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The most expensive thing you bought this year?

Andre36
19 hours ago, Teddy07 said:

Just fees or does it include housing? 

That's just housing. I live in Scotland and go to a Scottish university so don't pay tuition fees (what a wonderful life). My accommodation for the year (including food 19 meals a week, wifi, electricity, water and heating) is about £7000 for the year though and my student loan pays the vast majority of it

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So far it's my new motorbike helmet at €270, but soon its going to be either a new stove/oven combo or a new kitchen fan at a couple hundred euros each. It's been a fairly unexpenvie year so far tbh.

 

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Or if we count a trip with all its expenses my bike trip in Norway starting tomorrow hopefully is going to probably take the cake by a long shot. Everything is so damn expensive over there xD

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A farm.

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2 minutes ago, Oso Sin Nombre said:

Ants farm or ..... ??? Sounds expensive ?

No, a 200 acre actual farm.

Not planning on getting into the farming business, just going to be a flip.

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Probably my Gigabyte RX 570, I got it on sale for only 130USD a couple months ago and it came with two free games as well.

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5 minutes ago, Oso Sin Nombre said:

Or you could set up a luxury shooting range there ?

As amazing as that would be, current plans are more profitable.

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On 7/23/2019 at 11:17 PM, Andre36 said:

Hi

I'm new to this forum. I'm still student, so this year I only want to spend my money for a pet. Maybe a dog :] What's your?

Keep in mind pets (especially dogs) can be very expensive. You have to buy them food (good Dog Food can be pretty pricey) all the time, you need to take them to the vet for their vaccinations, dog toys, etc. And that's not even considering if/when they get sick or injured.

 

Not saying don't do this, but if you're a student? ... maybe wait until you've graduated before getting a dog.

 

The most expensive single thing I've purchased this year? Probably a fridge (it was a mid-size fridge at around $450) - though I had to replace my brakes and do service on my car, so the total bill on that was just over $1000.

 

That's assuming you don't count rent, which is $1300/month for my 2 bedroom apartment.

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If you are looking for a pet and are on a smaller budget get a smaller dog. Speaking from experience here. Yes a small dog can still incur massive vet bills but let me put it in context. Two simple examples. My previous dog was an English Mastiff, when I got him neutered it was almost $800 due to having to wait for him to fully mature, that meant that he was around 200 lbs at 18 months and it meant FAR more medication during and after surgery and needing a second tech involved in the surgery to handle his size. Same vet I have my chihuahua booked in to get nurtured, he will be $250. Same two dogs, Mastiff had an infection at one point and needed antibiotics for a cough, his meds for a 2 week treatment were just under $500, the chihuahua got a bit of kennel cough and was prescribed the exact same antibiotic, his 2 week treatment was $45. I know people that have racked up $10,000 or more on surgery for dogs like yorkies but over all big dogs are just almost always gonna cost more. Oh someone mentioned food, one bag of food for my mastiff would last for 12 days and cost $84 bucks, I get about a month out of a $28 dollar bag for the little guy, same brand of food

 

 

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6 minutes ago, Ravendarat said:

If you are looking for a pet and are on a smaller budget get a smaller dog. Speaking from experience here. Yes a small dog can still incur massive vet bills but let me put it in context. Two simple examples. My previous dog was an English Mastiff, when I got him neutered it was almost $800 due to having to wait for him to fully mature, that meant that he was around 200 lbs at 18 months and it meant FAR more medication during and after surgery and needing a second tech involved in the surgery to handle his size. Same vet I have my chihuahua booked in to get nurtured, he will be $250. Same two dogs, Mastiff had an infection at one point and needed antibiotics for a cough, his meds for a 2 week treatment were just under $500, the chihuahua got a bit of kennel cough and was prescribed the exact same antibiotic, his 2 week treatment was $45. I know people that have racked up $10,000 or more on surgery for dogs like yorkies but over all big dogs are just almost always gonna cost more. Oh someone mentioned food, one bag of food for my mastiff would last for 12 days and cost $84 bucks, I get about a month out of a $28 dollar bag for the little guy, same brand of food

And that, my friend, is why I own cats xD

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I really haven't bought anything too expensive this year, so I think my Unifi US-24-250W switch is probably about the most expensive.  

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I bought my gtx1070ti for $400, 7 months before navi launched. ouch.

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51 minutes ago, -Kriss- said:

OnePlus 7 Pro

I didn't even think about my phone - I bought a iPhone Xr this year, so I guess that tops the list for single "item" for me.

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64GB of DDR4 3200Mhz C14 for £450.

EK Velocity AMD block for £70.

Pimax 4K with Nolo VR for like £240 together.

 

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On 7/24/2019 at 1:33 AM, ARikozuM said:

Check if your insurance plan has a drug deductible. If it doesn't, find one that does. If it has one that's too high, get a lower drug deductible or look at some drug savings plans. 

My current insurance doesn't have a deductible for medical care or the pharmacy. This particular medication they only cover 50% of the cost for however, which seemed to be the same for most health insurance policies I checked concerning tier 7 medications unfortunately.

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