Quoted from BradKreisler:Huh? "nothing you buy to use is an investment because it won't return a profit."? Not all investments make a profit. But if you parted with your $$$ for it, its an investment. Doesn't matter if you use it or not you or if you make a profit or not.
To elaborate, I bought an esclara to assist me with moving pins up & down my stairs(investment). The return on my investment is that my back doesn't ache from pulling pins up & down the stairs manually (return on investment). If I sell it for what I bought it for, I'll be happy and consider it a good investment. That's all I was saying.
I think you are overloading the term 'investment' to prove your point. Pretty sure op is referring to financial investment here
