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What's the 3rd most expensive thing you own?

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Car, Music Equipment, A/V Equipment

The cost benefit analysis of women always returns me some slightly less-than-worthwhile numbers.
 
3rd is a car.

4th though. I guess it is my 65" TV. (higher end 4K with 3d that I bought for the actual monitor in it which is awesome. I could care less about 3d).

My home stereo for movies with TV is probably close to $5K based on purchase prices (not current value). And I want to replace my receiver really badly. Denon 6200 is my dream. Might wait till I can get one used for half price.
 
Interesting question - after some thought, it seems there should be at least a handful of obvious candidates, but there's only household goods and some power tools to choose from. I guess it would be her laptop.
 
After house and cars I would say it's the projector screen. It's a 100" Dnp supernova core 2 which has a msrp of about $3k. The Epson projector would be next.
 
CraKaJaX said:
The cost benefit analysis of women always returns me some slightly less-than-worthwhile numbers.
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Years ago, my buddy compiled data on the average cost of dating from himself & our friends. Average cost of active dating was like $350 a month at the time. It was pretty funny to see cross-referenced numbers & statistics plotted out. What can I say, we're nerds 😀
 
Hmm. Still renting because I like to move every year to try out new places (don't own a lot of stuff anymore since digitizing my papers/books/photos/music/movies & going to an iPhone/Chromebook/Roku setup), so no house (yet).

1. Her car
2. My lemon my car
3. VR setup

So #3 would have to be my VR setup. Gaming PC + $800 Vive HMD + expensive VR games + misc. accessories (VR exercise bike, subwoofer backpack, etc.). Still adding to it because eventually I'd like to add a seated HOTAS/wheel setup for various racing/flying/space games. Virtual reality gear has been a huge budget sink this year, haha. Totally worth it though because I have a blast using it & it's segwayed into a useful cardio exercise setup.

Come to think of it, I don't own a lot of expensive stuff. Interesting. I have a projector, but that was less than the Vive. Still rocking my T2i dSLR from years ago. A bunch of various kitchen appliances. I think that's about it. If I got robbed, someone would have fun watching movies & cooking well, hahaha.
 
rental house (mine on paper)
house we live in ( wife's on paper)
truck
car
wood flooring for house we live in. ~ 6k

if its just stuff I own, rental house, truck, truck camper ~ 1200
 
I think that would be my suppressor (I've yet to receive). Do want

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Just the cost itself of the item, it may not make third place but with the tax stamp and whatnot the final bill was more.
 
1 car worth $5k
2 snowboard gear worth $1k
3 art $300 or so I guess

I own lots of stuff its just none of it has value to anyone but me. Wish I had a house and big bank account and all this but oh well, need a high paying job for that.
 
edro said:
3rd is dumb because most families have a house and at least 2 cars.
I'll have to go deeper to get interesting.
house
house
car
car
engagement ring
lawn mower
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I'd have to nominate this response as the most interesting by far. That must be some lawn mower.
 
JulesMaximus said:
I'd have to nominate this response as the most interesting by far. That must be some lawn mower.
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My buddy's neighbor has a robotic lawnmower. Little green thing like a Roomba that goes back & charges up in a hutch. Pretty awesome, but it's like $2 or $3k.

If I ever get a place with a reasonably flat lawn, I'd love to put in that curbing with the mower's edge around the house, outside perimeter, and trees (lock it all down for using with a robo-mower) & then install a fertigation system (liquid fertilizer, dispersed on a timer) along with the irrigation lines. There's an amazing amount of great technology out for residential landscaping now, like the Spruce smart irrigation system...it combines in-ground sensors that measure moisture & temperture with a cloud-connected controller that checks the weather for upcoming rain & whatnot:

http://spruceirrigation.com/

If you have the bucks, you can basically automate your lawncare, outside of picking up pinecones/branches & using a motorized edger for the lawn-facing curbside once in awhile.
 
JulesMaximus said:
I'd have to nominate this response as the most interesting by far. That must be some lawn mower.
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Eh, in many rural areas it's not uncommon to have 2-5 acres of ground. A good ZTR is going to be 5k-10k. Or a high quality garden tractor is going to be along those lines and run you another couple grand for a snow blower attachment or any ground engaging tools.
 
I'm still debating between my home theater or my wife's handbags, I think it's a push.

Just in case you're compiling a list of who to rob, I'm planning on investing more heavily on firearm and bear traps as well.
 
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