[wangerin]

Ive always made it a habit to make sure my hobby had resale value. Never made huge investments, but was able to dabble in many hobbies.

There is a fine line between obsession and passion. Ive found that resale value the middle ground.

If at the end of the day you cant sell it and make back 70%, it was a waste.

 

[filipelli]

Haha pokemon cards...that was just a few years ago right? Man you guys are either young, or young at heart!

Roller hockey...my mom doesn't look at me the same way anymore - probably because I am a girl.

 

[xenithon]

I used to be an avid collector of model cars. These were the 1:18 size die-cast models, mainly from the Italian firm Bburago. I spent way too much on those!

For some reason, the one model which sticks out in my mind was the 1954 Mercedez-Benz 300 SL "Gullwing":

 

[owkia]

Baseball rookie cards. I don't really regret it as a whole, but there have been some impulse purchases that I've regretted fairly quickly.

 

[goldenratiophi]

Quote:

Originally Posted by XaNE /img/forum/go_quote.gif sadly when started yoyoing i spent over $500 in yoyo's and parts :\

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dual /img/forum/go_quote.gif Buying 1000+ Pokemon cards.

My childhood in two posts.

 

[oicdn]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Outro /img/forum/go_quote.gif oicdn: That was a clean hatchback you had.

That was my JDM car....before the whole JDM thing blew up. I actually had the JDM front clip right before I sold it. Had the JDM tails, spoiler, gauges, even glass. Yeah, nobody back then could really tell the difference unless you had a good eye...what a waste....

 

[vcoheda]

comic books. have boxes upon boxes of them all stored at my mother's house. all worthless. complete waste of money.

 

[Kirosia]

I spent over $200 on coffee/equipment only to realize all decent coffee tastes the same to me.

 

[braillediver]

"If only I had saved and poured it into my system."

What are you nuts? If you had invested it with compounded interest you'd be rich today.


Mitch

 

[Cid]

Pokemon cards for me too. I even imported the Japanese ones for around £10 a pack. I know I spent at least £1k on the cards. It wasn't really a problem back then as we were much better financially, but now it's a HUGE regret.

Tazos/Pogs. Completely pointless, even more so than Pokemon cards.

 

[HiGHFLYiN9]

About 4 years ago when I built the computer I'm currently using, I invested in a water cooling system in an external case and all the pricey water blocks etc. After about a year it became such a hassle to take everything out and change the water and clean out the blocks that I simply took it all out and put all the air coolers back. Such a waste of time and money, I have no desire to ever go back to it.

 

[tonym]

TVR ownership

 

[mrdeadfolx]

Headphones, DAP's and amps

 

[Samgotit]

On-line Jeet Kune Do lessons.

Finishing school at Switzerland's Institut Villa Pierrefeu and State side's Miss Vera's

 

[zotjen]

Ditto comic books. I did get a lot of enjoyment reading many of them but most of them I could have done with out. I threw out/donated a ton of them because they had no resale value. I still have about 20 short boxes in my parents' attic of the stuff I want to keep and stuff I haven't read yet (and may never read).

Oh, and I can't believe the average price of a comic is now $2.99. The increasing price finally drove me to quit collecting several years ago. Comics used to be something kids would buy. Now I don't even see how adults can afford to collect them.