What Things Are Just Not Worth The Money?

Trying2SaveABuck on 02/05/2023 - 22:37
Last edited 03/05/2023 - 10:24 by 1 other user

Was chatting to a Rich old bloke today who owns a Ferreri he is in his 70s and has had this car in his man cave for decade that essentially he never drives, he admits the car is over a decade old and has less then 5000km on the odometer….

He was saying a annual service could easily hit 3k and my reponse was but 'you never drive the car…why what is the point'

his reponse is 'i cant drive it around here becuz id be too scared to park it and leave it' [Western Suburbs of Melbourne]

i said fair enough but it seems kind of 'pointless and expensive'

what shocks me is this guy is 'wealthy' but he is also a giant cheap skate so for him to blow money on this had me a bit shocked

Got me thinking what do you own or what do other people you know own or blow money on that you just think what a waste of money…..

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  • Wiadro on 02/05/2023 - 22:42
    +35

    your story isn't worth it

    had this car in his man cave for 2 decades that essentially he never drives, he admits the car is over a decade old

    WHAT?

    • SydStrand on 02/05/2023 - 22:56
      +35

      It's basically Cameron's dad from Ferris Bueller.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 03/05/2023 - 07:48
      -1

      lmao yea sounds silly but according to this bloke the he brought the car around 20 years ago and is has bearly been driven in decades - im not 100 percent sure what that mean either

      • GregRust on 07/05/2023 - 15:37

        Where did he bring it to?

    • Breno785au on 03/05/2023 - 19:38
      +5

      Technically the car is over a decade old if he's had it in his man cave for 20 years lol

  • Nugs on 02/05/2023 - 22:45
    -4

    Phones over $200
    .

    • dylanando on 03/05/2023 - 08:44
      +21

      Cheaper phones have certainly improved however not long a go, spending a bit more cash on a phone was certainly worth and needed.
      Considering you use it all day everyday.

        • ripesashimi on 03/05/2023 - 13:43
          +2

          IPhones are way too popular in Australia and this makes proprietary closed-wall bullshit like Airdrop standard.

          Try sending around 100 photos or files over 25MB to a random number of people. Airdrop is by far the most straightforward method and that covers like 90% of the receivers.

          The rest, you cant do email but can do FB, android nearby sharing, setting up telegram, google drive of some sort, send them a link. None of them is as straightforward. The receivers must have had set up telegram, whatsapp, google drive, etc on their phone/computer on their device in order to receive it, and many times they dont.

          • aimon on 03/05/2023 - 17:33
            +11

            @ripesashimi: Understood but don't agree. Have never had to send 100 photos to anyone but when i do send lots Google Photos or Whatsapp has it covered.

            "The receivers must have had set up telegram, whatsapp, google drive, etc on their phone/computer" or they have had to buy an iphone which isn't everyone either.

            • lew380 on 04/05/2023 - 09:54
              +3

              @aimon: I would imagine installing what's app is easier than buying an iPhone just send a large batch of photos. Ditched the iPhone after the 5s, poor value for money apart from the ecosystem.

            • nayfon on 05/05/2023 - 11:37

              @aimon: Whatsapp compresses the photos and videos so the quality isn't always the best.

          • Tleyx on 04/05/2023 - 14:01
            +8

            @ripesashimi: How can it cover 90 percent of receivers when apple doesnt have 90 percent of the market?

            • darkmattersunB6c0MV on 04/05/2023 - 20:55

              @Tleyx: That is Apple user maths ( or the lack of maths ability) - disclaimer: have both Android and iOS phones.

      • Leadfoot6 on 03/05/2023 - 19:55

        I don't own a smart phone.

    • kaleidoscope on 03/05/2023 - 15:01
      +39

      yeah nah… anything below $200 is absolute trash.

    • baskinghobo on 03/05/2023 - 15:22
      +5

      My last 3 phones were the low end Android "bargain" phones according to Ozbargain and Whirlpool and 2/3 were full of bloat so I can definitely see the appeal of the more high end phones. You get what you pay for software wise with these cheap phones.

      • lew380 on 04/05/2023 - 09:55

        You can uninstall or disable some. When you have 100's of apps anyway, a few useless ones don't cause much of a problem.

