# I got my CD settlement check. What should I spend it on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670 "2004-02-23T14:29:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/21 "2004-02-25T13:49:02Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > Now I can buy **misstee** ’s friendship for a few seconds more. They may be key seconds, ones that change both of our lives drastically. For better or worse, who knows? It’s exciting to consider the possibilities of those few seconds. Damn skippy, those last few seconds would indeed, change your life forever. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/22 "2004-02-25T13:58:19Z")
It’s about 10¢ per CD for me. I plan on buying Food and shampoo. I’m out of the later and always want the former. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/23 "2004-02-25T14:13:54Z")
> [@wolf\_meister](#): > > I’m reminded of that “Monopoly” card: > –Buy A Rolls Royce > – Take A World Cruise > – Buy A Yacht > > Sadly, you need $100 for those extravagances. (at least that’s what the Monopoly card said). We could pool our resources, and make the yacht a time-share. I’m sure 8 of us can figure out a fair schedule. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/24 "2004-02-25T15:39:06Z")
I got my CD check yesterday. I figure $13.86 might be enough for one slice of Cheesecake Factory cheesecake and two plain coffees. So who wants pie? ---
**Author:** ![Chastain86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Chastain86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chastain86)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/25 "2004-02-25T15:59:29Z")
Somebody want to tell me what the envelope looks like, so’s I don’t accidentally toss it in with the rest of the junk mail by accident? ---
**Author:** ![nitroglycerine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c5a1d2/32.png) [@nitroglycerine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nitroglycerine)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/26 "2004-02-25T16:17:44Z")
> [@Squonk](#): > > A vinyl LP from a no longer existing record label. I’m going to buy a vinyl Lp from an EXISTING record label. Hmmm maybe I’ll get the new Electric Frankenstein double Lp of covers, [We Will Bury You](http://www.tkorecords.com/item_detail.php?id=175) thats coming out next month on TKO records. It has every b-side and comp cover they’ve ever done, from X to AC/DC to Fleetwood Mac (!) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/27 "2004-02-25T16:24:32Z")
> [@Chastain86](#): > > Somebody want to tell me what the envelope looks like, so’s I don’t accidentally toss it in with the rest of the junk mail by accident? It’s a tri-fold mailer, sort of like some payroll checks, that you have to remove the perforated edges or seal from, unfold, and _voila!_ instant fortune. It’s small, not much bigger than a regular personal check. I think the return address says “settlement fund” or something like that. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/28 "2004-02-25T18:29:45Z")
The return address is > [@](#): > > CD MAP Antitrust Litigation > P.O. Box 1650 > Faribault, MN 55021-1650 > > **IMPORTANT: SETTLEMENT > MATERIALS ENCLOSED** > > \ ---
**Author:** ![MrVisible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@MrVisible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrVisible)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/29 "2004-02-25T18:54:36Z")
I’m going to send mine in to the [Electronic Frontier Foundation](http://eff.org/). ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/30 "2004-02-25T19:14:43Z")
> [@misstee](#): > > They aren’t really your friends if they are charging you that much. 🙂 -snort- Thanks for the best laugh of the day, hands down. And, it’s an excellent sig line to boot ! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670/31 "2004-02-25T19:18:04Z")
I will be sending a $13.86 donation to the [VNA Hospice of Lackawanna County.](http://members.aol.com/vnahospice/) It’s not much, but it certainly won’t be the only donation I make to them in the coming year. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-my-cd-settlement-check-what-should-i-spend-it-on/230670.md?page=1)