I thought you could buy a car with $100. I saw an ad for a car for about $100 per month. I did not understand financing and thought that you only had to pay about $100. When a family member actually bought a vehicle, the salesman said how much it cost and I realized that I was wrong.
A childhood belief about money

others believed things like this
- For some reason I thought any 4X4 vehicle would pull a wheelie when switched into 2 wheel drive.— Richard Davies
- i beleived that when someone bought a new house, they would swap with the person they bought it from— c
- I used to believe that the inspection stickers on cars indicated the cost of the car, ie, a 12 meant $12 etc.Anon
- I thought second-hand smoke was bought off eBayAnon
- I was about 6 and thought my family invented the fart because I never heard anyone outside my family do it.— Bob
- When i was a child, i thought a flea market was where you bought fleas.— Vanessa