What would you do with $615?
February 14, 2010 8:50 AM Subscribe
You have $615 to spend on whatever you want, no strings attached. What would you do with it?
Preferably NYC-centered answers. But I'd rather hear what you want to do with the money rather than what you suggest I do with it.
Preferably NYC-centered answers. But I'd rather hear what you want to do with the money rather than what you suggest I do with it.
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this feels a bit chatfilter to me....
posted by HuronBob at 8:54 AM on February 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by HuronBob at 8:54 AM on February 14, 2010 [1 favorite]
I would put $600 towards paying down some debt, and contribute the remaining $15 to the chatfilter fund.
posted by Balonious Assault at 8:55 AM on February 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
posted by Balonious Assault at 8:55 AM on February 14, 2010 [3 favorites]
NYC-centric: go to Upstate antique stores and flea markets or take the train to Hudson and spend it on Broad.
Me, personally: save it for a trip!
posted by jgirl at 8:56 AM on February 14, 2010
Me, personally: save it for a trip!
posted by jgirl at 8:56 AM on February 14, 2010
Student loans! Woo!
posted by phunniemee at 8:56 AM on February 14, 2010
posted by phunniemee at 8:56 AM on February 14, 2010
I would try this: pay bills , buy winter shoes because the snow here caught me off-guard and bootless and my frozen toes hate me, send the rest to doctors without borders.
posted by dabitch at 8:58 AM on February 14, 2010
posted by dabitch at 8:58 AM on February 14, 2010
I am as lame as Balonious Assault. Any found money, I use for any debt I might have and then salt away the rest.
However, I have a history of allowing my family to pressure me into spending my money for other people who do not deserve help and my only strategy is to avoid having ready cash.
posted by Lesser Shrew at 9:02 AM on February 14, 2010
However, I have a history of allowing my family to pressure me into spending my money for other people who do not deserve help and my only strategy is to avoid having ready cash.
posted by Lesser Shrew at 9:02 AM on February 14, 2010
What debts do you have? How's life treatin' ya? How old are you? What are you dreams/goals, aspirations?
Would it be better to pay off that credit card or is there some Broadway show that you, as a theatre major, have been DYING to see?
I'd probably spend $600 on a bit of local travel, but that's me and sadly, we're not talking about me, we're talking about ...*sighs*...you. So what's going with you?
I would NOT spend it on an iPad, but I'd be sorely tempted.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:03 AM on February 14, 2010
Would it be better to pay off that credit card or is there some Broadway show that you, as a theatre major, have been DYING to see?
I'd probably spend $600 on a bit of local travel, but that's me and sadly, we're not talking about me, we're talking about ...*sighs*...you. So what's going with you?
I would NOT spend it on an iPad, but I'd be sorely tempted.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 9:03 AM on February 14, 2010
Nintendo wii and accessories.
posted by Think_Long at 9:04 AM on February 14, 2010
posted by Think_Long at 9:04 AM on February 14, 2010
I think I'd get a nice portable mp3 player (yes, I'm behind the curve on this kind of thing).
The rest would go into my savings account, later to be spent on a trip back east for our big family reunion in July.
posted by darkstar at 9:07 AM on February 14, 2010
The rest would go into my savings account, later to be spent on a trip back east for our big family reunion in July.
posted by darkstar at 9:07 AM on February 14, 2010
i have $615 to spend on whatever i want. it turns out that what i want is a roof over my family's head, healthy food in the fridge and a few good books. oh, and new tires for my bicycle.
posted by 256 at 9:07 AM on February 14, 2010
posted by 256 at 9:07 AM on February 14, 2010
Buy some gorgeous, ridiculously overpriced lingerie at Catriona Mackechnie (NYC).
(But really I'd stick it in my checking account and spend it eventually on groceries and bills, and just dream about buying the lingerie.)
posted by sallybrown at 9:08 AM on February 14, 2010
(But really I'd stick it in my checking account and spend it eventually on groceries and bills, and just dream about buying the lingerie.)
posted by sallybrown at 9:08 AM on February 14, 2010
Netbook
MiFi
iPad
Strida Folding Bike
Best meal of my life (plus dessert!)
Limo ride to Montauk point for picnic
posted by bottlebrushtree at 9:14 AM on February 14, 2010
MiFi
iPad
Strida Folding Bike
Best meal of my life (plus dessert!)
Limo ride to Montauk point for picnic
posted by bottlebrushtree at 9:14 AM on February 14, 2010
Response by poster: Sorry - I thought I was being clever in leaving things open-ended. My bad.
The situation is that I saved up money for a class related to work, and lo and behold: my company is going to pay for it! So I have this 'extra' money to go crazy with. Of course, I could do something boring like put it toward bills, but I have no debt and can pay my bills fine on my regular salary, so I want something creative to do.
Classes?? A membership somewhere?? I'm a 24 y/o male working in publishing and living in Brooklyn interested in cooking, writing, film, and music!
posted by jamnbread at 9:16 AM on February 14, 2010
The situation is that I saved up money for a class related to work, and lo and behold: my company is going to pay for it! So I have this 'extra' money to go crazy with. Of course, I could do something boring like put it toward bills, but I have no debt and can pay my bills fine on my regular salary, so I want something creative to do.
Classes?? A membership somewhere?? I'm a 24 y/o male working in publishing and living in Brooklyn interested in cooking, writing, film, and music!
posted by jamnbread at 9:16 AM on February 14, 2010
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posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 8:54 AM on February 14, 2010 [1 favorite]