Stupidest Thing You Waste Money On

[Sour Masher]

Mine would be buying lottery tickets. I sometimes buy scratchers, and get sucked in by the ROI not being as horrific when jackpots like the mega million one now get really high. I have a better shot of being hit by lightning while being massaged by Margot Robbie, so it is a stupid waste of money. I'm just paying so I can fantasize about winning for a couple of days.

What is the stupidest way you waste money? Hard to top lottery tickets, so this may be a short thread.

[Steve 2.0]

Mine would be buying lottery tickets. I sometimes buy scratchers, and get sucked in by the ROI not being as horrific when jackpots like the mega million one now get really high. I have a better shot of being hit by lightning while being massaged by Margot Robbie, so it is a stupid waste of money. I'm just paying so I can fantasize about winning for a couple of days.

What is the stupidest way you waste money? Hard to top lottery tickets, so this may be a short thread.

Probably buying graded comic books on ebay.

Hey, if you can afford the tickets and you are not depriving yourself and/or other that depend on you and they bring you joy (even for just a minute)....then I say screw it and have fun with your money. (Where do you get your Margot Robbie massages?)

[Sour Masher]

Probably buying graded comic books on ebay.

Hey, if you can afford the tickets and you are not depriving yourself and/or other that depend on you and they bring you joy (even for just a minute)....then I say screw it and have fun with your money. (Where do you get your Margot Robbie massages?)

If I could get Margot Robbie massages, I'd stop buying lottery tickets and save up for that. Actually, they should sell lottery tickets with that prize. Id buy those.

As far as graded comics, if you are a collector, that is the way to go right? Better to buy quality stuff than crappy stuff as at least quality stuff might retain or gain value. When I was a kid, I collected coins. I could only afford really poor quality ones. 30 years later, they are worth no than they were then. But the higher graded stuff has gone up.

I almost dropped serious coin on a highly graded EC comic from the 50s once, but couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. Love the pre comic code EC titles. What sorts do you buy?

[Steve 2.0]

If I could get Margot Robbie massages, I'd stop buying lottery tickets and save up for that. Actually, they should sell lottery tickets with that prize. Id buy those.

As far as graded comics, if you are a collector, that is the way to go right? Better to buy quality stuff than crappy stuff as at least quality stuff might retain or gain value. When I was a kid, I collected coins. I could only afford really poor quality ones. 30 years later, they are worth no than they were then. But the higher graded stuff has gone up.

I almost dropped serious coin on a highly graded EC comic from the 50s once, but couldn't bring myself to pull the trigger. Love the pre comic code EC titles. What sorts do you buy?

Wonder Woman mostly. Some Silver Age Justice League. I also spend some $ on football cards.

[Sour Masher]

Wonder Woman mostly. Some Silver Age Justice League. I also spend some $ on football cards.

Is the sports card market at all a viable investment these days? I bought lots of sports cards in the early 90s that are completely worthless. I know the 80s and 90s were super saturated, so most cards from that era will never go up. Is it better now? Or do you just do it for fun?

[Steve 2.0]

Is the sports card market at all a viable investment these days? I bought lots of sports cards in the early 90s that are still complete my worthless. I know the 80s and 90s were super saturated, so most cards from that era will never go up. Is it better now? Or do you just do it for fun?

I only buy high end stuff these days. Like you say, the stuff from the 90's is worthless. I focus on autographed cards of Dallas Cowboys or do breaks on thebreakexchange.

[Sour Masher]

I only buy high end stuff these days. Like you say, the stuff from the 90's is worthless. I focus on autographed cards of Dallas Cowboys or do breaks on thebreakexchange.

Gonna read up on the break exchange. Looks interesting.

BTW, I'm still happy you are back, even though I now know you are a Cowboys fan .

[Judge Jude]

I buy at least a pack or two of every Topps baseball card set, for several years now. there have to be 5 or 6 sets a year now. so I am blowing close to $100 a year on cardboard.

