What useless thing do you waste money on the most?
By coffeeshot
@coffeeshot (3783)
Australia
December 11, 2007 8:01pm CST
I'd have to say magazines. I'm a sucker for a trashy magazine. I'm well aware that they're full of rubbish and are a waste of money but those ones with the horrible pictures of celebrities on the front are just so tempting! I think every one likes a trashy magazine, even if they deny it. My fiance even reads them if there's one hanging around! Oh and I also spend a bit on take away.
What do you waste you money on?
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25 responses
@seared (261)
• China
12 Dec 07
I can't resist the temptation either! yes, I like it.Especially those with colorful pages. I don't think it is something serious at all. Coz maybe it can kill some some for you when you feel bored.On the other hand, it just wast little money.cosmetics is the bigest one that my money wasted on!^_^LOL
@lucky_witch (2707)
• Philippines
12 Dec 07
I believe that if there would be such thing... its pocketbooks. It my collection and I am fond of collecting those. I believe I have spent a lot of money just for collecting pocketbooks by Martha Cecilia and Rose Tan. Once i see their names on one of the pocketbooks on the store I cant help but buy...
@sergeantrom (5721)
• United States
12 Dec 07
I used to buy those magazines too. Doesnt help with the stores putting them right at the checkout line so you see them while waiting. I dont buy them any more cause you can watch the same stuff on tv.
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@neethucool (357)
• India
12 Dec 07
one year back i wasted the money for unwanted trips or more over shopping spend lots of money for my friends also . After i got job i realised the money value now iam very rare only going out or something needful thing only i will buy . So now i know how to leave , so never waste the money like that in my life.
@skinnychick (6905)
• United States
12 Dec 07
Music downloads for an Ipod I've used twice- I just can't stop buying music for it! I guess it would be ok if I used ot more than once every couple of months!
@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
13 Dec 07
I definitely would have to say that I waste money on dvd movies. I have about 200 movies on dvd so that is where my money is wasted most as well as eating out. Most of my movies I love a lot but there are some that I regret buying. I do not buy too many magazines though I do have a couple subscriptions.
@GnosticGoddess (5626)
• United States
7 Jan 08
I used to waste a lot of money of those too LOL.
It's a hard addiction to quit!!
I guess right now...humm...movies. We buy a lot of movies.
@slickcut (8141)
• United States
12 Dec 07
We have an auction that we go to on thursday night and Sunday evening, and i spend money on things i really do not need.There is also a game room that we go to and play games and it is fun but really its useless..We do not go on a lot of vacations so aside from watching the tube thats about all we do that i would consider useless, but hey you got to do something with your time don't you?I also buy and read those trashy magazines but i like them , when i get one i read them from front to back,I love the gossip..Lol
@amitksing (1323)
• India
7 Jan 08
I too throw a lot of money on things without which even I could go around well. Following are some of them:
1. On my bike: Around 33% of my pocket money goes on fuelling my MoBike to roam all around the city with friends.
2. On phone: I cant live long without talking to my near and dear ones. A major share of my pocket money goes in my phone bills. I am the second highest mobile bill payer in my group of friends.
3. Internet: I am an internet bug. I got an internet connection of which, my usage for genuine purpose is only about 5% of my total internet usage.
4. Movies: I cant live without going for a movie in a week. It costs me around Rs 400 per month (US $5) on movies which certainly can be avoided.
5. eating out: I go to eat out very frequently. I have to spend much on food also.
@Phaedra_Scythe (3325)
•
12 Dec 07
Probably perfume. I have more than one person could possibly need, yet when Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab brings out yet another limited edition blend, I just can't help myself. I dread to think how much money I've spent on perfumes. It's got to be insane.
@spiderlizard22 (3444)
• United States
12 Dec 07
I did spend $86 on a stuffed animal talk about a waste of money. But the stuffed animal is valuable to me but not to someone else. It was something I always wanted but was never able to find. I know it was expensive but at least I didn't have to worry about it being sold out since no one but me would spend that much on a stuffed animal.
@jamaicanwizard70 (148)
• Pakistan
12 Dec 07
i usually waste my money of buying games from "online shopping sites" besides i even do purchase softwares which i think wont interest many,thats my waste of money i guess
@littlefranciscan (18327)
• United States
12 Dec 07
Sometimes I buy a lottery ticket..that is about the most useless thing I do buy..I always hope one day to find the lucky ticket..that will enable me to help more people then I am already helping.
@palonghorn (5479)
• United States
12 Dec 07
Well I can honestly say that I wouldn't spend 50 cents on one of those magazines. I guess the only thing I 'waste' money on is having my nails done, about every 2 1/2 -3 months, although I do have another reason for having them done other than they look nice. My natural nails split, not across, but from the tip back, and it hurts, the nails help protect my natural nails and the pain when they split. Other than that, not really anything.
@elizabethbathory (1132)
• United States
12 Dec 07
Good question! I'd have to say coffee. It's something that I love and am addicted to. I buy anywhere from two to three cups per day, every day. If I were to sit down and add up how much I spend on it during the course of the year, I'd be sick!
@moneyandgc (3428)
• United States
12 Dec 07
The one thing I spend way too much money on is Coke. I know it is unhealthy but I love the stuff!
I also buy a ton of magazines. I have a few subscriptions in addition to the ones I buy at the checkout line.
My husband is constantly buying flavored coffee creamers. That is something he spends money on a lot. He goes through that stuff so fast! But to taste his coffee...well thats just it, you can't taste the coffee!
@nichole1983 (1187)
• Canada
12 Dec 07
i spend everything that i get on bills bills and more bills i have been off work since march 2006 with a severe back injury hence why i dont have a job at the moment.. and dont have a steady income coming in... so i have been joining all these free sites like surveys etc to bank up money to pay bills and basically live off of...
@xunyicao (45)
• China
12 Dec 07
I spend money on junk food and clothes .Specially clothes,after some clothes buy have only put on one or two times don't like ,then not putting on ,like this really much wasted.