Typo, I meant AAPL, the fruit company. I bought a boffo diamond bracelet with the money instead of buying the stock. I still have it, but now it's my $100K bracelet. :rasta:
Your biggest financial blunder?
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I'll help your head swim a little more.
I was married & divorced 4 times..........but I've only had THREE WIVES!!!!
Oh, did I mention that I'm also presently Engaged to be married again?!
I think deep down, you all already know exactly what my largest Financial mistake was...
...Making that first post here in STS.
...Making that first post here in STS.
1) Not holding my Hansen Natural Corp (Now: Monster Beverage Co) stock. Bought in 2006, sold in 2006. FML
2) "Loaned" my ex roommate several K, only to find out he was broke and hooked on opiates. I'm not expecting to get my money back. (not a ton of money, but pissed me off pretty bad)
2) "Loaned" my ex roommate several K, only to find out he was broke and hooked on opiates. I'm not expecting to get my money back. (not a ton of money, but pissed me off pretty bad)
Holy fuck, jinx bro... I didn't see your post yet when I posted!
Um, nope, just WF's shooting the shit... And I'm going to hit 6K posts here soon just to prove my point. :thumbsup:
My biggest financial blunder has to be one 5 years ago, where I indulged in poor investment choices and was totally broke with a good amount of debt piling up. It fucked up my credibility and screwed me up real bad. Fortunately, I came out harder and better from it. I prefer not talking about it, a lot though. It was me in teens, at my stupidest.
More recently though, http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/155750-offline-businesses.html#post1717608 - again managed to overturn that shit.
More recently though, http://www.wickedfire.com/shooting-shit/155750-offline-businesses.html#post1717608 - again managed to overturn that shit.
Dude that really sucks. First cars leave a mark on us all...
Get a new sister yet? Or did she get you a new car yet? (Hopefully both.)
so did you re-marry one of them?
the last thing my lawyer said to me was ... if you get married again please invite me to your wedding so I can hand-out my business card.
Was just about to write about some big financial blunders I took while trading to a tune of $200k but I decided to spare everyone the trading talk and show one that hit me in my heart.
So about 3 years ago I was shopping for my first car. Wasn't looking for anything crazy, just something that drove well, looked good and wasn't too expensive. I settled on a BMW 2003 5 series for $15,000. I loved the car. I literally would come from classes and just drive around for an hour just because I loved driving in it. At this point I only had 6 months of driving experience under my belt too.
Well...every now and then my older sister would borrow the car for her chores. The car was actually purchased on her birthday in September. Two months later I'm heading out during Christmas break with my parents for a vacation; she decided to stay back. When we come back 2 weeks later we find the car in this condition:
This was the first time in years that I actually cried.
Apparently the same exact day we left my sister decided to drive the car in bad snowy conditions. From what we understand she got stuck in the snow several times, and kept hitting the gas to get out of that predicament every time. Well on the way home the engine caught fire and by the time the firetruck came the car was burned to crisp.
One month later I had the car donated for its metal. What I still have left of the car is the key and a broken piece of the break light I found on the ground next to it. I only had limited liability insurance; so I got $0 from the insurance company.
That sucks. And your sister? What did she say?
Either that or after 3 wives he gave up and got himself a husband.
Lost 10k in a police raid once during a grow op bust. Best thing that could have happened considering the plans I had to expand and the price I would've paid if, and probably when, I was caught. It taught me not to rely on a pipe dream for financial security as a legitimate house made of bricks and mortar is more permanent than one made of cards.
Yes, I just had to make DOUBLE SURE that it was a mistake!!
My second and third wife was the same woman.
She had the same taste in women that I did & always had me involved while telling her Girl Toys to fuck and suck me and then scold them if they did it wrong. LOL (She didn't want any Dick but mine either, so that was a Perk to me when I was in my mid 20's to mid 30's.)
She did agree to sign a pre-nup before the second marriage though. I'm assuming she figured, "why the fuck not?", since she got most of my assets in the first divorce. Lulz......er uhm.....I mean....Hurr Fucking Dhurr on me!!
Four divorces is pretty damn bad, but this makes your life worth living. :thumbsup:
Did you get a good price for the movie rights, at least?