People Are Sharing The Things In Others' Homes That Scream They're Bad With Money

In the interest of being gossipy and judgemental (in a fun way... of course), I recently asked our very own BuzzFeed Community to tell me the things they notice in people's homes that scream they're terrible with money. Here are their answers:

1. "Computerized and/or transparent refrigerators. Because why do you need that?"

—ashmocheez

2. "Ridiculous shoe or purse collections on display!"

—kkelleymajors

3. "A collection of Stanley cups. They don't hold value; no one will want your used cup, and [you're] spending hundreds of dollars on all the different colors for what exactly? A waste of money."

—cocothegroomer

4. "ALL the gadgets. Electronics, kitchen, crafty, doesn't matter. Whatever is the newest, trendiest gadget."

—jessethecowgirl

5. "Someone in a nearby neighborhood has the most gaudy, tacky bronze or imitation bronze sculpture of a bull in their front yard. They clearly have money, but the home is bland white and dated with ugly classical columns."

—problematik

6. "Name brand socks."

—Anonymous

7. "Pool tables and hot tubs. A lot of money on something you’re never going to use."

—irienewf

8. "Hidden refrigerators."

—Anonymous

9. "Too much laundry EVERYWHERE. It usually means they just keep buying new clothes that they don't need and they've run out of space to put it all, and because they have just so many clothes, they get super behind on laundry."

"Half of it is shit from like Shein, so it's cheap and they wear it once for some new microtrend then completely forget about it. 

I remember babysitting and there were clothes just all over the floor, the stairs, the basement, and a lot of it was still in bags. They get the thrill of buying something, but rarely do they actually wear it."

—Anonymous

10. "When they leave the lights on when no one is in the room."

—Anonymous

11. "Collectables. I have friends who have run out of places to display their Funko pops."

—Anonymous

12. "I've noticed that the people who have the nicest top-of-the-line phones very rarely have extra money to play with."

—Anonymous

13. "Not in their home, but what they drive. People who spend copious amounts of money 'customizing' their truck to look like every other 'customized' truck. Squated tires, raised suspension, grills, fender flairs, and lights... the list goes on, but they always look tacky and cheap."

"You know the guy driving is spending his whole paycheck on truck payments, accessories, and insurance to look like they HAVE money. Note: People who HAVE money don't drive flashy-trashy trucks."

—Anonymous

14. "Seeing BMW or Mercedes Benz vehicles with crazy custom rims in the driveway of a dilapidated house or trailer. Oh... and an unkempt yard. Also, buying 70" TVs when you just purchased groceries with an EBT card."

—Anonymous

15. "Doordash and Uber Eats bags left everywhere, because they don’t cook."

—Anonymous

16. "Living in a huge house that they bought recently. The housing market is so expensive, and buying a large house at today’s prices and rates is probably not the best financial move."

—Anonymous

17. "No groceries but they have expensive appliances."

—Anonymous

18. "Inflatable hot tub."

—Anonymous

19. "Two refrigerators. I may get hate for this, because a lot of y'all do it. But in my opinion, if you have two refrigerators, this means you are buying in bulk because it’s 'cheaper' but you pay for it in the end, starting with the electricity bill."

"I bought too much food during the pandemic. A lot of it went to waste because you can’t even see what you have then you buy more, things go bad, things go unused."

—Anonymous

20. "Not in their homes, but parked out front: a high-end, impractical car."

"This means one of two things. 

1) Either they didn't buy it themselves, which points towards being crap with money or living on someone else's dime. Or...

2) They're being fleeced by a car loan which means they're burning away their income on interest payments for an asset of ever decreasing value. 21-year-olds driving $50,000 worth of muscle car on no credit history is money just evaporating into the wind."

—Anonymous

21. "Small but extreme things, like marble countertops in a mobile home. An empty fridge and cupboards indicate they waste a lot of money on eating out. Lastly....having every electronic gizmo running their house, but always being short on money."

22. "I have a friend who has a room full of sneakers. He lives in a one-bedroom apartment and half of his home is just filled with sneakers, old and new."

—Anonymous

23. "An ex-friend of mine would spend a lot of money on a huge TV, all the latest current-gen game consoles like Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox, you name it, and other electronics. However."

"He’d buy the cheapest most uncomfortable living room set, as well pirated DVDs, and buy a car that had as few options as possible. I'll never forget sitting in his car while in traffic, on a very hot summer day, and being so miserable because it had no AC. There’s a reason why we’re not friends anymore."

—Anonymous

24. A run-down house with really nice cars, trucks, and big-ticket items."

"When I was growing up, my school bus passed a small home in need of repair. What confused everyone in town was that outside this home, they had 2 limos, a lifted truck, a swimming pool, and multiple large lawn ornaments, including a tall, obnoxious Statue of Liberty."

—Anonymous

25. And, finally: "Cybertruck."

If you have any thoughts, please let me know below! Or, if you have your own opinions to share, you can do that, too — I'm always interested to see what you have to say.