What would you do with ....

[kayakjohnny]

$100?

$1000?

$10,000?

$100,000?

Just curious, cause each figure matters differently to each of us I think. Just wondering. Thanks for your input.

Quite a few options here. Fun and responsibility. Or just fun. Or just responsibility.

[flvegan]

1. Mine

$100?
3 bags of dog food.

$1000?
Make an extra mortgage payment.

$10,000?
Put it in the bank to be a cushion for a critical time.

$100,000?
Put it in the bank to be a cushion for a critical time.

I know, I'm no fun.

[Chan790]

2. Me.

$100: I've given that much away to a stranger in a bad situation. (A mother of two living in the homeless shelter to get away from her abusive husband.) That felt really good...if I had $100 to spare, I'd do it again.

$1000: Pay down my student loans.

$10000: Pay off my student loans.

$100000: Pay off my student loans then give the rest to my parents.

[harmonicon]

3. $100 - drink it away

$1,000 - drink it away

$10,000 - drink it away

$100,000 - pay off my student loans, put some money away for a rainy day, not worry so much

[Zavulon]

4. Well,

$100? - MP3 player for my nephew or Swiss Army knife.

$1000? - New skeet gun for me.

$10,000? - Down payment on a car.

$100,000? - Half for travel and half in the bank.

[Lyric]

5. Okay, I'll bite.

$100 = Groceries, pet supplies, household necessities.

$1000 = All of the above plus a cartload for the food bank, and then the rest put toward paying our bills ahead and helping my Mom pay hers.

$10,000 = All of the above, except make that five cartloads of food for the food bank plus some gift cards for perishables, paying our bills ahead until Fall semester, yearly Vet exams and spay/neuter for the furkids who still need it, and getting some kind of vehicle with whatever's left over.

$100,000 = All of the above, except replace the cartloads of food with a $10,000 donation of cash, getting ALL of the neighborhood strays spayed/neutered and vaccinated, $5000 to the no-kill shelter, buying a better used mobile home and scrapping this one, getting a certified used vehicle that's actually going to run for more than a year or so, getting my Mom into a decent apartment and out of her shack in the woods, and paying down our student loans.

[kayakjohnny]

6. Thanks for those answers. Makes me think I'm operating on a bit different reality than others.

But cool to hear the varying perspectives.

[XemaSab]

7. Hmm...

$100: Buy plants for the yard.

$1000: Go to Mexico.

$10,000: Buy a new car.

$100,000: All of the above plus make a down payment on a house.

[femmocrat]

8. Fun question!

$100? Pay on my Christmas bills.

$1000? Put it in my retirement account.

$10,000? Remodel two bathrooms.

$100,000? Retire.

[DarkTirade]

9. 100 bucks, skating season pass. Been putting on weight lately

because I haven't been exercising.

1000? Hmm. Hard to say on that one. Probably put it aside for when I'm done with community college.

10,000? Start investing in my brewing. Maybe actually turn it into a real business.

100,000? Definitely turn my brewing into a business. :)

[carlyhippy]

10. in order....

100.00-go buy a week's worth of groceries
1,000.00-put in bank for rainy day
10,000-pay off PLUS loan for my kid from last year
100,000-pay off all my bills, then there would be no worries, mon.

[mainegreen]

11. Put it in the bank, and buy a cookie with a buck of it, for all amounts.

:D

[leftyclimber]

12. Let's see.

$100: Groceries.

$1000: Pay down the student fees I had to put on my credit card (we weren't told grad students would have to pay them until after we had accepted/declined student loans, and I had declined mine).

$10,000: Pay off my car, use the rest to pay off the student fees on my credit card.

$100,000: Pay off my car, pay off my student loans, pay off my credit card, set enough aside to pay next year's student fees, give $10,000 to my parents, who have hit a rough patch.

Gone.

[Kali]

13. ok but I want to know yours too

$100? tank of gas and a few groceries

$1000? stuff from the hardware store (lots of little projects) maybe some corral pannels/gates

$10,000? pay off some debt (most)

$100,000? pay off all debt, fix a bunch of shit - hell, hire someone to do it, new (to me) vehicle, travel, save a little

[kayakjohnny]

24. Oh yes. So sorry. I would be trying to take varying types of trips, depending on the amount.

$100 - Gas and a night or two camping or motoring around in my area.

$1000 - Airfare and rental car and most expenses for about 3 weeks out west. Desert/mountain combo loop.

$10,000 - Definately Africa for several months. At least 5 or 6 countries. At least 5 or six months.

$100,000 - The Africa/South America Combo Platter. And who knows where else. Then try to invest in something with a fair return. I would try to help out a few people close to me, with one thing or another. Maybe learn to play the cello or piano.

Any of these amounts would probably go kind of quickly, so I'd be prepared to have as much fun as possible.

[Lucian]

14. Me...

$100?
Buy things I don't need.

$1000?
Buy things I don't need.

$10,000?
Buy things I do need.

$100,000?
Save it.

[MsTryska]

15. with $100 i'd buy some new toys I've been wanting

with the rest of them I'd save, save, save.

[kayakjohnny]

27. But you're not saying what those toys are.

[MsTryska]

29. haha a lady never tells....

nt

[kayakjohnny]

33. It's OK. I won't blab. Hula hoop? Slip 'n slide?

It's cool. No one reads my stuff. It'll be just like your pm ing me.

I bet it's an rc helicopter. Hotwheels? Dang, just drop me a clue here...

[MsTryska]

37. i do have a rather distrubing thing

for optimus prime. Only since I saw the transformers movie tho.

