Things fools pay for

[Hu_Fan]

 

[ChiroHorn]

Disagree on the car PIP insurance. It's dirt cheap, covers lost wages & isn't reimbursable. Your health insurance will only take care of the medical costs & then wants to be reimbursed (since it was auto-related).

 

[GatorDave]

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[accuratehorn]

Gasoline.

 

[Bevo5]

I was pretty glad I had the extended warranty this past summer when the replacement part for my Sony LCD was tagged at $1200. $300 over the course of three years to protect a $2500 item doesn't seem all that outrageous.

But I'll add one to the list: $20 jeans.

And Ameros.

and big dooley trucks with leather interior that never see anything but street pavement.

 

[TexonLongIsland]

equities

 

[OrangeChipper]

Leased cars. ( I know.... every once in a blue moon, it makes sense... but regular Joe loses out 99% of the time on lease deals) There is a reason why the dealerships push them on you more than anything else.

 

[accuratehorn]

I did feel a bit silly in that blue brocade tuxedo coat I rented for the senior prom.

 

[YoLaDu]

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[HornsHornsHorns]

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[CumberlandBlues]

Lawn care. Just canceled mine two months ago and now saving $100/month that I was too lazy to do myself for some unknown reason.

 

[taco]

Parking, Why pay for it when you can apply yourself, and then may be you can get it for free.

 

[Black Irish]

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[Scooter]

A porsche for dropping your kid off at day care.

 

[HornBud]

6 figure weddings and birthday parties.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

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[l00p]

I think with a wife it is an investment. do you get one of the boobs back in a divorce? Can you pre-nup this? Pre-nip?

 

[bighornfan32]

The right to have a longhorn next to your name...

 

[TheFied]

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[Bookman]

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[accuratehorn]

Ex-wives.

 

[Sip94]

I've always thought that for the average guy, "Monster Cables" were pretty unnecessary. I get pretty thick gauge speaker wire or composite cables etc and am pretty sure <0.25 % of people could ever tell the difference in a non-super highend home system.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

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[ACuriae]

Monster Cable is definitely a scam, though true high-end audio and video cables do make a difference for some. Monster Cable is only high-end in price.

Also, I sometimes pay the one-time 10% replacement insurance on higher-cost electronics purchases. If you also told me I could insure my car for no-questions-asked replacement for 5- or more years for a one-time payment of 10% of the purchase value, I might pay it depending on my driving record and the type of car.

 

[Hornin Hong Kong]

I understand why people do it, sometimes these purchases are very significant to people's budgets, it just kills me that the insurance is mispriced to an egregious amount and I hate being taken advantage of.

I imagine homeowner's insurance covers these things as well and th deductible for many people would be less than the price of the extended warranty.

 

[TXSNOS]

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[Ignatius]

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[longhrnfan]

You'd be a fool not to pay your ex-wife. You could go to jail, or end up paying her a lot more.

 

[TexasEd]

ringtones

 

[The Creature]

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