$1000 - What would you do?

[SlowSpyder]

SKS + ammo
Turbo rebuild
Bottle of Hennessy
New wireless mouse
Rear tires for the daily driver

 

[Nightfall]

I would go buy some new kakhis and long sleve polo shirts.
I would pick up a couple of the new NHL Jerseys. Probably a Red Wings and Edmonton Oilers jersey.
I would get my ice hockey pads fixed up a little bit.
Hrm, with whats left, I would buy some computer accessories and maybe a few games.

 

[habib89]

either fix my car or get another one..

 

[oogabooga]

Originally posted by: SteveOCZ
I'd put it in the bank and live off the interest

even if that was an option given by the op, how much interest do you think you're going to get with 1000 bucks?

 

[rstrohkirch]

Fork rebuild
4-1 full exhaust
SS line kit
used rear caliper
new grips/throttle tube

That's the list I have on my computer which will cost me about $1k

 

[Tiamat]

I would sell my Rotel RB-1070 and RC-1070 and use the extra grand to buy a NAD Master Series M3 Integrated.

 

[Slew Foot]

Buy stuff to sell on ebay.

 

[spidey07]

Gamble it all, hopefully walk away with a few grand more.

Seriously.

 

[toolboxolio]

Originally posted by: Slew Foot
Buy stuff to sell on ebay.

but then what would you do with that money?

 

[RelaxTheMind]

I would go to home depot and purchase all the materials need to make a bluetooth helmet. So the idiots who use the annoying headsets can be identified as talking on the phone and not to you or some invisible person. Then using the rest of the money to market it and hopefully get it mass produced.

That kind of makes it investing though...

 

[Smartazz]

Go on vacation, that's what I would probably do.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: tangent1138

All other answers suck compared to mine.

I would buy two thousand tacos.

Two thousand effin tacos.

FTW

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Minjin

Originally posted by: NanoStuff
I'd put it in the bank. Surprised I'm the first one to come up with that

Same here. I never compartmentalize money. I treat every dollar I get, no matter the source, the same. Finding $1000 on the street doesn't mean I need to go out and waste it.

Read the original post: You can't pay off debts or invest it (which I also interpreted as saving it)

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: randomlinh
I'd put it towards an HDTV, coilovers, or 2nd gen MX-5 (if I could fund the rest of it...).

My girlfriend has a '99 Miata.

 

[eLiTeGoodGuy]

[OFFICESPACE]I'd tell you what I'd do man... Two chicks at the same time. Chick dig guys with money.[/OFFICESPACE]

lol

 

[skywhr]

HDTV Or a vacation with the wife

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: AndyT
Hmm, I thought the rules were that you can't put the money in the bank or pay bills......

$1000.00 honestly won't buy much in 2007. Now if we up this to 10,000.00 (adjusting for 2007 prices) we might have an interesting topic!

With $10,000.00 I would build a new Intel Core Duo based computer and but 2 new (or cool used) guitars. Now that sounds like fun to me!

Nope.... $10000 requires essentially no creativity, and $100 wouldn't get you much. $1000 is just right to extract the most interesting answers, IMHO.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
SKS + ammo
Turbo rebuild
Bottle of Hennessy
New wireless mouse
Rear tires for the daily driver

Answers like these are the sort of sideways-thinking answers I was looking for. It's interesting how people dream about spending lottery winnings with no mention of simple or mundane things that they would actually be able to afford with a few more bucks.

 

[Manuwell]

2 new tires + wheel alignment + a watch for my wife

 

[Howard]

A decent soldering iron and stand. An extra Sony DualShock controller. The parts for a headphone amp. A new mouse pad. Clothes.

 

[erub]

a few nice longsleeve button down shirts
one ticket to the Final Four

or maybe..
sunroof for my car
exchange the tablet pc I bought last August for pure laptop (difference in cost)

 

[Otaking]

Fix my washer line.

 

[SmoochyTX]

Buy some new tenny shoes.
Get a tuneup for Smokey.
Buy a printer.
Pay an upholsterer to repair the staples coming out of the interior on driver's side rear door on Smokey.

Don't know what I'd do with the rest since I couldn't pay bills with it or invest it.

 

[Soybomb]

I'd buy an upper for my ar15.