30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread

Being endorsed by a celeb doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad product, but definitely do not trust it just because it has their name on it. You can probably find something of similar quality that's considerably less expensive

I blame every person who buys from these idiot celebs for keeping them in business and thriving. The customers are the problem, not the celebrity. Stop buying their c**p and it goes away.

To be honest, I have no idea if they are good products, but if they are, I'm not sure that qualifies as "an utter waste of money".

Oh, now I see why the spoilt brat wanted Kylie as a trademark, despite it being Kylie Minogue's brandname for herself for decades.

I was at the bottle shop yesterday and found out Sarah Jessica Parker has her own line of Prosecco. Needless to say I did not buy any.

“More doctors smoke Camels than any other cigarette.” - 1946 ad campaign.

My dad smoked. Mom would pick up a carton or two when she did the shopping. I don't know if she forgot, or if Dad just had a stressful time or what, but he ran out of cigarettes. He went to the convenience store to buy a carton. When he found out they were $20 a carton, he walked out and never smoked again.

Thirty five dollars for 20 in Aus. Its a rip off and nothing to do with peoples health.

What an awesome idea! Makes me what to start smoking so that I can quit and go to Hawaii

With today's prices, that would be $11,680 on average in the US. Almost $500 per month. That's a pretty nice vacation. $8 is average here, though it varies widely from state to state. It's more like $10 where I live.

The last wedding I went to was in a public park (which had really nice scenery for wedding photos). The bride and groom wore nice clothes that they already owned and had spent a couple hundred dollars on wedding rings. Instead of bringing gifts, the guests brought food for a pitch-in lunch. After the ceremony and lunch, we all played games. It was the only wedding I really enjoyed attending - and the only wedding where I saw children having fun.

I wouldn't say weddings are an *utter* waste of money, but I do agree that going into debt for a wedding is ridiculous. We paid for a wedding that we could afford. We had fewer than 30 guests, but we were able to get married at a world heritage site. I do think weddings are a great way to bring people together whom you haven't seen in a long time, or who haven't seen each other. My wife's friends came from all over Japan, and my family all flew over. We had a special time, because we didn't just have a wedding - my family all had a two/three week holiday in Japan, which doubled as our honeymoon. It was a fantastic experience, and not one that I would change for the world. But yes - stay within your means!

Average cost of a wedding in the UK: £17,300, or nearer to £30,000 with all the extras (hen/stag nights, honeymoon). I'm not opposed to weddings, but be more economical, and put the money to the deposit for a house, from which you will continue to benefit for years.

Went to my best friend's family reunion. About noon they halted their volleyball tournament. Her cousin and his fiance came out to the middle of the field in fresh white t-shirts and shorts. They got married right there. Afterward, volleyball commenced. One of the smartest thing I've ever witnessed.

Got 'married' (ok Civil Partnership (gay)) back in 2007, 2 witnesses, no fancy clothes, no event afterwards and still happily 'married' but have been to fancy weddings and they ended up in divorce. It feels as if they have the fancy wedding to try and prove their love but cluse always show there is a problem when you get the "at MY wedding " or "MY wedding reception" never using 'our'

Fully disagree. Toddlers are learning to walk and need good footwear. Doesn't need to be name brand, but it shouldn't all be Payless. Footwear period is worth spending on.

Good shoes will last longer. Name brand does not necessarily equal good, though. Adidas holds up well.

I think the various commenter are interpreting "name brand" in two different ways: If "name brand" means some kind of a designer name for showing off, then OP is completely right, and its just as true for adults. If "name brand" means a reputable footwear company that makes good quality shoes, then OP is certainly wrong with regard to kids, and maybe for adults, too.

Wait a minute...It's the Jones' fault, you know, gotta keep up 🙃

Forget the shoes! Where's the top half of these children??

I didn't even know this was a thing. How fecking stupid can you get? Let me throw scraps of metal on your food and charge you extra!

Thank you! I absolutely loathe this! It looks bloody awful and does nothing to enhance the flavour.

Dumb

Gold is often procured at the price of human lives. Literally. I can turn this fact off in my brain far too often - but not when I see it on food.

It's also a waste of a precious material that should be reserved for research and high tech. Having it used in jewelry and as an object of sustaining value is bad enough, but at least, it won't get mixed with feces and flushed away, off of any reasonable access to it.

Funny, I haven't seen so much outrage about us invading Iraq to search for their weapons of mass destruction. 1 mil dead people. Seems a double standard, folks...

Any leader who makes a threat of going nuclear should be removed from this earth with extreme prejudice.

I cannot stress enough how much this issue hurts so many people on so many levels! This is a genocide and I hope and pray that it will end with the public execution of all those m***********s! So many innocent lives lost…so many people hurt…so much destruction……and for what? Just because we have nothing to worry about these days? Shame pUtin and all of your acolytes! Burn and rot in hell's belly! Slava Ukrainie!

Putin’s war.

Ok, I accept the tip. Portugal: you're safe, btw.