No two people will have the same reaction to finding something that costs $10.
Some might think they've found a huge bargain, while others might consider it a splurge.
However, no matter which side of the coin you might find yourself standing behind, sometimes a $10 purchase can prove to be the most valuable purchase you have ever made in your life.
From both a financial and an emotional perspective.
Redditor GeekGuruji was curious to hear the most worthwhile $10 purchases people have ever made, leading them to ask:
"What’s the best $10 you’ve ever spent, and what did it get you?"
Flash Flight Sale!
"Bought a window seat on my way to Hawaii for $10."
"At the time there were two active volcanoes erupting and my flight was during the middle of the night."
"I got to see both from the sky with an awesome view for about 15 mins."- itookyourjob
Game Show Dreams Come To Life!
"Oh I have an answer from a week ago, a smaller chain of dollar stores is going out of business near me and on this locations last day everything you could fit in a cart was ten dollars the whole cart."
"I was nice to employees as they closed down so they let me in early on their final day to fill up my carts with them prior to regular public."
"I lived out my supermarket sweep dreams and went hog wild just dumping and filling carts."
"Grabbed all pet supplies to donate to my rescue and I mean all, hundreds of collars and leashes, food bowls and toys."
"A bunch of socks and slip on shoes sandals donated those to our local shelter."
"Grabbed all make up products."
"And party type supplies and piñatas for VBS this summer."
"It was so much fun and the full retail value of my cart was in the thousands for ten bucks and went to support causes."
"On my way to donating the supplies to the rescue saw a homeless guy and two dogs and a sign need food for my dog and was like well the lord put me in the right place because I just happened to have stuff for dogs in my car so put together a bag of goodies for his dogs."
"The other location near me closes down next weekend and they are doing the cart thing too so I’ll be there to get in on that deal."
"It’s just fun to grab and toss in a cart and not care about price! "- SCV_local
One Magic Bite...
"I went to Portugal and bought pasteis de nata."
"They’re a traditional Portuguese tart."
"They’re hard to make."
"They were the most magical thing my palette has ever eaten."
"Before, I was a passive baker."
"The experience made me deeply passionate about baking and the hobby and passion for sharing food completely turned my life around."
"I ended a decade long run of sh*t relationships, sought therapy, met the love of my life."
"And I bake those tarts once a month still and they still bring me the same level of joy."
"It’s a little abstract but I consider it my best investment I’ve ever made."- alyseac30
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Pay It Forward
"In my childhood..lending $10 to my friend so they could buy a toy they really wanted."
"My friend didn't have much in life so to see the joy on her face..its imprinted into my mind forever."- Any-Connection-6925
Hey, You Never Know...
"$10 lotto scratcher on Christmas Eve and won 200 bucks."- jmdayoh
Just The Ticket!
"$10 admission to the nightclub club I met my wife at."- TheArts
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Take The Risk, Or Live To Regret It...
"Bought a drink to break the ice with a stranger, ended up married with 2 kids."- Nissir
It Really Is The Thought That Counts
"I bought food for my dying friend, he was grateful to me for the rest of his life."
"He died of cancer a year ago."- tomatotoen
For Life, Not Just For Christmas
"£10 got me my rabbit."
"10 years later, she’s still my sweet baby."- SilverGirlSails
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A Much Needed Daily Reminder
"A calendar to track my days sober."
"I am on 36 in a row now."- David_NyMa
What CAN'T It Do?!?
"Gerber Shard."
"It's a keychain tool with a pry bar, bottle opener, flat and Philips screw."
"It cuts tape on boxes."
"It scrapes stuff off of surfaces."
"Just a beautifully designed, TSA compliant tool that has got me out of a jam or helped fix a problem quickly."- GroupSoliloquy
A Purchase That Literally Paid Off!
"Bought a random lottery ticket on a whim, didn't win millions, but it was enough to pay off my student loans!"
"Best $10 investment in my life."- Middle_Quit_8765
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"When You Wish Upon A Star..."
"$10 small tv with a built in VCR at a garage sale."
"Yes a VCR."
"I still have all of my VHS tapes (a little over 100)."
"I got that tv in 2010 and it still works."
"As dumb as it sounds, it saved me in high school."
"Sh*t got bad at home so often so I would put in a nostalgic Disney movie, play the sims 2, and it was like I created a sanctuary for myself."
"As an adult I still use it to calm my nerves while I play the sims 4."- -thatsrough-buddy
Tea And Sympathy
"2 cups of tea for myself and a friend who was going through some stuff."
"She unburdened some dark thoughts about something she’d gone through the night before, and I said none of it reflected on her at all."
"And I’d have felt the same exact way."
"And she’d have told me I was dumb to think that, and to put it behind me, because I was an awesome person."
"She smiled after that and kind of nodded."
"We didn’t talk all that much after."
"Just sat and drank our tea in peace."
"Watched koi carp swimming in a nearby pool."
"She looked like a different girl after her cup of tea though."
"Like storm clouds had lifted and maybe the sky could be blue again."
"Maybe not, but maybe it saved her."
"I’d like to think things were not as bad as that and she’d have just got over it herself."
"But suspect they were."
"Definitely I was worried as hell when she started speaking."
"Lost track with her a few months later, as we were both overseas students in a foreign land."
"But to this day I think that was one of the best things I bought."
"A cup of tea and a kind word."
"On such things a world can pivot."
"Sad but true."- J4MES101
For $10, It Must Have Been REALLY Good...
"A really good milkshake."- Shayosaurus
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It's easy to have reservations, for reasons good and bad, about purchasing something that costs $10.
But if your inclination is to go for it and make the purchase, the wise thing to do is go with your gut.
As what cost you $10 at the moment could end up being more valuable than you could have possibly imagined.
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