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Hey guys,
I'd love to hear your thoughts and experiences on purchases that just turned out to be a great investment, lead to an amazing experience or ended up saving you a lot of grief.
I don't mean this in a way like: "I've invested 10.000 USD in Pretentio-Corp. Stock and gained a net growth of .9% over five years even after inflation!", but rather in a way that a very small investment has lead to something that made you quite happy.
Maybe you've played a thousand hours of a game that cost your 12 bucks, maybe you found an awesome restaurant and had the meal of your life, maybe you bought a broken down old car fifteen years ago for a bargain and still drive it, maybe you bought a guitar lesson and the the instructor turned out to become your wife / husband.
I think I have made clear what I'm talking about, so to get at least some structure, we can have three categories:
1) The best amount below 15 € / 20 USD you've ever spent.
2) The best two digit amount you've ever spent.
3) The best three digit amount you've ever spent.
One rule:
Condoms don't count, they're too utilitarian.
This is my first thread, so I hope it turns out reasonably well.
I'd love to hear your stories of something that seemed minor at the time really made your day!
Salutations,
MeowMeow
My own examples:
1) The best amount below 15 € / 20 USD you've ever spent.
The night before I moved to a new town, my boxes packed, I decided to order a pizza from a place novel to me.
A family-sized tuna for 12 € seemed all right, but when the delivery guy came to my door, my jaw dropped. The pizza wouldn't even fit through the door, the carton was larger than my kitchen table. It was also one of the best pizzas I ate in my life and I regret not living there any more purely due to the pizza place.
2) The best two digit amount you've ever spent.
My first car, a 1988 Peugeot 106 from my mum for a (symbolic) 50 €.
It lasted me for five years without ever having any trouble.
3) The best three digit amount you've ever spent.
My guitar. Hundreds of hours of entertainment, blood, sweat and tears, of people I met, of people I met, of fun I had, buying a guitar literally changed my life in a pretty profound way.
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I bought a Giant Inflatable Swan for $40 to a pool party, it was the life of the party! never looked back
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Condoms, thank god I never made that slut pregnant
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spent 680 € on a classic handmade guitar that was finished at my birthday in my year of birth. its a unique and a beauty of an instrument.
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My chair. It's a pretty decent office chair, got it at a garage sale for five bucks. Hard to get better than that!
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On June 03 2013 00:52 SiZ.FaNtAsY wrote:
Condoms, thank god I never made that slut pregnant
oh and yes ilöl probably have to second that too.
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Condoms don't count, they're too utilitarian and at the moment you use them, you're certainly not glad you have them on but do so because you're a smart individual. This thread is about something that makes you feel good, not the contrary. 
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$4100.00 on my old 1991 Toyota MR2
$4500.00 on my newer to me but older 1985 Toyota MR2
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probably a computer game I registered for 30 dollars or so, back in 1996, that I am still playing.
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My Kindle Ebook Reader! Best 79€ I have ever spent :D
Even though I wish I would have bought the paperwhite Version from the beginning!
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I spent 225 Norwegian kroners, which is about 38$, on the GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire pocket edition last november. All five books came in a pretty neat box set that looked kinda awesome 
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Well, I bought two bitcoins when they were still ~$35.
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1) The best amount below 15 € / 20 USD I've ever spent. AND 2) The best two digit amount I've ever spent.
There are quite a few books that come into consideration here... I'll go with Kant's Critique of Pure Reason for both categories. Over the past years, I can probably count the months on one hand where I didn't look inside - after I finished reading it.
3) The best three digit amount you've ever spent.
I would have gone with a certain medical bill on that one, but I figure if condoms don't count, this one might be too utilitarian, too. So, this one's an interrail ticket (by virtue of the holiday associated to it) for me.
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I would say a notebook for the three digit amount. Served as a seperate computer that was only used to write my thesis and papers at the end of my degree. But that didnt make me feel good.. >_>
Not sure about the other two.
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On June 03 2013 01:10 intrigue wrote:20 ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/3gAGkFC.jpg)
This should be everyone's answer in this thread lol.
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On June 03 2013 01:10 intrigue wrote:20
/thread. That and I bought bitcoins for 54$~ each a few years ago.
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Spent around $120 on a peach-colored, see-through nightgown, peach-colored soft shorts and a matching thong for my girlfriend.
The visual experience is definitely worth every penny.
...this counts, right?
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On June 03 2013 01:10 intrigue wrote:20
Could be true but it doesn't run on my computer anymore.
I think I payed $40 for starcraft 2 when I bought it at wallmart because they gave me a giftcard back just for buying the game. Even if I had payed $200 it would still be my best spent money.
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