What do you own that most people can't understand why you paid so much for it?

[Demon-Xanth]

I tend not to question stuff that people use alot.

For example, if I were to pay $1500 for a bike, it'd be f'ing nuts. I'd never ride it, it'd be $1500 down the drain. Now, when I spend $20k on a car, I use it almost every day. I'm in it some 300-500 hours/year. It's work forking over a little cash for.

 

[Aharami]

car-mods

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: BillyBatson
a Griffin Technology Powermate INFO HERE. Was only $50 but ppl dun understand why i bought it, i love it though.
A lot of ppl don't understand why i pay a lot for my computer and rebuild every 3 months? or why i have a $450 cell phone but eh.

I'll give a vote to my Powermate. I got a black one for $39.99, it's fantastic! People are like, you paid $40 for...a knob? Then I show them how it works and they want one

 

[jfall]

$100 bottle of cologne
$2,500 laptop
$3,000 car stereo

 

[Tea Bag]

Monitors in my first rig. Otherwise, I'm cheap as hell

 

[MisfitsFiend]

I've heard some comments about my $1300. dishwasher, and my $4000 stove. I also love my bottom drawer freezer refrigerator....I never flaunt it...just sometimes people talk like it's their money I am spending :disgust:

 

[StageLeft]

Absolutely nothing. I'm thrifty, bordering on frugal, bordering on miserly, bordering on cheap, bordering on lame and boring with money.

FWIW I think $2k on a mountain bike is just fine if it's a hobby you're truly into. It's far more productive than $2k on stereo gear.

 

[Jzero]

I have few expensive possessions. Probably the most absurdly expensive thing I own is my ONNO custom hand made carbon-fiber kayak paddle. At $380 shipped it cost me almost as much as my kayak itself, but it has been one of the best purchases I've made. My original paddle weighed about 5 pounds. This paddle weighs 1.25 pounds and was shaped and structured according to my armspan, paddling style and boat width. Because of the lighter weight and increased efficiency in both the shape and the way carbon-fiber transmits the energy, I can go faster, more easily and for longer periods of time.

 

[NTB]

1) My computer(s) (bought one, have built 3 more since I started college. Family gets hand-me downs though, so they haven't complained too much).

2) Rebel XT camera and associated gear. Only a 1GB card and a cheap 70-300 zoom so far...

Nate

 

[dullard]

I don't think anyone would look at what I've bought and not understand it. I'm the type of person who only buys things that I need and that are wonderful values. Even if it means I have to wait another 3 months, I'll gladly buy something for 50%, 70%, 90% less than what people pay to have it now.

Originally posted by: MisfitsFiend
I've heard some comments about my $1300. dishwasher, and my $4000 stove. I also love my bottom drawer freezer refrigerator....I never flaunt it...just sometimes people talk like it's their money I am spending :disgust:

I see the point in the expensive stove and bottom drawer freezer refrigerator. However, I don't understand the point in the dishwasher. The sad thing is, 99% of the people I know with a ~$4000 stove have never used it. They just liked the looks but don't cook. I hope you aren't the same.

 

[pclstyle]

mm $3700 for a suit?

oh, and my father bought versace couches for his apartment in Taiwan that cost a total of $23,000

 

[AdamSnow]

No one can understand why I paid $30,000 for a Neon... hahah

 

[elektrolokomotive]

~$5000 in Marklin model trains. I'm thinking about selling them off.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: notfred
The topic is oddly worded, but I'm trying to see what people spend a lot of money on when most of the people they know jsut can't understand that type of purpose. Maybe you bought a $10,000 television, or you have special light bulbs in your house that are $20 each, or you paid $5000 for your dog.

If you have something like this post what it is and why it's worth that much to you.

I'll start. I have a $1,500 bicycle. When you really start to take mountain biking seriously, they're like PCs, and you want better performing componenets. My bike is up to about $1500 right now, and the next upgrade will put it around the $2000 mark, when I can afford it. Why do I do it? Because a nice bike is more fun to ride, and less likely to break and cause you to crash.

