what is the biggest amount of cash you've wasted in one go

[Kikaito plush]

long title I know but was wondering this for a while now..
so what is the biggest amount of cash you've wasted in one go ?

for me it's 700 pounds/dollars on a laptop

 

[Shining Raichu]

I think mine was in December last year when I spent $2539 on my MacBook. It was meant to be upwards of $3300, but I got 25% off because I have a friend who works at an Apple store... so I think I got off incredibly lucky XD

 

[Captain Fabio]

It was, most likely, my DSLR camera which was £1300, even though £1000 was paid for by the insurance company because it got nicked! ;D​

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[Ephemeral Euphoria]

I wasted around 800 bucks on a 360, Wii, and at least 5 games on each platform during Christmas of 2010. Not too money I know but I prefer to be a conservative spender nowadays.

 

[Alice]

Most money I've personally spent out of my own pocket was $250 on the wii... (and I got like 3 or 4 extra games, so more like 300 or so.) My parents have spent far more than that on me though.

 

[donavannj]

Most amount of money I've spent in one go is somewhere between $500 and $600 on an Ikea bed and its mattresses. Purchases I make for myself tend to be spread out over several much smaller purchases.

 

[Dreg]

The most I have wasted was £450 on my first ever Laptop, which was an Advent, with Windows XP.

 

[Yoshikko]

Well you say 'wasted' and that's a different thing from 'spent'.. so anyway, that's 85 euros on a ridiculous skirt I wore like thrice.

 

[Nick]

Most I spent with my own money was $344.69 on a new wardrobe in 2010. A few days after, I spent $250.93 (still my own money) in addition to that wardrobe at the same store. I don't think I've wasted money by spending that much. I still wear those clothes.

 

[Mr Cat Dog]

I wouldn't call it wasting, but the plane tickets from London --> New York --> Tokyo --> London (via New York again) did eat a large part of my savings (about £950). So much so that my bank called me up thinking someone had stolen my card!

 

[Saryka]

I've blown hundreds of dollars on clothes in one go before and once just bought an iPod touch on a semi spur-of-the-moment kind of thing (I had been sort of saving for one but never actually planned on when to buy it). I like to spend money.

 

[Kano Shuuya]

Proooobably one of those times where me and some others would go to eat, not quite know what we were getting in to, and ended up wasting $80 for some sort of fancy meal that wasn't all that good.

I suppose wasting money on clothing counts, but that was mostly my parents wasting their money when I was younger, because whenever I spent my own money on clothes, I'd get ones that I actually liked so I'd wear them. xp

 

[Sammi]

That was totally wasted? I have no idea. Probably on a bunch of food. I tend to spend a lot more money on food than I should.

The most money I spent on one go was likely $600 for my laptop. That wasn't a waste though. I love my laptop. ♥

 

[Esper]

I wouldn't call it wasting, but the plane tickets from London --> New York --> Tokyo --> London (via New York again) did eat a large part of my savings (about £950). So much so that my bank called me up thinking someone had stolen my card!

Wait, are you saying you got all those flights for only £950?

My biggest single purchase was similar, round trip tickets to Osaka, for something like $1300. Add in the costs I incurred while I was there and you've got me way over $2000. I made sure I let my bank know what I was doing before I went though, just in case I needed to use my card.

 

[Kura]

I wouldn't call it wasting, but the plane tickets from London --> New York --> Tokyo --> London (via New York again) did eat a large part of my savings (about £950). So much so that my bank called me up thinking someone had stolen my card!

@_@ HOLYCRAP WHERE DID YOU BOOK YOUR TICKETS?! THAT'S SO CHEAP FOR ALL THAT!

.o. And for me it was probably um.. my camera that was $900.. but I wouldn't say wasted ;o;

 

[Cherrim]

Largest amount of money I've spent in one go on something that wasn't school or rent or hotel room bookings that I got reimbursed for would probably be on one of my consoles. I can't remember what was more expensive, my 360 + a few games or my 3DS. :s I guess the latter doesn't count because my parents helped me pay for it as my birthday gift but I still died a little inside when my visa bill came last month. XD;

Most of my big purchases are things I get a looot of use out of, though, so I've never regretted any of them. Might have to agree with Sammi on the food thing, in that case. Roommates and I ordered in sooo many times last semester because we were too lazy to cook. T_T;;

 

[CarefulWetPaint]

Probably the $1200 I spent on one of my suits. I wouldn't say it was a waste though because it's incredible and I wear it when I get the chance (Which is very rarely.)

So waste wise.. no idea i dont spend money on things that im not going to use/eat.

 

[Sydian]

Ummm probably this year when I bought my 3DS and a copy of Ocarina of Time 3D. My GameStop card wasn't renewed, and I couldn't use my used copy discount because there wasn't a used blue 3DS nor a used OoT so...bleh. :( I don't even remember how much that was, honestly. Oh, and let's not forget the jacket I bought that day. That was about $25 dollars...OoT was about $45...let's not bother counting in the 3DS lol. That's not really that bad compared to everyone else in the thread though... ^____^ Definitely not a waste though!

 

[Briar]

i don't think i've wasted a ridicluous amount of money because my family is quite thrifty and puts a lot of value on being economical.
but the biggest i've spent in one go would probably be $120 or so on clothes.

 

[Meganium]

$700 on my laptop and a new wireless router at the same time. I think the money was totally worth it, because at that time I needed a computer for school. xD I don't think, iirc, if I went past that recently. lol