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

Loving this thread.

Having read about people's experiences with expensive or even brand new cars which turned out to be dire and had to be binned, I'm more grateful than ever for the 6 year old category c Vauxhall Corsa I bought last year which drives like an absolute dream. Cost less than 3k. I was thinking of replacing it but the cautionary tales here have made me change my mind!

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

Baaaasahaaa
I'll raise you Bali.
All that way to swim with diapers ..

(I'm not American but nappies didn't sound like dolphins)

Moulded ski boots for my wonky feet. They still hurt like fuck but I can’t sell them.

I’ve given up on downhill skiing.

Over the years things sold at the door. Photos in an album of the children which involved even more spending after that - it was years ago and we were not well off. Then there was the “broken” washing machine that we were charged to fix for a money we had to scrape together in desperation only for it to stop altogether a few days later. We phoned the fixer who returned and just removed a button in five minutes while we looked on dismayed. We were so hard up it really hurt.

Floral I drove a 1l Corsa for years, was my first car and ran like a dream, very little went wrong with it (not much in it to go wrong!). Sold it when we decided we didn't need 2 cars but I have always missed it. I sold it to friends and they carried on with it for a few more years before selling it to a mechanic who was going to do it up for his nan.

Anyway I also came on to say the cranial osteopathy bollocks. I had had osteopathy in pregnancy for spd and it was great, like sports massage. CO was utter woo - she held her hands near DS' bum, played tinkly music and talked about releasing energy etc. 4 sessions at £40 a pop, no difference whatsoever. She couldn't give me much of an explanation of what exactly was supposed to be happening either.

I was at a physio the following year for the sod which had never really resolved properly and was telling her about it. An otherwise sensible seeming woman, she said 'i believe in it'. You shouldn't have to believe in it, it either works or it doesn't!!

I always suspected a tongue tie but the bf supporter who was supposed to be able to unofficially diagnose it refused to look and said it was my fault for allowing a terrible latch. When I finally got to see someone at the hospital she said she could maybe see a slight tt at the back but that as he was gaining weight and otherwise fine they wouldn't do anything. The follow up letter from the consultant said the same, that if I'd come earlier (ie when the bf woman was messing me about) they might have done something. Sorry that's a massive derail but I still feel angry about this - vulnerable new mums should be supported and helped not sent round the houses to try and sort everything out themselves on hardly any sleep and then blamed when they can't quite do it all.

DS is 3 now and pure joy but that first year was hellish.

@lurkingfromhome you could have dyed your jumper first to see if you could salvage it, before chucking it.

Didiusfalco, Cranial osteopathy for ds when he was a baby. We were completely desperate and it did fuck all

Good grief, I'd forgotten about this. Yes absolute waste for DS colic which the 'therapist' didn't believe was real anyway, she said the crying was due to some kind of physical trauma when being born. It was pretty normal birth tbh. But I was desperate as a first time mum.

I got a little judgy vibe off her too, like it was my fault my baby cried his heart out lying on her couch while she poked him about and charged me the frigging earth.

A couple years later DP bumped into her and she was on her knees with dealing with her own maundering toddler. Obviously giving him a little head massage didn't work then. I'm not normally petty, honest.

These sandals. Went to Sicilly a few years ago, saw these, thought they were so pretty, paid £150 for them, worn once as I can’t bloody walk in them!

Oh and Bobbi brown CC cream. What a load of crap. I'm glad it's not only me who feels like they have wasted money though, feel a bit better now (!)

@Eliza9917 - sadly, it wasn't the type of fabric that would take dye or I might have! It was synthetic, super delicate and sparkly. Argh.

Expensive item from House of Fraser, not something I would usually buy, which was returned for a refund. It was received at their depot the day before they went bust. Will never shop there again as long as I live because the new owner has a huge flashy house with fairy lights all over it in Totteridge which can be seen from the road and doesn't need to appropriate stores and purchases.

I bought 2 pairs of glasses after an eye test, expensive lenses, have a weird prescription. Wore them for about a week before they needed adjusting, returned to the optician 5 times to get them fitted, they either fell off, slipped down or hurt my ears and head so much I couldn't wear them. Plus being plastic frames they caused an allergy. Not worn them since. Neither will I be going back to the 'family owned' optician, name begins with Scr..... It was a hard sell and they have lost a customer.

Bought an expensive mountain bike so I coukd go on bike rides at weekends with my new boyfriend. You guessed it, we split up less than two weeks later. We never even went out on a bike ride together. I've used it a few times since but could have done without the unnecessary expense.!

Am I missing the point of this thread?

Most pps are blaming items for their own incompetence ??

I bought an electric sander and sanded through a cable.
I bought some hair tongs but I cant curl the back section of my hair.
I bought a jumper then I split mustard on it.

Doesn't make any of the items crap, makes you a wally!!

Freaking0ut re your question on tongue tie. For DS it wasn't that, I'm sure it was colic....and by colic I feel in a non-sciencey kind of way that it was some IBS thing. I never really got to the bottom of it, he had to grow out of it, but he's still got a limited palate of food he can tolerate with some minor digestive issues. I can only say this with hindsight though.

It definitely wasn't misaligned skull bones though! The only thing that would have helped is if someone could have held him upright for a couple of hours so I could have had a break!

Am I missing the point of this thread?

Yes, Wedgiecar58!

It's annoying to waste money, whether it's through being ripped off, bad luck, or your own fault. This thread is for all examples.

When I was living abroad, I lugged a huge expensive bottle of Pimms back from a visit home, only to get pregnant about ten minutes later (no connection). I ended up pouring the whole thing down the sink, because we were moving country again and every American I knew thought Pimms was disgusting.

Bloody fucking homeopathy.
I know, I know. But DC was very asthmatic then and I was desperate to find a cure. Threw money at this lovely but dizzy homeopath who charged a fortune for the sugar pills she doled out. They made no difference at all, of course.

A doll that you fed sand and it shat out hearts

Your money wasn't totally wasted, because I've just had £5 worth of laughing at this.

Lol @tawdry. One woman's money wasting trash is another woman's comedy gold.

I'm terrible at judging my kids clothing sizes/remembering their foot size. Last summer I must have gone to the same shop 3 times to get the next size up in shorts for my son and forgot to take the too small ones back. Just took them all to the charity shops ready for this summer, tags and all. Total waste of money.

One of those alarm clock lamps that are supposed to simulate a sunrise. It's too dim, totally plastic, hard to set and the alarm is a stupidly loud annoying beep that you can't turn off in the settings. 60 euros down the drain... Hello eBay!

Vauxhall Zafira. Spent thousands buying it, it was a year old. It was shit from the beginning. The electrics went when driving in the middle of nowhere. Luckily it was still under warranty. But not long out of warranty it just started cutting out randomly. So you'd be driving along and it would just shut down completely. It also drank oil like nobodies business.

In the end we just had to scrap it.

Then spent £500 on a really old Toyota Previa that lasted longer! A much better buy.

@MissLadyM

My George Formby grill was the all singing and dancing version, it's ukulele shaped and even cleans your windows.

3 x University qualifications, moses basket dc would scream to be taken out of once sides were touchable (about 8 weeks old), loads of make up, self help books by the truckload, expensive shampoo that left my hair feeling like straw. Holiday to Marmaris - sunny version of Blackpool.

I am sad to read about the Miele vacuum bring rubbish. My dishwasher is the same make and is brilliant and never let us down.

Wasted a fortune on our first home end of the 80s ( before the big 90s crash and negative equity) took years to recover our losses. The people that sold it to us ( after buying it off the council) are probably very rich now!