Aside from a house or car what is your most expensive purchase?

[Herr Tubthumper]

This is a question in a weekly Guardian interview which always interests me. Do NSC have any stand out crazy purchases? Any Damian Hirsts out there? Anyone bought a bottle of wine for 20k? I don't, but I am nosey.

 

[Phat Baz 68]

My 27 inch I MAC best thing I've ever bought

 

[El Sid]

Wife. Priceless.

 

[Munkfish]

Do you think Tony Blooms biggest purchase is the stadium?

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

Sofa. $8000 AUS and great it is too.

 

[Nibble]

4 acre smallholding in Cornwall. Best thing I have ever spent money on hands down.

 

[Ex-Staffs Gull]

Lining up a large spa/hot tub though and it will be most expensive

 

[Titanic]

Probably holidays, a few choice bits of furniture & cameras.

 

[French Seagull]

Daughters on going Uni education thanks to the Tories putting the tuition fees up 300% !

 

[champion7]

Wife and 2 kids

 

[Badger]

I've just spent a lot of money on a holiday which is easily my biggest purchase outside of flat and car, but if we're talking about material things then about £600 on a sofa, more on my PC but not all in one go.

 

[Taybha]

Fishing pole 3k and worth every penny

 

[Bozza]

I assumed we were talking material things.

Immaterial things: Many tens of thousands of pounds on solicitors and a barrister for a legal thing a few years back. Holidays cost a lot too.
Material thing: a watch, followed a mountain bike and a MacBook Air. A suite of John Lewis bedroom furniture cost more than all of those combined but that was 6 items really.

I've often gone years without any form of insurance because of not having any single items of any great value - we don't have any valuable items of art of jewellery for example. I appreciate something like a house fire, meaning replacement of everything, would be costly so I tend to buy it now.

 

[Driver8]

Caravan! (and motorbike)

 

[sebtucknott]

Things that cost more than my car...

Cameras and lens £15k
Sauna/gym in my garden £5k
MacBook Pro £1.5k
2x mountain bikes both £1.5k

 

[Lush]

Does an annual season ticket to London count? £5 effing K

 

[Titanic]

Does an annual season ticket to London count? £5 effing K

This*

* for the last 5 years anyway... now I work from home enough not to buy one! Result!

 

[Butch Willykins]

My teeth.

Spent a bonus having them upgraded a few years ago.

 

[Titanic]

Mrs T's wedding ring*

*actually it cost £35 at the time - but I am still paying for it 27 years later

 

[clippedgull]

My 27 inch I MAC

+1

Some holidays have been more expensive, but the iMac is still here. My best computer EVER!