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Only a small percentage of people are truly rich and have no need to think about the price tag, if something is a scam or if it’s overpriced. Majority of people are not so they have to be mindful about how they spend their money, but it doesn’t always mean that they are making the right financial decisions.

Of course, it’s fun to splurge from time to time but it is also smart to stop and rethink if the things we are spending money on are really worth it. People on Reddit listed some things that you may consider stopping spending money on after caloriedeficit101 asked, “What in your opinion is the biggest waste of money?”

We would like to hear what other things you would add to this list and if there are any things mentioned here that convinced you to save money on. Also don't forget to upvote the submissions that you agree with the most!

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#1

30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Buying products from the Kardashians. Literally from any celeb.

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Kardashians, the epititimy of entitlement & exploit their own children, grooming the next generation for the same path. They don't really invent anything, just get paid for lending their name to someone else's product.

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

Cigarettes

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I was never a smoker, but years ago, I worked at a medical office part time. The office manager was a former smoker. Her husband had been on her to quit for years. Finally, he said if she quit, he would take the money she would have spent on cigs (2 pack/day habit), put it in a savings account and take her to Hawaii, which had always been a dream of hers.

Well, it was the motivation she needed. For 2 years, he put that money into an account on her 2 year quit-a-versary, they took a first class trip to Hawaii for two weeks, completely paid for with cigarette money.

She'd been seven years cigarette free when we worked together.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Weddings. A family member will have spent over $60,000 on her wedding that is this summer. They don’t even own a house. And 65%( after gifts from both parents) is credit card debt . If you have the money spend it on what you want but I just find it incredibly narcissistic to get yourself in so much debt because you need your ‘big day’.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The sad part is that 41% of all marriages end in divorce. All that money. Wasted.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Name-brand shoes for toddlers and pre-schoolers. They’re not gonna stay clean and they’ll grow out of them faster than you think.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Name brand shoes period. An extra hundred or two so it says 'Nike' or whatever is a waste. The shoe quality is just the same, and sometimes better, on my twenty dollar shoes.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread TheShoot141 said:

Gold flake covered food

buttgers replied:

Looks tacky.

Has no nutritional value.

No enhanced flavor.

It's one of those "because you can" status symbols, but it's a stupid one.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I read somewhere that gold, being a heavy metal, can't actually be purified from your system. So this is merely a very expensive way of poisoning yourself.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Invading a neighboring/foreign country. As we are seeing right now Russia is doing a marvelous job of creating so many financial problems for itself and its people in the very near future. Like monday near future.

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Power hungry, egotistical, narcissistic, heartless killing machine.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Primary_Asparagus_58 said:

Buying new electronics every year just because it’s a new model.

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I genuinely can’t fathom why people upgrade their phones on a yearly basis. 99% of what you do with the phone stays the same.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Signed, my seven-years-old phone with 2GB RAM who takes 6-8 business days to do anything xD

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Ticketmaster’s horses**t fees. F**k that company

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread The medical industry. Not the actual providers, all those middlemen, managers, CEOs, and companies (with all their shareholders).

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Daydreamer631 said:

From what little I understand of it I’m going to say NFTs

DanF*****gSchneider replied:

At least with crypto, when you lose big all you do is lose your house. When you lose big with NFTs, you lose your house, and also “own” a picture of a monkey forever to remind you that you’re financially incompetent.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Diamonds because of all the artificial scarcity, I was told if anything buy precious stones. That’s why if you look at royalty they always have rare or precious stones.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Not having money. Stick with me here:

When you need shoes, you buy cheap and they don’t last

Fast food is convenient and cheap, but not good

You end up renting and can’t build equity.

Being financially unwell is a waste of money.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Often out of season fruits (like strawberries in the winter) are really expensive and taste like water

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most commercial stuff tastes boring. It is quick grown and therefore lack the same taste of homegrown stuff

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

Starbucks

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One week I decided to try Starbucks instead of Costa for my weekend coffee treat and I will never make that mistake again in my life

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Starbucks coffee tastes burned plus they use tax avoidance loopholes in the UK to avoid paying any tax so I boycott them. Whilst I prefer to use independent coffee shops it's not always possible and Costa is much better than Starbucks, plus it's UK owned and operated and pays tax like it should.

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

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Quality clothes is worth it though. Just hard to know where brand and quality crosses in price

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread looneythalostkidd666 said:

The lottery

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objectively yes, but I still enjoy buying a ticket so I can entertain the idea of waking up rich as f***

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I sold a customer a lottery ticket they won $500 on, and they gave me $20 of it :)

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread All the food delivery services. It’s obscene how much more expensive it makes a meal.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Good for people that are sick, or are physically unable to get to the store

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Funerals: nothing better to honor a loved one with than personal bankruptcy

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My husband passed late spring 2021 and he said he took care of everything. He left his body to science. What I didn't know was when they are done with the study they get cremated and returned to you $0. He came home last week.

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

Gambling

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This. There's a limit to how much a person can spend on a drug addiction without killing themselves. A gambling addiction can destroy multigenerational wealth if it gets out of control.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Also most substance addicts *know* the addiction isn't actually solving anything. It makes them feel a little more okay and their brain tells them it's fine. Gambling adds another layer. Technically, it's possible (however unlikely) that Gambling could fix money problems. Even harder for some brains to ignore that possibility.

