After my house, my most expensive purchase has been my most recent car. After my old reliable 10-year-old Nissan Sentra died, I "upgraded" to a Mini Cooper. Total waste of money. I've never spent so much time with a car in the shop. It's been almost 3 years and I'll be trading it in for something reliable (and probably Japanese) as soon as possible.
Ok some of these including the comment below are genius. I'll definitely look for cheaper fares by using the layover trick. I have been checking my bag at the gate for a while now LOL. If it passes as a carry on cool, if they check it for free? Mission accomplished!
I volunteer to stay behind on an OVERBOOK flight BEFORE they ask. I did this successfully 4 times in 2009 and had enough in Delta Dollars to have a free flight to Puerto Rico.
How it works:
Airlines frequently overbook (I haven't flown in a while, but I'm assuming this is still a practice)
When more people show up than they have seats for, they ask for volunteers to take the next flight. For the inconvenience, you can get $400-$600 credit depending on the airline. If the next flight is the next day, they will put you in a hotel.
It was happening so much, I started anticipating it, and by being first in line, I was guaranteed 1st volunteer.
Only works if you are flexible...so I mostly exercised on my way home...not on my way TO a destination
Biggest cash purchase: my (used) car
Biggest financed purchase: our home.
Biggest credit card purchase that was paid off in full: wedding expenses.
We'll be paying off the home for a while yet, and considering the COL for either owners or renters in the Bay Area, it's not as bad a deal as you might expect. The home value in this area probably won't keep pace with the rest of the city of course but at least we'll be able to keep affording the property tax! :)
Bought a house at the height of the market (2007) and definitely purchased higher than I planned. I kept getting pushed by my real estate agent, but should have held my ground. I still remember signing the loan documents and thinking, "Wow, this is a ton of money. I hope it's a wise investment". Luckily, the real estate market in the area rebounded after the crash so I was able to break even.
Biggest purchase was my house which I'm in the process of refinancing now.
The purchase I most regret, however, wasn't even a purchase. Out of college after hiring into my first full-time job I went out and leased an Infiniti. I realized partway through that I shouldn't go through with it but wasn't yet equipped with developed BS senses and the dealer convinced me that not only could I afford it but that I deserved it.
I took on that lease about nine years ago, traded the vehicle in a couple years later, and am still paying for the value difference to this day.
My house was my biggest purchase, followed by the addition onto said house. But those were with my husband, it's our biggest purchase. My personal, by myself biggest purchase (although he paid for it as it was my 50th birthday indulgience) was a computerized sewing machine that does embroidery. I've made many gifts in the years since I got that baby.
My biggest non investment purchase was my scuba gear. My son turned 14 and we both became certified divers and we purchased full sets of gear so we could go together all the time. We can dive locally and have taken vacation dive trips. It probably cost $5000 a set to gear up which was a lot of money for us. We only had four years to share our time together before he was off to start his life and we both love diving. Whatever it cost, it was well worth it and would do it again in a minute. We will continue to dive together until I am unable...20 years hopefully.
I love to see others thinking about Christmas in the summer! I'm actually 90% done with our Christmas shopping already, although there are some handmade items I haven't started on yet.
This may be the worst, most soul-sucking article I've ever read on WB. To invest in a company like Comcast that yes, I do hate is one thing. I hate them because they are awful at what they are supposed to be doing. Their customer service is laughable. They aren't worth the money, etc. But I am not morally opposed to them; they just stink. Monsanto on the other hand seems to be out to destroy the world. I am morally opposed to everything they do, everything they stand for. To support them in any way would be selling a little piece of my soul. I'd rather be poor than support the devil. My soul is worth more.
After my house, my most expensive purchase has been my most recent car. After my old reliable 10-year-old Nissan Sentra died, I "upgraded" to a Mini Cooper. Total waste of money. I've never spent so much time with a car in the shop. It's been almost 3 years and I'll be trading it in for something reliable (and probably Japanese) as soon as possible.
Rugs may *tie* the room together.
