10+ People On The Most Expensive Mistakes They Have Ever Made

Oh boy...

Ayoub

• Published in Interesting
• September 14, 2017

Everybody makes mistakes but in a couple of rare cases, some people find themselves in some of the worst situations ever where the mistake they've made ends up costing them way more than they've ever expected. 

These things cannot be controlled and should be considered as life lessons we had to go through in order to grow and live life to the fullest. It can either be a financial or an emotional loss, the conclusion is that some mistakes could cost you a lot and make you go through hell, and here are a couple of examples that could teach you some valuable lessons.

1. Doopsy

When I was welding 1) screwed up a $65,000 door. 2) may or may not have blown a hole in a $1,000,000 + missile launching platform.

The $65,000 door was an EMP/RF and ballistic door. The damage happened when I was using a dye grinder to clear a bit of solder in a tube that ran through the door for some electrical- the bit grabbed and twisted the tubing and ripped it out. No way to fix it other than scrap the door.

2) the launch module- I was welding and on the job site there's a jungle of welding leads running everywhere- close to 20 machines? Well mine was set good but my buddies wasn't. He just raced his leads to a wrong machine and ended up cranking mine up way to hot while I was mid weld. I was able to fix said hole and patch it up with no defects or such.

Hope that clears things up. Oh, and yes, I'm still a certified welder, just decided to do a career change for other reasons.

2. AvonelleRed67

Not taking better care of my teeth. Now I need thousands of dollars worth of work, and can't afford it, so will likely end up losing them all.

3. y_awaworh_t

Not wearing my retainer after getting braces removed... Wear your retainers, people

4. Al_Vino_Vino

Had a part time job as a teenager at a Yamaha dealership that sold dirt bikes, atv's, motorcycles. I was told one day to deliver a Raptor to some address. Well, I loaded the atv up on the trailer and took off in the truck down the road. I noticed that the truck was low on gas so I pulled over and filled her up.. I made it about 1.5 miles down the road and the truck started running funny and eventually cut off.. I had put gasoline in a diesel truck.. I was fired about 4 days later.

5. Deako87

Not me, but my best mate made a doozy. He was in a bit of a rush to buy himself a car. He had a nice little nest egg of $20,000 put aside just for this purchase. He did a bunch of private inspections around our area, but he just couldn't find one he wanted.

He finally stumbled across the perfect car for him, great mileage (all country driving), full-service history and in excellent condition. The only problem? The buyer was on the other side of the country. For whatever reason, my mate decided to contact the dude and organize the purchase. After the money transferred, the ad disappeared and so did the car owner.

I just have no idea what was going through my mates head, it has been 5 years and they never caught the fraudster and my friend never got his 20k back.

TL;DR Don't ever buy a car without inspecting it and don't treat private car sales like a drunk Amazon purchase.

6. fridayfridayjones

Freshman year of college I thought my final exam was at 11:30.

It was at 9:30.

The exam was 40% of my grade, so I failed. I lost my scholarship and had to pay to retake the class.

7. 223specialist

My boss used to be the CEO of a company that built semiconductors, you've probably seen the silicon wafers they print the actual chips. Well they're really expensive. They had the 'million dollar club' which was for people that managed to break something worth over one million dollars

8. PM_Literally_Anythin

I bought a business. Turns out I'm not all that great at being a business owner.

9. Back2Bach

I paid several thousand dollars to have the back yard fenced in.

Two months after the job was complete and paid for, a neighbor complained that the fencing was about 2 inches onto his property and that it had to be removed, even though the fencing contractor said it had been done strictly according to a survey he had procured.

Turned out the neighbor was correct. By the time it was determined, the fencing contractor had gone out of business.

10. XBo0dspill3rX

losing my father's wedding ring at the beach about 5 years ago . my mum gave it to me when my father passed away which was 13 years ago

11. smalltowngirl64

Buying a $2500 couch as a college student...why why why

12. resorcinarene

Bad time during life and thought buying a new sports car would solve my internal issues. It didn't and I was stuck with a debt. It was sweet to drive and I loved the looks it got, but it did little to resolve my actual problems. I paid it off and sold it 3 years later for a net $30K loss.

It was a 2007 Porsche Boxster.

13. Novah11

Waiting 5 whole years before I began investing in my 401K. Despite a very generous company match.

14. Kit-Carson

Not me, but a friend trained to be a fireman and the first month on the job crashed one of the fire trucks. Crashed as in wrecked. He's no longer a fireman.

Seriously, wasn't me.

There are lots of things in life that can be ridiculously expensive, especially these pure dog breeds which are the most expensive dogs you'll be able to find worldwide.

Ayoub