Stupid ways you've wasted money

[Haypanky]

Please help me feel better by telling me your tales of money mistakes... I'm so embarrassed and horrified... On Friday I spent £390 on 2 tickets to Mumford & sons... I like them, but not that much!!! And we don't really have the money! It was supposed to be a massive treat. I thought £175 was the total price, there was a big red clock counting down, the kids were at me, I got click happy confirm confirm confirm... There isn't an adequate excuse. The tickets are non-refundable, and if I sell them, I need to go there on the night and hand them over to the buyer which involves a couple of hours drive, paying to park... I can't be the only one to have done something so stupid... can I?!

Put a deposit down on a flat with a months rent upfront, it was just after uni and I was moving in with a few friends. £1250 altogether. Then I found out I was pregnant and spoke with the flat mates who said they'd find someone else to take over the lease, I had to pay £250 to the estate agent to change the name on the contract. I never got my money back either as they claimed it was in a deposit protection scheme and couldn't be released and the new person on the lease never paid me for it either. I did get the rent back though but it still pisses me off to this day and I can't watch homes under the hammer anymore because whenever they go to Brighton they ALWAYS use this estate agent!

@Chocolategirl79, I'm sorry but I laughed at the irony there!

I spent wayyyyy too much on a bra and pants for my wedding. It was a very posh shop near where I worked and I just went for a look. I got pounced on by a helpful shop assistant and I didn’t want to have a “Pretty Woman” moment where they thought I couldn’t afford them by asking the price so only found out when I went to pay. The bra was crap and was never worn again after wedding day and the pants were thongs and I ended up wearing different pants anyway on the day as I didn’t think that “adjusting” myself whilst wearing my big meringue dress and being filmed and photographed was a good look. 😬

Heypanky - go and enjoy, we did in the end and it was amazing. The alternative sounds too stressful and however bad you feel now you will feel a lot worse if you end up missing it AND not being able to get your money back. And yes, ours was Viagogo too - I knew to avoid, DH didn't.

Look up twickets op, you can sell them safely on there

I bought a little telly for my room (Little but still the best part of £200) I thought, then I can go to bed earlier and chill in bed watching it. I do not get the time to lay in bed watching tv.

I bought some lingerie in an Italian shop, it was when they still had lira.
In my head I had fathomed out how to convert lira to pounds, something to do with times by three and ignore all the zeros.
But...... I paid £70 for a chemise thing because I divided by three rather than timesing. Thought it was around £20 ish, it was nearer £70. I do still have it, it discoloured when washed but I can’t throw £70 worth away!

I spent over £1000 on an all inclusive holiday as a surprise for my boyfriend and he didn’t want to go so I just wasted the money. Makes me feel sick thinking back on it now. What a totally idiotic thing to do. (And I know I should have gone with a friend but I was just gutted and didn’t want to go after that).

knitting wool. You will know what I mean if you like yarny stuff.

4K getting my eyes lasered. I was -9.5 and within 4yrs I needed glasses again. I didn’t have enough cornea left for them to do it again. I would have just stuck with contact lenses if I’d known that could happen

Switched to BT because DS (on year out) wanted faster broadband and BT Sport. Monthly bill increased by about £30 to £75. DS went back to university so rang to tell them I was changing provider (and paying the fee for the remaining 2 months on the contract). A charming man talked me into changing to a better deal. Just had the new improved bill: £76. And I'm locked in for another 18 months. Mug or what?

You may be able to resell them on twickets, they are an official resale page and although I don’t know how, it seems to solve the problem of having to be there. Might be worth a quick investigation

The Aldi parking tickets you can just ignore

The cam belt, story. Ouch !!!

I have bought so much crap off EBay because my competitive spirit was roused by another bidder. My DD calls it EBage.

35k on a wedding. It was the best day....but still I feel sick when I consider the money aspect

Oooo the list goes on...
Underlights for the kitchen £400 they've been.on 4 times in as many years... Christian Louboutin shoes £475 in a random.colour for a party ..they hurt luck f@$^...and after 6hours and mega blisters are back in the box

So, adding to the Viagogo question... here’s a good news story...
I got tickets gifted to me bought from viagogo - 10 times the price of the face value but a concert I really wanted to go to. They turned up with the lead booker’s name on the tickets plus a warning that photo ID would need to be presented. Emailed them on 3 separate occasions and were told that we would be guaranteed entry regardless. Turned up, got asked for ID. Called viagogo outside the venue and got a full refund plus £200 voucher. Went for a drink at the bar at the side of the venue. Then cheekily got back in the queue and got let in. Viagogo is an awful rip off merchant but we got a good result despite a really stressful time trying to get our money refunded which could have meant a total waste of money and not actually being let in.
The sooner everyone starts playing them at their own games the sooner they will be out of business and stop this awful inflation of ticket prices scam. I feel no guilt because I’m certain that Viagogo purchased the original tickets for the purpose of re-sale which is why there were no actual tickets available 3 minutes after the lines opened.

You are a caring person who has made an honest mistake. Be proud of yourself. We’ve all done things we regret- you’ve fessed up to yours!

I had a pre-bought train ticket that I'd paid for a week before my trip only it turned out to be bus replacement (I can travel on trains relatively okay - but busses/cars etc... not so good!)

So yesterday was short train to 2 stations on, bus replacement for an hour and half then half hour in car to the venue I was going to... stomach really not feeling good!

Then after a lovely family day where typically we got soaked to the skin (literally dripping wet as it was all outdoors) it was half hour car back to the station and then hour and half on a bus back to the train station... only the bus was delayed and missed the train we were aiming for so it was going to be an hours wait in the freezing cold whilst wet through.

Ended up paying £50 on a taxi to get home to avoid the hours wait. Stomach didn't like it after all the other travelling but I admit it was good to get home... but I definitely could have done without wasting the £15 I'd already spent on the return ticket and £50 on the taxi!

I went on holiday for 2 weeks, (another continent), didn't use my mobile phone much but apparently I left my roaming profile on. On my return I was absolutely gutted to get a phone bill of 4 figures, too embarressed to say exactly how much but it was, but it was the high end of four figures. :-(

My darling husband was buying some shares from his broker over the phone on the way to work one morning, when apparently someone cut him and MADE HIM MISCALCULATE the amount he wanted. He was supposed to buy 4K worth but actually bought 40K worth😱
Luckily for us, he was able to trade out of them the same day making no loss or profit for that matter!

Haven’t read whole thread yet - has anyone mentioned an interest-only mortgage? Bitter regrets

Biggest stupid money thing I've done cost us dearly.

Saw the perfect house. Went back 3 times, loved it, perfect in every way. Location ideal. Agent intimated would need to offer 100k over asking price. I laughed in her face. Before we got home our agent called to say an offer had been put in, and accepted. Didn't feel too bad, because who would pay 100k over asking price?

Next month, made an offer on next (not quite so perfect) home. Offer was 150k over asking price. Seller countered, we did not win.

Month later, made an offer 250 over asking. Seller countered. Added another 38k. We won.

Love the house we bough, very happy, but still have major regrets that I did not just shut-up and pay-up at the first perfect opportunity.

Was seeing a girl beginning of the year very briefly. I decided I didn't want to take things further with, just didn't see a future with her. She decided to hound me for several months, then eventually she blocked and started seeing someone else.

In the 6 - 8 weeks she didn't speak to me, she managed to get scammed for £15k on , online dating sites , so now has debt collectors after her. She has been put on disability and now can t work.
We still talk now from time to time and she still trying to get me to have a relationship with her, but I WON'T.

If this ain't shit , then I don't know what is.