must...buy..something...

[rival]

anyone have any brilliant ideas of something i could buy today? preferably a 'gadget' somethin to keep me entertained till next sunday, price range about $200, im thinking of an mp3 player thing, any good brands/styles? or maybe a new vid card..blarg having money to blow sucks ..wait..no it doesnt

rival

 

[RossMAN]

Invest it. If you were to invest $200, contribute $25 per month for 1 year at a rate of 2.1% your final savings balance will be around $507.15

http://www.interest.com/hugh/calc/

 

[RedRooster]

Investments are for suckers who're scared to spend. j/k

Seriously, if you got some extra, and you've got your bills paid up, splurge and buy something cool!

 

[chiwawa626]

get a water cooling set up...those leaks will keep u busy till sunday..

 

[RossMAN]

Investments are for suckers who're scared to spend. j/k

True, if I have spare cash laying around I usually spend it. I find it disturbing that Americans are in so much debt, it ain't funny (unless you're not an American).

I wonder if we'll ever break out of this "living paycheck to paycheck" mentallity and learn how to budget and save a little here and there.

On a happier note I'm going to see Ghosts of Mars and O tonight, sneaking into the second movie and treat myself to Carls Jr!

 

[b0mbrman]

Bah, put that money in a CD.

Nowadays, even a 1-year CD can get you a 5% yield

 

[kami]

So you're going to blow $200 just to keep yourself entertained for a week? Well that's brilliant.

 

[rival]

damn, friggin tightwad parade here or something....the only thing i can do with 5% on $200 is buy myself gas to drive to the bank and get it....

 

[RossMAN]

Nowadays, even a 1-year CD can get you a 5% yield

Where? Even with $10,000 the highest I can get here is 3% from Washington Mutual Bank.

 

[b0mbrman]

Or you can go to this link and go buckwild!

61 reams @ $3.49/ream
= $212.89
- $15 coupon
= $197.89
+ $0 free shipping

That's 30,500 sheets of paper my friend...think about it

 

[Wallydraigle]

Get some White Castles. That should keep you busy til next week.

 

[b0mbrman]

Washington Mutual gives crappy rates...I can't believe I'm inconveniencing myself with their savings account just so I can get that tiny 0.7% interest rate...

 

[RossMAN]

But doesn't Washington Mutual offer everything free with no weird hassles/minumum balances/direct deposit requirements?

Personally I would dump them and go with one of their competitors, how difficult is it to keep $100 in your account or sign up for direct deposit (through your employer).

I miss the early 1990's where 4.75% was the defacto standard savings account rate and a 6% CD was rate because they were all at 7-8%.

 

[yakko]

I got a 286 with a 100mb HDD that I will sell you.

 

[gopunk]

i use bank of america... haven't experienced any weird fees... i love how they have atms everywhere.

 

[bleeb]

Buy something cool.... the economy these days isn't THAT bad.

 

[WhiteWonder]

dude, give me the $ and i will dance for you untill sunday

 

[UNCjigga]

Gameboy Advance and some games.

 

[DDCSpeed]

dvd player + dvd rentals

 

[FelixDeCat]

Buy a TV Tuner / Video Capture card for your pc. I bought an ATI TV Wonder VE from Best Buy for $39 after rebate. Its also a personal vcr, and you can make the television show itself your wallpaper as your are working. Nice.

 

[Cyberian]

<< Get some White Castles. That should keep you busy til next week. >>


You got that right!!

 

[RSI]

<< Buy a TV Tuner / Video Capture card for your pc. I bought an ATI TV Wonder VE from Best Buy for $39 after rebate. Its also a personal vcr, and you can make the television show itself your wallpaper as your are working. Nice. >>

Hmmm that's cool, how's the quality? Does it look alright?

 

[d33pt]

i just bought a handheld gps unit this weekend... it was about 200 bucks

 

[Renob]

Hookers and beer:Q

 

[FelixDeCat]

Hmmm that's cool, how's the quality? Does it look alright?

For the price the quality is fine. I reccomend that if you buy it, dont use the driver cd. Go straight to the website and download the lastest drivers. They are 10,000% better. AND there was an issue with using the SB Live card. You have to disable your card prior to installation.

Of course you can blow thousands on video capture and editing. But if you just want to get your feet wet this is a good place to start.