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

Banned Account

€32,400 for plumbing and heating in my house - still have the reciept (though it says it was more - hence the cash payment;))

ectoraige

My wife's engagement ring.

Glico Man

One of These

One of These

and my laptop which cost the bones of €1500

oh and one of these

Teutorix

This is probably the most expensive thing now that I come to thing of it.

JJJJNR

Car - 18,000 sold my old one privately and had the rest saved.

Lia_lia

I don't know. Does it have to be on one single purchase? Probably drugs back in the day :rolleyes:







(yeah stfu I know I'm only 21!)

TPD

Computer for about 900 I think.

kippy

My current car.
5K in cash 3 years ago.
Still going like a trooper.

Fizman

Teutorix wrote: »

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:

Oh it's still very good tbh. It's just that at the time I had intended on playing a lot of PC games that need high specs. If only I knew that I would subsequently buy a PS3 and never play a game on the PC again.

ScumLord

I've never taken out a loan, never been in debt. I hate the thought of it.

banshee_bones

€5,750 on fees for a Masters......

LD 50

Laptop, for about 900. Was stuffed under the bed after about 2 years.
Or my drumkit. Put about €2,000-2,5000 into it. Still not finished.

Joey the lips

My kids... They cost me around 10k in cash a year... and I dont get any discounts for paying cash....:P

stovelid

Joey the lips wrote: »

My kids... They cost me around 10k in cash a year... and I dont get any discounts for paying cash....:P

Sure you'd get cheaper kids on the South American market?

branners69

My biggest spur of the moment purchase was for one of these. I bought it in Arnotts for around €2,500, it has a built in fridge for beer and a massager with heated seat so that your ass doesnt go numb!

It goes great with my 110" 1080p projector and screen!

Lux23

Laptop I think it was about a 1,000. I wish I could say something interesting like a 10 grammes but sadly no.

henryporter

A holiday in LA to celebrate the death of the Celtic Tiger. About 7K:eek:. Still; brownie points for life from the Mrs. as I managed to get us in to a party where she got to meet her musical heros QOTSA, which reminds me; Honey??:D

WesternNight

A holiday. Just over €1300 handed over in cash. It had better be worth it!

phasers

Boring answer but my car, €1500. Insurance (Third fcuking party) comes second at €1450 :mad:

Savage Tyrant

The car before the one i'm driving now. I paid 11,000 for it in cash. And on the same day spent just under 7,500 on a Brietling watch. I spent about 25,000 that week. And just over 81,000 in 2 months. Only 38,000 of that was invested. The rest was wasted. I came into a bit of money and was too young and immature to deal with it sensibly.
I wish I could do it again.

Vinta81

Chanel Handbag in NYC.

Mini Driver

a Car for €2000 ... all very legit an old Opel Corsa and I literally ran it into the ground best buy ever!

stovelid

Darksaga87 wrote: »

A suit of drugs?

http://robertweinberg.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/dusty-bin.jpg

Michellenman

phasers wrote: »

Boring answer but my car, €1500. Insurance (Third fcuking party) comes second at €1450 :mad:

*cough* fully comp for €250 *cough*


In cash? My car. €3250 3 years ago.

ashyle

I spent nearly a grand on flight to USA last year. As for actual things: new glasses every two-ish years usually cost me approx €600, I pay it with my Laser (no overdraft). I'm so exciting aren't I?

epgc3fyqirnbsx

€5,250 on college tuition fees.
By this time next year there'll probably be another €8,000 on that (and probably no job)

bazmaiden

Bought my car for €3,700 cash about a month ago.

Before that it was €750 for a guitar

Daemos

A PS3 the day after it was released, €630 IIRC

A car, 4.7k.

ashyle

gah I forgot about college fees. 3,100 last year cos I started a new course. Ugh.

Generalissimo

With actual cash it'd be €2,400 on my first car last year.
With my credit card it'd be ~€3,000 on a cruise cabin last week.

carefulnow100

A surprise holiday for me and my girl, bout 1.5k and my laptop at around 800 IIRC./

Think thats about it!! stiil I must have spent a fortune on smaller items as now im poor!:(

Mimikyu

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phasers

Michellenman wrote: »

*cough* fully comp for €250 *cough*

Women :mad:

Poly

A planning official. They only accept cash

Carl Sagan

funk-you wrote: »

This

This

This

and...

This + amps, pedals etc...

It's becoming an expensive obsession.

-Funk

So where do you live and do you have a dog?

silvervixen84

My car, 4,000 3 years ago. Worth diddly squat now, and have paid a small fortune fixing it during that time. Love it though

CianRyan

My last amp head, €525.
After that, my bike is a close second. €500

stepbar

The bank draft I used to purchase 500 pounds (635 eur) worth of Eircom shares. Fat lot of good that served me.....

BrokenArrows

car for 2.9k

Run_to_da_hills

A crashed repairable Honda CBR 900rr for 5.5k cash. (Old money at that)

TouchingVirus

My car, €5650 in cash (outside a bank). God it felt good having all that cash, there was no briefcase though

AckwelFoley

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?

no idea, probably the engagment ring for the missus.

This answer could be carbon copied into a new thread.. whats the most retarded thing you ever did :pac:

pajero12

€6250 for a cow...Wasn't too bad though got €7100 for her calf 2 years later!

friendface

My last car. €4000 cash. I had to get a bus to Galway with the 4k in an envelope in my pocket.

Junco Partner

spent 900 on a fender telecaster

Run_to_da_hills

pajero12 wrote: »

€6250 for a cow...Wasn't too bad though got €7100 for her calf 2 years later!

I didn't think there would be any muckers on AH.:D

Tail Wagger

An engagement ring for the wife €2K in 2 payments..

antocann

i spent alot of money on :

dont you just love that people read anything these days

antocann

no seriously tho over 1k on 3lizards and my dog