8 Ridiculously Expensive Things That Are Not Worth It ...

Let’s say an elderly relative remembers you in their will and leaves you £15,000. What could you buy with it? A car, maybe, put a deposit on a house, have a fantastic holiday … or buy dessert. Yes, the Frrrozen Haute Chocolate dessert on offer at a New York restaurant is officially the most expensive in the world. You do get to keep the jewel-encrusted spoon though …

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If your current accommodation isn’t meeting your standards, then why not treat yourself to the most expensive apartment in the world? This luxury London pad is available for an eye-watering £140 million. Yes, £140 million. Of course, for your money you do get something that looks like a Bond villain’s lair, but I just cannot get over that price tag. I’d expect a small country for that money!

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When you go out for a burger, you want fast, cheap, filling food, right? So I’m not quite clear why anyone would have wanted to order the £95 Burger King ‘The Burger’, which went on sale in 2008. Officially it was in aid of charity – but I guess the publicity didn’t hurt.

Is a common dog house not good enough for your pampered pet? Then was it you who bought the $31,000 crystal Hello Kitty dog house from a Tokyo store a few years ago? Yes, $31,000 for something that the dog would probably ignore anyway.

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I suppose if you happen to be the ruler of Dubai, a $350 million yacht could be bought from the loose change down the back of the sofa. The Sheihk didn’t have to choose between helipad and aircraft hanger – no, he has both. How very Bond villain.

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If you’re going to spend $28 million on a classic Ferrari, you’re going to take every precaution to keep it in pristine condition, right? Wrong. You’re going to take part in a classic car race and then crash it into another car at slow speed.

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I’m not fussy about watches. All I want from it is to be able to tell the time. So I won’t be purchasing a $1.5 million Vacheron – mind you, only seven were made, so I suppose they aren’t easy to find.

Friends coming round for dinner? Now, don’t be mean and rush out to buy a $5 bottle from Walmart. Open that 200-year-old Chateau Lafitte once owned by Thomas Jefferson. Yes, I know you paid $160,000 for it, and it’s no longer drinkable. Do you want to just leave it on the shelf? Oh, you do …

What do you think of these luxury items? Do the buyers have more money than sense? Would you splash the cash if you could?

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