I used to try to dump some at my league auction each year, but once it starts it gets hectic, I have no time to distribute the gameday buys.

some of the sets have old-time Hall of Famers on cards of various Topps layouts of the last 60 years, and those I actually find valuable to a degree. I even probably have some cards worth a few bucks (like I got a limited edition offshoot of an Ohtani rookie card this year), but I doubt I'll ever collect.

as for lottery tickets, I once interviewed a bunch of university math professors on the topic. none had ever bought a ticket, but a Princeton guy somehow had a mathematical model that found that for a buck or two, the utility of getting to imagine the big score and getting to participate in lunchtime office talk about it was worth more than the price of the ticket. I don't play the lottery, but it was an interesting conversation.

[Steve 2.0]

Gonna read up on the break exchange. Looks interesting.

BTW, I'm still happy you are back, even though I now know you are a Cowboys fan .

It feels good to be back! I just really needed a break.

[Fresno Bob]

$12 cocktails and $50 bottles of wine when going out to eat, yea, I could make that drink at home for $2 in ingredients, and that $50 bottle retails for less than $20, but that's my expensive hobby.....fortunately, I get a chunk of it covered by work

[nullnor]

you ever go out on a couples weekend with friends. and the next day at the breakfast table they are complaining about the hotel bill and being charged twice for a bad soft porn movie that they claim they didn't even watch? and i am thinking if it's so bad why did they watch it twice!?

[revo]

For years I bought thousands upon thousands of dollars of memorabilia— sports autographs, old baseball cards, comic books, whatever. No real idea if any of it is worth anything, or is 100% real. I have Mantles, DiMaggios, Williamses, Mays, Koufax, etc. Many, many HOFers no one’s ever heard of. I bought many T-206s that are fine, and many Spider Man and XMen golden age comics. Yep, all just sitting around. Heck, a few weeks back I bought a John Jefferson auto’d jersey for $75 if only because he was my childhood idol. Still sitting in the box it came in.

I’m also a tool junkie — I like to buy power tools I don’t currently own, although I’ve curbed that a bit.

Oh, have I mentioned that I may have spent almost $500 on Fortnite for my kids, a “free” game on Xbox?

And you should see my basement— my wife is a “pro” couponer and I have racks upon racks of shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, shaving cream, whatever. You name it, I have a lifetime supply of it. It’s like my own personal CVS. But still, I grill her because why am I spending even 20% on something I won’t use until 2028?


Steve, one day I’ll have to tell you about my 90s card story.

[nullnor]

own personal CVS!? that's a great idea.

[hacko]

For years I bought thousands upon thousands of dollars of memorabilia— sports autographs, old baseball cards, comic books, whatever. No real idea if any of it is worth anything, or is 100% real. I have Mantles, DiMaggios, Williamses, Mays, Koufax, etc. Many, many HOFers no one’s ever heard of. I bought many T-206s that are fine, and many Spider Man and XMen golden age comics. Yep, all just sitting around. Heck, a few weeks back I bought a John Jefferson auto’d jersey for $75 if only because he was my childhood idol. Still sitting in the box it came in.

I’m also a tool junkie — I like to buy power tools I don’t currently own, although I’ve curbed that a bit.

Oh, have I mentioned that I may have spent almost $500 on Fortnite for my kids, a “free” game on Xbox?

And you should see my basement— my wife is a “pro” couponer and I have racks upon racks of shampoo, soap, toothpaste, toothbrushes, razors, shaving cream, whatever. You name it, I have a lifetime supply of it. It’s like my own personal CVS. But still, I grill her because why am I spending even 20% on something I won’t use until 2028?


Steve, one day I’ll have to tell you about my 90s card story.

I have a neighbor that does the shampoo - coupon buy - but she turns it into a once a year yard sale and sells a bunch of it on that weekend and pulls in a nice little profit .

I just purchased a Trever Bauer & Baker Mayfield Cleveland Jersey. The First Jersey's have I ever bought . So after 61 years that's seem to be a big waste of money.

[B-Fly]

My daughter spends all her money (which is of course mostly a pass through of my money) on different colors of pre-made slime. Does that count? As for me, I spend absurd amounts of money on food and drink, eating out or ordering in way too often, and then paying someone three days a week to cook something healthful that the kids will barely touch. I barely buy any "stuff" for myself, though, and never really have.