waste of time and money

I've made the mistake of spending money on many things in the past that while I thought would be good, ended up disappointing me, either by poor quality, breaking, or failing my expectations. I'm curious as to if others have occasionally (or frequently) made purchases for goods or services...

Hey! Life's been sort of uneventful for me, was wondering if anybody was interested in working on a big worldbuilding project. The project would include custom species, a dystopian semi-futuristic world of anticonformists fighting for a just cause through questionable means, a basic government...