What's the most money you've ever wasted on a business opportunity?

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Have you ever been scammed into putting a lot of money into a business opportunity that never paid you back? Did you end up becoming your own biggest customer and buying many sample products that you didn't need? About ten years ago, I invested about $400 (membership fee) into a wholesale buying club. They had all this great literature showing the products and seemingly endless ways to sell them. And, their other member testimonials pretty much sealed the deal. It seemed like the perfect part time money making opportunity. But, three years later, after having only made a handful of sales and buying endless samples, I had to give it up. The yearly fees kept rising and turned out that I was the only person buying from me! What a scam! So, by the time it was all over I'd invested over $1000 into samples and membership fees. And, barely got $200 back for all my effort. Well, live and learn. Now, I never invest more than a few dollars to get into any type of business online and most are free. I'm making more money this way than I did when I actually had to invest anything. Isn't that funny? What's the largest amount of money that you have ever invested into a business opportunity that never paid you back?