One FS mountain bike - $3000
One roadbike - $2100 (got frame off eBay for $500, retails for $1600 )
One Hardtail mountain bike - ~$1000
One 1/8 scale RC buggy - spent upwards $2000 as of now :Q

 

[DrPizza]

No one questions the amount I spent on products (such as my road bike) because no one realizes mine cost wayyyy more than their WalMart bike. If I ride along side them, and they notice that I'm coasting while they are continuously pedaling and they ask, I simply point out that I spent more on a bike to get a better bike.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: DAGTA
My sword collection. I have six so far and each is different from the other and 'unique' in it's own way.

My most recent addition (two months ago) is a hand-made O-Dachi that measures 53" long. The blade is 38". Blacksmith was asking $500 for it. I got him down to $425.

Bet you don't know how to use them!

 

[Uppsala9496]

$900 for a new set of Mizuno irons this golf season. Also looking into a new putter for $140 or so, and a new driver that's $300. Fiancee doesn't understand why I spend so much on clubs every year....

 

[batmang]

hrmm, my car. its a fun money pit.
the last big thing i bought for the car was hondata, $300 for the s200 sytem and then $150 for the dyno tune. $450, it gained me 25whp though.

before hondata - http://www.msprotege.com/members/batmang/ek-dyno/1-22-05-dynorun.jpg

after after - http://www.msprotege.com/members/batmang/ek-dyno/2-26-05-dynorun.jpg

 

[CRXican]

Originally posted by: batmang
hrmm, my car. its a fun money pit.
the last big thing i bought for the car was hondata, $300 for the s200 sytem and then $150 for the dyno tune. $450, it gained me 25whp though.

before hondata - http://www.msprotege.com/members/batmang/ek-dyno/1-22-05-dynorun.jpg

after after - http://www.msprotege.com/members/batmang/ek-dyno/2-26-05-dynorun.jpg

lol what do you drive?

My CRX is my money pit. Thousands of dollars on an engine swap, paint job, I'm on my second set of wheels, etc etc.

 

[batmang]

97 civic hatch, b16 swap, tons of crap

www.jmbat.com

[Engine]
B16A2 Engine
Skunk2 Cat-Back Exhaust
Skunk2 Stage 2 Camshafts
Skunk2 Valve Springs
Skunk2 Retainers
Buddy Club Cam Gears
CTR Intake Manifold
CTR Throttle Body
CTR Valve Cover
Jasma 4-2-1 Header
GSR Master Cylinder and Booster
MSD Ignition with Blaster 3 Coil and Launch Control
Short Ram Intake
Advan Resevoir Covers
ACT 4 Puck Unsprung Clutch
P28 ECU Chipped with Hondata
Hondata s200 w/ datalogging

[Suspension/Brakes]
Stock Struts
Ground Control Sleeve Overs
Integra LS Half Shafts
GSR Disc Brake Conversion
Spoon Lower Tie Bar
CTR Strut Bar

[Interior]
Si Interior / Si Gauge Cluster
Pioneer Deck
Momo Steering Wheel and Hub
CTR Cup Holders

[Exterior]
99-00 Civic Si Front End Conversion
CTR Rear Lip
Fiber Images CF Hood
Password JDM CF Wing

[Wheels and Tires]
Buddy Club SF / 15x6.5 Gunmetal
Falken Azeni Tires / 205/50/15

 

[JulesMaximus]

I have a $1,600 Beretta over/under shotgun.

 

[CRXican]

Originally posted by: batmang
97 civic hatch, b16 swap, tons of crap

www.jmbat.com

pretty cool, have a B16 in the CRX. Didn't realize the s200 was so cheap, might have to pick one up.

 

[aidanjm]

nm

 

[batmang]

wha???

 

[JonnyBlaze]

a subwoofer that cost $850.