What’s the dumbest purchase you’ve made while still having debt?

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A luxury car. I got overconfident in my earnings and bought a car above my pay grade. I got laid off a few months after signing for the car. Let's just say, I'll never make that mistake again.

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Yikes. Can you sell it back to the dealership or would you be at at loss either way?

I went back to school.

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HEHEHEHEH sadly this is me as well. I went back to school and go my Masters and then went back again and am finishing a PhD.

Hmmm... I find Legos a great but pointless escape, but probably at some point crossed the line.

Or maybe not ;) .

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