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Home › Money

Question of the Day | 03/28/2008 7:30 am

What are the three dumbest things you spend money on?

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ASKNY LINY
Make-up, clothing and too much food.
By ASKNY LINY on 03/28/2008 2:56 pm
Magan Sethi
Starbucks - I never drink more than two sips; I don’t even like coffee! As seen on TV-items, including QVC and HSN - They look the greatest, but rarely have the value they claim. Athletic gear - I keep thinking I will develop a workout regimen or become athletic, but it hasn’t happened yet.
By Magan Sethi on 03/28/2008 3:23 pm
Karen Perry
expensive coffee…. love it the more money it cost the better I like it!!!! My daughter says I am nuts!!! This has been a habit of mine since the tender age of 3 when I ate the coffee grinds out of the garbage….I have been hooked ever since.
By Karen Perry on 03/28/2008 3:25 pm
Kitty Webb
Taxis when the subway is actually easier and faster; gossip magazines; toys my cats don’t need because they already have plenty of toys.
By Kitty Webb on 03/28/2008 4:19 pm
Jeannot Kensinger
Purses, I get depressed and buy a purse and then I run around for months with the same one, not taking the time to change. My best purchase lately was a Roomba, cleans under my bed in place I no longer can bend to or reach. Viva Roomba.
By Jeannot Kensinger on 03/28/2008 4:26 pm
M. G.
I would have to say my three kids. Had I not splurged and spoiled them and now my grandkids my husband and I would have a comfortable retirement!
By M. G. on 03/28/2008 4:30 pm
Maurine H
A 3200 sq ft victorian house near the ocean with an adjustable rate mortgage. Dumb, dumb, dumb (that’s worth three dumbs). Great house with good bones but a terrible money pit. Fortunately I sold it after 11 years and made a profit, but if I were selling it today I’d be wiped out. Right now I’m trying not to spend money on anything dumb…the economic situation is too scary.
By Maurine H on 03/28/2008 4:43 pm
Jennifer McCarthy
Mary Wells, what’s wrong with everything you buy in euros or British pounds???!!! You sound so xenophobic.
By Jennifer McCarthy on 03/28/2008 5:13 pm
Buh-Bye Hillary Hillary Buh-Bye
Jennifer, it’s pragmatic economics….not xenophobia…my son lives in europe and won’t even take $$ out of his US account as the exchange rates and wire fees cut the value nearly in half.
By Buh-Bye Hillary Hillary Buh-Bye on 03/28/2008 6:53 pm
Jennifer McCarthy
Everthing I buy and lose. I’m always losing my purses and handbags. And shoes for my two year old son. I always go back to the spot but the shoe is always gone. Who takes all his odd lost shoes?
By Jennifer McCarthy on 03/28/2008 5:17 pm
Micky Mc
junk food, cigarettes and shoes…………
By Micky Mc on 03/28/2008 6:11 pm
Charles Dance
Elizabeth Ann? I thought this was a blog for CHILDREN or something!
By Charles Dance on 03/28/2008 6:41 pm
G V
1. Greeting cards that people probably don’t even read and then don’t know what to do with—(do you throw a $5 card away or what is the appropriate time one is suppose to hang on to such a card?) 2. Craft supplies I never craft with, and 3. Gasoline
By G V on 03/28/2008 8:20 pm
Buh-Bye Hillary Hillary Buh-Bye
GV, I hold onto cards from people I care about….when I spot return address from people not overly fond of, the cost of card doesn’t matter in the least….am moving it toward the recycle bin as open envelope and glance at them.
By Buh-Bye Hillary Hillary Buh-Bye on 03/28/2008 8:40 pm
simmy sussman
Buying magazines that have no point being in existence. There is little content, so I’m going to stop being dumb enough to buy most of the irrelevant ones. I won’t name names as people have to eat.
By simmy sussman on 03/28/2008 9:12 pm
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