Neil Dongcaster Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 What’s been your worst ever purchase or investment? I spend ridiculous amounts on clothes that generally only see the light of day once every few months. I invested in a buy to let property a few years ago. Make around £200 a month or so from it but on the odd occasion it’s empty or the tenants are a pain in the arse then it’s often more hassle than it’s worth and I’d be better just putting abit more effort or hours into the day job. I bought a golf set for a couple hundred quid intending to play golf to stay out of the pub abit more. Ended up playing a total of two rounds of golf and now spend most Sunday’s in the golf club! Any babies toys that make ****ing noises. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecN Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 There was a record/CD released around the late 90s or early 00s that was called “If you buy this record, your life will be better”. I bought it from HMV in the St James centre. It’s hard to gauge but I’m not sure what impact that purchase has made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 A "waterproof and breathable" coat from a company called Fortis/Country Covers, it cost nearly 300 quid, it was a sweat suit the leaked, quite an achievement. I waited nearly a year for them to get the coat in the pattern, material and size that I ordered then nearly a othe year and a threat of court action via trading standards to get a refund, shite experience,so much for bying British. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Салатные палочки Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) Scooter. Paid £100 for the CBT then £600 for the scooter, had it for a month and nearly killed myself on it. Barely rode it again and sold it. Absolute waste of time and money. Edited July 30, 2020 by Salad Fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I bought a house in restalrig 20 years ago. By far my worst purchase . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 My last van. Timing belt/Chain snapped after the Rangers game at Murray field, and ended up being towed by all the way home from the Junction 1 sign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyscott82 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Twisted Levis, and the matching jacket. And yes, I wore them together once or twice... oops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, andyscott82 said: Twisted Levis, and the matching jacket. And yes, I wore them together once or twice... oops. Now that's a bad purchase 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, ri Alban said: My last van. Timing belt/Chain snapped after the Rangers game at Murray field, and ended up being towed by all the way home from the Junction 1 sign. I wished I had witnessed that. Especially if I knew it was you. Dunno if I've asked you before oz but how come a paisley boy supports the Hearts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Bought a Canada Goose jacket once. Had it for about 3 years and wore it maybe 5 times. Far too warm for this country. 700 quid it cost me, sold it to a boy I work with for 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, jake said: I bought a house in restalrig 20 years ago. By far my worst purchase . Handy for The Tor 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 57 minutes ago, SecN said: There was a record/CD released around the late 90s or early 00s that was called “If you buy this record, your life will be better”. I bought it from HMV in the St James centre. It’s hard to gauge but I’m not sure what impact that purchase has made. You'll probably never know, right enough, but the way to look at it is just to assume that your life would have been really, really, shite if you hadn't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, jake said: I wished I had witnessed that. Especially if I knew it was you. Dunno if I've asked you before oz but how come a paisley boy supports the Hearts ? Just love them, bud. Just everything about us. I was a Rangers fan until i was 9 and I couldn't go the sectarianism any longer. It was constant with my mates, its all they played on their hifis. I'm just glad I am, and hopefully my tax rebate comes through soon, so I can get my season ticket back, after a couple of years out. Oh and I'm also a big Redskins fan, bit of theme with colours. 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, SecN said: There was a record/CD released around the late 90s or early 00s that was called “If you buy this record, your life will be better”. I bought it from HMV in the St James centre. It’s hard to gauge but I’m not sure what impact that purchase has made. Bet it made life better for the guy who cashed in from your purchase Edited July 30, 2020 by Marvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Lord BJ said: Ohh I have few bad investments that for sure. A house I bought it was probably my biggest regret, its a complicated story but needless to say it was the wrong decision. Invested heavily in the Woodford Fund, that didn’t turn out so well. Both were costly mistakes. Indirectly, my wife bought a Christmas Tree at just shy of a grand. She had no idea why it offended me so much. Still ****ing riles me😡 I feel really bad for people who invested cash in Woodfords latest funds. Lost track if the story a bit recently but are you getting some cash back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trotter Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 16 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Just love them, bud. Just everything about us. I was a Rangers fan until i was 9 and I couldn't go the sectarianism any longer. It was constant with my mates, its all they played on their hifis. I'm just glad I am, and hopefully my tax rebate comes through soon, so I can get my season ticket back, after a couple of years out. Oh and I'm also a big Redskins fan, bit of theme with colours. 👍 Racist. It's "Football Team" in these enlightened times now apparently mate... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecN Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, GinRummy said: I feel really bad for people who invested cash in Woodfords latest funds. Lost track if the story a bit recently but are you getting some cash back. Got out of Woodford just in the nick of time but currently taking a bit of a hit on some other suspended fund that was locked late March. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, trotter said: Racist. It's "Football Team" in these enlightened times now apparently mate... Red wolves is the new favourite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor jambo Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 A Toyota avensis. bought new, drove for 4 months, hated it, flogged it a massive loss. old man car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Just now, SecN said: Got out of Woodford just in the nick of time but currently taking a bit of a hit on some other suspended fund that was locked late March. That’s very unlucky to have invested in 2. I’ve got some cash in a uk based real estate investment trust that has tanked around 25% since March. Sure we’ve all got our success stories in investing but stings a bit when it backfires ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanks said no Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, ri Alban said: Red wolves is the new favourite. what happened to Red Tails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Just now, The Frenchman Returns said: what happened to Red Tails? Not popular. Red wolves is a tribute to the native Americans and keeps some of the teams History. Apparently! Just share the Capitals name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Is Back Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 A conservatory! £16K for a room that's too hot in the summer and baltic in the winter Oh aye and Woodford for a slice of my pension - thankfully not a chunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Lord BJ said: Yeah the fund was taken over and dissolved. So got cashed out, its all been paid out and rei-invested. Maybe a last little bit in hard to sell stocks. Can’t lie took a hit, however, nature of beast. The most frustrating thing was I was going to pull from the find about a year before it all started to go down hill but got talked out of it. The returns weren’t there and his positioning began to concern me,, was persuaded on the basis of his track record and pre that fund I had done well from him. Some pension fund got hurt badly though. He took a few strange positions and showing his hand publicly was a stupid move imo. I think he began to buy into on hype, as a few us did. I think he definitely bought his own hype and thought that everything he touched was going to turn to gold. Loads of folk followed him from invesco and expected the same again. I don’t know how he sleeps at night to be honest. Mad gambles on private equity and then continuing to take his hefty percentage from a floundering fund really sticks in the craw. Totally betrayed the trust that people had in him. Happens to us all at some point if we invest long term I suppose. ☹️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyscott82 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 52 minutes ago, jake said: Now that's a bad purchase 😄 Oh believe me, I know! In my defence, I was still in my teens at the time (just) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 28 minutes ago, GinRummy said: I feel really bad for people who invested cash in Woodfords latest funds. Lost track if the story a bit recently but are you getting some cash back. I put my wife's life savings in the the Woodford fund. She was nervous of investing in stocks so I guaranteed that any money she lost I would cover the losses. Fortunately for both of us I sold it all when it was 36% up on launch price - I had a gut feeling too much money was going in and it wasn't growing anymore so thought he might have run out of investment ideas. It could've been ouch for me! I still lost a bit of money but no idea how much as it was indirectly invested through Hargreaves Lansdowns Fund of funds.... My worst buys are a few things I've bought on Amazon, particularly when drunk and they seem to be mainly things for the house or car, including an electric car jack, as I was fed up of manually putting the wife's winter tyres on, then she decided to sell that car... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Spellczech said: I put my wife's life savings in the the Woodford fund. She was nervous of investing in stocks so I guaranteed that any money she lost I would cover the losses. Fortunately for both of us I sold it all when it was 36% up on launch price - I had a gut feeling too much money was going in and it wasn't growing anymore so thought he might have run out of investment ideas. It could've been ouch for me! I still lost a bit of money but no idea how much as it was indirectly invested through Hargreaves Lansdowns Fund of funds.... My worst buys are a few things I've bought on Amazon, particularly when drunk and they seem to be mainly things for the house or car, including an electric car jack, as I was fed up of manually putting the wife's winter tyres on, then she decided to sell that car... Glad you escaped without getting burned. Amazon make it so easy to buy shite online. It’s not the first time I’ve had a delivery and forgot all about it only to find I’d ordered something I neither wanted or needed. A set of four mirrored oven trays arrived during lockdown 😂. I’ve got absolutely no need for mirrored oven trays. The wife got new (non mirrored) ones a couple of months ago. Edited July 30, 2020 by GinRummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ri Alban Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 47 minutes ago, The Frenchman Returns said: what happened to Red Tails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1971fozzy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Way back in 2000 we were in the pub and a lad came round flogging porn DVD’s . We all bought