What Is The Most Expensive Thing You Have Ever Owned and Currently Own?

AlienC on 02/10/2023 - 13:12

Getting bored at home so I am curious to know what is the most expensive thing you have ever owned or currently own?

I think for me it is my gaming pc setup which is over 4.5k if i include desk monitors.

Never owned a car otherwise I assume most people would put that.

I am prepared for the houses.

But curious about other stuff that is not the obvious like lambo porsche or waterfront property lol

General Discussion

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  • Some Human on 02/10/2023 - 13:14
    +37

    1: house
    2: car
    3: couch

    • Mokr on 02/10/2023 - 14:00
      +16

      Human with life insurance policy

      • Name on 04/10/2023 - 21:03
        +3

        You own a human?

    • Kiro on 02/10/2023 - 19:26

      Pretty much the same.

    • VerticallyIntegrated on 03/10/2023 - 09:47
      +12

      1: artisan gluten free bread
      2: double serve of smashed avo

      Best day ever.

    • fredblogs on 03/10/2023 - 12:44

      what kinda couch?

      • Some Human on 03/10/2023 - 17:36

        Harvey norman 2 seat electric recliner. Paid fool price for it, but worth it.

    • HeWhoKnows on 03/10/2023 - 14:35
      -5

      Yes almost everyone in that order unless they also have an investment property which come in at no.2

      I suspect many big TVs would come in ahead of the couch

      So..

      1. House/Home
      2. Investment property
      3. car
      4. Big screen TV
      5. Couch

      BUT>>>>>

      if you have a WIFE……. then wife trumps everything!
      Then children after wife

      • OhmyRyzen on 04/10/2023 - 10:36
        +1

        You think you own your wife and children? That is strange.

        • Lichen6420 on 04/10/2023 - 11:15
          +1

          We'll your stuck paying for them regardless…

    • iDroid on 05/10/2023 - 18:51

      1: house
      2: backhoe
      3: excavator
      4: car
      5: hifi speakers

  • spackbace on 02/10/2023 - 13:14
    +95

    Children

    • Some Human on 02/10/2023 - 13:19
      +26

      What's the resale value on those nowadays?

      • Indomietable on 02/10/2023 - 13:27
        +55

        You joking right? I have to pay money for someone to keep them for a while.
        If I don't take my kids back - they charge $2/minute.

        • redfox1200 on 02/10/2023 - 16:34
          +9

          not a problem if you earn $4 a minute

        • squaredonut on 03/10/2023 - 16:48
          +20

          I have three kids and no money… Why can't I have no kids and three money

      • Lunatic on 03/10/2023 - 11:39
        +2

        More than you can afford pal. Ferrari

        • CocaKoala on 04/10/2023 - 15:34
          +1

          Smoke him!

      • godofpizza on 03/10/2023 - 16:58
        +1

        alot more that was this parent was getting.

        https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/4-children-sale-1948/

    • bobbified on 02/10/2023 - 13:22
      +5

      I would've thought that the wife would be more expensive!

      • Malik Nasser on 02/10/2023 - 14:33
        +4

        Wife or ex-wife?

        • bobbified on 02/10/2023 - 14:42
          +12

          Now you're opening up a can of worms! 😂

      • AEKaBeer on 03/10/2023 - 08:03
        +1

        Definitely the wife. The kids don't know about all the expensive extra curricular activities she signs them up for.

  • bobbified on 02/10/2023 - 13:17
    +4

    The obvious ones (by far) are apartment (six figure value), followed by car (five figure value)…. and too many things to name in the four and three figure value ranges.

    • AustriaBargain on 02/10/2023 - 14:51
      +18

      marry me

    • illusion99 on 02/10/2023 - 14:51
      +1

      Do you own the house or does the bank own it?

      • bobbified on 02/10/2023 - 15:05
        +14

        Well, right now, I own more than 80% of it.

