What has been your biggest financial loss?

UncleWede · 03-02-2021, 12:27 PM

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UncleWede, did you move it again?!?!!

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Originally Posted by Joekerr

That's easy - hookers and blow.

A think you phoned the wrong "friend"

ASAP · 03-02-2021, 12:44 PM

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All the BMWs I bought lol

And the ones you keep getting repaired...

Well this current one is at least under a 4 YR warranty

E92inNC · 03-02-2021, 01:12 PM

Every now and then, inevitably an anti marriage thread pops up here without fail

vreihen16 · 03-02-2021, 01:28 PM

I got burned to the tune of $9,500 ($14.4K after interest) back in my early 20's, when I co-signed on a boat loan for a sibling. Three months later, he lost all interest in making the 10 years of $120.12 monthly payments, and I had to work two FT jobs for several years to pay for it.

On the bright side, I did get to take it out a few times while making those payments once I took possession of it...but had to sink

a few grand more into making that brand new boat useable again after he destroyed it from negligence with only 15 hours of run time on the hour meter.....

anyland · 03-02-2021, 01:29 PM

Student loans in early 2000 and then 2008 in our RRSPs

We are just back to where we were then now.

MKSixer · 03-02-2021, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by E92inPHX

Every now and then, inevitably an anti marriage thread pops up here without fail

Anti-bad marriage.

Chappers 71 · 03-02-2021, 03:24 PM

As a young man I wisely invested in cars, pubbing & clubbing, lads holidays, women, drink & drugs, the rest of my money I just wasted.

UncleWede · 03-02-2021, 03:26 PM

"My other car went up my nose"

- my friend

Fast.F10 · 03-02-2021, 03:32 PM

Epic Games (v-bucks)

FizzyElf · 03-02-2021, 03:40 PM

Why is divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it.

dtox9 · 03-02-2021, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by FizzyElf

Why is divorce so expensive? Because it's worth it.

#Truth
(Every Penny)

evil-G-nius · 03-02-2021, 03:51 PM

Not sure...I never pay much attention to it tbh. I mean I lost like 1500 bucks in crypto just dipping my toe in to see if I wanted to invest more. Lost every bit of that. In my life, its hard to say. I know one thing that I have kicked myself for now that I think about it. I had Apple stock back when they were only making weird little computers. I eventually sold off that stock to pay some bills. Later on the stupid IPhone comes out and well...you know the rest. I'd have been a millionaire a LONG time ago had I kept em. (PS...I am not a millionaire now. LOL)

NorCalAthlete · 03-02-2021, 04:28 PM

~$40k. Project car that never quite made it to where I wanted it, sold it for $10k.

m630 · 03-02-2021, 04:33 PM

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Originally Posted by kscarrol

Hurricane Katrina... House and contents (for the most part) lost. Had flood insurance but still multiple six figure hit.

Sorry ole friend, we gots misery in co///Mmon too

Super Sucky Storm Sandy...1/2 house and contents lost , multi 6figures lost even with full flood ins, and 3 cars lost including a new F30 335i and my classic E38 740il 😭

unluky · 03-02-2021, 04:37 PM

My god - reading all these has made me happier than I have been for a long time. I feel bad about the $ I have wasted on "fun cars" even though I never took a serious beating (car grenaded, etc) but having never married and having no kids - I think I can look at those cars in a better light now!

Had several long term GF's (live in's) over the years (one for 13 years) yet never pulled the trigger. Would have been a divorce or 2 in there for sure if I had.

Hell one I pissed off so bad she moved out and left her furniture behind. #winning

Sorry for your misery, but thanks for cheering me up!

MightyMouseTech · 03-02-2021, 04:51 PM

Building a racecar.

Want to make a small fortune racing?

Start with a big one.

E92inNC · 03-02-2021, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

Anti-bad marriage.

I’ve gotten spoken to about divorce experiences from probably a dozen guys ranging from 40-80 in the past 15 years and no way in hell I’m ever getting married. Some of the stuff I read here just confirms my thinking that the vast majority of marriage laws are skewed against us dudes.

Long story short, pro life long gf, anti marriage

kscarrol · 03-02-2021, 06:39 PM

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Sorry ole friend, we gots misery in co///Mmon too

Super Sucky Storm Sandy...1/2 house and contents lost , multi 6figures lost even with full flood ins, and 3 cars lost including a new F30 335i and my classic E38 740il 😭

Yes, I recall. The only saving grace is my had a premonition we would flood so we grabbed pictures and other irreplaceable mementos as we left... that and a gym bag with a couple shirts and a couple pair of shorts. At least we drove our cars out so had those. The E38 was a sweet car!

MightyMouseTech · 03-02-2021, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

Anti-bad marriage.

I’ve gotten spoken to about divorce experiences from probably a dozen guys ranging from 40-80 in the past 15 years and no way in hell I’m ever getting married. Some of the stuff I read here just confirms my thinking that the vast majority of marriage laws are skewed against us dudes.

Long story short, pro life long gf, anti marriage

Just make sure you both have very, very good wills.

You want to loose a shit tone of money?

This is coming from personal experience.

I got fucked......hard.

Murf993 · 03-02-2021, 07:18 PM

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Divorce.

You know why divorce is so expensive.....because it's worth it.

erickonphoenix · 03-02-2021, 07:24 PM

I bought season tickets to the Texans once

kscarrol · 03-02-2021, 07:26 PM

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I bought season tickets to the Texans once

Once

03-02-2021, 01:12 PM	#25
E92inNC Captain 1895 Rep 638 Posts Drives: E92 335i Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: woods by the sea iTrader: (2)	Every now and then, inevitably an anti marriage thread pops up here without fail
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vreihen16 Recovering Perfectionist 20643 Rep 1,007 Posts Drives: BMW-less :( Join Date: Jun 2019 Location: Orange County, NY iTrader: (0) Garage List 2014 Mighty Freight ... [0.00] 2000 Audi TT Quattro [0.00] 1967 Formula Vee [0.00]	I got burned to the tune of $9,500 ($14.4K after interest) back in my early 20's, when I co-signed on a boat loan for a sibling. Three months later, he lost all interest in making the 10 years of $120.12 monthly payments, and I had to work two FT jobs for several years to pay for it. On the bright side, I did get to take it out a few times while making those payments once I took possession of it...but had to sink a few grand more into making that brand new boat useable again after he destroyed it from negligence with only 15 hours of run time on the hour meter..... __________________ Currently BMW-less.
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