    • ATangk on 03/05/2023 - 15:50
      +3

      Compared to how much one typically uses their phone, its an investment alright.

    • Minimum chips on 03/05/2023 - 17:34
      +1

      I tried a couple entry-level android phones and they were great bang for the buck but I felt the compromises too often; lack of NFC being the big one. They also failed in stupid ways - the phone app developing a bug and not alerting for incoming calls was quite galling.

      What I recommend instead is old flagship/big brand phones. I use a pixel 3, wife a Galaxy S19. Not quite $200 but close and we'll supported with cases still available.

      • rentonc on 04/05/2023 - 08:07

        and putting LineageOS on that old phone can make it current (if there's an available image for that model)

      • JayKrisx2 on 04/05/2023 - 12:00
        +5

        Mate, where did you get Galaxy S19 from?

        • Minimum chips on 04/05/2023 - 17:01
          +1

          Apparently I made the S19 up. It's whatever the 4 generation old galaxy is.

    • imurgod on 03/05/2023 - 18:26
      +5

      Maybe if you're a casual user but if you use a phone for business, QOL alone will make a more expensive phone worth it.

    • rumblytangara on 04/05/2023 - 13:39

      Bought some $200 phones for kids during covid… they are barely usable.

    • Ryanek on 14/05/2023 - 10:48

      I pay a premium for the camera. Havent used my mirrorless in ages

  • jv on 02/05/2023 - 22:46
    +2

    What Are Somethings That Are Just Not Worth The Money

    Your mistress.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 03/05/2023 - 07:49
      +6

      that is becuz you dont know what the 'mistress' does ;]

      • bobbified on 03/05/2023 - 12:46
        +3

        …what you do know is, when the 'main' one finds out, she will definitely take half (or more!)

      • kaleidoscope on 03/05/2023 - 15:03

        becuz you dont know what the 'mistress' does ;]

        may be he thought mistress does findom, which may he considered a waste of $ ?

  • Clear on 02/05/2023 - 22:51
    +75

    The weekly ebooks spammed here for post counts even when they're free.

    • dojomojo on 04/05/2023 - 12:11
      +4

      PSA: you can block [ebook] tagged posts.

  • jv on 02/05/2023 - 22:51
    -2

    old bloke today who owns a Ferreri

    Marco ?

    • Hedgehog on 03/05/2023 - 07:30

      Might have been purchased from Ali Express, cheap China knock-off with similar brand name…

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 03/05/2023 - 07:49

      honestly speaking the old bloke looks like an older version of the picture you posted

  • AustriaBargain on 02/05/2023 - 22:52
    +8

    The self flushing toilet at my mother in law's house. After we visit and I drop my friends off at the pool on the way out she always calls my wife and complains that it didn't flush by itself. Total waste of money.

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 02/05/2023 - 23:37
      +17

      Ask the MIL to invest in a industrial grade poop knife

      • poboy on 03/05/2023 - 07:07
        +13

        Mixing jokes from different platforms? I'll allow it.

      • BewareOfThe Dog on 05/05/2023 - 14:40

        Or a Tersorium?

        • Jimothy Wongingtons on 05/05/2023 - 14:47

          In the middle of the first century, the Roman philosopher Seneca reported that a Germanic gladiator had committed suicide with a sponge on a stick. According to Seneca, the gladiator hid himself in the latrine of an amphitheater and pushed the wooden stick into his gullet and choked to death.[8]

          Suicide… are they sure???? 🤔 sounds like old mate gladiator pissed off the wrong people …

  • Pelicannn on 02/05/2023 - 23:08
    +7

    OzB Premium

    • Nugs on 02/05/2023 - 23:21
      +15

      Worth every cent
      .

      • Jimothy Wongingtons on 02/05/2023 - 23:38

        Even better when my farmed upvotes auto redeem for the monthly premiums

        • Kangal on 03/05/2023 - 20:37
          +1

          That's what the Free Weekly Collection of eBook deals are spammed for…

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 03/05/2023 - 00:47

      How very dare you!

    • JIMB0 on 03/05/2023 - 08:33

      But that's where 99% of the good stuff is posted. Special tricks and what not.

