# Craziest things you have spent money on. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 3, 2014, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704 "2014-08-03T11:51:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![rbroome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/838e76/32.png) [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/21 "2014-08-06T02:35:05Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > In 1995 I spent about $2500 for a desktop computer; my first one. > > Apparently that was a [great deal](http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/04/business/price-wars-on-personal-computers-are-already-heating-up-sales-forholiday-season.html) at the time. Heck. I spent that much on my first computer in 1984. I did get the external floppy drive so that I would have enough storage (400K isn’t a lot when you have to store the application on the floppy as well). The original Macintosh. Oh, and the original MonsterBoard for another $1000 when it came out. That boosted me up to (just) over 1 meg of ram! ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/22 "2014-08-06T02:59:44Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > In 1995 I spent about $2500 for a desktop computer; my first one. > > Apparently that was a [great deal](http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/04/business/price-wars-on-personal-computers-are-already-heating-up-sales-forholiday-season.html) at the time. I spent about $3000 on a Thinkpad around the same time…I was in high school and paid for it with my own money (I worked a lot). 486DX2, ran Win3.1 (IIRC) and had, I think, about 640 megs of hard drive space, more than both the hard drives put together in my family’s desktop. But I didn’t consider that crazy, I was a ‘computer guy’, it was a pretty natural purchase for me. I spent a lot of time playing Chip’s Challenge on that computer. ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/23 "2014-08-06T03:02:26Z")
My wife. 'nuff said. ---
**Author:** ![3trew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/13edae/32.png) [@3trew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3trew)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/24 "2014-08-06T07:27:39Z")
My ex-wife. Ditto. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/25 "2014-08-06T07:35:22Z")
My second ex-husband. He cleaned me out but good. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/26 "2014-08-06T07:40:15Z")
Sex toys. I won’t go into details. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/27 "2014-08-06T09:42:18Z")
My love of music has cost me a bloody fortune over the years, and sadly, it’s not just buying new music. No, I’ve bought the SAME music over and over and over again because the format keeps changing. First I bought the vinyl record. Then I bought a new round of cassette tapes so that I could listen to them in the car. Then cassette tapes went bye-bye and I bought a new round of CDs, which I thought would last forever. Then iTunes came out and I bought a new round of digital copies. Just today, I spent $25 to convert all the songs I’d downloaded from the CDs to the new iTunes Plus format. And this doesn’t include the gadgets - the Walkmen, the CD players, the iPods, the Sonos, Bose speakers, headphone number 1, headphone number 15…headphone number 300. I’m pretty sure that “Comfortably Numb” has cost me around $75 per listen. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/28 "2014-08-06T10:30:52Z")
> [@chizzuk](#): > > Well, between airfare, rental car, and tickets to the actual match I’m spending about $1500 to go to Portland this week to watch Bayern Munich. I rationalized it by arguing to myself that it would be even more expensive to go see them in Germany. > > I rarely go to concerts or sporting events but my big thing with them is that I see absolutely no point in going if I don’t have good seats. So I may only go to something once a year, but when I do go, I’m usually paying hundreds of dollars for ticket(s). Like, what’s the point of going to Cirque du Soleil if you’re at a bad angle or way high up and can’t fully see what’s going on? I don’t do bleacher seats. It’s my one snobbery. Well worth the money! I gave this serious consideration since many of the great players didn’t come over for the match that was in my area, but I couldn’t get away from work. Have a great time! ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 11:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/29 "2014-08-06T11:03:03Z")
I did a return Sydney/Rome/Sydney trip once over a long weekend to attend a friend’s wedding. It was great fun, but I spent most of the flight home wondering if I’d just done something completely insane. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/30 "2014-08-06T11:37:08Z")
I wouldn’t call it crazy because I still use and enjoy it after seven years, but definitely my most frivolous purchase to date was $110,000 for a 35-foot Four Winns 328 Vista cruising yacht. I have spent time on it every weekend this season so far. My second most frivolous purchase to date was $22,000 for a 10-day Hawaii vacation for me and my wife a few years ago. I didn’t intend to spend that much but, in the end, that’s what it came to. We had an absolute blast. Vacation of a lifetime. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/31 "2014-08-06T11:38:01Z")
[I saw this hanging in a local gallery window one day.](http://www.celebrationfineart.com/sievers/images/chrysalis.jpg) A rather large embellished print in a thick, heavy frame. Had to have it, $2700 later it was hung at the head of my bed. Still there 14 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/32 "2014-08-06T11:44:55Z")
I spent $500 on a suit so I could have something nice to wear at an upscale restaurant I went to with some friends. Wore the damn thing once and it has been sitting in my closet ever since. And NOW it’s too small to wear. (I’ve gained weight) I still refuse to give it away because… Well because reasons! ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/33 "2014-08-06T12:40:54Z")
> [@chiroptera](#): > > In 1995 I spent about $2500 for a desktop computer; my first one. > > Apparently that was a [great deal](http://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/04/business/price-wars-on-personal-computers-are-already-heating-up-sales-forholiday-season.html) at the time. About 1988 or s I bought a 486 computer and a lazer jet printer with font cartridges that cost me a total of around $8,000. All I used it for was book keeping. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/34 "2014-08-06T15:19:57Z")
When my old beagle developed a bad back (degenerative disc) I bought her a doggy stroller. Looks like a baby stroller, but just has a clip in it for the leash. I took her out in it a number of times. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/35 "2014-08-06T15:21:38Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > I spent $500 on a suit so I could have something nice to wear at an upscale restaurant I went to with some friends. I was feeling sort of proud of myself that I haven’t made any frivolous purchases, and then I got to this. :o O, the dresses I’ve worn once. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/36 "2014-08-06T15:45:09Z")
> [@Soylent\_Juicy](#): > > When my old beagle developed a bad back (degenerative disc) I bought her a doggy stroller. Looks like a baby stroller, but just has a clip in it for the leash. > > I took her out in it a number of times. As a dog owner who appreciates the quality time a nice walk gives me with my dog, I wouldn’t consider that a crazy purchase, more like a nice thing to have for enjoying your dog’s later years. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/37 "2014-08-06T16:31:13Z")
I paid $15 for a membership here once. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/38 "2014-08-06T16:57:59Z")
My wife recently spent $189 on a vibrator she used exactly one time. It didn’t get her off so she’ll probably never use it again. However, the one I bought her for Christmas a few years ago as a stocking stuffer for $9.99 at Brookstone induces wild orgasms. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/39 "2014-08-06T17:03:18Z")
I just spent $8 for WiFi on a Southwest flight. So slow that I couldn’t really stream or download anything. ---
**Author:** ![FordTaurusSHO94](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f07891/32.png) [@FordTaurusSHO94](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordTaurusSHO94)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704/40 "2014-08-06T18:03:09Z")
I’m going to Vegas this weekend, so I’m sure I’ll make several purchases this weekend. The girl I’m going with wants to rent a Lamborghini. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craziest-things-you-have-spent-money-on/694704.md?page=3)