Depends on how good the night was......
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[Misc] Regrettable financial decisions
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Depends on how good the night was......
maffew
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Without a doubt marriage
Pavilionaire
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- Jul 7, 2003
- 30,569
£800 on an engagement ring in 1995. I left her, it seemed churlish to ask for it back...
Wrong-Direction
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- Mar 10, 2013
- 13,417
Spent all my pocket money on the newest Nurf gun, within an hour all 20 foam bullets had disappeared into neighbouring gardens..
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smudge
Up the Albion!
Yeah, I sold it to a record dealer in North Laine along Sydney Street, long since gone. It was 2007 when I was moving from Brighton out to Shoreham. He said the same. I believed him. Love to have it back.
pearl
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same, but I was 26, 27 (I think), policy was with L&G, never had anything to do with them since
They generally have a serial code on the recipt which would enable the check out person to type it in just in case the card doesnt work or breaks etc. This was the case 10+ years ago when I worked in Topman.
It wouldn't be L&G's fault more the adviser. But fair enough.
Worst Move for me was probably being made redundent getting a decent payout and taking a year off instead of doing something sensible with it.
I'm not sure if it's within the rules, indeed I don't care!
Switching out of my final salary pension in 1990. What would have been £35K index linked will be £7K not indexed linked in 2 years time when I take it. Spent 10 years fighting the so called compensation I got following the pension mis-selling scandal only for the regulators to close ranks around the initial decision and their puny compensation. Tried to take it to European Court of Human rights but tossed out as I hadn't taken High Court action here, which would have cost me £200K minimum ... will never get over it!
Switching out of my final salary pension in 1990. What would have been £35K index linked will be £7K not indexed linked in 2 years time when I take it. Spent 10 years fighting the so called compensation I got following the pension mis-selling scandal only for the regulators to close ranks around the initial decision and their puny compensation. Tried to take it to European Court of Human rights but tossed out as I hadn't taken High Court action here, which would have cost me £200K minimum ... will never get over it!
DerekZoolander
Active member
- Aug 15, 2011
- 171
Giz us a tenner mate.
This is true!! Did have some pretty epic rave trips or it could have been a Sterns visit I guess!! Sure would have quite a few additional nights out for what could get for them now mind u!!
pearl
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I had a bit of a wrangle with L&G over it
lawros left foot
Glory hunting since 1969
Yesterday, I didn’t cash out when Spurs went 2-1 up, lost £75ish, romance of the cup, my arse
GT49er
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I sold a few of my vinyl LPs to buy my first decent guitar.
Unfortunately, one of them was a numbered copy of the Beatles White Album, bought in NEMS store in Liverpool the day before it was officially released. Mine was number 78. Still, at least by selling this and a few other records for a quid or 50 pence apiece, I did manage to raise the thirty odd quid I needed for an EKO 12.
Oh, and my dear old Mum paid Caffyns £10 to take away my first car because it was making the place look untidy. The reg. no. was 10 JPJ - wonder what that's worth now?
Unfortunately, one of them was a numbered copy of the Beatles White Album, bought in NEMS store in Liverpool the day before it was officially released. Mine was number 78. Still, at least by selling this and a few other records for a quid or 50 pence apiece, I did manage to raise the thirty odd quid I needed for an EKO 12.
Oh, and my dear old Mum paid Caffyns £10 to take away my first car because it was making the place look untidy. The reg. no. was 10 JPJ - wonder what that's worth now?
Taybha
Whalewhine
I sold 2 boxes of out of date shampoo at a bootsale for £15 , turns out nobody gives a shit if shampoo is passed it's sell by date , and the buyer made a killing .
- Aug 7, 2003
- 7,795
Back in the early 70’s whilst doing my A-Levels, I worked part time at the Academy Cinema in West St. As this was the time that the Academy and the Regent were nearing closure, I asked if I could have some of the original movie posters from the storerooms. I ended up with hundreds, all in cardboard tubes. A few years later I binned them as they were taking up too much room.They would’ve been worth a small fortune today.
Nigella's Cream Pie
Fingerlickin good
Do I hear bitcoin, anyone?
No. Surely everybody made money on Bitcoin?
Lower West Stander
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Taking a chunk of my bonus in the supposedly discounted shares of my employer before the financial crash.
I can’t bring myself to sell them even now. My share statement still shows a loss of 75% of their initial value.
Second one was selling a limited edition 12 inch of Layla for a fiver. It was worth about £200 according to a dealer.
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I can’t bring myself to sell them even now. My share statement still shows a loss of 75% of their initial value.
Second one was selling a limited edition 12 inch of Layla for a fiver. It was worth about £200 according to a dealer.
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