THE DUMBEST THING I SPENT MONEY ON

Reddit asked. “What’s the dumbest thing you ever spent money on?” Some of the responses:
– “Candy Crush in-app purchases.”
– “As a kid I once spent like 40 dollars on fireworks. I literally set my allowance on fire, and watched it go up in smoke.”
– “Epilady. Ouch!!”
– “A Shake weight!”
– “I put Lamborghini-style doors on my Honda Accord.”
– “In my youth I spent 50 bucks on a replica Saruman’s staff from Lord of the Rings. As soon as it arrived I was like “why?” And gave it to a charity shop”
– “I bought this foot bath thing that supposed to release toxins from your liver. Not only is it probably some kind of snake oil science, but the package arrived without the ion thing that’s supposed to get the toxins out. I never even did anything about it, so now I just own an expensive plastic tub you can put your feet into.”
– “I once saved $600 for a guitar. I said let’s go gamble it so I can buy a $1200 guitar. I ended up with no guitar.”
– “Plane tickets to go see my GF and having her break up with me while I was in air.”
* PHONE TOPIC: What is a dumb thing you spent money on?