To ask what is the worst money you have ever spent?

[millythepink]

I'm really enjoying the thread in here about what is the best money you have ever spent, so thought we could do a reverse one?

Mine is spending ££££ on genuine Jo Malone perfume, smelt heavenly for all of 20 minutes then just totally faded away to nothing

Fertility doctor before I started ttc. His "advice" was "well you're 38 so don't hold your breath. I paid over £500 for this gem and one blood test that I had to fight for.
I got pregnant very easily and wished that I hadn't bothered!

Bought an iPhone for a couple of hundred from a cash converters type shop online. Came guaranteed for 6 weeks. All worked fine but then the arse who brought it to sell reported it stolen so phone was blacklisted and unusable. Learnt my lesson there.

A fancy shave your own head round shaver for DH- it scalped him in some places and left long patches in others - straight into the bin.
Chanel mascara - flaky, rubbed off and ended up in panda eyes after 30 mins.
Oila hair dye - somehow made my hair dry as fuck with a crunchy texture.
A hatchimal - not strictly mine but warned dd the furby was better, literally hatched out of its egg then sat in a wardrobe for 2 years.

Nissan qashqai...I'd wanted one for ages, DPF blocked twice in 3 months and not covered by warranty. sold it for half of what i paid for it

Hold onto that mouth guard ! I didn’t use mine for ages but have started getting jaw ache from stress and am using again now

Poor Saudi cat

Touche Eclat - I honestly don’t know what the big deal with this is, it makes no difference whatsoever.

Eight Hour Cream - too greasy to use on hands, but made my lips even drier!

Fixed mortgage for 5 years just before the crash of 08.
We were stuck on 6.5% whilst our folks were on approx 1.5%.
And it was whilst I was a sahm for 5 years.
Who would've known?

I'd forgotten i got some 8 hour cream. Awful stuff! I gave it away.

Aspasia - i DO use my slow-cooker regularly, but for the same 2/3 dishes... I'd welcome some EASY (lazy) inspiration

I can tell you what I am glad I did NOT spend money on - getting fuckwit ex's name tattooed on me somewhere!! Cheating twat! Jeezo, the removal is far worse than the actual inking (apparently) - noooo

Right now. I’ve just spent over a thousand pounds on stupid crap I don’t need (mostly) My husband just had his leg amputated. I went into a buying frenzy. Anxiety shopping, I know but I’m so angry and ashamed at myself.

To wit, 5 tubes of the same Clinique moisturiser, three antique mirrors, two stained glass windows, 4 bottles of expensive perfume, makeup....the list goes on..

Also need to add, new rabbit waterproof vibrator. Motor so loud my child was pounding on the door asking if the bathroom ceiling fan had come undone.

Witch to cheer you up. I once bought a vibrator online but mixed up inches and centimetres. The thing was like a traffic cone and unusable. I decided to carefully dispose of it, i didn't want the bin men giving me funny looks. I carefully removed all labels, sealed in back in it's box and buried it in the bin. Then remembered the invoice was still inside the box.

I've been lusting after a panini press, a bread maker and Elizabeth Arden 8 hour cream for some time but i know it will end up like the juicer and the exercise bike.

Huge amounts spent on a a trip to Cairo.
Could have saved the dosh and had exactly the same experience by spending a week in the public lavatories in Kings Cross

I'm the biggest twat in the world for wasting money (Tom Ford hair perfume £80 & his candle that smelt like Mr Sheen FFS) but I am DYING at @buttermilkwaffles George Formby grill 🤣😂🤣

DH buying tools that he's used once when getting our old house ready to sell. They're all in the garage and unlikely to be used again now we have DC. It's like bloody B&Q in there.

thighofrelief101 thank you for making me laugh...

My bmw. It was shit. Can't handle heavy rain, can't handle snow,

I can't believe how much money I spent on that stupid car. Traded it in for a Renault, which still has its issues, but my god what a difference. It can handle all weathers.

£250 on a Miele vacuum - not actually the most expensive hoover I've bought, but what an absolute let down; think it was because they're so well loved on MN.

But honestly just meh, multiple issues, didn't think it was that well built and Miele Care are actually shocking for a company that prides itself on quality.

Oddly not put me off them, I keep eyeing up a Miele washer. But I've firmly decided that Miele sits in the same category as John Lewis and Waitrose to me - they're NOT brilliant, every one just says they are and no one wants to disagree.

So many mobile phones I cant count. I have had so many its embarrassing yes this too, in a partial weak defence I did work for a mobile phone company for 10+ years.

A swimming costume for my dc in accessorize

If they don't have a changing room, and have the sticky bit in the bottom part don't see how they can refuse to exchange a completely unworn costume that was too big! Grrr

200 pounds on a wedding present that the couple never thanked us for, that they on sold to pay for their honeymoon, then they subsequently had affairscand split up. I want to ask for my bloody money back!!!

I also spent £400 on a bite guard after injuring my jaw biting a hard apple. Dentist convinced me it was a permanent problem and would only be fixed by this expensive night guard. Jaw healed itself and pain went away before I’d even picked up the b**y thing.