. But... a little back story ... I'm on a full scholarship, which means I'm not like my friends with 80K in student loan debt right now. I knew when this started a few months ago I was taking a job this summer making 20K in 3 months. Car is paid for, apartment is paid for through next year, and I have plenty of money in investments right now. No different than me buying a Mac Pro (which I have no use for). I just chose to not go out and lease a new car and/or buy electronics.
In my mind it was totally worth it. In 6 months, I'm in the real world and not going to be able to afford the time to spend with my friends like this (not to mention, I'm relocating). I guarantee you, when I look back on these months I will not regret it 10, 20, 30, 40+ years down the road. Plus all of the nice ladies I met was definitely worth it.
To answer the original question:
Pounds and Pounds of Cheap Mexican Brick Weed
Seriously though, it would probably be all the baseball cards, and sega/nintendo games
Pounds and Pounds of Cheap Mexican Brick Weed
Seriously though, it would probably be all the baseball cards, and sega/nintendo games
Nintendo DS
Last June
Havent played since December
that was a waiste
Also my Powerbook G5 was a waste? (ah)
Last June
Havent played since December
that was a waiste
Also my Powerbook G5 was a waste? (ah)
buying too much music gear and spending time looking for it as opposed to spending time writing songs and getting to be a better player
the two best young players in our county, and the only ones ever to get signed to my knowledge, played cheap guitars
there were tons of young players who were either just ok or really sucked but had tons of gear
the two best young players in our county, and the only ones ever to get signed to my knowledge, played cheap guitars
there were tons of young players who were either just ok or really sucked but had tons of gear
I can't find them anywhere right now, but I'll find them eventually and promise to post them,, I'll go look in my comp upstairs im sure to have at leats oen pic with them on....
i worked in marin county, known to be above the middle class, and in sausalito, the richer of most of the cities there, and there were plenty of rich kids that worked at a small company there
my boss, who had a boring job there, basically had no college, mortgage, or medical bills and he was young, so everything he didn't spend on for absolute necessities went to his hobby...4 star restaurants in the city (SF)
he spent many thousands a couple of times a year when his credit card would max out and then pay it off...his dinners were always over 100 bucks with tip, tax, and wine (and this was in the 80s)
to each his own...he had a good time
i knew plenty of bay area people who played it smarter, supposedly, and worked for the dot.com revolution and relied on both their companies and stock options...in most cases, and all i know of personally from friends, they all crashed and burned
people were buying yahoo and several hundred a share and other companies like that, they worked for the man.com, webvan, juniper networks, and speculated on cisco, hp, sun, and ibm all surpassing microsoft in an office suite or operating system...or the possibility of taking on bill gates
what a stupid group of people those yuppies in the mid to late 90s were, hindsight
I regret ever getting a G4 cube. Second week I had it (Rev. A) it got it's first crack. Also, I wasnt thinking one day and for some reason put a mouse pad on top of it and left it there for a while. You'd think it would have shut off, but it didnt and was told I needed a new logic board. I stupidly told them how it happened and AppleCare didnt cover it. That was money well spent.
Purchased a bunch of music equipment, a really nice synth and some midi controllers to expand with the DAW, at the tim ei had a very practical use for them and used them quite frequently due my newbness at the time, but after awhile i found a much easier and better way to do what i wanted to do and got over the whole "more equipment is better" and the whole analog vs digital and said F'it i just want to do what i want and make what i want to hear.
Sold all that stuff maybe most of my money back even though ive had the items for 2 or so years. (kept them in great condition)
I had gotten a Powermac G5 ... not sure why...other that a MediaCentre based system...im tempted to sell it towards a new Mini or something.
Otherwise all my impulse buys have turned into profit, re-sold everything I bought and dont use. ive become pretty "ocd" about being minimalistic as possible.
and anything I buy now i sell stuff i dont need to cover the costs *cough*30" acd*cough*
Sold all that stuff maybe most of my money back even though ive had the items for 2 or so years. (kept them in great condition)
I had gotten a Powermac G5 ... not sure why...other that a MediaCentre based system...im tempted to sell it towards a new Mini or something.
Otherwise all my impulse buys have turned into profit, re-sold everything I bought and dont use. ive become pretty "ocd" about being minimalistic as possible.
and anything I buy now i sell stuff i dont need to cover the costs *cough*30" acd*cough*
Xbox. I only bought it because everyone I knew was getting one and I thought it would be fun to do some multi-player gaming. Unfortunately, I just couldn't get into the games they're putting out nowadays. I realized I'm an old school Atari and Nintendo guy.
I guess also the thousands I've spent on food over the past few years... But at the same time, with two solid jobs and plenty of side commissions, I don't hurt for money anymore... What I need to focus on now is investing some of my "extra" cash for down the road.
Oh, yes video games. Starting around 1978 or so, I can't even put a number on all the quarters I dumped into those things. Sigh. Space Invaders, Asteroids, Gauntlet, Skate Park, etc. Those were the days.