Stupid Ways you have wasted money?

[reecejackox]

i lost £1 , dropping it under an aisle in a supermarket

in the same shop , i bought some biscuits for £1.25 only to throw them away

i also once bought a chocolate bar , took it into the car and when i finished the car journey ,it had melted.

 

[DLgal]

I got suckered into a stupid pyramid scheme in college, before I knew what they were. I lost about $80.

 

[kimblebee]

At the casino. I hate to admit it but more than once I spent way more than I should have. Not lately though, I play online free games now to scratch the itch lol

 

[ShayBells]

Pull tabs.

 

[jaiminee krikit]

My very first cell phone bill. I was crazy and didn't realize how quickly one person could talk 300 minutes. The guy I was dating was upset when he got his phone bill, it was $300. I thought mine would be bad, but not nearly that bad. I was wrong. My first cell phone bill was over $700. I went straight to the cell phone dealer and increased my monthly limit substantially.

 

[PollyannaMom]

For me it's little things adding up. I go into Target for a $20 item I planned to buy, and come out with $60 worth of stuff I don't need.

 

[disykat]

I think the stupidest way I waste money is throwing away food. I just cleaned out the fridge and threw away rotten fruit and veggies, expired lunch meat, etc. so I'm irritated right now. I try really hard be efficient with the grocery bill so it irks me! It's way worse when our young adult son is here and he's living here part time right now. DH and I are having leftover hash tonight with the stuff that was salvageable.

 

[Marchand63]

All the wine I drank.

 

[BlueStarryHat]

On my 2006 solo trip to WDW, I kept buying Attraction-themed Mickey Mouse plushes. There was one at every attraction exit. I got them home and was like, "what was I thinking???" I had nowhere to put them, didn't even like them much. They wound up in a closet soon after. That was just one example. The same trip I overspent like crazy, I think because I was trying to fill the hole of my mother's death with things. T-shirts and pins and the plushes and Christmas stuff, etc.

Usually it's me and my sister on a trip. She's the sensible one who looks at me askance when I pick something up and says, "do you really need that? What are you going to do with it?" I keep to a few t-shirts and a Christmas ornament nowadays.

 

[LongLiveRafiki]

I think the stupidest way I waste money is throwing away food. I just cleaned out the fridge and threw away rotten fruit and veggies, expired lunch meat, etc. so I'm irritated right now. I try really hard be efficient with the grocery bill so it irks me! It's way worse when our young adult son is here and he's living here part time right now. DH and I are having leftover hash tonight with the stuff that was salvageable.

That's a huge pet peeve of mine too. I'm vegetarian, don't eat eggs, and both my son and I can't drink milk. DH and DD eat and drink all of that stuff though, and always ask me to buy things like lunchmeat, eggs, and milk, then never eat/drink it, and it spoils. It drives me crazy, because I am a frugal shopper and detest throwing money away like that, especially when I put time into making sure I clipped coupons and got the best deal for it.

 

[Gumbo4x4]

I think the stupidest way I waste money is throwing away food. I just cleaned out the fridge and threw away rotten fruit and veggies, expired lunch meat, etc. so I'm irritated right now. I try really hard be efficient with the grocery bill so it irks me! It's way worse when our young adult son is here and he's living here part time right now. DH and I are having leftover hash tonight with the stuff that was salvageable.

We have that issue. I’m trying hard to get us in a pattern of only purchasing items we plan to eat inside of a week. No more “stocking up”.

 

[Jimmy Mouse]

Watches. I had a really bad obsession with watches. At one time I had 3 Rolex, 2 Omega and 2 Tag Heuer watches as well as a few Citizens. I now wear my Apple watch and have sold all but 1 Rolex, 1 Tag and 1 Omega.

 

[Ben E N]

I went 70 (with the flow of traffic) in a construction zone, but had out of state plates. Easy picking for $400.

 

[ronandannette]

We have that issue. I’m trying hard to get us in a pattern of only purchasing items we plan to eat inside of a week. No more “stocking up”.

I just saw an hilarious meme to this effect:

“Today at the market I almost forgot to pick up a bag of spring-mix to take home and throw away next week.”

 

[BrinkofSunshine]

Currently: Starbucks. I’m working 2 jobs at the moment, 65-ish hours a week, and I don’t have access to a coffee machine at either workplace. I should really just buy some instant coffee at the grocery store... I don’t even want to know how much money I’ve dropped at Starbucks recently.

 

[lorimay]

I hate throwing away food, its my own fault I make little extra for lunches and then no one eats it.

 

[lovin'fl]

Waste money all the time. Drives me nuts. Latest was...we just cancelled Dec 19-24 Disney trip because DH wants to go to our family (5 hours away from us or 14 from Disney) for Xmas because both our moms had severe medical issues recently and we don't know how many more holidays we have. Last week I bought, and used for just 1 day, a Platinum AP for me and renewed DH's AP to a Platinum AP. Only need Gold. Called last night and they were kind enough to refund DH's renewal since it doesn't start until Nov 1. But I used my Plat AP so I am stuck with it. What's that, about, $150 mistake there.

Then, we booked cruise for January and DS-21 can't go. So we cancelled him last night. They told us on the phone that we'd not pay a penalty...but I think maybe there was language barrier confusion because we should get @ $500 refunded for DS and there was no refund on our CC yet. I also asked if we'd lose the $150 OBC and he said no, but then the dining package I bought with it sent me an e-mail saying we now owed the $150 as our OBC was removed....uggghhh. He made us move cabins since our 3 kids were all in a 3 pax cabin and with DS cancelling he wouldn't let them stay put plus DDs are 19 and not allowed to be in cabin unless it's next door to ours...so we moved down a couple categories as there were slim picking on 2 side by side cabins available for Jan 3. I feel like moving cabins screwed us and we may lose $$$ on this. We called twice to clarify what we'd lose and 1st time they said just $100 and we could switch my name and one of DDs names so one adult in each cabin (said we could keep cabin and OBC). Then when I called back to actually cancel...that guy said no $100 penalty since we were before final payment (but I don't think we were and I paid in full weeks ago) but we'd need to move cabins but would keep OBC.

So TODAY I sit here and stress and watch CC to see if any refunds (still not showing one for DH's gold AP renewal and his renewal isn't on our MDE account either but the Platinum AP renewal is gone). I should get about $125 for the AP refund and $500 for the cruise (and we cancelled 3 drink packages for the cruise so that should be refunded too).

 

[mom2rose&john]

Groupons that I never used. Yes I know they never expire but I forget about them and they just sit there.

 

[tinkerbellandeeyor]

Buying the first season of growing pains when it's on prime

 

[Kitty 34]

I play blackjack at a nearby casino. As I say over there at the tables you win some and lose a lot. It's stupid but I have a lot of fun.