The first luxury item you bought?

[Oaktree]

The second item came soon after, my first new car, which was also my education on how much of a mistake it is to finance a car if you don't have to. It was a good car, but I should have kept driving the old one until I could afford the new one outright. Never financed a car again after that....

I've only ever bought one new vehicle, in the early 70s right out of college. Financed, but paid off early. A true one-owner car, next owner was the scrapyard 13 years and almost 300k later.
Ever since then it's been 5-8 year old used ones. Let someone else take the depreciation hit.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

Am I the only one who hates overpaying for a sandwich or a doughnut but has no problem shelling out big money for a piece of jewelry when it's a good deal?

 

[gstrom99]

First luxury item was a stereo component system in about 1984.

I bought a Marantz receiver in 1975, and good speakers. All my buddies were still listening to cheap stereos. I had it reconditioned a few years ago (new capacitors, bulbs, etc...) and I put in new woofers for the speakers. I'm still enjoying the full/quality sound of that system today.

 

[Runner]

I bought a Marantz receiver in 1975, and good speakers. All my buddies were still listening to cheap stereos. I had it reconditioned a few years ago (new capacitors, bulbs, etc...) and I put in new woofers for the speakers. I'm still enjoying the full/quality sound of that system today.

I still have mine too. It's a Sansui, so it was a cheap system at the time, but still considered a "luxury item" so somone making $10,000/year.....

 

[MossRoad]

Luxury item isn’t the right word but I didn’t know what else to call it. The first thing you ever bought that made your life easier, had an impact you remember. Maybe it’s a chainsaw, tractor, house etc.

For me I was about 27 and renting a house. Up until this time I had been going to laundromats since I was 21. This rental house had a washer and dryer hook up and I bought a used pair. I don’t remember the exact cost but probably $200 for both. If you ever had to do laundry at a laundromat on a regular basis you understand. For me that was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

Hard to say. We have lots of unnecessary stuff that make our lives easier. My parents always had a washer and dryer, so did my wife's, so we didn't even consider that a luxury item, but a necessity. Now I know people that have to use a laundromat every week, so I realize we are fortunate on that account. Used house, used cars, used appliances when we first got married, etc... we bought one new car in 1989. I suppose that might be the first. Nice TVs, stereos, etc...

But mostly, I'd consider the pool a luxury item. We can only realistically use it 3-3.5 months out of the year. We get a lot of enjoyment out of it. It's hardly a necessity.

 

[fidowanttobe]

$100 used black military "Bunny Boots" back when i was young, siding houses, and broke.
A HUNDRED BUCKS????
Worth every penny.
What a relief to be on scaffolding all day, all winter and have warm feet!!!

 

[scootr]

I'd have to say my first new truck. A buddy had an uncle that had a chevy dealership. I got a great Deal on a 1985 GMC 3/4T with 454 and all power in a gold metallic paint for $14k. Drove her to 100k before trading her in on the then new dodge diesel.

 

[Camofurever1]

Luxury item isn’t the right word but I didn’t know what else to call it. The first thing you ever bought that made your life easier, had an impact you remember. Maybe it’s a chainsaw, tractor, house etc.

For me I was about 27 and renting a house. Up until this time I had been going to laundromats since I was 21. This rental house had a washer and dryer hook up and I bought a used pair. I don’t remember the exact cost but probably $200 for both. If you ever had to do laundry at a laundromat on a regular basis you understand. For me that was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

My divorce lawyer........

 

[MossRoad]

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Bought a PTO generator for my John Deere 70 and wired the shop for electric, then the house. About 2 years latter there was grid electric power availble. All electric except for the wood stove and the suana.
Retired the Delco Power Plant. The Delco house is still standing and was used for refrigerated cold storage and processing game. The place sold over 20 years ago to Enron for water rights to a NG power plant.
To me Enron is a great name! LOL.