  • cashless on 02/05/2023 - 23:21
    +1

    It must be sh1tpostday

    • [Deactivated] on 02/05/2023 - 23:39
      +1

      Mercury retrograde

  • try2bhelpful on 02/05/2023 - 23:27
    +33

    Anything endorsed or designed by a celebrity.

    • Cherry12 on 03/05/2023 - 18:15
      +2

      Agree. I've always wondered what type of people buy things just because a celebrity/ influencer say so.

    • SpainKing on 03/05/2023 - 20:21
      +6

      They have cool merch sometimes. Linus Tech Tips is also meant to supply pretty good screwdrivers (dunno if he counts under your definition of celebrity)

      • skillet on 04/05/2023 - 10:10
        -1

        I understand you are a supporter of LTT and spend money on ther merchs but PB Swiss is my yardstick when it comes to Screwdrivers.

      • Gdsamp on 04/05/2023 - 10:16

        try2bhelpful comment applies to the framework laptop.

  • John Kimble on 02/05/2023 - 23:38
    +4

    Flowers and pokies? 🤷

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 02/05/2023 - 23:39
      +2

      Flowers: nods

      Pokies: mate. MATE.

    • [Deactivated] on 02/05/2023 - 23:41
      +13

      Fresh cut flowers 👎 Planted flowers are 👍

    • try2bhelpful on 03/05/2023 - 09:42

      Good choices. I would much prefer a pot of herbs than cut flowers. When we went into lockdown I got some herbs and have been growing them on my balcony ever since.

    • bobbified on 03/05/2023 - 12:49
      +1

      What?? Pokies are not worth it? You're definitely not suiting it right!! 😋

    • Cherry12 on 03/05/2023 - 18:15
      +2

      Definitely fresh flowers

  • freefall101 on 02/05/2023 - 23:44
    +21

    Odds are that Ferrari has gone up massively in value, probably a great investment.

    Caviar isn't worth the money. It's just (profanity) fish eggs and just because it's from the black sea wild sturgeon or whatever doesn't make it worth 500 times as much as other fish eggs.

    Diamonds are a waste of money too. We're not far off mass produced diamonds being way better and cheaper than the blood diamonds the De Beers family controls.

    • AustriaBargain on 02/05/2023 - 23:45
      +6

      Odds are that Ferrari has gone up massively in value, probably a great investment.

      Textbook example of a high yield investment vehicle.

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 03/05/2023 - 00:46
      +5

      Odds are that Ferrari has gone up massively in value,

      Not the one last seen on Punt Road.

      • Baysew on 03/05/2023 - 10:08
        +5

        Dash cam footage for those wanting to play who's at fault.

        • us3rnam3tak3n on 03/05/2023 - 15:37
          +2

          That's gonna take some buffing out

          • Hangryuman on 04/05/2023 - 13:12

            @us3rnam3tak3n: 'sorry I crashed the Ferrari Daddy -
            can I have a purple one next time ? [blink, blink]'

        • try2bhelpful on 03/05/2023 - 16:45

          Love the footage of the guy getting out of the car in front of the one the Ferrari plowed into. How lucky would ya feel.

        • Baysew on 03/05/2023 - 17:12
          +3

          More Footage from other direction

        • caitsith01 on 04/05/2023 - 13:28

          Not a difficult game in this case.

          Incredible how much force it puts into the 4WD even at that low speed, pretty scary for the car behind to suddenly have a 2t vehicle pushed up onto the bonnet/windscreen.

          • try2bhelpful on 04/05/2023 - 13:33

            @caitsith01: I suspect part of this is the Ferrari is like a wedge and the 4WD has a high wheel base.

    • SydStrand on 03/05/2023 - 02:41

      Beluga caviar has been effectively farmed, which has brought prices down, but still expensive relative to other fish roe because sturgeons take a long time to reach sexual maturity, up to 10 years before harvest.

    • Mikeer on 03/05/2023 - 16:43
      +2

      Chicken eggs are much cheaper than fish eggs, and they're huge in comparison!

    • greatlamp on 03/05/2023 - 18:09
      +2

      Artificial diamonds are already here. They are about 1/3 the cost of mined diamonds.

      Prices won't drop further as the jeweller still needs to cut and present a diamond, and they still want to make the same markup they did with mined diamonds

    • MetaLaugher on 04/05/2023 - 14:27
      +7

      DeBeers hasn't been able to effectively manipulate market prices for quite a while lol.

