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What's the Most Expensive Thing You've Ever Bought (with cash)?

  • 11-06-2010 3:05am
    #1
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Anything bought with a bank loan or maxed out credit card can't be included (so no house or car loans).... What, then, is the most expensive thing you've ever bought?


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  • #2
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Anything bought with a bank loan or maxed out credit card can't be included (so no house or car loans).... What, then, is the most expensive thing you've ever bought?

    A Holiday to Euro Disney, last minute deal.

    Other than that, the ex, though that's a long term credit thing really!

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #3
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    K-9 wrote: »
    A Holiday to Euro Disney, last minute deal.

    Other than that, the ex.

    Damn those internet brides. Always cost more than you expect.


  • #4
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    This one time I bought a private jet. Seriously, I know what your thinking, "yeah yeah yeah sure you did". Well folks I did. True story.


    ...oh the cost?


    About three fiddy.


  • #5
    KevinVonSpiel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 522 ✭✭✭KevinVonSpiel


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Anything bought with a bank loan or maxed out credit card can't be included (so no house or car loans).... What, then, is the most expensive thing you've ever bought?

    2kg of washing powder. I was extremely high.


  • #6
    epgc3fyqirnbsx
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,228 ✭✭✭epgc3fyqirnbsx


    Does a bet count?

    One of my aul mans mates mentioned about 3 years back that Tiger always wins the Buick. And me like a drunk asshole puts my weeks wages on him, about €520 at around 1/2. Can't even remember, anyway he won :D

    Apart from that, really couldn't say on this forum...


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  • #7
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    KevinVonSpiel wrote: »
    2kg of washing powder. I was extremely high.

    And then whiter than white.


  • #8
    SarahBeep!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,965 ✭✭✭SarahBeep!


    A 200quid watch!

    Scratch that, my laptop!


  • #9
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    There was a threesome in Paris. Big withdrawal on the bank statements.

    Maybe that's why she's the ex.

    They don't seem to like that type of thing.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #10
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    K-9 wrote: »
    There was a threesome in Paris. Big withdrawal on the bank statements.

    Maybe that's why she's the ex.

    They don't seem to like that type of thing.

    Women generally don't like big withdrawals. :D


  • #11
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Women generally don't like big withdrawals. :D

    It was a rather large deposit, in duplicate.

    Phoarrrrr.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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  • #12
    Steodonn
    Registered Users Posts: 357 ✭✭Steodonn


    My PC 900euro. Paid for in cash.

    I looked completely legit :pac:


  • #13
    winston82
    Registered Users Posts: 1,051 ✭✭✭winston82


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Women generally don't like big withdrawals. :D

    I'm sure you mean early withdrawls?


  • #14
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,982 ✭✭✭Degag


    Repairs on my car! €700.

    I have an idea of the next question though....


  • #15
    Shanotheslayer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,191 ✭✭✭✭Shanotheslayer


    Degag wrote: »

    I have an idea of the next question though....

    I'll bite. What happend?


  • #16
    The Devil.
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭The Devil.


    Madonna's soul.


  • #17
    Biggins
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 34,567 ✭✭✭✭Biggins


    Rare Reymond Weil watch.
    The price was what most would consider high.


  • #18
    beertons
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 23,152 ✭✭✭✭beertons


    My Tag watch, I will never need to buy another one. Unless it breaks.


  • #19
    _sparkie_
    Registered Users Posts: 715 ✭✭✭_sparkie_


    500€ on a lens.


  • #20
    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    My last bike, paid €10,750 in cash for it.


  • #21
    W.Shakes-Beer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,975 ✭✭✭W.Shakes-Beer


    Gibson Explorer, €1300 in cash at the time.


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  • #22
    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Stupidly the phrase "Paid in cash" has two meanings It can be meant literally as in payment using legal tender (which could have been borrowed) or It can mean payment with cheque/card/etc where no money was borrowed to finance the transaction

    Most expensive thing I bought without borrowing money was my first car
    Second most expensive thing (paid with actual cash) was first years insurance for said car :(


  • #23
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Most expensive thing was a mobile home. Makes me feel a little ill when I think of it. But it is great. Then a ridiculously expensive car - which is probably worth about a fiver now :rolleyes: and if then if you count the amount of cash I put into my house :o I could actually be quite rich if I'd kept it all. But instead. I'm stone broke!


  • #24
    cock robin
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭cock robin


    A wife :D


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 50,630 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    cock robin wrote: »
    A wife :D

    mail order?


