Consumerism Jam: What Stuff Do You Spend Extra On?

It’s been interesting to see the responses here, with the assumption that expensive things aren’t for daily use and that will just be clutter.

I mean, I spend a fair bit on high-quality stuff that will last for years if not decades, and will be in constant use — I’ve mentioned backpacks already, but also thinking about things like bedsheets and blankets, cookware, luggage, leather jackets, sunglasses, canoes and kayaks, whatever. Or home renovations.

As well as stuff that can have great resale value like (some) furniture and artwork.
 
I understand that point though personally for me (as someone who successfully FIRE'd) I have always found it hard to spend money on certain things that have slightly (or significantly) cheaper options that do the job just as well (or good enough for me). There can be a fine line between what is good enough or not and there is a matter of choice (for me sunglasses would never be worth spending $$ on even though I wear them most every day but home renos I've come to realize you get what you pay for). The best, of course, is getting something high quality at a deep discount price.
 
My wife has just announced that she would like the dyson hair dryer for Christmas.

We do well but as a guy who grew up in one of the most deprived areas in the country I'm getting some major middle class guilt about the fact I'm going to buy a £300 fucking hairdryer!
 
jbj said:
My wife has just announced that she would like the dyson hair dryer for Christmas.

We do well but as a guy who grew up in one of the most deprived areas in the country I'm getting some major middle class guilt about the fact I'm going to buy a £300 fucking hairdryer!
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That must be some hair dryer.
 
Flatspotter said:
That must be some hair dryer.
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I have some friends who do hair professionally — salons, film industry, modeling shoots — who love and swear by them. But they’re doing hair several times a day and, for them, it’s a partial tax write-off. For the average consumer? Probably not, unless they were going through hair-dryers on an annual basis.

That said, plenty of people have spent money on overpriced guitars with little return investment value; PRS, Gibson, the past 15 years of mystixboi1’s life. If you can afford it and it legitimately makes you happy...

My wife bought a Dyson floor fan for our bedroom a couple of years ago. Other than looking cool and being obviously well-made, there wasn’t much of a difference in our previous fan (now at the cottage) in a blindfold test. Law of diminishing returns apply to most things.
 
We got invited to a Thanksigiving get-together and I said "fuck it" and spent $100 on cheese. These were not large pieces.

But they were fucking delicious, and geez, did we have a nice time with some terrific people.
 
sunvalleylaw said:
Apparently, stereo stuff.
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