loads and when we all played them there was fek all on them, they were blank 🤣🤣 seethe wasn’t close but looking back it’s funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SecN Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, GinRummy said: That’s very unlucky to have invested in 2. I’ve got some cash in a uk based real estate investment trust that has tanked around 25% since March. Sure we’ve all got our success stories in investing but stings a bit when it backfires ☹️ I had no losses on Woodford so glad of the escape. Your Uk Property fund sounds familiar to my locked one, same category at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, SecN said: I had no losses on Woodford so glad of the escape. Your Uk Property fund sounds familiar to my locked one, same category at least. Mine isn’t locked but could well be at some point It’s a dodgy area at the moment. I thought about pulling out when it dropped about 5% just before lockdown. By the time I procrastinated it had tumbled. Edited July 30, 2020 by GinRummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, andyscott82 said: Twisted Levis, and the matching jacket. And yes, I wore them together once or twice... oops. Holy mother of god, close the thread. Nobody is beating that 2 hours ago, jake said: I bought a house in restalrig 20 years ago. By far my worst purchase . Restalrig/Lochend...worst part of Edinburgh by a long shot these days. One of my worst ever purchases, was being suckered in by this fish van that appeared in our street. They said they were from the south east coast and only in the area this one time (now I know why) Spent a small fortune, because it was reasonably priced. The whole fek’n lot went in the bin🤬 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 I can probably tell you my parents worst. They bought me a skateboard for Christmas. Shortly after going out on it, I fell off and it went under a double decker bus and exploded in to bits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartsfc_fan Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 A few years ago when we were expecting our first child I got my wife a new car. A Vauxhall Astra. Nothing particularly wrong with it but I didn't try the pram in the boot with the dog (we like to drive to country parks and take the dog). Needless to say both didn't fit in the boot 🤣 so had to get rid of said car a few months later for a bigger car. At a loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 17 minutes ago, heartsfc_fan said: A few years ago when we were expecting our first child I got my wife a new car. A Vauxhall Astra. Nothing particularly wrong with it but I didn't try the pram in the boot with the dog (we like to drive to country parks and take the dog). Needless to say both didn't fit in the boot 🤣 so had to get rid of said car a few months later for a bigger car. At a loss. Now you mention that. Bought a new Audi TT roadster, wife tells me she’s pregnant and it’s gone😞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 29 minutes ago, luckyBatistuta said: Now you mention that. Bought a new Audi TT roadster, wife tells me she’s pregnant and it’s gone😞 I take it you met someone else. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 hours ago, ri Alban said: Just love them, bud. Just everything about us. I was a Rangers fan until i was 9 and I couldn't go the sectarianism any longer. It was constant with my mates, its all they played on their hifis. I'm just glad I am, and hopefully my tax rebate comes through soon, so I can get my season ticket back, after a couple of years out. Oh and I'm also a big Redskins fan, bit of theme with colours. 👍 Well oz I've sometimes a spare so geesa shout if I can accommodate I will. Tommy sits next to me though. 😘😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 2 March 1985 Two pies from the Cappielow pie kiosk. Managed 1/4 of the first one...terracing had the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 hours ago, GinRummy said: Handy for The Tor 😎 Aw mate I dunno how I'm still alive. I was full on many years ago. Not trying to act hard cos I'm not. But I didnt care. I liked myself . 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 4 minutes ago, jake said: Aw mate I dunno how I'm still alive. I was full on many years ago. Not trying to act hard cos I'm not. But I didnt care. I liked myself . 😄 Good on you jake 👍. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Two chipmunks. 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Weakened Offender said: Two chipmunks. 🙄 What did they taste like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Dawnrazor said: What did they taste like? That nearly happened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Weakened Offender said: That nearly happened. 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 27 minutes ago, graygo said: I take it you met someone else. 😉 Nope, now got two beautiful boys and I’ve grown up and bought Volvo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan_R Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 A wedding ring 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Weakened Offender said: Two chipmunks. 🙄 Was a time when I fancied getting a coupe of chipmunks myself. Sure they used to sell them at Pets at Home. Edited July 30, 2020 by Sooperstar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Sooperstar said: Was a time when I fancied getting a coupe of chipmunks myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Sooperstar said: Was a time when I fancied getting a coupe of chipmunks myself. Sure they used to sell them at Pets at Home. You dodged a bullet. I let mine out to see what would happen. Utter carnage followed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jake Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Just now, Weakened Offender said: You dodged a bullet. I let mine out to see what would happen. Utter carnage followed. Not really a pet man WO are ye? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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