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[Misc] Regrettable financial decisions
- Thread starter marcos3263
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Megazone
On his last warning
Donating money to buy CMS.
Please don't punt the £450k on shares or the 2.50 at Sandown.
How unlucky, not claiming on your life assurance.
Didn’t say it was mine!!
WildWood
Well-known member
The thing that haunts me every day is this:
About 20 years ago, my dad used to import furniture by the container load from the States from a guy who used to do house clearances out there. I said I’d pay the guy $1 for every vinyl record he put in the container on the hope some nice stuff would be in there. Months went by with no vinyl, to the point that I’d forgotten all about it. I opened a drawer from an item of furniture in a container about 6 months later & about 50 albums were in there. One of them was a Beatles album that I didn’t recognise called ‘Yesterday & Today’ that was still in its shrink-wrap. Took it down to a few record shops in Brighton who either said they thought it was fake, or they couldn’t afford to buy it!!! Sold it for £300 & a few freebies from the shelves thrown in.
This album is one of the top 10 rarest albums ever released & if you wanted to buy one today, still in it’s shrink wrap, it will cost you about 15k......
But I did only pay a dollar for it so can’t complain too much I guess!!!
About 20 years ago, my dad used to import furniture by the container load from the States from a guy who used to do house clearances out there. I said I’d pay the guy $1 for every vinyl record he put in the container on the hope some nice stuff would be in there. Months went by with no vinyl, to the point that I’d forgotten all about it. I opened a drawer from an item of furniture in a container about 6 months later & about 50 albums were in there. One of them was a Beatles album that I didn’t recognise called ‘Yesterday & Today’ that was still in its shrink-wrap. Took it down to a few record shops in Brighton who either said they thought it was fake, or they couldn’t afford to buy it!!! Sold it for £300 & a few freebies from the shelves thrown in.
This album is one of the top 10 rarest albums ever released & if you wanted to buy one today, still in it’s shrink wrap, it will cost you about 15k......
But I did only pay a dollar for it so can’t complain too much I guess!!!
Tokyohands
Well-known member
I like cars but always regret spending money on them.
OzMike
Well-known member
You luck b'stard, wish I could be left a few quid, but with my family's background there is no chance.
If true I'm not sure I would be letting it out on a forum.
OzMike
Well-known member
Gerry Fell did something along these lines to me.