  • #26
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Think it was a suit for about 1400.


  • #27
    cock robin
    Registered Users Posts: 724 ✭✭✭cock robin


    Deleted User wrote: »
    mail order?

    I wish. At least with mail order you get a recipt and consumer rights ;)


  • #28
    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,508 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    Probably something stupid like income tax or deposit on a rented apartment. The only other things I can think of are a bicycle and a PC, about 300 euros each.


  • #29
    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,221 ✭✭✭✭m5ex9oqjawdg2i


    My car, 8K cash :cool:

    Oh, and a trade in :)


  • #30
    Hackysack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 412 ✭✭Hackysack


    Laser eye surgery - 3 grand.

    Pricey


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  • #31
    inforfun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,862 ✭✭✭✭inforfun


    Two chicks at the same time.


  • #32
    Vanbis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,724 ✭✭✭Vanbis


    Samsung 40" Flat screen, €2,000 cash. It was a big window.


  • #33
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    A car, 6600 euro.


  • #34
    LoanShark
    Registered Users Posts: 949 ✭✭✭LoanShark


    A couple of Lap Dances...Unfortunately due to high consumption of alcohol, I forgot to save them to the memory w@nkbank ...total waste of money...:(


  • #35
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,918 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    a blow job with no condom


  • #36
    Sephiroth_dude
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 80,797 Mod ✭✭✭✭Sephiroth_dude


    Dell xps laptop,2400 euros,got 3 and half years ago now and the bloody thing wont work anymore now.


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  • #37
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Chaya Tasteless Triad wrote: »
    My car, 8K cash :cool:

    Oh, and a trade in :)

    you paid for the trade in?
    You're doing it wrong!

    :p


  • #38
    thebigbiffo
    Registered Users Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭thebigbiffo


    anglo irish

    about €12,500 - worst purchase of my life tbh


  • #39
    SuperGrover
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 991 ✭✭✭SuperGrover


    Musicman Stingray


  • #40
    Sea Sharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭Sea Sharp


    My third year fees in college. :(


  • #41
    Darksaga87
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,990 ✭✭✭Darksaga87


    stovelid wrote: »
    Think it was a suit for about 1400.


    A suit of drugs?


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  • #42
    Ickle Magoo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,485 ✭✭✭✭Ickle Magoo


    A car...


  • #43
    funk-you
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭funk-you


    This

    This

    This

    and...

    This + amps, pedals etc...

    It's becoming an expensive obsession.

    -Funk


  • #44
    TheDoc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,137 ✭✭✭✭TheDoc


    Well it started with buying the love of my life a vodka and lemon

    Then it went on to pretty much turning me into a 360 spinning money spitting machine : /


  • #45
    Degag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,982 ✭✭✭Degag


    Shanotheslayer wrote: »
    I'll bite. What happend?

    No, nothing happened. I thought the question would be "If your repairs were the most you've spent at €700, how much did your car cost?"

    Well it cost a grand, but my father was kind enough to buy it for me!


  • #46
    dr gonzo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,676 ✭✭✭dr gonzo


    funk-you wrote: »
    This

    This

    This

    and...

    This + amps, pedals etc...

    It's becoming an expensive obsession.

    -Funk

    Fuppin hell Funk, you wanna write me into your will :p


    For me its my Gibson Les Paul...about 2500 or so


  • #47
    Teutorix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Teutorix


    PS3 at release price, it's served me well over the years.


  • #48
    StereoLove
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,068 ✭✭✭StereoLove


    My iPhone:D


  • #49
    Fizman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,605 ✭✭✭Fizman


    Spent roughly €2,200 on PC components to build my own system in Oct '07. I kinda regret it in hindsight and probably should have paid €1k for a good laptop when considering what I have used it for.

    Biggest cash purchase however was 4 months ago when I handed over €14,300 of my hard earned on a sexy new car. No regrets there. (Yet).


  • #50
    GTE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭GTE


    Two vodka and redbull. . . ugh.


  • #51
    Teutorix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,674 ✭✭✭Teutorix


    Fizman wrote: »
    Spent roughly €2,200 on PC components to build my own system in Oct '07. I kinda regret it in hindsight and probably should have paid €1k for a good laptop when considering what I have used it for.
    Wow, talk about OTT, that PC should still be good by todays standards if you picked your parts well, or did you just toss away 700 quid on a fancy case? :pac:


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