Everyone has their guilty pleasure on which they spend money, but sometimes it can go too far. It doesn’t take a financial genius to avoid these money mistakes.
1. Tattoos for yourself vs. Christmas and birthday gifts for kids
Someone confessed: “My wife is in many mom groups on Facebook. The number of people begging for help for their poor children who won’t get presents for Christmas or birthdays and show off their giant new tattoos is amazing.”
“She shows me every time she finds one of these people and it happens all the time. Usually a few recent photos of them drinking and having fun. So yes, there are a lot of people who spend big money on tattoos and parties instead of putting a little money aside for their kids.”
2. Forgot to cancel before the end of the trial period
“Random Subscriptions. Remember guys, if you are signing up for a free trial, be prepared to cancel it as soon as you are allowed to. Otherwise, the subscription will begin to be charged automatically, and you will receive $ 60 worth of nonsense every week at home, ”said another.
3. Private fireworks show
“My neighbors once spent all their money on a private fireworks show and then hid their cars from a confiscator for months. Edit: no longer neighbors. It’s ridiculous to spend all your money on this. Add to this that they also neglected their duties,” suggested one of them.
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4. Overdraft from your account for a chocolate bar
“I dated a guy who kept using his debit card even when his bank account was overdrawn because he didn’t realize he was being charged an overdraft fee for every transaction,” one said. “So I had to explain that his only Snickers bar or bag of vending machine chips was now costing him an extra $35. And he did it several times every shift he worked.”
5. Be their own MLM boss
One user commented, “This is just the saddest sight. Decent people get into it, get very excited about it, and let multi-level marketing take over their lives. Meanwhile, these pyramid schemes are draining them. Their support network has deteriorated because no one wants to be around someone who is constantly trying to convict them of a scam.”
6. Non-Fungible Token (NFT)
Another confessed: “I remember my ex working as an Uber driver, maximizing his cards and commenting on this weird chat to be the first to get a ridiculously expensive NFT because he said it was supposed to make him a millionaire… So he bought one and I couldn’t sell it.”
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7. Crystals and stones
“My mom spent $1,000 on crystals and stones. However, she continues and even gives them away. I have no idea what to do with them, so I plant them in pots with plants, and for some reason she gets upset. Help, please, ”one of the users partly joked.
8. Buying at rental locations
“In the mid-2000s, I had a colleague who rented a PlayStation 2. He was a nice guy, but he was always in need of money, but he was very proud that he finally got a PS2. They were like new for $200. And he paid $40 a week for 12 weeks,” shared one of them.
“I told him to return it, buy him one, and he could pay me $40 a week for six weeks. So I bought him a PS2, a memory card, etc. after taxes, I almost broke even and saved him $240 and six weeks.”
9. Lottery tickets and scratch offs
“I knew a girl who spent all her money on lottery tickets and lottery tickets. She kept talking about how she would move and start all over again when she finally won big. Grandmother left her a legacy of 20-30 thousand dollars, ”explained one of them.
“Nothing has changed except how many scratching posts she bought. I saw her sometimes buy whole buns. Then, finally, she figured out the last thousand, made an advance on the apartment (she lived in a motel) and fixed the car. But that money was gone in less than two months.”
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10. You can’t buy unconditional love.
“I spent almost $400 to get my ex’s car back from a tow truck after he exchanged it for a fake check from a scammer who was then arrested and the car ended up in a parking lot,” the last person commented.
What do you think? Done Reddit Do you understand this correctly, or are you guilty of something from the list?
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