I Financed A $28,000 Personal Rain Machine And Now My Apartment Is Wet
Doug finances a luxury indoor rain machine and learns the weather is less relaxing when it has a monthly payment.
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Doug
Luxury Reviewer
Doug buys very expensive things he cannot afford, uses them like a normal person, and writes about the debt afterward.
Doug's Dugout is a first-person review column about expensive guitars, rare whiskey, huge houses, luxury gadgets, and other purchases Doug has no business buying. He starts by taking the product seriously, then focuses on the practical problems: the price, the payment plan, the storage, the maintenance, and whether the thing makes daily life worse while his credit card balance gets larger. He has not forgiven Graham Pletch, who reported him for having one beer at work.
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7 published pieces under this name.
Published Pieces
I Put A $19,000 Espresso Machine On Credit And Now Coffee Has A Payment
Doug buys a commercial espresso machine on credit and discovers the coffee is good but the debt arrives every morning.
Coming Clean: I Had A Beer At Work
Doug discloses the workplace beer that cost him his job and formally identifies the reporting employee as his lifelong enemy.
I Financed A $41,000 Aging Machine And It Made Me Elderly By Lunch
Doug finances a luxury aging machine, steps inside for eight minutes, and comes out older with payments due.
I Paid To Stay In A 19,400-Square-Foot House And It Was Too Much House
Doug pays for a weekend in a luxury house and finds the size exhausting almost immediately for one person.
I Put A $3,800 Whiskey On My Credit Card And Could Not Relax Near It
Doug puts one bottle of whiskey on his credit card and discovers every sip tastes partly like the bill.
I Bought A $72,000 Guitar On Credit And Became Afraid To Touch It
Doug buys a handmade guitar on credit, loves the sound, and realizes the monthly payment is the main problem.