If you were given 20.000 dollars right now....
 

or Euros for that matter, and you had to spend it in say a couple of hours at most, what stuff would you buy?

Let's assume going to market etc is not a problem, and you could order online.

ME:
A Nikon prosumer camera.
19" LCD Monitor!:D
New graphics card.
An R6?!

What about you?

A nice new laptop and a decent car. I'd have about 17 grand left over.. I wonder how much those hybrid cars are

Since it has to be spent right away:

I'd get a Sony LCD projection TV ($4,000), a Litespeed road bike (~$5,000), some new 17" wheels/tires for my car ($2,000), some new speakers for my livingroom ($3,000) and the rest would be spent in a mad rush through the mall.

I'd buy $20,000 in gold, and slowly sell it to pay for college. Technically, I spent it in a few hours, right? :D

If that's ruled cheating, then I'd buy a car, a computer or two, and use the rest to stock my freezer with a few month's worth of frozen pizzas.

Put it all into the US Stock Market. It's poised to rally.

I'd by a van, some traveler's cheques and go on the mother of all road trips.

20 grand huh?

I hate to be so plain but I would use it to put toward the purchase of a house since that is a fairly good chunk of change and therefore requires longer to accumulate.

Good question.. If I couldnt give it away I would buy a new computer, a car, or be the clotheshorse I was born to be! Can we say fashion plate of questionable sexuality? Call me what you want.. but when im waking up to a bevy of Aligator skin suits
.. we all know who the real winner is :)

well, I'd have it spent pretty damn quick. A new HDTv with a plasma screen that I was looking at costs around 12,000, then a quick trip over to the computer store to pick up a new top of the line laptop and desktop, and I'll probably have to fish in my wallet to cover the difference.

I'd pay off my student loans. (If I could do it in that short of time.). If it had to be totally frivolous, I would put it toward a new computer, a vacation on some tropical isle, or Subaru WRX.

$20,000 would immediately mean a motorbike. a cool motorbike.
oh, then i'd pay off my dirty credit card debt.

I'd probably buy myself a nice lunch, then go over to paypal and donate the rest of it to Hal to ensure this awesome community never goes offline again!

hmmmmm.... maybe....some rope. Yeah some rope. I reallly like rope. A nice long bit.

What would happen if we DIDN'T spend it in a few hours? I'd probably horde it between my mattresses or in some super secret spot nobody could ever in a million years find (except me).

I'd probably move out, get a cheap apartment, and live off it for a little b..oh who am I kidding? That money would get used up on my schooling. :P

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I'd be paying for all the renovations for the new apartment the wife and I just bought in the lower east side. :)

20,000 huh? i'd have to buy that car, or at least put a nice down payment on it... hey, those new 3 series BMW's are nice, and 20 grand could push the financing payments down to less then 100 a month, which would be sweet!

ooohhh i could pay off my truck, finally get my bike running again, and probably a downpayment on the new bike i could afford if i didnt have my truck payments

Send it off the the mortgage company with the notation "Apply to principal only."

I'd use half of it as a down on a fixer-upper and the rest in the market to use as collateral to fix up the fixer-upper.

Or, hookers and beer and maybe a little weed.

While we're talking about being given money, my wife and I were just "gifted" about that much money. So this is a like a practice run for me!

i would pay off my student loans, which are around 18,000 bucks. the rest i would spend on CD's, if i HAD to spend the money. i would rather save it though.

I'd prolly pay my parents back for money I've borrowed, and then spend the rest on a trip to Europe. :D If I had money left over, I'd save it for spending money for next school year. :)

I'd pay off all my debts, which would leave me only about 3000 more to pay off.

Given my current situation, I would certainly buy a car.

Assuming we had to spend it all and couldn't invest/save it, I would probably spend as much as I could on a car without topping $20,000.

I'd get that ipod that i've been dying to get for a good year or so now.


Then i guess i'd lose myself in the closest HMV.
knowing me i'd probably spend too much and end up with a bigger credit card debt then i walked in with ;)

Pay off College Loans, and get car fixed

While there are dozens of things I would like to buy, I would put it in the bank and save it towards paying off college, no question. I guess thats what I get for deciding to go to a 30,000 a year school :p

Looks like a great wish list!!


I would definatly pay off my car and credit cards. I would have about $5000 left so I would get two awesome laptops, one for me and one for my woman (she has always wanted a laptop).

pay of the bills

pay off! the bills, my spelling SUX

redo the home LAN, should be able to do it for that much.
Then put the old stuff to extra use, backup duty, etc.

A nice new computer and the rest I would put toward a car.

1. Pay back my parents for the loan I have with them - that frees up $250/month

2. Pay off both of my credit cards and then chop them up with scissors - frees up another $250/month

3. Pay off my barbecue financing - frees up $60/month

4. $7500 CDN for two vacations - one this year, one next.

5. Any leftover money goes into RRSP's


With the money that I am freeing up every month would go into savings and mutual funds.

Pay a few things off and save the rest.

I'd dive into the local Future Shop/Electronics Boutique, and pass out from all the excitement.

pay off the car, buy a new computer with two LCD monitors, buy a couple hundred cds and books, buy my girlfriend some diamonds (even though I think they are the worst example of commercialism and consumerism).

20.000? Blockbuster, food, driving range.

20,000, investments. I don't know which ones.

20,000 dollars... prob invest most of it and buy an I-pod for myself... nothing else i really want or need

Hmm... probably would really spend it on college. But hey, since its not going to happen, I'd spend it on a slightly used car, a new computer, and plane tickets and supplies so I could backpack across Europe.

Car $10-15k approx
Computer $2k
New backpack, tent, food, tickets, etc... whatever's left over.