      They control only ~30% of the global diamond supply as of 2019, and have been steadily losing market share since the 90s. Why?
      * A) Currently, with the exception of one mine in Canada, all are in South Africa, Namibia or Botswana. Namibia and Botswana have joint 50-50 partnership in all operations and can sell diamonds independently of DeBeers, thus reducing market share.
      * B) BHP Billiton was able to challenge De Beer's by opening up major mines in Canada.
      * C) De Beers used to have a contract for distribution of Russian Diamonds with Ex-Soviet now Russian group Alrosa, but this contract was torn up in 2009 due to EU anti-monopoly laws. In short, they lost near-exclusive distribution rights to Russian diamonds. Alrosa is now the biggest producer of diamonds in the world and can distribute their own product.
      * D) Rio Tinto no longer uses De Beers as its diamond distributor. Since the 90s all Argyle diamonds are sold through different distributors.

      Natural diamond prices are increasing because of demand from China and India, increased awareness of blood diamonds and efforts to stop it, and we've not found economically viable kimerberlite pipes to mine for a very long time. Don't get me wrong, they're unarguably the historic cause of toxic marketing campaigns to artificially inflate their value, and have effectively acted both in cartel agreements and as a monopoly in the past. These days their influence has given way to an actual growing scarcity and increased demand from emergent Asian markets.

      • rumblytangara on 05/05/2023 - 00:10
        +4

        Genuinely interesting, thanks for posting that summary.

      • SpainKing on 05/05/2023 - 12:36
        +2

        Well worth the read

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    +8

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    • Grunntt on 03/05/2023 - 10:04
      +10

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      • BewareOfThe Dog on 05/05/2023 - 14:44

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        Well worth the 50c a week. ;)

  • Lunarboogie on 03/05/2023 - 07:10

    Haagen-Dazs. Even half price at Woolies is too much so I've replaced it with Bulla when it's half price. I've also dropped potato chips off my weekly purchase (only ever bought one pack per week to munch on while watching Richmond games) and I've learned to live without fish & chips at my local at my local joint which has risen to $26. Everything else has stayed the same.

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 03/05/2023 - 07:51
      +7

      this is a big call i agree it is a rip off but if you 'love' ice cream Bull isnt close to as good as Haagen-Dazs

      • Lunarboogie on 03/05/2023 - 14:20
        +1

        True but it is still not bad. I have also recently gotten on to their NZ brand (can't remember the name) but it is bloody amazing and cheap

    • tulip99 on 03/05/2023 - 08:29
      +5

      Try Coles Irresistible Vanilla Bean, or Salted Caramel Icecream. You're welcome :-)

    • squaredonut on 04/05/2023 - 09:21
      +1

      I haven't tried Haagen-Dazs or know the ingredients, but just ice cream in general, there is a considerable difference from eating a Bulla/Streets Peter to a more expensive brand, literally just how much more cream or contents you're getting, most of the cheaper ones is whipped full of air, and you're just eating a lot of air these days.

      • dazweeja on 05/05/2023 - 13:39
        +1

        I think you're being a bit unfair to Bulla. They make real ice cream (Creamy Classics) from fresh cream and whole milk. Streets and Peter are the low-grade stuff.

  • MS Paint on 03/05/2023 - 07:32
    +31
    • Inflatable dart board
    • Waterproof tea bags
    • Pedal powered wheel chair

    You live and learn I guess.

  • kraigg on 03/05/2023 - 07:47
    +16

    He is wealthy but is also a giant cheap skate? I would think he is wealthy because he is giant cheap skate.

    • John Kimble on 03/05/2023 - 07:49
      +25

      But I'm a giant cheapskate and I'm not wealthy 😔

      • OzzyOzbourne on 03/05/2023 - 14:30
        +1

        Thanks for making me laugh 😅

    • Some Human on 03/05/2023 - 11:39
      +3

      It surprises me that this still surprises people.

    • Hangryuman on 04/05/2023 - 13:13

      a Ferrari is not a cheap skate

  • [Deactivated] on 03/05/2023 - 07:53
    +1

    Caravans.

    • MS Paint on 03/05/2023 - 08:19
      +3

      Not if you purchased pre covid and sold within mid covid stupid prices.

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