What's the most expensive mistake you ever made?

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Furryanimal

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Something that ended up costing you far more than you bargained for.
 

An MGB GT.

Biggest load of cr*p I ever owned. Bad design, bad build quality, in the MG garage at least once a fortnight, and I found that during manufacture the "castle section" behind the near side sill had been rusty but painted over!

The list of real issues, not just niggles would fill a page of A4 paper twice over.
 
Paying off a friend's car for around $6,000. He switched to liability insurance because he couldn't afford full coverage. He promptly totaled the car. Might as well have tossed $6,000 into the wood stove.
 
In 1964 bought 1964 chevy impala super sport two door ride. Learned a life lesson, when you can't afford something don't buy it.
 
A yellow '78 Triumph Spitfire convertible, back in the early '80's. It was such a cool looking car but every time I drove over railroad tracks I was afraid the vibration was going to cause something to break or fall off. Nobody who isn't a mechanic should own one of those cars.
 
there have been so many.....

plants and flowers that I've bought, planted and cared for... then they die,
a Volkswagen bug, a $4000 riding mower that I mowed to close to the edge of the pond...
 
Got the brilliant idea to refinish my kitchen cabinets. I did about a third of them before realizing it was too much work so I quit. Had to completely replace all of them to the tune of $4500.
 
Lost a little over $350,000 when my wife and I made a mistake in judgment buying a business. That's one of the reasons we're both still working at 70. Came out of that without a dime to our name. Remortgaged the home to include a second mortgage so no one, including the bank, would take a loss as a consequence of our decision. Banker used the word "integrity" when we sat down with him. That was 15 years ago. Since then, we have paid off our home. We paid cash for our vehicles. And, have put enough back that our financial guy says we can continue our current lifestyle upon retirement until something like 88 years old. Has left a bitter taste in our mouths about trusting people we believe are honest and upstanding. Has left a real sense of accomplishment to have come back from such a deep hole.
 
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