What's the most expensive item you ever bought on Neopets?

@krayzee (1160)
Romania
October 1, 2007 10:38am CST
I have recently paid 1,3 mil nps on a retired stamp (the new Yooyu one) and I've been feeling sorry for my bank account ever since as it has greatly diminished. Truth is I am happy I bought it though because of its being retired. How about you? What was the largest sum you paid for an item and do you regret having paid that much? Did you get any profit from it?
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@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
1 Oct 07
A couple of months ago, I bought a Draik Trans potion for 2.5 million and a Tyrannian PB for 300k. I didn't make a profit off of either, because I used them both on a pet that I wanted to change. Other than spending np's on my pets, I really don't buy anything else, so I'm glad that I changed my pet into something that I really like now.
@biwasaki (1745)
• United States
2 Oct 07
Yes, I have a Tyrannian Draik and I LOVE her! She's been many different colors and species over the time I've had at Neo, but this is definitely my favorite (and the coolest) by far!
@krayzee (1160)
• Romania
2 Oct 07
So now you're the happy owner of a Tyrannian Draik? How cool :) :)
@Seaclans (215)
• United States
1 Oct 07
I'm not sure, probably either neohome and garden items, or rare (usually turns out to be not rare enough darn it!) foods. I've never bought anything that pricey though. I do wish that there was an easier way to tell if a food will count towards the gourmet club before you buy it. I often end up with rare/uncommon foods that are just below the point range that counts towards the club, and they never seem to sell for as much as I paid for them.
@krayzee (1160)
• Romania
2 Oct 07
LOL. I can understand your frustration. However there is an easier way to find out an item's rarity before buying it. You could go to www.neoitems.net. That is a large database with all known Neopets items. You just search for the food you want to buy and then look at its rarity. Also www.jellyneo.net not only has such a database but it also has a list with all the 99+ foods so you'll know exactly what to look for :)
@Seaclans (215)
• United States
25 Oct 07
Thank you for the links, I will try to put them to good use! Have lots of fun on neopets.
@hcromer (2710)
• United States
14 Oct 07
The most expensive thing that I ever bought on Neopets was with my original Neopets account. I had saved up forever to get an Ona and I bought it for 99,999 NP. I only had it for about 2 months before my account got hacked into and shut down. I haven't bought anything expensive under my new account because I know I would be really sad if that happened to me again.
@krayzee (1160)
• Romania
15 Oct 07
That is very sad, you losing your account like that. I understand why you're afraid for it happening again :(
• United States
1 Oct 07
I can't really think of any item that I've paid an expensive amount of neopoints on. I used to just collect everything in my safe. I have pages of retired items I never sold just sitting in there now. I still have map pieces (gasp!!) lol!
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@krayzee (1160)
• Romania
2 Oct 07
I think you can still turn those map pieces into maps even if they are retired (I'm not very certain though but it never hurts to try). I collect a huge bunch of (usually cheap) stuff in my SDB, especially toys and plushies :)
• United States
29 Dec 10
The most I paid for a single item was a Wand of Reality back when they were around 4 million NP. I had previously sold one for 5 million and thought I would buy this one for a quick 1 mil turnaround. I ended up keeping it though and used it for the battledome. They were one of the best items back then but I doubt they still are, they are probably worth a lot less now.
@Mayuko (1268)
• United States
4 Jul 12
It's been a very long time since I've been on neopets. I think the most expensive thing I bought was the Faerie Queen Doll because I wanted to get the avatar. I don't remember how much it cost. It was definitely up there in the millions. Oh man! I just remembered I bought it in the trading post and I went to resell it but I stupidly let myself get scammed out of it. I can't remember the exact details of what happened, but I think what happened was I ended up getting about half of the neopoints because the person lied and said they were going to trade another valuable item, but in the end, they didn't. I was more upset about the principle of the matter though. I had a lot of neopoints so it wasn't like I missed it. I was just more upset that that person got away with it. I kind of miss going on neopets, but I'd rather spend my time on these sites where I can earn real money instead of just neopoints. Especially now that they've got additional items that you can only get if you spend actual real-life money!
@freak369 (5113)
• United States
16 Oct 07
I think the most I ever paid for an item was the Fairy Queen Doll from the Hidden Tower. I used it to get the avatar then lent it to a friend that subsequently "lost" it. It was a tough lesson to learn but thankfully I was able to rebound from it and learn my lesson about lending things out.