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Old 02-07-2008, 03:14 PM   #1 (permalink)
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What to buy with $1,500 bonus?
Long story short I got an unexpected 2k award through work, and the wife is going to let me do what I want with it... ends up being about $1,500 I figure.

So the question is this: What would you do, or recommend me do, with a 'free' $1,500 out of the clear blue?

I was debating upgrading my computer, and going with a desktop replacement laptop. My current desktop is a 2.4ghz P4 with 1g ram, 128 mb 5900XT geforce, etc etc... I am looking at Dell Vostro's, 1500 with a bunch of upgrades that ends up being just shy of $1,200. I could go another desktop with SLI, but the idea of mobility is appealing.

Some other 'practical' ideas are: pay off car loan, put in savings, take a long weekend vacation somewhere, buy digital SLR camera, etc.

My buddy says to get a 360 and a couple games, but I already have a Wii. A married co-worker was mentioning how far 1k would go with some strippers some weekend when the misses is away, and I couldn't even tell if he was kidding...

Anyway, thoughts? Suggestions? What would YOU do if you got a $1,500 bonus??
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Old 02-07-2008, 03:16 PM   #2 (permalink)
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free 1,500 I would pay off debt...I would like to take a vacation though. A cruise comes to mind.
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Old 02-07-2008, 03:21 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Figure out how much it would cost to make that Dell configuration on your own and get whatever is cheaper.
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Old 02-07-2008, 03:22 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Putting my $7000 bonus in the bank /boring. Would've been double that but I didn't start working until halfway through the year.

Either way, pay off car loan or put it in the bank!

I am however going to spend around $1500-2000 to build myself a new PC sometime in the next couple months.
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Id pay off debt personally. If I wasnt in debt like I am, I could go for a new snowboard set up.
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Old 02-07-2008, 03:36 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I would buy an HDTV 8). $1500 would be quite a night at a strip club. In San Francisco you could probably have sex with about 5 different girls and leave with 3 new STDs.
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I have no debt, I'd put it into savings... or buy new Ski's.
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I would buy an HDTV 8). $1500 would be quite a night at a strip club. In San Francisco you could probably have sex with about 5 different DUDES and leave with 3 new STDs.
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Old 02-07-2008, 04:46 PM   #10 (permalink)
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To all those who'd pay off debt, would you do it if your only 'real debt' was a little over a grand on a car loan?

By real I mean not counting mortgage or my wife's low-interest school loan...

Already have a 50" 1080p, so that option is out!

I really don't want to be boring and just pay off the car loan, cause we'll have it paid off in about 5 months anyway...
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To all those who'd pay off debt, would you do it if your only 'real debt' was a little over a grand on a car loan?

By real I mean not counting mortgage or my wife's low-interest school loan...

Already have a 50" 1080p, so that option is out!

I really don't want to be boring and just pay off the car loan, cause we'll have it paid off in about 5 months anyway...
How much money will it take to pay it off in 5 months? Is that more than the amount of money you would spend to pay it off now + 1.5% of it? (to account for inflation?) If so then yes I would pay off the car loan.
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find a hobby you enjoy that might otherwise have been putting off to entry costs, and jump in. simple glass work setups are like $300, or you could get into some woodworking and buy that kinda tools.


or just buy a badass gun. nothing is more fun then a 2nd penis that kills people.
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$1500 worth of coke.
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