[kayakjohnny]

38. Uh...I pushed and I probably shouldn't have. But I think we've had a breakthrough tonight.

And, um... I appreciate your candor. And I promise not to pry into your...uh... personal preferences any longer. I'm glad we had this 'transforming' moment together. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have some important work to do.

[MsTryska]

39. *lol* one should never press if one is not prepared

to hear the answer.

[kayakjohnny]

40. You are funny!....

[GoddessOfGuinness]

16. $10,000...I'd get my son's girlfriend the prenatal care she needs...

...but can't afford. :(

[grannylib]

17. Hmmm, interesting...

$100 - stock up on groceries
$1000 - pay off some bills
$10,000 - get a more reliable vehicle
$100,000 - pay off the house

[GOPisEvil]

18. I would...

$100? Just put it in my checking account.

$1000? Pay my last credit card off.

$10,000? Put it in savings and use it to buy a new car in a few months.

$100,000? Put it toward buying a house.

[MilesColtrane]

19. $100: buy groceries

1K: straight into savings account
10K: finance and record a CD, bank what's left over
100K: down payment on a house, bank the rest

[Fire Walk With Me]

20. I would buy myself a Klondike Bar

and two for everyone who posted to my Klondike Bar thread.

[fizzgig]

21. i'm pretty boring

$100?
take my bf out for dinner and pay my phone bill

$1000?
that's one month worth of bills with some left over

$10,000?
pay down most of my cc debt

$100,000?
pay off all my debt, take a vacation, buy a better car and some clothes and sock the rest away

[Inchworm]

22. yay!

$100?

drink more

$1000?

drive a better car

$10,000?

pay off student loan and return to college

$100,000?

fix stuff

:hi:

[Iggo]

23. Mmkay...

$100? Wouldn't notice it. I'd keep on doing whatever it is that I do.

$1000? Pay bills.

$10,000? Pay off part of my debt.

$100,000? Pay off all my bills, retire my debt, then figure out how to sit on the rest while I ride this economic storm out.

EDIT: As usual, I incorrectly used the word "bills" to mean either "bills" or "debt". Confuses the hell out of my family, too...lol. I fixed it.

[hobbit709]

25. $100-buy groceries

$1000-fix car
$10000-new car
$100000-pay off mortgage, buy two new vehicles, pay off all debts and put the other $50K in savings

[SacredCow]

26. ...

$100- Probably just use it in day to day living- groceries, lunch, coffee

$1000- Deposit it into my saving's account

$10,000- Invest it somehow and pay off my car

$100,000- pay off all debts and invest the remainder

[hippywife]

28. Regardless of which amount

I would give a good portion of it to someone else in need. We don't live too high on the hog but we feel fortunate to have what we do have. So many have less. We couldn't keep such a windfall without allowing someone else the benefit of it, too.

What I kept for myself would pay off all of our debt...all $3000 of it. Then some would buy my other half a new small pickup truck, with the rest to savings for our old age, um, which isn't too far off now and we have no savings for it at all.

:hi:

[malta blue]

30. hmmm

$100 - groceries and dog food
$1,000 - groceries and dog food, maybe some toys for them, put the rest in a savings account
$10,000 - same as above, except for instead of saving it, I would pay of all my credit cards
$100,000 - same as above and pay off house.

[blaze]

31. Let's see

$100 would just go into my checking account... day to day stuff
$1000 would go into my savings account
$10,000 would repair/replace the main water tap into my house with the rest to savings
$100,000 repair main water tap, inspect & repair sewer line, pay off mortgage and buy my first, ever new car!!! And I could probably replace the windows on my house and fix up the back room into my dream sun/gardening room!!! Wheeeee!!!! that would be fun!

[TZ]

32. Okay

$100-- Stuff for my Wii
$1000- donate to favorite charities
$10,000- pay off my debts
$100,000- pay off my morgage and with the rest, pay off what my mother owes on her house (2nd mortgage)

[MorningGlow]

34. Good question

$100: Put it in the checking account for everyday stuff.

$1,000: Add it to the little bit I've got put away to FINALLY get tile in the upstairs bathroom after three friggin' years. Not that I'm annoyed or anything. :eyes:

$10,000: Hire somebody to finish all the renovation projects going on in This Old Shithole (I mean historic house).

$100,000: Go to town renovating the house! Plus get a new car. And put some away for MG Jr.'s eddimication.

[jellen]

35. $100,000

I see if I could find a house and I'd pay my husbands medical
bills.

[Fleshdancer]

36. cool question

$100 = grocery bill for a dinner party with neighbors/friends

$1,000 = half for car payements, the other half to charity

$10,000 = health insurance for a year! (more or less) anything left over goes to carity.

$100,000 = pay off all my debt, health insurance, a family trip to Japan and a few European cities, anything left would go into savings/investments and charity.

on edit: forgot something :D

[crispini]

41. $100 - goes in the bank to pay bills

$1000 - the same
$10,000 - pay off ALL the bills and put some aside for a rainy day
$100,000 - pay off the house, Woohoo!

[TheKentuckian]

42. with

$100-pay over draft (grrr), eat a good meal and skip the ramen, and almost enough for an air mattress

$1000-pay over draft (grrr), grocery trip and skip the ramen, pay my car registration, and pass on the air mattress to buy a bed or at least a decent futon.

$10,000-replace lots of stuff lost in the fire not worrying what the insurance will do, and upgrade car to something reliable.

$100,000-Massive down payment on a new home, all of the stuff above except I'd probably buy a real car that could hold up to driving across country, maybe even a new Focus, and probably nursing school.