        • Willy Beamish on 02/10/2023 - 15:50
          +17

          grats, assuming you worked hard for it and hopefully you enjoy it

    • Logical on 02/10/2023 - 23:54

      house (seven figure value), followed by car (six figure value), and too many to name in the five figure value….

      • bobbified on 03/10/2023 - 08:53

        You're obviously doing better than I am! Mine's pretty much bare minimum!

        • Logical on 03/10/2023 - 10:28
          +1

          house was six figures, then it quadrupled. Wish I had that in cash!

          • bobbified on 03/10/2023 - 10:34

            @Logical:

            house was six figures, then it quadrupled.

            Damn. .that was a pretty good pick! Mine hasn't appreciated at all - that's what I get for living in a city apartment! My mortgage payment is half of what my rent was before I bought it though. So kind of winning (not as much as you!), in a way.. lol.

            Wish I had that in cash!

            You can! But a bus shelter or something similar wouldn't be as comfortable! lol

            • Logical on 04/10/2023 - 00:12
              +1

              @bobbified: my partner mentioned selling up and getting another (but smaller) place, it would have to be a major downgrade though and life is too short to live in a shoe box… so we stay put for sometime i guess.

          • Franc-T on 03/10/2023 - 11:36

            @Logical: You can lol.

          • cheapjack on 03/10/2023 - 15:27
            +5

            @Logical: 6 figure car? HIgh yield investment AMG?

  • capslock janitor on 02/10/2023 - 13:19
    +1

    laptop/computer

  • Indomietable on 02/10/2023 - 13:29
    +83

    A piece of paper with a Degree on it.

  • trapper on 02/10/2023 - 13:30

    Wife, by far.

    • braddsey on 03/10/2023 - 00:39
      +1

      you don't own your wife.

      • Mugsy on 03/10/2023 - 07:06
        +34

        The wife owns you!

        • brawndo on 04/10/2023 - 13:09
          +14

          And you're probably the cheapest thing she owns

          • MisterEd on 04/10/2023 - 13:31
            +15

            @brawndo: I tried to re marry my ex wife but she found out I was just after my money

  • GG57 on 02/10/2023 - 13:30
    +1

    How are we to calculate the level of expensiveness of property?
    Is it the current market value? Do we need to deduct our mortgage value from that?
    Or is it the purchase price (less mortgage value)?

    • Indomietable on 02/10/2023 - 14:57

      I calculate expensiveness at the end of ownership.

      Property can cost 6 figures but if you can end it with profit then its not expensive.

    • AlienC on 02/10/2023 - 18:23

      Current market value.

      Kind of like if somebody asked what is the price of a PS5 today and not on release or after afterpay deductions.

      Just the face value market value some stranger would see.

  • linkindan on 02/10/2023 - 13:33
    +1

    Car at $32k, or a CD collection which currently sits at around $6k

    • GG57 on 02/10/2023 - 13:40
      +1

      Just out of interest, how do you put a value on a CD collection?

      • bobbified on 02/10/2023 - 13:42
        +4

        easy….. $1 per CD.. 6,000 CDs…. equals $6,000! jks!

        I was actually about to ask the same question!

        • whyisave on 06/10/2023 - 08:36

          You can go to Discogs and find out how much your music is "worth".

          So, get an account, use the App to scan the barcodes of your music,
          and then save those releases, to see your collection's "worth".

      • freefall101 on 02/10/2023 - 13:43
        +10

        I decided to get rid of my CD collection, the second hand CD store bought 3 of them and refused to even take the rest for free.

        I'm going to assume it cost $6k and probably appreciated about as well as cheap wine.

