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?
polkalover

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Foolishly bought a pair of speakers and:

1.  Didn't negotiate hard enough and paid $2K more than I should have
2.  Listened to the dealer when they said it would work in my room

I naively assumed that a dealer would actively try and solve my problem rather than just sell me anything they could.  The dealer (who shall remain unnamed as they are noteworthy) had zero interest in making sure I had a good solution for me, just moving a unit.  There are other dealers who are great and I have vowed not to be that guy in my own business, but it is quite frustrating when it happens.    

Fortunately, I found The Music Room and I was able to execute a trade for a DAC and the whole thing only cost me $500 rather than $2500 which is the loss I would have taken selling them.