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What Was Your Best Investment Ever?

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sunny-dave | 17:00 Thu 13th Apr 2017 | ChatterBank
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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 ...

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No excuse not to go on holiday then :-)
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Oh drat :(

[ PS - I haven't forgotten the list of Portuguese drinks I promised you - I may do some more research now ]
Wow! Well done, Dave.
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
Wow! Nicely done Dave & if I may, mine's a pint, please - hope you win as well tonight :-))
Sound investment, well done Dave.


Make my Zandra Rhodes dress bought for £3 sold for £35 look puny in comparison.
Good gracious, someone paid 5 grand for a bottle of whisky?!! well done you
My thoughts exactly, Prudie....Why?......Think of all the shoes five grand would buy....... ;-)
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... 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.
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.
Good grief! Congratulations
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I don't have the nerve for that, Sandy - even this was an accidental windfall, rather than a planned coup.
well done dave, i once had a bottle of scotch that remained unopened for about forty five minutes ...
hmm no one has really run up to me and stuffed my mouth with Gold

more's the pity for me
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.
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I'm still waiting for someone to say "It was the ten bob for the marriage licence" ...
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.
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
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 !
You might be surprised, Alav....there will be a way of checking....x

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