Comments on: What Was Your Dumbest Purchase?

By: Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife

Veteran Military Wife at Life Lessons of a Military Wife — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

This blog post has been included in the “Carnival of Money Stories #51″ at Life Lessons of a Military Wife. Hope you will drop by and read some of the many other wonderful entries received this week!

By: PT

PT — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

@Pinyo – At times I’ve tried to think of it as one expensive rental. It’s still hard to swallow, cause I would never rent a car for that long for that much.

Yes, I was really into the “look” of the SUV. Sometimes you just get hooked on a new car’s look, making it hard to avoid just going out and getting one.

By: Pinyo

Pinyo — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I am surprised that they take it back. Once you drove it, it’s considered used. I think losing only $1,000 was a steal.

On a different note, that was one cool SUV.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

You took the car on a long trip and then tried to take it back?? lol – that’s awesome!

Great pic by the way – D & D is one of, if not the best movies of all time….(and I just realized it’s very appropriate for the theme).

Mike

By: Becky@FamilyandFinances

Becky@FamilyandFinances — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

I just posted about an FM transmitter that was my worst purchase!

I love the Dumb and Dumber picture. I haven’t seen that sight in years

By: PT

PT — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

impressive that you got 8 years out of it…yeah, a thousand is about what you get for every car that’s that old it seems like…

i’ve lost money on gym memberships too…one could argue if they are even necessary outside of bad weather days…

By: Court

Court — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000

interesting. i bought a montero sport around that same time that we *finally* just got rid of last summer–and coincidentally sold for $1000. (i know that seems low, but trust me, it was NOT worth $1000 by then). i wouldn’t have considered the montero a bad purchase–at that time i was trading in my 4Runner that had 185K miles on it–but, it certainly wasn’t my favorite car and i will probably never buy a mitsubishi again!

through the years i’ve made a lot of stupid purchases, but the one that it probably *the* stupidest was a gym membership i got almost 3 years ago. i *thought* i was paying month to month and could cancel anytime, but no, they got me for THREE LONG YEARS!! ugh!