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What has been your costliest mistake in this hobby?

For example :I recently learned a hard lesson- I accidentally ran voltage thru my $3000 MC cartridge (kiseki purple heart).  I have a TT with 5 prong connector and a phono cable with a 5 prong connector.  I accidentally swapped where they plugged into and ran electric thru the tonearm into the cartridge.  It was a stupid - not thinking- hasty mistake. When I corrected the problem the cartridge was fried.  An avalanche of four letter words followed!

So what has been your biggest and/or costliest mistake?
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glenr55
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I was going through a divorce back in the mid-80s and, understandably, I wasn’t thinking clearly 100% of the time.  So, I was alone at my soon-to-be former house finishing up packing my stuff one afternoon and for some reason decided I just couldn’t be bothered with the remaining 70 to 80 of my albums still there. So I asked the teenage kid next door if he wanted them and after he looked at me like WTF?, he, of course, says - Sure!

Every now and then I’ll hear a song and remember an old album I like and think - Dang, didn’t I used to have that record?

Oh well...

glenr55
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@cd318
Thanks for sharing your somewhat similar experience. Yes, we tend to do what we feel is right at the time. Sometimes regrets follow but, as you wisely pointed out, life is all about making priorities (whether we are aware of it or not).  In my case with impulsively giving a bunch of good records away, I long ago decided that the lucky kid that got them probably enjoyed them at least as much as I would have AND had a great story to share with his buds.  So, as they say...it’s all good!

But I do still wonder sometimes when I hear a particular song...  ;-)
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