What Was Your Best Investment Ever?

[sunny-dave]

Back in 1994, I got a small bonus from work - about £100 - and decided to treat myself to a bottle of a thirty year old Malt that I'd read a 5 star review of in The Graun that week.

It had to be ordered specially by Oddbins in Solihull, who couldn't believe that anyone would actually want a bottle given the ridiculous price. It cost me £93 ... quite a lot of people thought I was mad.

I never got round to opening that special bottle - there was always a better occasion 'coming soon' to breach it - so it sat unopened in my cellar/cupboard until this week.

I have just received the cash from selling that bottle of Black Bowmore 1964/1994 - and am exactly £5,000 richer than I was at this time yesterday.

I make that aout 19% per annum compound interest.

The Guinness is on me at the quiz tonight ...

[very] sunny dave

[ummmm]

No excuse not to go on holiday then :-)

[sunny-dave]

Oh drat :(

[ PS - I haven't forgotten the list of Portuguese drinks I promised you - I may do some more research now ]

[Tilly2]

Wow! Well done, Dave.

[gness]

Whooooo....Guinness????....Not likely....I've phoned Sam.....the fizz is chilling...... x

Can't really tell you my best investment ever.....some shares that my FA suggested I buy and for some reason they went through the roof.... and I sold before they headed down.....just a fluke but a jolly one...x

[Lie-in King]

Wow! Nicely done Dave & if I may, mine's a pint, please - hope you win as well tonight :-))

[Mamyalynne]

Sound investment, well done Dave.


Make my Zandra Rhodes dress bought for £3 sold for £35 look puny in comparison.

[Prudie]

Good gracious, someone paid 5 grand for a bottle of whisky?!! well done you

[gness]

My thoughts exactly, Prudie....Why?......Think of all the shoes five grand would buy....... ;-)

[sunny-dave]

... and it was a business who are (presumably) expecting to turn a good profit, prudie.

I was (to use the vernacular) gobsmacked at their offer to me - well above what I expected.

[sandyRoe]

I once bet £400 on a horse called Rodrigo de Triano. It won at odds of 7/2.
I think that was my best investment.

[woofgang]

Good grief! Congratulations

[sunny-dave]

I don't have the nerve for that, Sandy - even this was an accidental windfall, rather than a planned coup.

[aelmpvw]

well done dave, i once had a bottle of scotch that remained unopened for about forty five minutes ...

[Peter Pedant]

hmm no one has really run up to me and stuffed my mouth with Gold

more's the pity for me

[Barmaid]

Stunning result SD - you know my address!!
My best investment was selling my house to put myself thru bar finals and the early years at the bar - that is a gift that has kept on giving.

[sunny-dave]

I'm still waiting for someone to say "It was the ten bob for the marriage licence" ...

[Tilly2]

I put a sum of money into a Stocks and Shares ISA when I finished work. I now have considerably more in there than I put in in 2012 and I have drawn money out for some lovely holidays during that time.

So, that was my good investment.

[Peter Pedant]

I have never been able to repeat my fathers success 1960-1963 ( "years of you have never had it so good!") when he tripled his money on the stock market - as Barmaid above - this paid for our education

I asked my mother if it was triple his stake or triple his money and she said - hmm good question

it was after all so long ago

[alavahalf]

A relative of mine used to come and visit every couple of years or so .. they always brought me a bottle of whiskey for some strange reason.
So on the shelf in the garage I have bottles of Glenlivet, Glenmorangie, Jameson and Dura to name a few. All of them were 10 to 20 years old when I was given them .. 20 or more years ago. I dont even drink whiskey !
I doubt they are worth any more than the equivalent bottle at todays prices, are they ?

... Well done dave !

[gness]

You might be surprised, Alav....there will be a way of checking....x