30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread (2024)

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Buying products from the Kardashians. Literally from any celeb.

Redittoranian , kylieskin Report

AimlessCreator said:

Cigarettes

[deleted] replied:

I was never a smoker, but years ago, I worked at a medical office part time. The office manager was a former smoker. Her husband had been on her to quit for years. Finally, he said if she quit, he would take the money she would have spent on cigs (2 pack/day habit), put it in a savings account and take her to Hawaii, which had always been a dream of hers.

Well, it was the motivation she needed. For 2 years, he put that money into an account on her 2 year quit-a-versary, they took a first class trip to Hawaii for two weeks, completely paid for with cigarette money.

She'd been seven years cigarette free when we worked together.

AimlessCreator , Joe Haupt Report

Weddings. A family member will have spent over $60,000 on her wedding that is this summer. They don’t even own a house. And 65%( after gifts from both parents) is credit card debt . If you have the money spend it on what you want but I just find it incredibly narcissistic to get yourself in so much debt because you need your ‘big day’.

lidder444 , r deangelo Report

Name-brand shoes for toddlers and pre-schoolers. They’re not gonna stay clean and they’ll grow out of them faster than you think.

nollyson , joiseyshowaa Report

TheShoot141 said:

Gold flake covered food

buttgers replied:

Looks tacky.

Has no nutritional value.

No enhanced flavor.

It's one of those "because you can" status symbols, but it's a stupid one.

TheShoot141 , Toukou Sousui 淙穂鶫箜 Report

Invading a neighboring/foreign country. As we are seeing right now Russia is doing a marvelous job of creating so many financial problems for itself and its people in the very near future. Like monday near future.

deejayhill , quinnanya Report

Primary_Asparagus_58 said:

Buying new electronics every year just because it’s a new model.

shak_0508 replied:

I genuinely can’t fathom why people upgrade their phones on a yearly basis. 99% of what you do with the phone stays the same.

Primary_Asparagus_58 , Terry Ross Report

Ticketmaster’s horses**t fees. F**k that company

JuanPancake , Mike Mozart Report

The medical industry. Not the actual providers, all those middlemen, managers, CEOs, and companies (with all their shareholders).

brushpickerjoe , Dennis Jarvis Report

Daydreamer631 said:

From what little I understand of it I’m going to say NFTs

DanF*****gSchneider replied:

At least with crypto, when you lose big all you do is lose your house. When you lose big with NFTs, you lose your house, and also “own” a picture of a monkey forever to remind you that you’re financially incompetent.

Daydreamer631 , pinguino k Report

Diamonds because of all the artificial scarcity, I was told if anything buy precious stones. That’s why if you look at royalty they always have rare or precious stones.

MarcoNoPollo , Julian Fong Report

Not having money. Stick with me here:

When you need shoes, you buy cheap and they don’t last

Fast food is convenient and cheap, but not good

You end up renting and can’t build equity.

Being financially unwell is a waste of money.

smack4u , Gunnar Wrobel Report

Often out of season fruits (like strawberries in the winter) are really expensive and taste like water

qquackie , The Green Party of Ireland Comhaontas Glas Report

hikeoff said:

Starbucks

TLMoore93 replied:

One week I decided to try Starbucks instead of Costa for my weekend coffee treat and I will never make that mistake again in my life

hikeoff , Kanesue Report

Designer clothes

777f3c , Todd Baker Report

looneythalostkidd666 said:

The lottery

wastelandtraveller replied:

objectively yes, but I still enjoy buying a ticket so I can entertain the idea of waking up rich as f***

looneythalostkidd666 , Hamin Shin Report

All the food delivery services. It’s obscene how much more expensive it makes a meal.

chadwicke619 , Kent Productions Report

Funerals: nothing better to honor a loved one with than personal bankruptcy

_ugtv , Tom Coady Report

IsThisNameTakenThen said:

Gambling

PseudonymIncognito replied:

This. There's a limit to how much a person can spend on a drug addiction without killing themselves. A gambling addiction can destroy multigenerational wealth if it gets out of control.

IsThisNameTakenThen , Nicu Buculei Report

unused gym memberships

subscriptions to services I rarely (if ever) use

insurance, when as soon as you make a claim, your premium increases

Teacher-Investor , VIK hotels group Report

[deleted] said:

Kids.

mascottaricotta replied:

As an adult now I think back of all the money that my mother did end up wasting for me up until I moved out, and I feel terrible because she never had a lot. Kids and teenagers are constantly growing and figuring out who they are and what they like. There is a lot of trial and error, and as a parent frequently you're gonna pay for things that don't get used. Toys that don't get played with, clothes the kid wears once or twice, hobbies that get abandoned, etc.. it's part of life I guess. My mum did an amazing job not letting me worry about finances when I was a kid. I wish I could repay her

anon , jonas mohamadi Report

Air pods and upgrading phones every time a new one comes out

Dannycar01 Report

Name brand items. Doesn’t matter what it is, if it’s name brand it’s a ripoff. I’m not paying $500 for a tshirt with an ironed on Gucci logo, when I can get the same shirt for $5 at target. And it probably cost 50 cents for them to make.

Uniwormthy3rd Report

WatchY0urStep said:

Video game skins.

12odriguez replied:

But I shoot better with a nice gun skin. Rude.

WatchY0urStep Report

Voss water, it’s too expensive and just drink tap water if you can

Mentyly , Cody Hough Report

megabestfriend:

Reddit gold

edit: just because it’s a waste of money doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate it

megabestfriend said:

Been using reddit for a very long time, no idea what gold or coins actually do. Or why anybody would care about the sub you get access too.

Catflap_Boi replied:

I leave a comment and then I'm gone, I only find out someone's given me something years later when I eventually check my messages.

megabestfriend , reddit Report

ThatMeasurement3411 said:

Ridiculously expensive skin care

Burrito_Loyalist replied:

My wife is a makeup artist. She says the expensive stuff is much better because of the better ingredients.

The cheap stuff at Target is literally packed with ingredients that are harmful to your skin.

ThatMeasurement3411 , Agronauti Cosmetics Report

Poop. Some people buy celebrities poop.

SmackEh , wanderin' wolfgang Report

Paying to have nitrogen put in your tires. It’s a total scam!

VTX1800F , robmba Report

Excellentbees said:

Cable.

JMS1991 replied:

It's not a waste if you watch a lot of sports. Most sports are still not on streaming services, and the illegal streams are usually pretty hit-or-miss as far as picture quality, and the possibility of them getting shut down in the middle of your game and needing to find another stream.

There are non-traditional cable options, like YouTube TV, Sling, etc, but those are still basically cable. They're just over the internet and with more transparent pricing.

Excellentbees , Ahmet Polat Report

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