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Drail
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so, what is the biggest single purchase you have ever made in your life? any home owners out there?


My biggest purchase is a '98 Subby Legacy Brighton. split it with my lady, each paid $3000.
Jan 12 2010 9:31PM
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prontocuts.com
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I love claim threads

Ive bought two cars in my life so far, both 3 grand cash, Id say my studio is the most expensive though. Ive spent about 6 or 7 thousand on it now.....
Jan 12 2010 9:32PM
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charmander
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skis

ive got about $800 into my on3p's mounted

this summer probably dropping 3-4k on a truck
Jan 12 2010 9:34PM
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roaklee
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my canon hv20 $700 haha not much but im still young
Jan 12 2010 9:34PM
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SteazyStoke
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$3000 on my mountain bike. It was pretty sick tho!
Jan 12 2010 9:36PM
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charmander
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ohhh yeah

i forgot about my dh bike

i have about 5 grand into mine, not too try and one-up you or anything haha
Jan 12 2010 9:37PM
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Rachy
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$43,000 on college? Given I'm still paying that off.


$19,000 so far on my subaru. $8,000 left, but thats how much I have paid so far. Interests a bitch... so is Tax.


Being an adult sucks.
Jan 12 2010 9:41PM
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comeatmebro
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15k on a car.
Jan 12 2010 9:43PM
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1337
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camera gear, $1500
my DVC30 was $800
new tripod (purchased this morning, so stoked) $200
Old cam that broke $400
Tapes, lens etc $100
Jan 12 2010 9:45PM
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Drail
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what subby do you have? new from the dealer?
Jan 12 2010 9:45PM
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An10a_Eng
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a semester of college
Jan 12 2010 9:47PM
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tommyp1ckles
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300,000 for my new car
Jan 12 2010 9:50PM
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Rachy
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Impreza Outback SE. I then had LoJack installed better sound system and the interior treated bringing its list price to $24,200, they took off $2000 brought it down to $22,200 + 10% tax brought it up to $24,000 so after about 6 years I'm paying $3,000 interest....

Now that I look back on the situation, I probably could have gotten the price down a bit more, but I wasn't about to argue considering they were giving it to me as a 20 year old with no co sign.
Jan 12 2010 9:50PM
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Crack.
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what year?
Jan 12 2010 9:52PM
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Shredneck
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2008 dodge dakota 19,500
Jan 12 2010 10:09PM
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Slinger1x1
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iS IT STICK???
IS
IT
STICK?!?!?!
Jan 12 2010 10:11PM
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PAuL_Hellar
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my shoes all combined
Jan 12 2010 10:12PM
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mike91129
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mountaineering bicyclette
Jan 12 2010 10:38PM
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Number_9
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I just turned 18, and have only had a job for a year and a half. I got my car for free (gotta love the Grandparents old Buick!), so my biggest expenditure was my laptop ($1000).
Jan 12 2010 10:46PM
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skiminnesota
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WTF? how in the hell did you get a car loan for that much carrying that much college debt? and why would you want to shackle yourself with that much debt on a horribly depreciating asset?

I will give you that its a sick ride.

anywho, so far its my college education. a tad under 3k a semester, started my 5th 2 days ago. you do the math.

I also purchased my current car at the age of 18 paying cold hard cash for it. 3.5k. then proceded to put a new trany into it a little over a year later. (another 1.5k)

pouring $650 into my hellbents probably wasnt the wisest financial decision, but what the hell, you gotta splurge every once in a while. haha
Jan 12 2010 10:49PM
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mike91129
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Ah shit my grandparents gave me their old buick too haha, 91 lesabre. ballin if you ask me.
Jan 12 2010 10:49PM
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Brenone
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house. $350,000 in medford NY
Jan 12 2010 10:53PM
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SteezyOhio
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1200 for my 40D
1300 for my lawn mower
1200 a year insurance
Jan 12 2010 11:57PM
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cobra_commander
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remaining College Tuition

cost: 10 years of my life.
Jan 13 2010 12:09AM
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ski-swagga
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my skis from last year. $720 with bindings
Jan 13 2010 12:37AM
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Nicholas.
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3 gs up front on a car. about 6 total.

