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Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:13 pm
by Lex-Man
Errkal wrote:StayDead wrote:Errkal wrote:StayDead wrote:Drawlight wrote:Purely out of interest, what does a £205 wallet offer that at standard £15 wallet does not? I'm guessing here, mind. I've not bought a wallet in years- I seem to remember that a decent quality one, like the one I bought and has lasted me the last few years, was about £15.
So, I guess my question is, what does the extra £190 buy you? And what is it you do that makes you so financially secure as to be able to drop that on a product that I believe can be bought for twelve times less than what you paid for it? I'm not being sarcy here, tw- I'm genuinely curious! Because for me, £200 is several day's wages, and that's a lot ot be dropping on a very basic and usually very affordable necessitity.
I guess it's the quality of the leather used to make it.
it needs to be some special leather to be 205 quid !!
If you get really quality leather it's going to last you a couple of decades at least.
hmmm I guess, I get bored of stuff quick... about a year is my limit so cheap ones are good for me
Surly your just paying for the brand name. Although I just found the same wallet for £30 on google shopping.
http://www.fashionsvillage.com/products ... ather.html
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:43 pm
by Jango
strawberry float the haters Final Fantasy, I paid over £200 for my wallet as well.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:49 pm
by Curls
Has anyone said 3DS yet? Surely someone must have? I spent £230 and Nintendo try to make it up to me with games I played 15 years ago...cheers Nintendo you money making banana splits, I'd rather the extra £70 I spent back.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:50 am
by 1cmanny1
Jango wrote:strawberry float the haters Final Fantasy, I paid over £200 for my wallet as well.
You could of been much more cool and got something like this.
For a fraction of the price.
Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted it
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 8:19 am
by Beans
lex-man wrote:Alvin Flummux wrote:What train ticket costs £3600? The Polar Express?
Must be a annual ticket.
mine is 3100.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 10:52 am
by Qikz
Huw wrote:Has anyone said 3DS yet? Surely someone must have? I spent £230 and Nintendo try to make it up to me with games I played 15 years ago...cheers Nintendo you money making banana splits, I'd rather the extra £70 I spent back.
I paid £70 more than you and I still don't regret buying a 3DS for that price. I've had some great fun with it already and the games coming out are better and better.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:20 am
by Dual
Sounds like buyers remorse to me ]:
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:50 am
by JiggerJay
I've just done a quick check of my accounts and this year alone I've spent around £10k on frivilous things.
my 2 big purchases were my Japan trip (around £4k) and the Pc around £1k, both of which I don't regret, sure now I'd prefer the money, but the memories from the trip will live forever. And it was all brought with money I'd earned this year and I still have savings in the bank.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:53 am
by Harry Bizzle
Maybe you can bruy some English classes next.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 11:56 am
by JiggerJay
Meh, costs money! I already speak 4 different languages, English is too hard for me!
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:11 pm
by gaminglegend
£200 on a wallet
I just don't see the need it looks a bit well gooseberry fool
and who is really going to go "hey nice wallet, is that the one worth £200? Megarich you lad"
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:15 pm
by Denster
Spent 200 quid on my earphones. Never regretted it once.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:40 pm
by Skarjo
Denster wrote:Spent 200 quid on my earphones. Never regretted it once.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THE TOPIC IS ABOUT DENSTER.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 12:43 pm
by Beans
Denster is always going on about his headphones
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:25 pm
by Denster
Other people have mentioned purchases they're not sorry about. Chill out, you knobscratch!
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:51 pm
by Lex-Man
Skarjo wrote:Denster wrote:Spent 200 quid on my earphones. Never regretted it once.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THE TOPIC IS ABOUT DENSTER.
Denster doesn't regret!
Beans wrote:mine is 3100.
I walk to work.
Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted it
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 1:53 pm
by Frank
Beans wrote:lex-man wrote:Alvin Flummux wrote:What train ticket costs £3600? The Polar Express?
Must be a annual ticket.
mine is 3100.
Where does that actually get you? Mine would only be about a grand for an annual one...
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:13 pm
by Beans
Frank wrote:Beans wrote:lex-man wrote:Alvin Flummux wrote:What train ticket costs £3600? The Polar Express?
Must be a annual ticket.
mine is 3100.
Where does that actually get you? Mine would only be about a grand for an annual one...
Rainham, Kent to cannon street London.
Re: Have you ever bought something expensive and regretted i
Posted: Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:31 pm
by G-Rat
As I think Sputnik said, I find it really hard to spend a lot of money, and so then plan everything rigorously, so there's nothing that I truly regret, I don't think. I can't think of anything which is probably a good sign.
Sure there have been other non-physical things that I've done, like going out with friends when I really should be saving that money. That happened a lot in Japan.
But those nights were always the best.
Ultimately, if I end up persuading myself to buy it, then it's probably worth the purchase.