Ok some of these including the comment below are genius. I'll definitely look for cheaper fares by using the layover trick. I have been checking my bag at the gate for a while now LOL. If it passes as a carry on cool, if they check it for free? Mission accomplished!
I volunteer to stay behind on an OVERBOOK flight BEFORE they ask. I did this successfully 4 times in 2009 and had enough in Delta Dollars to have a free flight to Puerto Rico.
How it works:
Airlines frequently overbook (I haven't flown in a while, but I'm assuming this is still a practice)
When more people show up than they have seats for, they ask for volunteers to take the next flight. For the inconvenience, you can get $400-$600 credit depending on the airline. If the next flight is the next day, they will put you in a hotel.
It was happening so much, I started anticipating it, and by being first in line, I was guaranteed 1st volunteer.
Only works if you are flexible...so I mostly exercised on my way home...not on my way TO a destination
Our bed when we got married. Worth it in the long run -- we love our Tempurpedic!
The most expensive purchase I have made was our house which I had to take a loan out for.
My house took out a loan after saving for good deposit
Biggest cash purchase: my (used) car
Biggest financed purchase: our home.
Biggest credit card purchase that was paid off in full: wedding expenses.
We'll be paying off the home for a while yet, and considering the COL for either owners or renters in the Bay Area, it's not as bad a deal as you might expect. The home value in this area probably won't keep pace with the rest of the city of course but at least we'll be able to keep affording the property tax! :)
House most expensive. Loans.
A car that I shouldn't have bought (interest payments, etc) :(
My most expensive purchase was my car.
Bought a house at the height of the market (2007) and definitely purchased higher than I planned. I kept getting pushed by my real estate agent, but should have held my ground. I still remember signing the loan documents and thinking, "Wow, this is a ton of money. I hope it's a wise investment". Luckily, the real estate market in the area rebounded after the crash so I was able to break even.
My most expensive purchase would have to be my car for sure.
Biggest purchase was my house which I'm in the process of refinancing now.
The purchase I most regret, however, wasn't even a purchase. Out of college after hiring into my first full-time job I went out and leased an Infiniti. I realized partway through that I shouldn't go through with it but wasn't yet equipped with developed BS senses and the dealer convinced me that not only could I afford it but that I deserved it.
I took on that lease about nine years ago, traded the vehicle in a couple years later, and am still paying for the value difference to this day.
My house was my biggest purchase, followed by the addition onto said house. But those were with my husband, it's our biggest purchase. My personal, by myself biggest purchase (although he paid for it as it was my 50th birthday indulgience) was a computerized sewing machine that does embroidery. I've made many gifts in the years since I got that baby.
My biggest non investment purchase was my scuba gear. My son turned 14 and we both became certified divers and we purchased full sets of gear so we could go together all the time. We can dive locally and have taken vacation dive trips. It probably cost $5000 a set to gear up which was a lot of money for us. We only had four years to share our time together before he was off to start his life and we both love diving. Whatever it cost, it was well worth it and would do it again in a minute. We will continue to dive together until I am unable...20 years hopefully.
I love to see others thinking about Christmas in the summer! I'm actually 90% done with our Christmas shopping already, although there are some handmade items I haven't started on yet.
My biggest purchase was our house. We took out loan to get it
My most expensive purchase was my car. I paid cash, after saving up for it. It was worth it in my opinion.
My college degree. I took out loans. It was a total waste of money.
My biggest purchase was my house. We'll be paying it off for many years to come.
This may be the worst, most soul-sucking article I've ever read on WB. To invest in a company like Comcast that yes, I do hate is one thing. I hate them because they are awful at what they are supposed to be doing. Their customer service is laughable. They aren't worth the money, etc. But I am not morally opposed to them; they just stink. Monsanto on the other hand seems to be out to destroy the world. I am morally opposed to everything they do, everything they stand for. To support them in any way would be selling a little piece of my soul. I'd rather be poor than support the devil. My soul is worth more.
I do shop back-to-school sales
Yes I do. I check out daily newspaper ads and shop for back packs, lunchboxes, thermos, pencils, pencil sharpener, plenty of notebook paper
and everybody knows the market never has a negative return right ???