and i got a 6500 dollar loan which is going to end up costing me about 8 gs total.
Jan 13 2010 12:41AM
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eheath
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262k on a house ( i think that counts right?)
16k on my car
about 12k on camera/computer stuff
Jan 13 2010 12:50AM
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Mr.SoloDolo
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Around $900 on my ski setup
Oh Buddy, Car prices blow. I think my parents are going to handle that one.
Jan 13 2010 1:00AM
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1337
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thats 12k well spent
Jan 13 2010 1:02AM
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45.
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26k on an 07 Avalanche that I pick up this Friday!
Jan 13 2010 1:09AM
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Nicholas.
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how did you manage this house deal? just curious, cause i think you are still in college?
Jan 13 2010 1:25AM
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eheath
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Well its in my name only but my parents cosigned my mortgage and paid my down payment, which i have to pay them back for though.
Jan 13 2010 1:29AM
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ECfreeski3
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why are you buying a house right now?
Jan 13 2010 1:33AM
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Balto
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1700 on my kayak this past summer for a single purchase i guess

Jan 13 2010 1:33AM
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lineskier10
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8 gs on a key of blow, i blew it all in a month, which some might consider a waste but i had a good time so fuck it
Jan 13 2010 1:33AM
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C-Burg
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books for school
Jan 13 2010 1:33AM
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jblaski
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$8K on my xterra.
Another $2K in credit card debit.
Jan 13 2010 1:36AM
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Totes_Magotes
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parents were gonna give away my brothers old car (engine gone to pieces) but i spent $2000 for a new engine and spent all summer putting it in with my dad. This counts as week 2 of my personal working car that i call my own that's mine and i own it personally that's mine and not anyone elses... that's mine.

that and got my HV30 with all accessories last week ($1100)
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worked 2 jobs for the past year and a half
Jan 13 2010 1:40AM
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eheath
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You obviously don't follow the housing market very well.
Jan 13 2010 1:44AM
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ECfreeski3
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meow. im talking about your age, sorry i asked
Jan 13 2010 1:45AM
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lineskier10
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clearly he needs a stash house for all of his donuts
Jan 13 2010 1:46AM
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ECfreeski3
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and how are you going to afford it? are mom and dad paying the first 5 years payments too?
Jan 13 2010 1:47AM
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factory81
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you have your own crib eheath?

is this in slc?
Jan 13 2010 1:50AM
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ferrinski86
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built a house for almost 200K
Jan 13 2010 1:53AM
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factory81
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$10k for a car for me. paid cash. almost done with my associates and im debt free. i put cash in the stock market also. i have 32k in the market right now. im getting my bachelors but im going to try and do it as cheaply as possible.

im not paid enough to afford a mortgage for a house, or in the situation to consider waiting out the housing market in the event i want to move. but i will eventually put a good chunk of what i have saved in to a house.
Jan 13 2010 1:55AM
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cobra_commander
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prices are low
new home buyer credit.
Jan 13 2010 3:03AM
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cobra_commander
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mortgage payments are never much more then most rent on an equivalent place; often less. Say you buy a 3 bedroom, $300,000 pad, find $50,000 for a down payment, go with a 30 year fixed, you will be looking at about $1200 to $1500 a month. Then you can rent out the other two rooms for $400-$600 a month (depends on location) and you could be living for much the same or less cost of renting a place, while building equity.

I did the math, and was going to do the same thing this fall, but they took a different offer on the place I wanted.
Jan 13 2010 3:08AM
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toominator
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I have bought quite a few things in the past year, I guess I'm a bit of a consumerist whore.

These are the bigger things I can think of:

Truck - $3500 (In the last month; brakes $900, exhust $150, tyres $800.)
iPhone - $800
Bike - $1200
Laptop - $1200
Camera & lenses - $1300
Skis & Bindings - $800
Boots - $450

So about $11,000 of stuff in the last year... my first year of working full time haha
Jan 13 2010 3:49AM
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fappy
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DUI - $7,000+
Jan 13 2010 4:53AM
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Benedetto.
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No, buying a  $27000 car is a bitch.
Jan 13 2010 5:18AM
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unchyll
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i bought a brand new crazy goped when i was like 13 that was a grand.
all my money now goes to gas and insurance now,
Jan 13 2010 5:58AM
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