LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days agoOther than a house or car, what's the most expensive purchase you ever made?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up139arrow-down11
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareOther than a house or car, what's the most expensive purchase you ever made?LadyButterfly she/her@piefed.blahaj.zone to Ask@piefed.socialEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoReal talk. My mom spent that much on her first new car; my grandparents spent 1/3 on buying land and building a house. I got heat for 110m2.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoI got a new one a couple years ago. Was like $25k. That wasn’t even with all the top of the line options either.
minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoAnd it’s probably only $5000 worth of parts.
minus-squareOmgpwnies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 days agoI kinda count that as house expense - if I didn’t have this house, I wouldn’t have had to replace the HVAC, windows, etc. so to me it just compounds on the purchase price of the property itself.
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Real talk. My mom spent that much on her first new car; my grandparents spent 1/3 on buying land and building a house. I got heat for 110m2.
I got a new one a couple years ago. Was like $25k. That wasn’t even with all the top of the line options either.
And it’s probably only $5000 worth of parts.
I kinda count that as house expense - if I didn’t have this house, I wouldn’t have had to replace the HVAC, windows, etc. so to me it just compounds on the purchase price of the property itself.