What's the dumbest thing you did financially in life so far?

Petty Crocker

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Getting a rental car in my name for a ex when I was 23..the balance I owed was :whew:

Now dudes get bottled water and bubble gum
 

Amy Traphouse

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Going the cash everything route, now at 25 its hell trying to build credit because I don't want to get locked into a long term auto finance contract or credit card.
 

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taking loans out during college. that's probably the only really dumb thing i did. i didn't even take loans out all through college, just thrice. the rest of my education was paid for by grants and scholarships. but, i should have avoid them all together...
 

ThaBoyBam

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blew 10k and some change on a rocked out
white gold chain that i wouldnt be caught dead in today.

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Dropped like 4500 on one when I was in my early 20s. Feel like an idiot whenever I wear it.

I overindulge in casual clothing....jeans,tees etc.... I wear suits everyday :mindblown:


I have well over 50 pairs of jeans and only wear like 3 pair :shaq2:

Spend way to much on suits. Trying to have the, customs like :obama:

I ain't that nikka tho :usure::russ:

I gotta grow the fukk up. New money smh :sadcam:
 

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Having to build your sh!t up when you're trying to live real life is not whoa. I could have had insanely good credit if I played the game right in college. But I sat out like a chump and dealt in cash almost exclusively.

Tried to get an Amex and the Centurian hit me with the :stopitslime: and was like "Who the fvck are you!?"

credit is what's killing our economy. people not being able to pay off their credit and becoming debt slaves. miss me with that build you credit shyt. if your making enough money to where a credit cards viable the banks not gonna turn you down.
 

Black Magisterialness

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1. Not establishing good credit when i could have really young....
2. Not paying off tickets (no insurance, no L's ect.) and coming out of almost 3k over the last 2 years to stay outa jail/get my L's back/car back ect.
 

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Credit cards have hurt me financially. Having too many and some being maxed out with high interest. Luckily by some miracle I was able to pay off and destroy about half my cards. CC debt I have now is still something but manageable. Gambling is another thing that hurt me. 2 trips to vegas plus numerous trips to local casinos. started gambling young at 18 so that didnt help. plus it doesnt help when some of your friends dont wanna do anything but hit up the casino, gotta avoid those fools every so often when im broke. Not getting a degree is prolly the biggest tho. i would be making so much more money now.
 

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Being too cheap to pay the $60 to renew my tabs.

Ended up getting pulled over and got hit with with a ticket plus a $200/yr Driver's Responsibility fee for two years. Forgot to pay the fee the 2nd year, and then got pulled over when my license was suspended (I didn't know). So I got hit with MORE Driver's Responsibilty Fees, this time $500/yr for two years, plus had to pay to get my license reinstated.

All because I was too cheap to renew my tabs when they expired. :smh:
 
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