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

subscriptions to services I rarely (if ever) use

insurance, when as soon as you make a claim, your premium increases

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I saw one suggestion many years ago that you pay X amount for the gym (let's say $500) then every time you go, you get credit back. Say you get $5 every time you go, you'd eventually get the whole fee reimbursed and it would motivate you to go to the gym. Would love to see something like that instituted.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread [deleted] said:

Kids.

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As an adult now I think back of all the money that my mother did end up wasting for me up until I moved out, and I feel terrible because she never had a lot. Kids and teenagers are constantly growing and figuring out who they are and what they like. There is a lot of trial and error, and as a parent frequently you're gonna pay for things that don't get used. Toys that don't get played with, clothes the kid wears once or twice, hobbies that get abandoned, etc.. it's part of life I guess. My mum did an amazing job not letting me worry about finances when I was a kid. I wish I could repay her

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The topic is "waste of money" ... were you a *waste* of money?

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Air pods and upgrading phones every time a new one comes out

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Given the use I've got out of my Airpods, compared to literally any other earbuds/earphones/headphones I've used in my life, I do no think they're a waste of money. Upgrading a phone just because a new one has become available, however, is a different story.

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Name brand items. Doesn’t matter what it is, if it’s name brand it’s a ripoff. I’m not paying $500 for a tshirt with an ironed on Gucci logo, when I can get the same shirt for $5 at target. And it probably cost 50 cents for them to make.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Name brands ... Probably made in sweat shops by children...

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WatchY0urStep said:

Video game skins.

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But I shoot better with a nice gun skin. Rude.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Watched my ex spend $60 on a “season pass” for a first-person shooter game. Said “season pass” could be bought for cheaper, but the $60 came with 3 special weapon skins you couldn’t get anywhere else!!! …game sucked, was full of bugs and glitches, company ended up shítting the bed and the servers were ghost towns a few months later, and the company stopped running the servers shortly after that. Ex basically got like an week of actual playable gametime in before the servers went poot. Sooo worth it to buy those weapon skins :p

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Voss water, it’s too expensive and just drink tap water if you can

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

Reddit gold

edit: just because it’s a waste of money doesn’t mean I don’t appreciate it

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Been using reddit for a very long time, no idea what gold or coins actually do. Or why anybody would care about the sub you get access too.

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I leave a comment and then I'm gone, I only find out someone's given me something years later when I eventually check my messages.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread ThatMeasurement3411 said:

Ridiculously expensive skin care

Burrito_Loyalist replied:

My wife is a makeup artist. She says the expensive stuff is much better because of the better ingredients.

The cheap stuff at Target is literally packed with ingredients that are harmful to your skin.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Normally I laugh at people who "swear by essential oils" but I had a cold the other day, and because I didn't have any vicks, I used mint essential oil leftover from mixing up my own hand gel, added it to a bowl of hot steaming water, shoved the towel over my head and just steamed my face , it got rid of my fuzzy head, stuffy nose AND my skin actually has felt great ever since. I haven't used my face cream in a few days and it still feels soft. (and I suffer badly with dry skin o.o)

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Poop. Some people buy celebrities poop.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Clear scam, how would you ever know whose poop it is. What celebrity would ever hand over their poop for sale?

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Paying to have nitrogen put in your tires. It’s a total scam!

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"It's a total scam!" if you don't understand science. I wouldn 't pay much for it, but nitrogen does make a difference in your tires. Nitrogen-filled tires rarely need to be topped up - even for many many thousands of miles, whereas regular "air" filled tires should be checked regularly (I'll bet you don't do that, do you?!). If I understand the science correctly, nitrogen molecules are simply larger and permeate tires far less than the molecules in regular "air". Don't knock it if you simply don't understand it!

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

Cable.

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It's not a waste if you watch a lot of sports. Most sports are still not on streaming services, and the illegal streams are usually pretty hit-or-miss as far as picture quality, and the possibility of them getting shut down in the middle of your game and needing to find another stream.

There are non-traditional cable options, like YouTube TV, Sling, etc, but those are still basically cable. They're just over the internet and with more transparent pricing.

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Spending money on games, had a friend who spent over $1000 on Genshin Impact… and he doesn’t think he has a gambling addiction…

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Gatcha games are literally gambling :( I’ve seen friends blow money on Genshin Impact too.

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30 Things That Are An Utter Waste Of Money, As Listed By Folks In This Online Thread Sending money to counties to combat emissions, knowing damn well those counties are just going to pocket the money and do nothing to fix emissions.

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CaptainRogers1226 said:

Free to play video games

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If I love the game very much and play it a lot, I might purchase some small things just to support the developers. But yeah, it sucks if p2w gets embedded into a free game you like.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are only a waste of money if you choose to spend the money though. With enough self-control you can enjoy the game just fine for free, you just won't ever be the most super special awesome amazing at it.

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Things that we don't need.

Oh, that book, it just costs 5 bucks. Terrible book, didn't read it. - Bad investment.

Oh, that Jacket. So comfy. 100 bucks. Great investment.

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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't visit a new town without trying to find a bookshop. I can't visit the same town without visiting said found bookshop. Books are essential, and a great escape from stress for me. (also how can you know a book is terrible without reading it, huh?

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