        • Franc-T on 03/10/2023 - 11:36
          +2

          hang on to them, one day when everything is streaming and you cant buy discs ill bet value will go up

      • linkindan on 02/10/2023 - 14:10
        +2

        Sealed rarities and a signed rarity - collectors and fans go nuts for some of the ones I have, especially signed after one of the vocalists passed away

        • linkindan on 02/10/2023 - 14:12

          I have a full set of 16, all sealed, plus a signed copy of the rarest CD

          A set of the fist 6 (the rarest of the whole set) recently sold for $4.2k, without a signed CD

          • Noblejoker on 02/10/2023 - 18:37

            @linkindan: Care to share the artist - just curious

            • Soluble on 02/10/2023 - 18:58
              +1

              @Noblejoker: Username is Linkindan, so I'm going to guess Linkin something.

              Edit: maybe not of there's 16 CDs

      • caitsith01 on 02/10/2023 - 15:54
        +1

        Please enjoy this rabbit hole:

        https://www.discogs.com/

    • Willy Beamish on 02/10/2023 - 15:55
      +2

      nice coaster collection my dude

      • zsuetam on 06/10/2023 - 21:30

        Coasters? I’ve made over 50k profit reselling CDs on Discogs as a side hussle the last 5 or 6 years.
        3712 orders and counting…

  • hasher22 on 02/10/2023 - 13:41

    At the time of buying:
    Car: 19k
    Samsung TV: 1.5k
    F&P Oven: 1.8k
    Bosch Dishwasher: 1.5k

    But if it's my gaming PC, including all peripherals together, would be roughly 2.5k to 3k

    • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 02/10/2023 - 21:49
      +3

      You installed an oven and dishwasher your car? Nice

      • 811b11e8 on 02/10/2023 - 22:07

        Bank probably owns the house.

  • apsilon on 02/10/2023 - 13:45

    Definitely house to both questions and the unasked 3rd question of "ever likely to own".

    If I disregard the obvious house, cars, camper trailers etc then bicycles would be next followed by some of my tools then some of the PC builds.

  • bloom on 02/10/2023 - 13:47
    +14

    My Honda civic which I bought for $5k but after all the fully sick mods is now easily worth $50k

    • bobbified on 02/10/2023 - 13:50

      If you'd said Honda S2000…..

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 02/10/2023 - 16:25
      +1

      Did @pegaxs' mate, that does the fully sik car mods have a hand in it?

      • bloom on 02/10/2023 - 16:29
        +3

        Yep, lowered, chrome’s, removed exhaust, momo suck off valve, skull gear stick, 76” sub, RGB lights

  • Benoffie on 02/10/2023 - 13:58
    +1

    House
    Car
    Jewellery
    Art
    Books (actually, they might be worth more than the art…)
    Antiques

    • bmxr on 02/10/2023 - 16:07

      Same-ish
      House
      Cars
      Jewellery
      Musical Instruments
      Art (actually art might be worth more than instruments and jewellery).
      Antiques
      Dog… goddamn you can spend a fortune on them without even knowing it. And they are totally worth it!

      • Noblejoker on 02/10/2023 - 18:38
        +5

        Up vote for the Dog - agreed on both counts

  • Dack Smith on 02/10/2023 - 14:01
    +1

    Girlfriends

  • USER DC on 02/10/2023 - 14:03
    +2

    What Is The Most Expensive Thing You Have Ever Owned and Currently Own?

    Life, time and respect

  • Savas on 02/10/2023 - 14:13
    +24

    my ozbargain premium membership

    • MS Paint on 02/10/2023 - 14:46
      +3

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    • wordplay on 02/10/2023 - 14:48
      +10

      my ozbargain membership has cost me thousands of dollars, and i guess saved me hundreds.

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 02/10/2023 - 16:26
      +3

      Worth it for the extra neg votes.

    • capslock janitor on 02/10/2023 - 17:34
      +1

      accept my fb request from ove r a yr aago

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    • spackbace on 02/10/2023 - 21:37
      +1

      Free when you hit 30k comments

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 02/10/2023 - 14:14
    +11

    HECS debt and a relatively useless piece of paper that certifies I rocked up and met the arbitrary requirements.

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